Housewares You Never Knew You Needed describes some of the gadgets on display at the International Home & Housewares Show in Chicago this weekend:
One potential miracle worker is the space-saving Snap-Saver No-Brainer Container, a set of storage bowls whose lids, when not in use, snap neatly into their bottoms, eliminating the always annoying search for a top that fits.
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onvenience combined with hygiene is also the pitch for TxF Products’ Scrub ‘N Flush, a toilet-cleaning tool that features a single-use brush head made of wood pulp that disintegrates after about a minute of scrubbing. Once used, the head can be ejected into the bowl and flushed away like toilet paper.
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L’Equip’s R.P.M. Blender, is aiming more for the swoosh, which is why it has a tachometer display instead of the more conventional blend-chop-puree settings. The unit, which will retail for about $149, has a brushed-metal commercial grade design to match its racy style, all part of a push to market it especially to “motorheads and speed enthusiasts,” says L’Equip’s Cheryl Slavinsky. “No one has ever put a tachometer on a blender before.”
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It’s also hard to know what to think of another new trend from Europe, which will be featured by two companies, Toastabags and Toast-It Toaster Bags. Simply put, you can insert sandwiches or pizza — or anything else that you might want to put in a toaster oven or grill — into top-opening bags made of heat-resistant material and then stick them into a regular toaster to get cooked. Both brands of toaster bags are reusable and cost from around $6 to $10 a set. Both manufacturers claim that their aim is to provide a muss-free method of making things like grilled cheese without having to buy another appliance.
I may need that RPM blender…