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Gimme Five! High tech homewares

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selection of five high tech homewares

We’ve scoured the internet to find the five of the best high-tech homewares on the market. We love a bit of hi-tech kit… especially if it saves on the drudgery of household chores.

  1. Luxurite – waterproof LCD television – silver mirror frame: from £706.94, Victorian Plumbing | Enjoy watching those Poldark or Wolf Hall box sets by candlelight with a glass of wine from the comfort of your bath!
  2. Smarter Coffee wi-fi coffee machine: £179.99, Firebox | Bean to cup, just the way you like it, on demand straight from your smartphone or tablet.
  3. Neato XV Signature robotic vacuum cleaner: £255, Debenhams | Effortless vaccing, while you’re out, while you’re asleep. This is top of my Christmas list!
  4. NEST learning thermostat: £179, Currys | Never come home to a cold house again! Setting a winter base temperature means you never have to worry about frozen pipes bursting (been there, done that!)
  5. Samsung SHS-H700 key-less fingerprint technology digital door lock: £234.20, Amazon | No more scrabbling about in the bottom of your bag looking for your keys. Say hello to 21st century fingerprint recognition!

Wednesday Wish: Cuisineart ice cream maker

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ICE30 model Cuisineart ice cream maker
Cuisinart ICE30 ice cream maker, £65.68 – Amazon

Regular followers of this blog will remember us, not so long ago, posting a Wednesday Wish for a new fridge freezer. Well, we’ve had the new fridge freezer for a couple of months now – and we still haven’t got used to ALL THAT SPACE! Especially in the freezer compartment which, in the old one, was primarily taken up with a whole lot of ice build up.

My thoughts have been turning towards utilising some of our new-found capacity with a shiny new Cuisineart ice cream maker – especially with summer just around the corner.

Cuisinart ice 40 duo ice cream maker
Cuisinart ICE40BCU Ice Cream Maker Duo, £89.97 – Amazon

This Cuisineart ice cream maker, despite being more than £20.00 dearer, would suit us much better. Justin & I have completely different taste when it comes to ice creams. While he likes smooth classics like vanilla, strawberry and coffee; I prefer mine to be copiously stuffed with chunks of cookie dough, chocolate chips, chewy caramel, glazed nuts and other goodies (although not necessarily all in the same tub!).