Today’s Review Roundup: Red Blender, Small Blender And Oster Beehive Blender

Red Blender: Brightening Your Kitchen In Red

Combining outstanding performance, durability, and an easy-to-clean design, this five-speed red blender performs everyday kitchen tasks, including mixing up smoothies, pureeing vegetables for soup, crushing ice, and making pesto. The red unit’s .9 HP motor and Intelli-Speed electronic controls ensure fast, consistent blending. In addition, the red appliance offers a solid die-cast metal base with a durable, steel-reinforced coupler and a sharp one-piece stainless-steel blade.

The red blender’s large 56-ounce polycarbonate blend-and-serve pitcher is shatter-resistant, as well as stain- and scratch-resistant. Made of thick, solid walls, the pitcher can withstand extreme temperatures from boiling to freezing, and its lightweight design includes a comfortable soft-grip handle for a secure hold. The one-piece red blender dishwasher-safe pitcher with its patented blade design eliminates food traps and any need to disassemble. Other highlights include an automatic "crush ice" button, a drip-free pour spout, cord storage, and a Clean Touch control pad that wipes clean in an instant. Available in a variety of fashionable colors, the red blender measures 7-1/4 by 9 by 15-1/5 inches and carries a one-year hassle-free replacement warranty.

Small Blender: Mini Version Of The Big Brothers

If you’re an experienced and regular smoothie blender maker, you know already that anything over a year’s use from a non-professional machine is a bonus. I recently returned a lightweight Blender Express (by Back to the Basics) that failed after a single use! (The banana was too much for it.) This Hamilton Beach is the smallest, lightest small blender I’ve seen yet, but it promises to perform for a while at least.

Ingeniously, the smal blender makers have avoided any reference to ice cubes in either the instruction manual or recipes (I get the point, though I still insist on using them). Also, there is no "on" switch; instead, the unit has only a "pulse" switch, thereby insuring that your hands must remain on the unit, preventing it from dancing off the counter and insuring that the motor gets stopped the instant excessive resistance is met.

For under twenty bucks and six months’ use, you can count this small blender a decent value–though keep those smoothies small and simple. And if you plan to take the small container "on the road," be extra careful about misplacing the quarter-sized center lid (mine disappeared faster than a quarter).

Oster Beehive Blender: Chop, Chop, Chop With Ease

Powered by a 500-watt motor, this classic oster beehive blender blends margaritas and smoothies, mixes soups and sauces, chops fruits and vegetables, grinds coffee beans and nuts, grates cheese and coconut, and crushes ice. The oster beehive blender has a high speed and a low-speed pulse control, which can be held down for continuous action. Its 40-ounce, ribbed-and-tapered glass container fits onto Oster Beehive Blender distinctive beehive-shaped base, which is clad in lustrous chrome and outfitted with slip-proof rubber feet. Its stainless-steel blade-assembly removes for cleaning, and the container is calibrated in both ounces and liters.

Fully assembled, the oster blender stands 16 inches high on a 7-1/4-inch-diameter base. With the exception of the dishwasher-safe glass container, all parts–including the plastic lid with its plastic 2-ounce measuring insert–require hand washing. The Oster blender carries a one-year warranty against defects, and its instruction booklet includes dozens of recipes.

Daily Reviews Roundup: Wusthof Knife Sharpener – Titanium Flat Iron – Toro Snow Thrower

Wusthof Knife Sharpener: Bring Those Dull Knives Back To Cutting Form

Safe and easy to use, this two-stage knife sharpener requires nothing but a few easy strokes to keep blades sharp. Its V-shaped cutting head with two crossed carbide blades puts a quick edge on knives. Simply place the gadget on a flat work surface and hold the E-Z grip handle with one hand and the knife handle with the other. Insert the knife blade fully into the slot at a 90-degree angle to the sharpener and pull down and back three or four times to sharpen.

The Wusthof Knife Sharpener 3 stage sharpening hone can easily bring those dull knives back to cutting form. The first stage is a course stage for cutting the new edge the next stage uses a fine ceramic to hone the knife to a keen edge. The 3rd stage allows you to sharpen your kitchen shears.After setting the knife’s edge with the carbide side, use the unit’s ceramic side to nicely finish the edge.

The gadget also comes equipped with a built-in scissors sharpener. To use, stand the sharpener on end with the non-skid rubber pad on the work surface and repeat the same process as if sharpening a knife. A "floating" round sharpening rod conforms to the exact angle of right- or left-handed scissors, sharpening both blades at the same time. The two-stage knife-and-scissor sharpener measures 8 by 3 by 1-1/2 inches.

Titanium Flat Iron: Creating Incredible Luster And Shine

BaByliss Pro Nano Titanium Straigtening Iron features a built-in ionic generator and recessed LED electronic temperature controls. This tool performs up to 40% faster than many straightening irons available today. The extra-long plates are a great feature, plus the slim design is easy to handle and will eliminate hand fatigue. High heat levels up to 450 degrees, provide extraordinary straightening results.

Titanium Flat Iron is an exception conductor of heat.  It maintains stability in ultra-high temperatures and emits negative ions in their most beneficial form for faster straightening, locking in the hair’s own natural moisture.  The BaByliss PRO Nano Titanium Straightener yields maximum far-infrared heat, penetrating the hair from within for gentle straightening without damaging your hair.  A special Ryton housing resists high heat.

Recessed LED electronic temperature controls and Straightens hair up to 40% faster. High heat settings, easy to straighten, titanium plates that don’t cause a lot of damage.

Toro Snow Thrower: Compact And Easy To Maintain With Electric Power

Clear driveways, walkways, and patios quickly and easily with the Toro 1800 Power Curve Electric Snow Thrower. Compact yet powerful enough to toss snow a distance of 30 feet, this machine is easy to operate and maintain, so you can enjoy the next snowfall without having to worry about whose turn it is to shovel.

The Toro Snow Thrower patented Power Curve System employs a unique, curved rotor and a funnel-shaped housing, in addition to wide rubber paddles that propel the machine forward and clean all the way down to the pavement. This technology lets you move more snow in less time, and it virtually eliminates clogging, so you can be confident that your snow thrower will be ready the next time a winter storm comes your way.

With a snow removal capacity of 700 pounds per minute, the Power Curve lets you clear four inches of snow off a 50-by-20-foot driveway in just 10 minutes. The machine’s clearing width of 18 inches means that you can clear most walkways with just one or two quick passes. And with a snow cut depth of 10 inches per pass, you won’t need to repeat work you’ve already done, unless you’re in the middle of a serious blizzard.

Daily Product Reviews Roundup: T3 Flat Iron – Hot Tools Flat Iron – Body Fortress Whey Protein

T3 Flat Iron: Favorite With Beauty And Fashion Editors

Straight and sleek. Wild and curly. Wavy and sexy. A diva needs her options! The T3 Glow Tourmaline Styler is a hair straightener with a curved barrel design to make it easier to curl, flip; feather too! Tourmaline boosts the negative ionic action of ceramic, far infrared heat. This seals moisture into your hair & repels humidity, keeping hair shiny, frizz-free and in healthy condition.

The T3 Flat Iron is uniquely made to straighten or curl. Using negative ion technology, T3 dries and styles simultaneously with less risk of hair damage. Through patented Tourmaline technology, the infused plates and heaters create a non-damaging, shiny, frizz-free finish. Unique curved barrel – the T3 Glow flat iron is designed to be easy to use for curls, flips and volume.

The T3 Glow Tourmaline Styler is your one-stop styling iron – patented tourmaline technology means maximum negative ions and healthy far infrared heat, for styles that last and healthy hair that shines. Plates are fixed for an ultra-smooth glide, with a temperature range from 160 to 410; F for all hair types. Designed for styling versatility, this iron will have you glowing red hot in no time!

Hot Tools Flat Iron: Smooth Surface For Snag Free Styling And Even Heat Distribution

This ceramic curling iron from Hot Tools with a 1 inch barrel has great features to rival more expensive irons. With the same far infrared and gentle ceramic heating to preserve hair moisture, reduce frizz and prevent hair damage, this iron will deliver high style. Reaches a temperature up to 428 degrees F for the most stubborn hair types, but separate on/off switches and variable heat settings allow the built-in Rheostat to memorize your favorite heat settings.

Plus, the Hot Tools Flat Iron features incredible comfortable control – a soft grip spring handle with spring clamp and extra long thumb grip make using this tool easy and fun no matter how long or how often you use it! Separate on and off switch allows the rheostat to memorize your favorite heat setting.

Ceramic quickly radiates far-infrared heat that penetrates the center of the hair shaft, exposing hair to less heat, preserving its natural moisture and luster. Ceramic eliminates frizz and damaging hot spots. Easy to clean, inhibits bacteria and odor buildup.

Body Fortress Whey Protein: Highest Biological Value Protein Available

Naturally and artificially flavored. Value size. For carb-controlled lifestyles. Easy to assimilate. Mixes fast into a tasty drink. Aspartame free. This product is bodybuilding nutrition with value pricing in mind. Whey protein is considered to have the highest Biological Value of any protein source – superior in essential amino acid content to beef, milk, casein or soy.

Body Fortress Whey Protein has earned a valued reputation for producing quality products at reasonable prices. Our Quality Assurance and Quality Control teams of certified nutritionists, chemists and technicians thoroughly evaluate all products, processes, packaging and sources. Our responsibility and pledge is to honestly and accurately label quality products that are fresh, potent and effective.

Whey Protein Isolate is a high quality protein supplement that is both bioavailable and easily digested. Whey protein contains a high concentration of Branched Chain Amino Acids (BCAAs), which are important for efficient muscle metabolism. These qualities make Whey Protein Isolate an ideal supplement for active individuals.

Daily Roundup: Hard Floor Steam Cleaner – Rusk Flat Iron – Door Pull Up Bar

Hard Floor Steam Cleaner: Offering All Natural Chemical Free Cleaning

Ideal for the chemically sensitive or those with small children, the Bissell Steam Mop deep-cleans hard-surface floors using the power of pure water alone. No harsh (or expensive) cleaners means no fumes or residues to irritate lungs or muddy delicate finishes, while the use of hot steam rather than buckets of water leaves floors dry in just seconds. Heated and ready to use in 30 seconds, the remarkably quiet mechanism works something like an iron: steam is dispensed on demand, rather than continuously, by pressing the trigger while passing the mop over the floor.

This hard floor steam cleaner removes hardened and sticky gunk, especially if the mop sits over the mess for a few seconds. (Leave it in place 15 seconds to actually sanitize the cleaning surface.) The machine steams for approximately 15 minutes before the tank needs to be refilled, but there’s no lag once you refill it.

The Steam Mop’s low-profile 360-degree swiveling head accesses hard-to-reach nooks and crannies, like under kitchen cabinets, while its compact profile stores easily in small spaces. Other thoughtful design touches include a quick-release cord wrap and easy-carry handle, as well as a built-in water filter to protect from the minerals and impurities in hard water.

Door Pull Up Bar: Ultimate Body Sculpting

Strengthen your back, biceps, and other upper body muscles in the comfort of your living room or dorm with the Iron Gym workout bar. Designed to fit conveniently in most doorway frames or sit on the floor for pushups, dips, and sit-ups, the Iron Gym is an ideal choice for people who want to get fit without buying expensive, space-intensive weight sets. When installed in the doorway, the device lets you perform pull-ups and chin-ups, with three grip positions–narrow, neutral, and wide–for working the inner and outer back.

Once you’re done with your back workout, you can quickly move the door pull up bar, where you can perform pushups while facing down, tricep dips while facing the other way, or sit-ups using the Iron Gym for foot stability. Iron Gym is the multi function training bar that combines every exercise you need to build a powerful upper body. Its the ultimate body sculpting and strength building tool that helps shape the upper body and tones your midsection.

The Iron Gym–whose durable steel frame installs quickly without tools or fasteners–holds up to 300 pounds and is designed to fit residential doorways 24 to 32 inches wide, with doorway trim or molding up to 3.5 inches wide.

Rusk Flat Iron: Glides Through Hair With No Pulling

Rusk’s Professional Str8 Irons Infused with CTC (ceramic titanium complex) Technology – are manufactured to meet the high standards of beauty professionals. These lightweight titanium-infused ceramic irons utilize CTC Technology which produces even heat transfer from root to ends. These versatile tools straighten and smooth the hair and cuticle, helping to preserve internal moisture and leave the hair in optimal condition.

The Rusk flat iron creates silky, smooth and shiny hair while eliminating static electricity or frizziness. Manufactured to meet the high standards of beauty professionals, these versatile tools straighten, bend the ends, and create texture.

Rusk presents an eco-friendly professional blow dryer and straightening iron with the same performance properties you expect from any salon-quality appliance. We encourage you to go ahead and style with a clean, green conscience!