9 practical gadgets to make your everyday life easier
It is true that elbow grease is often the best solution for any job or cleaning chore you have to do at home, but traditional remedies that shun modern accessories is not always the most efficient way of doing things. Sometimes, we might not be aware that we can resort to tips and gadgets that prevent fatigue, eliminate annoyances or simply make it more fun to take care of the chores that generally nobody wants to do.
Between homemade items and those we can buy, we can simplify our daily lives. We just need to find the product that is right for us. Here are some very popular ones:
How pleasant is it to spread a layer of creamy butter properly over a piece of bread, toast or biscuits? And the same goes for spreads or even honey (which, like butter, solidifies when it's cold). Well, someone has invented a butter knife (which is also great for other foods), which is heated by the heat from one's hand, conducting the heat to the blade. In this way, spreading butter will always be a pleasure.
A single finger resting loosely in the middle of the pages (or rather, along the spine) to keep a book open: we often do this when we are reading and / or showing a passage to someone. And a simple ring-shaped page stop is sufficient to do this much more comfortably.
It is certainly difficult and laborious to clean in between the gaps between the keys of a computer, remote control or calculator. And maybe it's the same for the gaps in the fans of the air conditioner units in the car. However, there are moldable rubbers (rubber-based gels) in biodegradable materials which can be used to do this. And they are often pleasantly scented too!
Anyone who has to take pills every day knows how easy it is to forget to do this - even more so if they are to be taken at different times throughout the day. Alarm clocks on a mobile phone help us, but a pill box with a timer and / or acoustic signal is also very useful!
A large and very useful hook (carabiner): apart from the ones used for climbing, carabiners are also now produced as accessories for strollers. They can be used to carry heavy bags, but also to manage two dog leashes at the same time, for example!
Tutorial via housingaforest.com
When you wash the floor and you are afraid of getting it dirty again immediately with your shoes, you can use some tips to avoid this: the simplest thing is to wrap old towels around your feet, and use them as floor drying / polishing rags. Or you can make your own rags by recycling pieces from a microfiber mop.
Zero waste: to squeeze all the toothpaste or cream out of a tube, try using a hairpin (bobby pin).
Sometimes it is difficult to remember what you need to buy or what is left frozen in the freezer: so why not write lists down to update which are attached to the fridge? You can either use whiteboards or some other surface to write on - or maybe paint a bit (or all of it) of the fridge using chalkboard paint.
For those who never manage to quickly determine which is the short side of a sheet: a label can save time and hassle!
What is the most useful invention you have come across?
