Home Things

One of the few devices in a house that has to work for someone who is not inside it.

Removes grit at the door, which is where almost all of a floor's wear comes from.

Rated for a total current, so what matters is everything plugged in at once rather than the number of sockets.

Adjustment range is what makes it fit a body, so the same chair suits one person and not another.

Same principle as the ceiling version, aimed at one person and moved around the house all summer.

Sold cheaply and priced through the ink, which is the business model rather than an accident.

Heats mostly by warming the air that passes over it, so covering one with furniture works against it.

Learns a schedule so the heating runs before you notice it was off, which only saves money if the schedule is right.

Chirps when the battery is low, and does it at night because falling temperature drops the battery voltage further.

Borrowed more often than bought, which is why so many homes have none and some have three.

Owned mostly for a handful of jobs, and worth its whole price the day one of them comes up.

Adds a camera and a recording, which turns a doorbell into something with a privacy policy.

Sits where the cable enters the building rather than where the signal is needed, which is the root of most complaints.

The benefit comes from changing position rather than from standing, which is why the ones that move get used.

Moves heat outside rather than creating cold, which is why the unit outdoors blows warm air.

Surge protection and extra sockets are different features sold in the same shape of object.

Filters particles from air it pulls through, so its useful range depends on how much air it can move per hour.