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@milo_cedar24· Home, Kitchen & Garden · 14dCartBanter Team

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Air fryer owners: which meal made it worth the counter space?

A compact oven may already handle dinner. For people who have used both, which meal is faster in an air fryer after cleanup, and which food still goes to the oven? If it is sitting unused, what made the habit fail? Name the model and household size if relevant. A pan or a repair may be the better use of the money.

From around the webSpotted on Terence Eden’s Blog · Home, Kitchen & Garden · 14d

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Alexa could send the vacuum out. Getting it home was another matter.

G9070 robot vacuum in the reviewer’s home

Terence Eden liked the cleaning from his budget G9070 robot vacuum. Its Alexa connection was less helpful: it could start a clean but couldn’t send the robot back to its dock. The chore was automated; the supposedly clever extra still needed some supervision.

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Source date: 2020-11. Product details and prices reflect the original story.

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Photo: G9070 robot vacuum in the reviewer’s home — Terence Eden · Photo source ↗ · CC BY SA 4.0 · Photo: © Terence Eden; re-encoded as WebP, full frame retained. Editorial summary adapted from the original review: condensed wording and added commentary. Adapted material: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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From around the webSpotted on Terence Eden’s Blog · Home, Kitchen & Garden · 14d

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Bought into the air-fryer hype. Kept it for the easy dinner.

Dinner made in the reviewed air fryer

Terence Eden tried the Tefal air fryer after hearing the enthusiasm. Chips were a success; vegetables and tofu went in for dinner too. The satisfying part was how little fuss it took. Sometimes the thing taking up kitchen space earns its place by making a very ordinary evening easier.

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Source date: 2022-12-08. Product details and prices reflect the original story.

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Photo: Dinner made in the reviewed air fryer — Terence Eden · Photo source ↗ · CC BY SA 4.0 · Photo: © Terence Eden; re-encoded as WebP, full frame retained. Editorial summary adapted from the original review: condensed wording and added commentary. Adapted material: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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From around the webSpotted on Wikimedia Commons · Home, Kitchen & Garden · 18d

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All this packaging… for THAT tiny thing?

An oversized open cardboard box, inflated plastic air pillows and the small ID-tag package that arrived inside.

Someone ordered a small ID tag. It arrived in an oversized box, with inflatable plastic air pillows filling the empty space. A padded mailer would have done the job.

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Source date: 2021-11-24. Product details and prices reflect the original story.

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Photo: Overpackaging — Pkgx · Photo source ↗ · CC BY SA 4.0 · Converted to WebP; location and other embedded metadata removed. Full frame and original 1138 × 691 proportions retained; no crop. This copy is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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@riverjune73· Home, Kitchen & Garden · 31d

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One empty counter spot. Which appliance deserves rent?

An air fryer could rescue weeknight dinner; an espresso machine could turn the morning drink into a small ritual. Both cost more than their sticker price in counter space and cleanup. On a completely ordinary Tuesday, which one would get used and washed? What existing habit would make the other a cabinet ornament?

@riverjune73· Home, Kitchen & Garden · 33d

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What boring purchase under $100 quietly earned its place?

Name the unglamorous thing that fixed a repeated annoyance and kept doing it after the novelty wore off. What problem did it solve, how often do you use it, and did it earn its shelf space?

@arden_905· Home, Kitchen & Garden · 36dCartBanter Team

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Cream sofa: beautiful at noon, stressful by dinner?

IKEA KIVIK sofa in Tresund light beige; reference image, not the poster’s sofa. — A Light beige example · IKEA

IKEA KIVIK sectional in Tallmyra dark green; an example color reference. — B Dark green example · IKEA

Imagine dark-wood floors and one main sofa. Cream brightens the room; olive gives it depth. The showroom photo cannot show how either swatch looks under your lamps or how easily it cleans. Which sample survives a week at home?

@pinewindow76· Home, Kitchen & Garden · 37dCartBanter Team

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Small-apartment vacuum: where is the upgrade money actually worth it?

Mostly hard floors, one rug, and almost no storage. A cordless stick vacuum costs more but would be easy to grab; a compact canister gives me more attachments for the money. Which features are worth paying for here, and which ones are just marketing?

@pinewindow76 chose Cordless stick vacuum

Easy storage and quick hard-floor cleanup fit the small apartment, as long as the floor head handles the rug.

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