Home & smart home

My benchmark toaster, giving noticeably better toast than the touchscreen rival.

My favourite toaster of all time, though it is over $300.

A pre-production leg-crawling massager that gave me the deepest leg massage I've had, though it's intense.

A robot vacuum with a robotic arm that picks up shoes, which I found the most futuristic product I have seen and a real fix for a common pr…

A powerful hands-free robotic foam roller that covers your whole back efficiently and felt great.

Lives up to the social media hype, turning a fizzy drink into a fizzy, melt-in-the-mouth slush.

It heats food evenly and keeps rice fluffy, an acceptable lunch option, but it's not crispy, so I rate it mid-table.

My top pick: powerful leg compression recovery that works and showed me something I didn't know existed.

Automatic and neat, but the toast doesn't match the on-screen images and the screen is unnecessary.

Interesting vibrating knife that stops food sticking, but a good normal knife is cheaper and simpler.

I own one and see a temperature-controlled bed as an easier fix than a fan.

Attractive, feature-rich alarm clock with a good app-blocking Drift feature, but Drift needs a $10 monthly subscription.

Smaller Frames in the guest rooms complete the look with art and are easy to use as TVs.

Turns a protein shake into proper ice cream and I rate it a 10, calling it the underdog next to the slushy machine.

Same price as the Miele but far more intuitive, especially for guests.

Self-watering pots mean watering about once a month, and now every plant in the house uses them.

Simple piece of engineering that stops tea foaming over so you can leave it on high heat.

Their top model was loud, slow and had an abysmal interface, so I replaced it.

Replaced dotty LED strips under the kitchen island and gives well-diffused light.

Extremely comfortable motorised chair with heating, ventilation and massage, but I'm still undecided about another gadget to charge.

Used in hallways to control AC, blinds and lights, but I prefer repurposing iPhones for in-room control.

Heats and froths milk drinks to 80°C and gives very frothy results.

Bought for parties they never hosted, so it got removed.

They have fallen in love with these masks, which use red and blue light to clear skin.