Home & smart home

Cooked a restaurant-quality paneer unattended, but it is expensive, needs a subscription and leaves the prep and washing up to you.

Expensive, huge, loud and slow, with dangerous pods, and it was pulled within a year.

Makes decent coffee on the go but still needs prep, charging and cleaning.

Over-delivered as a massager, but duplicates the car's own seats and the wire is awkward.

A mainstream $50 purifier that takes some thickness out of the smoke, but only managed about 30%.

The $1,000 Dyson cleared all the smoke in about seven minutes and he called it insane.

Better than the others, as the glass design suits a TV and the iPhone karaoke feature is a smart use of hardware, earning 6 out of 10.

Produces astonishingly clear ice but is too slow and expensive for most people.

A 100-inch clip-in screen bought from Amazon for the setup, shown without a detailed verdict.

A bone-conduction snoring pillow that never arrived and showed plenty of red flags in its listing.

A transparent display with dedicated space behind it that hasn't arrived yet, with vague shipping updates.

The knife sliced through tough objects with ease, but it broke when tested on a smartphone.

A conveyor-belt pizza peel that transferred the pizza perfectly and also cleaned up sauce spills.

It mixes the drink, but needs AAA batteries and he can't see what it does that a spoon can't.

Cheap and cheerful lamp, fan, clock and pen holder in one, though the thermometer isn't accurate.

Not especially bright, but a print, frame and LEDs for under $11 is a treasure.

No suction or tank, just a random-moving pad that pushes dirt back into surfaces.

A $4 shower head with filter that delivers very strong water pressure and was an easy treasure.

Works as advertised, but a silicone ice tray is simpler and takes less space, so no treasure.

Even with lots of force the wrap still wouldn't hold together, looking like a massive ravioli.

A hugely expensive TV he joked about before settling on an LG for Studio B.

A rock-solid desk with a big surface that he calls a godsend after his rickety old one.

The largest, highest quality TV he has owned and a good reference screen, with neat cable hiding.

Glowing LED sofas and chairs chosen for Studio B to match the room lighting.