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Rowenta Precision Valet Steamer
Unplggd Test Lab

Product: Rowenta Precision Valet Steamer Price: $180 Rating: Strong Recommend* I've never felt the need for a steamer until I started buying more and more clothes online and at thrift stores (hello...

Samsung Tango Robotic Floor Vacuum

The team over at Engadget joke about the Samsung Tango being able to clean bedding alongside flooring, but as a two pet household, we'd love an automated helper that would keep both our floors and our...

Hot or Not? Dish Washing Robots

It's Saturday morning. Dishes from Friday night are still in the sink. Wouldn't it be cool have a robot do all that dish washing work for you? But wait - now you have a bunch of robotic arms in your k...

Pivot Floor Vacuum Lets You Suck on the Down Low

So, we've got a lot of pets (last count, five cats!) in our 300 square foot apartment and hence have a lot of dust bunnies under couches, tea carts, bed side tables, etc. Most of the time, to get to ...

Re(al)view: Eureka Whirlwind Plus

The Eureka Whirlwind Plus upright vacuum is a bit of a Jekyll and Hyde from our experience with it. On one hand, the vacuum comes fitted with so many cleaning options, the vacuum should be standard i...

Maytag Takes Out the Stink, Encourages Laziness

Maytag definitely isn't an unfamiliar name when it comes to the household washers and dryers, but when we heard they started adding a "Fresh Hold" option to their Performance line and list of already ...

High Quality & Low Cost DIY Record Cleaner

After living in our recent loft space, our records seem to be dustier than ever and we've been on the lookout for a way to give them back their original shine without high overhead costs. We needed ...

Geco: Solar Powered Robot Cleans Windows

If there's one thing that frustrates us it's cleaning windows. Don't get us wrong, the glass on the inside is easy to clean, but a lot of us live in condos or apartments, making it impossible to clean...

Toss the Duster: TVClean Rolls It Off Your Screen

I must be a dust magnet. Whether it's the black surface of my stove, the shelves on my espresso bookshelf or the screen on my TV, I seem to always attract massive amounts of dust. It requires constant...

Solar-Breeze Sun Powered Pool Skimmer

Eco Pool Technologies's Solar-Breeze is to the pool like a Roomba robotic vacuum is to your living room. Except this helpful pool cleaner doesn't require any outlet, taking advantage of two long, thin...

Mini Countertop Dishwashers for Renters

For the most part living without common modern conveniences like a microwave and dishwasher isn't really a big deal. Yet every once in awhile, especially after we've entertained guests, we do miss the...

Dishwasher Minus the Dishwasher

Sometimes simplifying tech is the best way to improve it. A concept dishwasher shown at DMY International Design Festival proves just that. Colo, designed by Peter Schwartz and Helene Steiner, modifi...

The Xeros Waterless Washing Machine

Southern Californians are hopefully aware of the required water usage limits being placed, meaning every drop counts in an ever expanding market of demand. So any household cleaning device or applianc...

Dog-O-Matic: Convenience or Cruelty?

Oh my. As pet lovers here at unplggd we would definitely argue the latter, but French entrepreneur Romain Jerry would disagree. Rather than deal with the dirt and grime that comes with taking your dog...

Roomba Alternative: This Creepy, Gel-Lookin' Thing

Despite previous informal studies done have proved that Roomba's do in fact hit every spot if programmed correctly, we're still a bit bummed that ours died within a year, so we've been looking for oth...

Proof That a Roomba Does Hit Every Spot

I have had a Roomba for a little while, and as far as I can tell, it does a pretty good job of cleaning up. Sure, some people have Roomba's so that they can turn them into a real life Pac Man or a rid...

Strange Japanese Cleaning Bot: Eerily Cleaning Your Pad

Is your pad kind of filthy? Do you hate cleaning? Well then maybe you should get a cleaning robot. These kinds of devices aren't new, but they are popping up all over the place. The latest we've seen ...

Stand Cleaner: The Minimalist Japanese Vacuum With a Braun Vibe

We are big fans of Braun's industrial design. The Dieter Rams Braun that is. The simplicity and minimalism of Braun has been credited with inspiring many of Apple's design....and now we see some of t...

Re(al)view: Audiovox Surface Screen and Lens Cleaner

Ok, all you dirty birdies, we have an issue to discuss: Screen touching. Why do you do this? Why? Can you not just point? Does contact need to be made in order to engender understanding in your a...

Electrolux Sunny Solar Heated Washing Machine

Yet one more product that isn't available in the United States...but certainly should be. Electrolux's Sunny front loading washing machine would certainly a perfect fit for residents in our home city ...

Roundup: 10 Best Green Concepts
Greener Gadgets Design Competition

The Greener Gadgets Conference, which happens in New York on February 27th, is hosting a design competition through the 20th. They've compiled fifty concept products that you can vote for on their si...

Kitchen Cleanup: Mini Robo Vacuum

Now for something completely different. We saw this Mini Robo Vacuum at Fred Flare and couldn't resist. This little droid is a mini-vacuum for your tabletop and kitchen counters, zooming around to pic...

Tomy Dustbot: The Roomba of 1985

Roomba is a saving grace for anybody with a hairy pet or a penchant for potting plants (it also makes a pretty great PacMan mod, too). But back in 1985, the adorable Tomy Dustbot out-Roombaed Roomba w...

Electrolux Ergospace Green ZEG300 Vacuum
...yet another tech not available here

When it comes to industrial design of common home appliances, Europe and Asia has the States beat hands down, especially when it comes to vacuums. While the US market seems flooded with vacs that look...

Re(al)view: iZap Toothbrush, Clean UV Revolution

Most sheeple don't realize that their toothbrushes are not immune to germs and filth. They wax on to waiters and waitresses about the little spots on their flatware and never think twice about sticki...