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Posts tagged “Test Lab”

Huggable Hangers in the Test Lab

Welcome back to Laura! One of our six bloggers trying out for a NY spot. Comment away... Item: Huggable Hangers Designer: Joy Mangano Price: from $14 Rating: Strong Recommend Shopping on the Home Sh...

Oreck XL Ultra In The Test Lab

Product: Oreck Ultra XL Price: $500 Rating: Recommend* Nutshell Review: While not the most attractive member of the 2008 vacuum club, the Oreck XL Ultra is, nevertheless, a very pleasing standout. ...

Miele Canister Vacuum: Pisces S5280 In the Test Lab

Product: Miele Pisces S5280 Price: $650 Rating: Recommend* Have you ever fallen in love with a vacuum cleaner? After months of indecisiveness (and dustiness), I finally splurged on a new vacuum to ...

Dyson DC24 All Floors In The Test Lab

Product: Dyson DC24 All Floors Designer: James Dyson Price: $399 Rating: Simply Irresistible* This Dyson is NOT IN STORES YET. We got to pants it right here at AT. And for this Test Lab, we gave...

Eileen Fisher Washed Linen Collection In The Test Lab

Product: Washed Linen Bedding Collection Source: Garnet Hill Designer: Eileen Fisher Price: Pricey! Rating: Strong Recommend* Nutshell Review: Been in 'em a week and this is a splurge that is wo...

Thymes Frasier Fir Candle in the Test Lab

Product: Frasier Fir Candle Company: Thymes Price: $27 Rating: Strong Recommend* We are not candle people (Just wanted to get that out there), but we have totally given in to the scent of warm, woo...

Martha Stewart's Homekeeping Handbook In The Test Lab

Martha Stewart's Homekeeping Handbook Author: Martha Stewart Publisher: Clarkson Potter, 2007 Price: $45 Rating: Strong Recommend* from Jason Lody (an AT reader and volunteer tester) Short version:...

Dyson Root 6 in the Test Lab

Product: Dyson Root 6 Handheld Designer: Dyson Price: $150 We had to have it. There was some excitement in the comments of a recent H+H Roundup that announced the Root 6 Handheld. At that time, "th...

Design Idea Book In The Test Lab

Design Idea Book Author: Karen Templer Publisher: Oxmoor House, 2007 Price: $22 Rating: Weak Recommend* from Denise G. (an AT reader and volunteer tester) Short version: "I did enjoy parts of the...

Florence Broadhurst Bio In The Test Lab

Florence Broadhurst: Her Secret & Extraordinary Lives Author: Helen ONeill Publisher: Chronicle, 2007 Price: $25 Rating: Strong Recommend* Short version: "Beautiful on the outside and just as i...

Naoto Fukusawa Monograph In The Test Lab

Product: Fukasawa Monograph by Phaidon Price: $70 Rating: Strong Recommend* (This is from our guest tester, Naoto O., who won this book with her great comment in this post. Thanks, Naoto!) Short v...

Jig-A-Loo Lube In The Test Lab

Product: Jig-A-Loo All Around Lubricant Price: $14 Rating: Recommend* (This is from our guest tester, Jenny G., who won a bottle of Jig-A-Loo in this post. Thanks, Jenny!) Short version: The incr...

Cycloc Bicycle Storage in the Test Lab

Product: Cycloc Designer: Andrew Lang Price: $90 (plus shipping) Rating: Recommend* Form + Function. We loved the idea of Cycloc when it debuted at ICFF last year. At first, it was difficult to...

Method Bloq In The Test Lab

Product: Method Bloq Price: $6-$8 each Rating: Recommend* It's the first perfectly square bottle in our shower, ever. We've just spent the past week putting Method Bloq's (not blog) new skincare lin...

Dyson Stowaway: in the Test Lab

Product: Stowaway Canister Vacuum Designer: James Dyson & Co. Price: $500 Rating: Strong Recommend* The wait is over. After killing their first canister vacuum, Dyson has just released their follow-...

Electrolux TwinClean Canister Vacuum: in the Test Lab

Product: TwinClean Canister Vacuum Designer: Electrolux Price: $500 Rating: *Recommend Enter Slideshow Powerful little bugger. We seem to be on vacuum manufacturer's PR lists, and we don't mind. Ou...

The Monkey Hook in the Test Lab

Product: The Monkey Hook picture hanger Designer: A Monkey & A Marketer Price: $3 for 2 Rating: Recommend* Like trying to reinvent the mousetrap, a product comes along every now and then that DOES m...

iPod Hi Fi in the Test Lab

Product: iPod Hi Fi Designer: Apple Price: $349 Rating: Strong Recommend* We replaced our entire stereo system. We were minimizing our apartment yet again. We wanted the stereo to be smaller. We go...

The Fusion Power in the Test Lab

Product: Fusion Power Designer: Gillette Price: $12 Extreme design with vibrator. We recently purchased the Fusion Power because we are early adopters, curious and have always loved Gillette blades....

Samsonite Scope in the Test Lab

Product: Samsonite Scope Designer: Marc Newson Price: @$270 Rating: *Don't Recommend We like Marc Newson, so it was with a particularly heavy heart that we found ourselves really feeling suckered b...

Amcor Portable AC in the Test Lab

Product: Amcor 14000btu Portable AC Designer: Amcor Price: starting @ $469 Rating: Weak Recommend* AC sellers will tell you not to go with a portable unit because they have traditionally underperfo...

The Sonno Mattress in the Test Lab

Product: The Sonno Mattress Designer: Unknown Price: from $1,098 Rating: Strong Recommend* We made the leap! After thinking about it for a few years, we bought a DWR Sonno memory foam mattress two ...

The Dyson Ball in the test lab

Product: The DC 15 Ball Designer: James Dyson Price: $600 Rating: Strong Recommendation A year later: We continue to be very impressed with this vacuum after using it for a year. Of particular note...

The Airider in the Test Lab

Product: The Airider Vacuum Designer: Mike Rooney Price: $399 Rating: Recommend* For cleaning month we had the pleasure of checking out a new concept in vacuuming that is sure to excite your nephew...

Test Lab: Colorcalm's "By Design" Ambient DVD

Product: Colorcalm's "By Design" DVD Designer: Colorcalm with John Maeda, Irma Boom & Peter Saville Price: $19.99 (at Conran & online) Rating: Recommend (by 6 to 4) Many thanks to our newest group...