BehindTheBuy.com is here with some great solutions to get your home ready for the cold weather/holiday season.
Zippo Emergency Firestarter Kit
An emergency bag should have essentials, like food, water, batteries, but also a means to start a fire. The Zippo Emergency Fire Starter Kit does just that. It is compact and made of weather resistant plastic which will allow it to float if submerged in water and its wax encased cotton tinder sticks are water resistant as well. Starting a fire with the Emergency Fire Starter Kit is easy – simply take out a tinder stick, rough it up and fray the cotton, then strike the flint wheel hitting the stick with a spark. The tinder stick will ignite for about one minute, allowing you to get your fire started. This is a MUST have for any family emergency bag. Zippo’s Emergency Fire Starter Kit is available direct from Zippo.com. $9.95, replacement tinder sticks – $4.95 for a pack of 8; http://zippooutdoor.com/emergency-fire-starters
Rowenta Delta Force Stick Vacuum
This lightweight, cordless and bagless Delta Force Stick Vacuum from Rowenta packs a powerful punch with 99% dust pick up on hard floors, and its triangular head also provides easy access into corners and along edges. The vacuum can be stored in a self-standing position, where the charging cord plugs directly into the unit. Once charged, its Energy-Star® battery runs for up to 40 minutes (18V battery) on a single charge! Available in red, blue, peal, and harvest, you’ll no longer have to hide your vacuum in a back closet. $179.99; www.rowentausa.com
Pinhole Press Holiday Cards and Gifts
Pinhole Press is an online boutique that makes it easy to create high quality customized holiday cards and gifts! With more than 100 holiday card options available, they offer a variety of elegant designs and styles for everyone on your greeting card list – everything from an accordion card showcasing eight of your favorite family photos to the new Ultrathick Pinstriped card with a bright red candy-colored stripe. Every card is easy to make with your digital photos online. Additionally, once you check holiday cards off your list, consider Pinhole Press for your gifting needs, too, with a huge selection of photo gifts – from calendars and photo books to wine labels and notepads. It’s simple to make your holiday cards or gifts at Pinhole Press, just Snap, Click, Gift! Holiday cards start at $1.79 and photo gifts start as low as $3.99 for a magnet; www.pinholepress.com
Cuisinart 3-in-1 Cook Central and Cuisinart PerfecTemp Programmable Tea Steeper
The Cook Central is perfect for busy home cooks because it lets them bypass the stovetop – you can brown ingredients right in the unit before switching to Slow Cook. In addition to Brown/Sauté (with temperatures up to 400˚) and Slow Cook, it also has one other fully programmable cooking function, Steam, which can be activated for up to 90 minutes. So, for example, you could brown meat for a stew right in the Cook Central, then add all the other ingredients and set it to Slow Cook – perfect for a chilly day. The one touch controls let you switch modes instantly for combination cooking, and the 24-hour timer and Keep Warm function make it easy to have a hot, delicious meal totally prepared whenever you’re ready to eat. $159; www.cuisinart.com
Cuisinart’s new Programmable Tea Steeper & Kettle is designed with the true tea lover in mind. It easily opens up so you can put in loose or bagged tea, and has six preset tea temperatures for green, black, herbal, delicate, white and oolong teas. This is important because different teas need to be steeped and served at different temperatures in order to extract the flavors as they are meant to be consumed. You can also use it as a kettle to heat water, and it has a variety of programmable controls, like an adjustable countdown timer and a 30-minute keep warm function. $129; www.cuisinart.com
Amber Alert GPS
Amber Alert GPS is a child safety device that allows you to watch the movement of your child, anytime from your web enabled smartphone or computer. The Amber Alert GPS V3 device sends location updates of the child’s location, every five minutes. In addition, parents can create “Zones” around their home, school, etc. and receive an email or text alert whenever their child enters or exits a Zone. The V3 integrates its tracking with the National Sex Offender database as well, alerting parents when their child is within 500 feet of a registered sex offender’s home. The Amber Alert GPS also features a two way calling and SOS button, allowing kids to have an easy and safe way to get a hold of parents if they feel in danger. Device is free with 3 year service contract and Premium package, plans start as low as $14.99 a month; www. amberalertgps.com