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If you’re a frequent backpacker and love to adventure across exotic locations around the world, then might I suggest you get the SteriPEN JourneyLCD Handheld Water Purifier? After all, this device helps you take the guesswork out of the water purification process by using universal symbols.

Journey’s integrated LCD screen displays the user’s dose selection (1/2 liter or 1 liter), battery status and countdown timer. The LCD screen also tracks the number of uses and signals when lamp usage approaches its life limit. At 10,000 cycles, lamp life for SteriPEN JourneyLCD reaches a new high (purify 1 liter 4 times a day for nearly 7 years!). Like all SteriPENs, the Journey is Fast (48 seconds for 0.5 L (16 oz.)), Light (128g /4.5 oz.), Effective, and even easier with it’s innovative LCD screen. The Journey mates with the SteriPEN pre-filter and is sized between our Adventurer and Classic. Journey ships with two non-rechargeable (disposable) CR123 batteries.

You will be able to pick up this nifty traveling gizmo for $129.95 a pop.

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After I come home from the store I make it a point to clean off all of my fruits and veggies I had just purchased. When those things are sitting around on the grocery rack, you have no idea the amount of dirt and germs the produce picks up. The problem is that I usually have to do this one by one. Washing each piece of fruit individually. My hands get totally soaked, and sometimes my clothes even get wet from the dripping bounce back.

The Produce Cleaning Net is a cool solution for washing all of your fruits and veggies at once, without getting totally soaked in the process. The Net is designed to sit and soak in the sink with your produce. When your done washing your fruits lift the net, and the dirty water seeps right down the drain.

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I usually dislike how fluorescent lights look in lighting fixtures, however, this little pendant is one exception.  The witty little light makes the bulb look as if it is part of an ice  cream cone, which in the hot summer weather sounds really good.  Then again, having a light hanging around reminding you of something cold on a hot day when you’re all out of icecream just seems cruel and unusual.  You could torture your kids and hang this in their room.  Of course in turn you would get pestered constantly for icecream.

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Are you still looking to achieve that ultimate Chuck Norris physique? In order to flex your beard to its full potential you need a wide array of exercise equipment so you can ensure you’re always able to get your work-out going. The problem is if you don’t have enough space in your home, you certainly can’t just place a home gym in your living room.

That is unless you have the right gym! This excellent Otto-Bench hides the home gym right in your own living room, disguised as a place to sit or even an extra-large ottoman. The Otto-Bench provides an “adjustable Olympic bench press and a free weight set to create a workout solution for small urban living environments.”

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Isn’t it great that computer peripherals are becoming so darn slim? Some of these new gadgets, if looked at from a side angle, could even be easily missed. Computers used to take up whole rooms! And we’re talking as recently as 15-20 years ago. The great thing about these computer parts slimming down is that they are so much easier to integrate in to the home.

In fact, furniture these days are being made so that the computer barely needs to be integrated at all, but just fits right inside of the furniture itself. The ClassicX-Variheight from i-Desk embeds two of the essential peripherals into its own design, with an embedded back panel for housing the TFT flat-screen display, and a keyboard which embeds right into the desk’s surface.

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There is a common misconception about corporate interaction. It’s not always “all business”. Some of the most hardcore mofos I’ve ever known were members of the corporate elite. Want to make a snide comment about their quarterly profits? How about a punch to the jaw instead, fool?!

And while corporate honchos might not walk around with big metal chains and sharpened shanks as their weapon of choice, they certainly find ways to hold their own in the inter-office rumbles. This Punch mug not only delivers the kick of caffeine you so desperately need, but also provides an excellent alternative to brass knuckles for any snotty PR employees.

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If you’ve got a budding astronomer in your home, why not make him/her happy with the STAR MASTER Mini Star Projector? This nifty little toy might even evoke the sense of wonder in adults as they remain cooped in a dark room, doing some personal reflection on just how small they are compared to the relative size of the universe. Powered by a trio of AA batteries, it will throw a bunch of colorful stars in the immediate vicinity. Don’t worry if the light bulb decides to give up the ghost - each purchase comes with a spare. Of course, if that one goes as well you’ll just have to fork out $22 for a brand new set.

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Iomega has a brand new DVR Expander Drive for the masses, and this time round they have increased the capacity to 500GB which bodes well for folks who are way too busy in their daily schedules to catch up on all the shows that they want to watch - the only drawback that I can think of is the fact that with so much storage space, one will most probably end up with a backlog of shows to catch up with and won’t even have the time to finish up a mountain of recorded movies. Well, that’s another problem to solve, but we won’t be looking at that today. In a nutshell, the new Iomega DVR Expander Drive, offers enough space to store up to 300 hours of stand definition TV or 60 hours of high definition TV. More details are available after the jump.

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