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The Solar Mini Clip Fan steals your dignity
This is one of those gadgets you can only get away with if you’re either married, very old or completely shameless. It is a solar fan which attaches to the bill of your hat to keep you cool while out antiquing or whatever it is people do that wear strange hats. This ranks up there with the umbrella hats, both of them are just not right. I realize when it is extremely hot and you’re stuck outdoors you have to do anything you can just to keep cool.
However, I’ll take a bandanna that’s been sitting in the freezer any day over this sort of thing. That or if you’re female you can just store your underwear in the freezer. Then you don’t look like a dork who just bought an attachment for their hat. You just are secretly wearing undies that double as a Popsicle. The fan is being sold by Brando for $10. It also has no battery, so if you’re planning on a hot evening, you’re out of luck.
Our favorite portable ice maker is the Sentern Portable Countertop Clear. The quality of ice cubes this machine produces is above all the others we’ve looked at. Its superior insulation allows you to store ice in it for an extended period of time.
After careful evaluation or top choice is the ”[amazon. The five blade assemblies included in the initial purchase are doing an incredible job and will be more than enough for home-use.
Our favorite vegetable chopper is the Fullstar Mandoline Slicer. It offers a vegetable cutter, mandoline slicer, and spiralizer all in one package. On top of that you’ll get a large collection bin and it’s made from BPA-free plastic.
Our favorite mesh Wi-Fi system is the TP LINK Deco M5. It allows you to connect up to 100 devices and covers 5,500 square feet, which would even be enough for an office.