Here are five items that I spotted at the show. They were fun to come across since they are all both nicely designed and serious attempts at being a solid solution to common household issues.
1. Tapi by Dreamfarm- simply slip on to your faucet. The flow of water acts normally, until you squeeze the bottom of the rubber attachment, forcing the water to flow out and up the small hole at the top, creating a simple, but powerful home water fountain. A quick sip of water was never easier!
2. Index Plus by Joseph Joseph - this organizer holds 4 cutting boards and 4 color coordinated knives, allowing you to store and access your tools in a single spot, while keeping them separated by what you normally use them to prepare. Designed specifically for the user to maintain specific use boards and knives all in one compact space.
3. Membo by Dreamfarm - did your partner or housemate feed the dog? The fish? This magnetized (stick it on your fridge!) communicator allows you track pet feedings, daily chores or whatever you can come up with. It comes with a bunch of different inserts and in a rainbow of colors.
4. Ceramic Box Cutter by Slice - this ergonomically designed box cutter looks good, is ultra efficient and makes the job both safer and easier.
5. New Scooba from iRobot - the latest generation cleaning bot is designed to be ultra compact, allowing it to squeeze into the tight spots next to and even behind the toilet, allowing for an allover floor scrubbing to happen while you are at work...or at play.
Images: Janel Laban
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1. Funny but almost useless, 2. Already seen, 3. Useful, 4. Maybe useful if your job is opening boxes all day, 5. Behind the toilet... if it's unusually far away from the wall :)
Great eye candy and man, do I want a scooba!
1. Tapi by Dreamfarm- useless for me
2. Index Plus - not for me, I prefer to chop on wood
3. Membo - useless, unless your pet eats just once a day
4. Ceramic Box Cutter by Slice - useless unless your job is to open boxes
5. New Scooba from iRobot - I NEED IT!!! NEED IT NOW!!!
I've been wanting to order a Tapi for some time. I'll re-check the site - last time I visited none of the fun colors were available. Only grey:( NOT AT ALL useless if you've got a house full of thirsty kids and don't want your counters littered with cups!
The rest of this stuff...it's just more stuff.
We had a product very similar to the Tapi when I was little. It was specifically marketed so that you wouldn't have to keep paper cups in your bathroom.
The problem was that small children don't really have enough good sense about how to use them. We'd turn the faucet on too high and end up soaking the cabinets across from the sink. My parents gave them the heave-ho pretty quickly.
i really thought that first pic was going to be camping toilet for potty-training toddlers. one side for little boys, one side for little girls.