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The Townew T1 Self-Sealing Smart Trash Can sits in a slightly odd corner of the home-gadget market: the "smart" trash can that tries to solve a very specific annoyance. Not smell in general, and not recycling, and not kitchen organization. Its pitch is simpler than that. When the bag is full,...
The Kasa Smart Wi-Fi Plug Mini sits in one of the least glamorous but most genuinely useful corners of the smart-home market: the tiny adapter that turns a normal lamp, fan, coffee maker, or holiday light string into something you can control from your phone or with a voice assistant. This is...
The Ouaken Electric Composter sits in an odd corner of the kitchen-appliance market: the machine that promises to make food waste less gross, less smelly, and easier to deal with. It is usually sold with the language of composting, fertilizer, and sustainability, but the reality is a bit narr...
The Kasa Matter Smart Outdoor Plug sits in one of the most practical corners of the smart-home market: the outdoor smart plug that lets you automate dumb seasonal lights, patio lamps, fountains, and other backyard gear without replacing the devices themselves. This is not the glamorous side o...
The SwitchBot onero H1 Humanoid Robot sits in one of the strangest corners of consumer tech right now: the not-quite-practical, not-just-for-show home robot. It is not a robot vacuum, not a smart speaker, and not a toy in the usual sense. Instead, it is a 1.3m-tall wheeled humanoid robot ...
The HomePod Mini sits in a slightly unusual spot in the smart-speaker market. It is not the cheapest small speaker you can buy, and it is not trying to be the loudest either. What it really offers is Apple's idea of a compact home speaker: a small, voice-controlled audio puck that can pla...
If you've ever stood in your kitchen watching a video buffer while your router sits two rooms away, you already know why mesh routers exist. A single router—no matter how powerful—can't push a strong signal through walls, floors, and the general chaos of a Canadian home. Mesh systems solve this b...
Cats are wonderful. They're independent, low-maintenance, and endlessly entertaining. They're also tiny fur factories that shed on every surface in your home—furniture, carpet, hardwood, and somehow inside drawers you never open. Add litter tracking to the mix, and you've got a cleaning challenge...
Let's be real—$100 CAD doesn't buy you Sony XM5 or Bose QC Ultra level noise cancelling. But it does buy you surprisingly capable ANC headphones that block out enough noise for commuting, studying, and working from home. The budget ANC market has improved dramatically, and several options under $...
MacBooks have beautiful displays. They also have one screen. If you've ever tried to work on a 13" or 14" MacBook with a dozen tabs, a Slack window, and a design tool open simultaneously, you know the pain. A portable monitor gives you that second screen anywhere—coffee shops in Vancouver, co-wor...
Smart TVs have built-in streaming apps, but they're often slow, cluttered, and stop getting updates after a few years. A dedicated streaming device gives you a faster, cleaner experience with access to every app—Netflix, Disney+, Crave, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, and everything else Canadians...
Every Canadian home has WiFi dead zones. The basement rec room, the upstairs bedroom farthest from the router, the backyard patio in summer—there's always a spot where the signal drops to nothing. A WiFi extender takes your existing router's signal and rebroadcasts it to those dead zones, giving ...
