Electronics

Looking for noise cancelling headphones or a hand-crank flashlight ? How about a water-resistant hand-crank radio/cell-hone charger ?

Tom Tom: Ed’s Favorite New Toy

Ed tells me that he likes his new TomTom much better than the old one because: Large 4.3″ touchscreen much better than 3″ screen Display shows direction of travel, name of street for next turn, direction of and distance to next turn, distance...
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Converter for Motorized or Electronic Appliances and Adaptor Plugs

“Use for razors, radios, camcorder rechargers, tape recorders, CD players, and other non-heating appliances up to 40 watts that are built for North America and require high-quality electricity. Heat-sensitive circuit breaker. Kit includes the four...
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Hands Free Cell Phone

Driving these days requires full attention. One of our pet peeves is people who drive and talk on the cell phones. When in your car if you decide to make a call pull over and talk to your hearts content. If someone calls you they can leave a message....
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Cross Country With Sirius Satellite Radio

When I retired and moved from Ontario to British Columbia, Ros and I drove across the country. We had taken many road trips in the past and reception in the hinterlands proved at times limited if not non existent. I became aware of satellite radio...
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Hand-Crank Flashlight Doesn’t Need Batteries

With power outages in Western Canada becoming more and more common, I have these stashed away in every room of my house. The beauty of it is, there are no batteries needed! You just Shake it to light it. A 30-second shaking generates power for five...
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