It's March and that means the sun is shining, the snow is melting, and I am
back in Chicago at the 2015 International Home and Housewares show.
After last year's video, a lot of you guys were saying, "Hey, can I go to the show?
It looks amazing," and yes, it is amazing but it is not open to the public.
It's trade only.
Fortunately, the IHA invited me to come so that I could put my feet on the ground, by
the way, check out who is back, pound the pavement and see the cool stuff that's
going to be in stores for 2015. So without further ado, I'm going to take you on the
show floor and show you what I found. Let's go.
You may remember the Elmer's bowl from your earlier days at school but they have
come up with something really cool and they're showcasing it here at the IHHS
2015. They are the Elmer's freestyle repositionable hooks and I think you're
going to love them.
As you can see, the common variety of styles and colors and sizes, and they have
all kinds of different ones to suit different needs. They're great for
temporary spaces like dorm rooms or lockers, and the greatest part is that
they're reusable. So once you stick them on the wall, you can peel them off, put
them somewhere else, they'll stick just as well, and of course they don't
leave any residue behind.
Oh and by the way, you can hang up to 10 pounds on one of these hooks. The
freestyle hooks give you the option to customize what small space you have,
whether it's in a bathroom or if it's in a locker, and I thought when I saw these,
they were way more interesting than the majority of hooks out there on the market,
which is why I wanted to show them to you.
If you, like me, have somebody in your house that has long hair, you understand
the perils of what can happen to your drain if long hair gets in there. That's
why when I came across the Drain Weasel, I was actually really excited. This tiny
little wand can be fished down almost any drain without having to take anything
apart by the way, and it literally just fishes out all of that hair.
The way this works is, it has about 100 of these little micro hooks. So yes, it sort
of looks like a mascara wand but hear me out on this, you put it down the drain,
you twist it a few times and you pull it out. It takes the entire clog out without
even needing to wear gloves or use any chemicals. Because I know this is a
problem that many of you deal with, I thought the Drain Weasel would be a really
exciting product for you as well.
Let me start by clearing something up for you. A lot of you hear me talk about using
Vileda products but you can't find them in the United States, and the reason is
because Vileda is actually O-Cedar in the United States. But I assure you, they're
the exact same company with the exact same cool products.
Speaking of cool products, when I moseyed on into the O-Cedar booth, I came across
the dual action angler broom, and this broom sweeps up the competition. It's got
a foam blade sandwiched between the broom bristles and the reason this foam blade
exists is to get rid of that pesky line of dirt that you can never quite sweep up.
It's also removable so that you can rinse it under cold water and not have to worry
about this being dirty all the time.
Now that aside, the dust pan, and this is really crazy cool, has these little
cleaning cones along the edge, and the reason you want that is so that you can
quickly clean the bristles of your broom, which by the way, get disgusting and
seriously, whoever wants to touch that? Not me.
And the final thing that's so cool is that the dust pan is anti-static, which means
all of the dirt slides right off into the garbage can without you having to tap it
and do a whole salsa shuffle a million times to get the dirt off your dust pan.
Eagle-eyed Clean My Space viewers might know the reliable brand because we use the
Pronto Steamer in many of our videos. But I'm not here to talk about the Pronto
Steamer today. I'm here to talk about the Senza 200DS. This beautiful baby is a
two-in-one ironing station that has this large water reservoir, giving you
continuous steam for those extra large ironing jobs.
Now let's say you don't have time and you don't want to give a few extra minutes for
for this to heat up, you can unplug it from the base, fill the iron up with a
little bit of water, plug it into the wall and you've got a powerful iron in seconds.
The reason I love Reliable Steam Products is because they are known for their
professional grade ironing systems that are used in manufacturers, tailors,
drycleaners, and they've taken that technology and they've given it to
consumers for home use.
Last year, you guys went crazy for the Robot vacuum. So this year, I wanted to
bring you another one, and this one is particularly neat. It's called the Neato
Botvac and this one doesn't cut corners.
Most robot vacuums are round, which basically means it can't get into corners,
and also your beater bar is not spanning the entire length of the machine. This not
only has these rubber squeegee-type blades, which are really great on carpet
as well as hardwood, but it also does have this beater bar.
So this was pretty impressive for me. I don't see this on a lot of robot vacuum
models and that's why I really liked this one in particular. It's a powerful vacuum,
which means it has good suction. Some robot vacuums cannot offer that. It's also
smart so it knows when to dock and recharge itself, and it has several
different models that you can choose from, whether it's certain type of filtration or
for certain type of floor surface. So if you are in the market for a robot vacuum, I
definitely recommend checking out the Neato Botvac line.
Toothbrushes can get a little bit disgusting when they're in your bathroom,
and if you have an electric toothbrush, you know how excessively disgusting those
can get after a few uses. So I introduce to you the Aura Clean System.
This is a toothbrush that you'd actually be proud to display on your bathroom
counter. It looks beautiful and it stays clean, and here's how. When you're done
using your toothbrush, you drop it back into the base where of course it
recharges, but also it contains a brush dryer, leaving your brush absolutely dry.
And the coolest thing is that it has this UV ring light that actually sterilizes
your brush after each use. So once you're done brushing, you don't get any of that
crusty build up that you get with your other electric toothbrushes.
For all of you pet parents out there, I knew I had to include something for you
because there are so many great pet products here at the show. This is PetSafe
and this is the Healthy Pet Simply Feed. All you have to do is program it and it feeds
your cat or dog for you. Check it out.
There are so many cool things about this product. First of all, it can dole out
small or large portions using its patented conveyor belt. This allows for the food to
come out slowly, in case you have any of those fast eating animals of which I have
one. It also can contain dry food or semi-moist food and can feed your pet
while you're at home or while you're away.
We spend a third of our lives on mattresses and we'd better be protecting
them in order to maintain our investment. This is Protect-a-Bed. They have a whole
line of bed and mattress protection products, which help you get a better
night's sleep, more comfortably, and also protect you against the things that you
definitely don't want going into your mattress like sweat, dead skin cells, bed
bugs and incontinence issues for little ones.
One of the many reasons I was excited about this product is because it has
what's called a miracle membrane, and it basically means it's a breathable mattress
protector. So it's not like crunchy and crispy and it doesn't feel like you're
sleeping on a shower curtain liner.
It's also great because you can launder it in hot water, same as you would with your
sheets, which is something you can't do with some of the other mattress
protectors. It also has a 10-year warranty, which is pretty excellent,
considering it is going on top of one of your most expensive
pieces of furniture in your home.
Here's a clever little solution to a very undesirable issue. This is Pumie. It's a
professional grade toilet bowl ring remover and it's made of pumice stone. The
way to use this is really simple. You've got yourself a handle. You've got yourself
a pumice stone. You find your nasty toilet bowl ring and you literally use this the
way you would use a pencil eraser, and you can rub out that toilet bowl ring. Any of
the pumice remaining, you just flush down the toilet and it's nobody's...nothing.
The only thing you need to use in conjunction with the Pumie is water.
That's pretty easy to find. I love it because it's safe for porcelain bowls,
which means it won't scratch. It's safe for the environment. It's got no chemicals
and it's odor-free. I mean guys, you can't go wrong.
Okay. Neatfreak is not only a really smart company because they're offering free
massages at their booth but they've also come up with some really amazing products.
While I wish I could show you every single one in this giant booth that they
have. I need to focus on this one specifically.
It's the Easy Reach Front Loader and it is for laundry. The Easy Reach Front Loader
is cool on so many levels. First of all, it's on this really light,
easy-to-maneuver frame but that aside, it's got the three sections for dark
colors and lights. Get this, you can literally take the laundry basket with you
right downstairs to your washing machine, and then bring everything back up so you
can fold it wherever you choose to do that.
My laundry sorter right now is static. So I have to reach in and pull everything
out. This one's so great because it's ergonomic and it's really easy to use, and
the coolest part is that this is the new model coming out in the summer. It's
beautiful and I'm getting one for my new laundry room.
Okay. I have walked the entire show. It's over four giant halls, over 2100 vendors,
and I only got to show you 10 of my favorite products but there are so many
amazing products that I didn't even have the chance to show you. But there's good
news because if you head over to the Inspired Home website, which is
ihainspirehome.org where you can see all of the vendors and their crazy cool stuff
that they showcased this year.
A special thanks to all of the folks at the IHA who helped to bring us here and
make this video possible for you, and thanks to all of the vendors who let us
sneak into their booth and showcase all of their latest and greatest.
Please let me know on the comments down below, what was your favorite product that
I showed you at the show, and what do you think you might pick up this year?
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