Blue LED Christmas Lights Decorating Outdoors

Blue LED Christmas lights offer perhaps the most vivid blue hues you can get in a highly efficient, low heat holiday light set as the pictures below show. Much more vibrant than incandescent blue Christmas lights, and cheaper to operate as well.  Since blue is our favorite color, we’ve decorated the house with blue light … Continue reading Blue LED Christmas Lights Decorating Outdoors

Blaster Graphite Dry Lube Spray Review

We’ve stocked  Blaster   lubricants in our workshop for years. A while back, we bought a 6-ounce can of    Blaster Graphite Dry Lube Spray. We wanted to.. Lubricate locks and keys. Quiet squeaky space heaters. Silence squawky doors and their hinges. Smooth grinding glider rocking chair bearings. This lube is quite thin, unlike greases we’d tried prior.  So it works its … Continue reading Blaster Graphite Dry Lube Spray Review

Honeywell T87N1026 Large Number Thermostat Review

The Honeywell T87N1026 large number thermostat offers a quick and easy-to-install climate control solution. It’s also simple to learn and operate. It looks like the vintage Honeywell mercury thermostats in so many homes during the 60s and 70s.  But this unit, with its higher visibility and “feel-ability” is well-received by those with visual and tactile … Continue reading Honeywell T87N1026 Large Number Thermostat Review

Best Earplugs for Music Concerts

What are the Best Earplugs for Music Concerts?  We’ve used these   Mighty Plugs Earplugs   from  Beneficial Products Incorporated (BPI) at many music concerts, like Rod Stewart, Heart, and Aerosmith.  We found them the best concert goer’s ear protection for the money; better than any other ear plug we tested.  They  really cut down harshly loud, harsh noises from … Continue reading Best Earplugs for Music Concerts

Amazon Echo Reset Button, Where to Find It

We find the Amazon Echo reset button on the generation one (original) Alexa Echo smart speaker on the underside of the unit.  E.g. See this pointed at by the purple arrow in the next picture. Note that the button is easy to get to, once you turn the speaker upside down. Furthermore, just sit the … Continue reading Amazon Echo Reset Button, Where to Find It

DE Lightning Charging Cable Review, 9 Ft, Sync

The DE 9 Ft lightning cable is certainly not the cheapest data and charging cable available. But it’s very well built, durable, and charges iPhones quickly. DE 9 Ft Lightning Charging Cable Intro We paid nearly $25 for ours at K-Mart.  This cost about the same as Apple-built lightning cords.  Yet the extra three feet … Continue reading DE Lightning Charging Cable Review, 9 Ft, Sync

How to Deregister Echo Dot Speaker

You might wish to run these deregister Echo Dot instructions if you’re getting rid of a Dot speaker.  Perhaps you’re upgrading to a later model Alexa Dot.  Or, as we did here, we bought a new Dot device for a sister. But we forgot to mark it as a gift in our Amazon cart.  This … Continue reading How to Deregister Echo Dot Speaker

Restart Echo Dot Instructions

We offer these restart Echo Dot instructions to help correct some unusual symptoms that your Amazon Dot smart speakers may show. No Power Button to Restart Echo Dot With Since none of the Dots to date has a power on / off button, you restart these units by unplugging them momentarily.  Unplug them from AC … Continue reading Restart Echo Dot Instructions