There is nothing more frustrating about vacuuming than a smelly vacuum cleaner. You’re trying to clean your house, but with every sweep you’re getting a slight (or sometimes not subtle) smell of dust, dog, and rot in the air. It’s a frustrating, gross and frankly the telltale sign that your faithful cleaning companion could use some TLC. But here’s…

You didn’t get a robot vacuum to keep running after it. Most navigation challenges can be solved with simple maintenance and tweak. To get your robot unstuck and working efficiently, here are 12 useful tips. 1. Get rid of Obvious Floor Clutter This is by far the biggest culprit for robot vacuums getting stuck. Chargers, shoes, pet toys, and…

There’s a particular frustration in turning your thermostat to 72, waiting an hour, and your house stubbornly remains at 68. You bought a smart thermostat for certain benefits – comfort, energy efficiency, and one less device that needs replacing batteries or was never fun to adjust in winter or summer, but instead, you’re piling on sweaters or…

We’ve all been there: you purchase a new device, use it for a few months, and it suddenly starts to malfunction or dies on you. Before you start blaming the manufacturer or writing it off to bad luck, let’s discuss something a lot of people don’t want to admit: we are often responsible for killing our own…