Sunday, August 19, 2012

Wahl

My two boys & I keep our hair relatively short (< 1.5"), and have for the last decade.  How do I know the exact length?  Because we cut it at home with a Wahl hair clipper, which uses length-labeled clipper guides.  That single product has save me literally thousands of dollars.  Think about it, one haircut per month for three people at say $15 for a decade - you do the math.

It's super easy to use to get a great looking cut, priced extremely well, saves lots of money, and it's made in the USA!

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Xuron

For a project I'm working on I need some flush cutters.  (It's so I can cut the pins of through-hole components on the back of a printed circuit board - a new product for my company EurekaSound).  Xuron is the first -they invented it - and best name in this category.  Priced well, engineered well, and made in the USA!

Saturday, August 4, 2012

Crosman

My kids and I like to do some target shooting in the backyard with air rifles.  We have some Crosman and Remington air rifles - both high quality rifles, and both made in the USA.  We all really enjoy it.  I decided to get a .22 caliber air rifle to take care of some varmints around the yard - again Crosman has the goods - the Benjamin Discovery.

Friday, July 27, 2012

Nalgene

We take water bottles with us pretty much everywhere we go.  Fill 'em up at home (we have a filter on our kitchen faucet), put 'em in the car/backpack/etc.  And the water bottles we use are Nalgene.  They have a lot of great features:

  • Priced reasonably
  • Dishwasher safe
  • Impact resistant (my kids have tested this repeatedly)
  • Easy to drink from
  • Cool loop on the lid making it easy to carry and hard to lose the lid
  • BPA free
  • And Made in the USA

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Libbey

Three kids and a hard tile kitchen floor = the occasional broken glass.  Another broke yesterday, an accident of course.  Our glass supply had dwindled so much that we've been using coffee mugs!  So, I ordered a dozen Libbey Gilbraltar 14-oz glasses from Amazon.  A well priced nice solid glass, made in the USA - and hopefully with a little bounce... :-)

Sunday, July 22, 2012

All-Clad

We don't have too many of these incredible pieces from All-Clad - a fry pan, a sauté pan, a sauce pan, and a stock pot - but we use the ones we have all the time.  They heat very quickly and evenly - very nice to cook with.  Kinda pricey, but they do occasionally have sales.  Not all of their stuff is made in the US, but all of their bonded metal products are - and they are the best in the business.

Thursday, July 19, 2012

1888 Mills

Boy, we needed some new towels.  Yeah, the ones we had would still absorb water from you, but they were starting to feel like sandpaper.  Plus, holes in some of them, and the colors faded so much that I couldn't remember what the original color was.

So, I googled "towels made in the USA" and got back 1888 Mills.  So I ordered some bath towels and wash cloths from Amazon.  Wow, are they nice!  Soft, fluffy, big - and made in the USA.  No more 'exfoliating' my whole body after getting out of the shower.