Are Solar Christmas Lights worth the money? In a word, no. In two words, it depends. Let’s start worth the no, then we’ll move on to the depends part of the equation.

 

Solar Christmas Lights Disadvantages

If you want to light-up the outside of your home like the City Courthouse, you’d better have enough money to buy the courthouse, if not a good-sized town. One string of 50 Solar LED Christmas lights typically costs $20.00. For kicks, my wife and I decided to try the

Solar Christmas Lights

experiment this year. For starters, we bought two strings of LED lights for $40 and were able to decorate two small bushes in the front of our home. Just think, for another $2,000 we could have purchased 100 strings for a whopping total of 5,000 lights. In case you’re wondering, that falls about 10,000 lights short of competing in your neighborhood Christmas Decoration contest. If cost is not a good enough deterrent for the Solar Christmas Lights experiment, we discovered a few other problems:

 
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Since first seeing the Snoboss shovel at Home Depot last year, I decided to look up some actual user reviews on this large, peculiar-looking snow shovel. My large driveway requires a lot of horizontal and vertical distances to cover with a standard shovel, so I've often wondered if there is a better way. The Snoboss (Snowboss or Snow Boss) is a drastically looking looking different tool than the typical, snow shovels I'm used to. While my other two snow shovels are ergonomically designed, they do not have the deep, double-hand scoop of the snoboss. In theory, the snoboss makes the job of shoveling a driver quicker and easier on the back. What specifically is different about the features and physical properties of the Snoboss that supposedly make it superior for shoveling snow?
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Orbit 27999

I must have used up at least 750 words ranting and raving about Hunter Sprinklers products last month, so why did I choose an Orbit Sprinkler Timer, instead? I can answer that question in one word: Cost. The Orbit 9 Station Timer, Model # 27999 sells at your local Lowes Store for about $69.00. The Hunter 8-Station XC-800 model does have a few more features, bells and whistles over the Orbit 27999, none of which seemed very significant to me. For instance, the Hunter XC-800 will completely backup your entire program into permanent memory and doesn't depend on the lithium battery to hold it. Since I plan on changing my battery once a year, I don't expect that to be an issue and even if it ever becomes one, these digital sprinkler timers are very easy to program and the Orbit Sprinkler Timer is no exception. Before we get to that, what else is missing on the Orbit Sprinkler Timer vs the Hunter? Read the rest of this entry

Getting Familiar with Hunter Sprinklers

XCore Controller

I became familiar with Hunter Sprinklers and Hunter Sprinkler heads when they became easier to find then Rainbird products. Years ago, it was hard to find anything other than Rainbird sprinklers at my local Home Depot stores. I was reluctant to replace my old sprinkler heads with another brand, not because I loved Rainbird, but because I was not familiar with any other brands. Other brands of Lawn Sprinkler Systems. Replacement heads have their own settings and it can be confusing learning a new way of setting them up every time you need to replace heads. I am no longer intimidated by non-Rain Bird brands. IN fact, Hunter Sprinklers replacement heads are easy to use and last just as long if not longer than the other 3 or 4 brands I’ve tried, including Rainbird. Besides my own favorable experience, there is another good reason to trust Hunter Sprinklers. Read the rest of this entry

Got Hose Nozzle?

Copper Hose Nozzle

It’s amazing how something as simple as a hose nozzle can cause years of grief before you finally decide to do something about it. Funny thing about the Hose Nozzle is that we usually need a minimum of two of them. My current back yard hose is the one that has suffered through more lousy hose nozzles than I care to remember. The good Hose Nozzle always ends up in the front yard for washing cars because that is where it seems to be needed the most. The other Hose Nozzles usually end up in the trash after a year or two for the following reasons:

• Hose Nozzle gets more water on you than the plants or car you're watering
• Hose Nozzle fails to deliver a fine enough or wide enough spray over time
• Hose Nozzle is cracked and mechanically broken
• Hose Nozzle is troublesome and awkward to use

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So, why has the one in my front yard lasted so long? More on that later. Read the rest of this entry

2 Stage Snow Blower

Troy Bilt Snow Blowers Review

Why not look at Troy Bilt Snow Blowers? Over the last couple of years, my spacious 3-Car Driveway has resulted in a lot of time, labor, monetary costs, heartaches and numerous Product Review Articles like these:

1. EliteCrete Driveway Resurfacing
2. Concrete Crack Repair
3. Behr Paint Stripper Driveway Cleanup
4. Behr Stain and Cement Paint
5. Review on Behr-800 Cement Paint
6. Dap Ready-Mix Concrete Patch
7. (Insert Troy Bilt Snow Blowers Review Here)

Now, it comes to Troy Bilt Snow Blowers. After writing all of these articles and spending my money on this driveway, do you think I’d be foolish enough to put a shovel to it this winter when it snows? Yeah, I probably will be if I don’t get a Snow Blower – and soon. Read the rest of this entry