Archive for the ‘Home Safety’ Category

Portable Fire Escape Ladder a Smart Choice for 2nd-story Bedrooms

Friday, February 9th, 2007

If you have a house where the bedrooms are on the 2nd or 3rd floors, you should think about how you and your family would get out in the event of a fire or other emergency (such as an earthquake) that might render the hallway and stairs inaccessible. The ...

Plug-in Motion Sensor Turns on Your Lights

Saturday, January 13th, 2007

Here's a handy gadget that's more home safety (or just convenience) than home security, but there's nothing wrong with concentrating on making a home safe. If you regularly come home to a dark house or have a room you walk into where there's not a light switch by the ...

Clear House Numbers Add to Home Safety

Thursday, December 28th, 2006

When was the last time you thought about your house numbers? You know, the little address plaque or painted numbers you have on the side of your house or the curb that tell people the address? It's probably been a while. Clear house numbers are important, however, ...

Hand-cranked LED Flashlight Ensures Light During Power Outage

Thursday, December 7th, 2006

Unless you live in some miraculous town where the power has never been knocked out, you know it’s important to have flashlights (or at least candles) tucked away in case there’s a power outage from a storm or other emergency. These things happen infrequently to most of us though, and ...

BabySense Monitor Sounds Alarm if Your Child Stops Moving

Wednesday, December 6th, 2006

Here's a gadget for all you new mothers and fathers out there. For years, parents have been using those walkie-talkie style baby monitors to listen to what's going on in the baby's room. Now there's a monitor that lets you go beyond that; the BabySense Infant Movement Baby ...

Ademco Wireless Smoke Detectors

Monday, December 4th, 2006

Did you know that a home should have a smoke detector on every floor? And that those smoke detectors should have the batteries checked every month? If you did know those things, do you actually put them into practice? Well, with the new year coming up, it's ...