This year’s most innovative products you’ll want to take home right now
This year’s most innovative products you’ll want to take home right now.
What makes a new home appliance really stand out at the store? Obviously it has to deliver the results, and as is the case of these latest innovations, it should be brimming with sleek style and abilities – taking things out of your hands and if possible, do it in your stead lest you forget. From a game-changing washing machine to a TV-mirroring smart refrigerator, here’s a round-up of the year’s most exciting home product launches.
The Hot-For-You Smart Oven
An enhanced convection microwave oven, this Samsung HotBlast Smart Oven MW8000J cuts short cooking time by up to 50 percent than a traditional convection oven. It works by blasting hot air downwards directly on the food, roasting vegetables, meats or large chickens (which usually take almost an hour) under 30 minutes or less. Best of all, it doesn’t dry out the food. At $899, from major electronic stores.
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Worried the top might be overdone? Its Crusty Plate function even bakes and browns the top and bottom of family favourites like pizzas, baguettes and chicken nuggets.
The Won’t-Let-You-Down Robot Vacuum Cleaner
Most robot vacuum cleaners may seem weak as compared to a typical pulland- swipe vacuum cleaner. But not the Samsung POWERbot VR9000 robot vacuum cleaner. It boasts powerful suction strength that’s 60 times more powerful than a conventional Samsung vacuum cleaner. To give you an idea, it’s strong enough to suck up a bowling ball. At $1,499, from major electronic stores.
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We love that we can point the Point Cleaning controller at a dusty spot and the POWERbot VR9000 will instantly be on its way.
The Can’t-Take-Your-Eyes- Off-Me Refrigerator
The most futuristic refrigerator of our times will hopefully reach our sunny shores soon. The Samsung Family Hub refrigerator stands out with a massive 21.5-inch touchscreen that runs apps, mirrors your TV, lets you post digital Post-It notes and even access the Internet. But its most advanced feature is an internal camera system that consists of three cameras that capture photos of the fridge’s cavity every time you shut the door. You then access the pictures through your smartphone while at the supermarket.
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The “Food Reminder” app lets you label expiration dates on different foods in the fridge. This is especially useful for fresh fruits and vegetables since it reflects a countdown of days towards the expiration date.
The Two-Become-One Refrigerator
Taking energy saving to an all-new level, the Samsung top-mounted freezer refrigerator RT6000 boasts the Twin Cooling Plus technology, meaning it has two independent cooling systems that let you convert the freezer into a refrigerator or shut off the refrigerator space altogether to save energy. This is not all. Based on internal testing, the RT6000 provides optimum humidity levels of 70 percent throughout the fridge, which helps to keep raw meat and fresh produce stay fresh for longer periods. At $1,399, from major electronic stores.
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Thanks to two separate airflows in the fridge and freezer, unpleasant smells from foods will not move across the cavities, meaning you won’t smell foods like kimchi in your freezer.
The Forget-Me-Not Front Load Washing Machine
Samsung’s AddWash Washing Machine could possibly be the first of a whole new generation of front loaders that could eliminate the demand for top load washers forever. It has a push-andpop window on its door that makes it convenient to add any forgotten item, such as the solo sock or apron, or fabric softener, anytime during a wash cycle. It also features Samsung’s exclusive Ecobubble technology which mixes air, water and detergent to create fine cleansing bubbles to penetrate fabrics and remove minute dirt even in a cool wash, hence saving energy. At $1,399, from major electronic stores.
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You can check the washing progress on your Android or iPhone and even know when to add in any delicate items that you’d like to rinse near the end.
