Home juicers are fun, but they’re a total pain to clean and expensive to run if you don’t have a backyard filled with fruit trees. The Philips QuickClean Juicer claims to produce 10 per cent more juice and to offer a one-minute clean. Does it measure up to those claims? We got one into the Lifehacker Test Kitchen to find out.
When I first heard about the Opena — an iPhone case that doubles as a bottle opener — last year, I had two reactions. The first: “Awesome.” The second: “I wonder if you can get it through airline security in your hand luggage?” Last week, I decided to find out.
You may have noticed that we’re doing evil things to a 12kg Gummy Bear right now. We’ve tested its carrying capacity, we’ve tested its suitability as a soft drink ingredient, and now it’s time to tackle the most important question of all: Who’s going to eat it?
As you’ll have noticed, we’re doing evil things with a 12kg Gummy Bear right now. In the spirit of our recent Sodamite experiment, it only seemed reasonable to hack the bear’s foot off, melt it and try and use it as a drink flavouring for SodaStream. A little surprisingly, the results were even worse than using Vegemite.
Coffee is one of the staples of my diet, but on a journalist’s salary, the costs of café coffee quickly becomes prohibitive. Instant coffee will do when I just need a caffeine fix, but it’s never very good. Aldi’s Expressi line of pod-based coffees is meant to solve that issue affordably, providing good quality coffee at a cheap price. But does it?
We know that the SodaStream Genesis works well as a source of carbonated drinks. We know that it’s more economical if you use your own flavours. And we’re an Australian site. Clearly, there was only one thing to be done: use the office SodaStream to make a Vegemite-flavoured beverage. It’s time for Sodamite. (Be careful how you spell that.)
In prehistoric times when I was a teenager, the SodaStream was an object of aspiration for many families, while the Kidman boys sobbed into their No Frills cordial. It eventually disappeared into the same retail vacuum as Amstrad 3-inch floppy discs, but since 2010 Sodastream has returned to the market. Does it still do the biz when it comes to the fizz?
The news that US takeout chain Jack In The Box is now selling bacon milkshakes has inspired excitement and revulsion in equal measure. Given our addiction to recreating fast-food icons and the lack of a local store selling bacon-laden milky goodness, there was only one thing to do: make one ourselves. The result? It’s possible, but we don’t recommend it.
It’s a yeast extract spread in a yellow-capped jar with a bright red label, but that’s largely where the resemblance ends. Lifehacker goes the taste test on ALDI’s Vegemite clone, Brekkie Mite.
Lifehacker Australia was offered the opportunity to sit down for a chat with a couple of Ford executives and test drive the new 2011 Ford Focus last week. I was the lucky one who got to get behind the wheel as the only member of the team with a full driver’s licence. One week, 800km and $70 worth of diesel fuel later, I was reluctant to give the keys back purely because of all the mind-blowing tech I’m about to show you.
