Armpit-free crutches take the pain out of walking when you’re injured

NEWS – Have you ever had to use crutches? I have two times and neither time was enjoyable. The first time was the summer of my senior year of high school when I had to have orthoscopic surgery on my knee to remove some junk in the joint. Several years later I had to use crutches again after I rolled my ankle. Ugh, thinking about that one still makes me cringe. Anyway, what I’m trying to get at is that using crutches was awkward and uncomfortable. The pain using crutches was almost as bad as the injury that caused me to need the crutches in the first place. Well, now there’s a new way to stay mobile while injured without using traditional crutches. It’s the iWALK 2.0 and it’s an armpit-free crutch that allows you to walk relatively normally.

The iWALK 2.0 looks similar to a knee scooter, but it allows you to remain hands-free so you can carry things, push a shopping cart, and even go up and down stairs by yourself. The crutch straps to your leg and provides a platform where your shin can rest to keep weight off your lower leg. I realize that the iWalk isn’t a solution for every leg injury like my knee surgery recovery, but I can see how it could be useful for ankle,  Achilles tendon injuries, and other injuries. The iWALK 2.0 is priced at $149 and is available at iwalk-free.com and Amazon.

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Skeeter Screen Yard Sticks will rid your backyard celebrations of mosquitos

NEWS – Nothing ruins a 4th of July celebration faster than mosquitos. Over the years I’ve tried several different products. Sprays, candles, even bracelets and each has there issues. Candles blow out, sprays are messy and who really wants to wear a bracelet. Skeeter Screen has come up with something just a little different, Yard Sticks Mosquito Repellent Lawn Incense.

Powered by DEET-free natural repellent made with lemongrass oil and geraniol (from geraniums) these large incense sticks measure 23-inches in length.

All you have to do is light them and stake them were ever you want to rid yourself of those pesky mosquitos. The incense also works to deter flies, fleas, and ticks.

And they can be used just about anywhere. Place them in flower pots, outdoors in a vase, bucket or directly in the ground.

Each stick provides a coverage area of about 200 square feet and will burn for 3-4 hours.

Yard Sticks are biodegradable too.

Perfect for garden parties, boating, fishing, camping, poolside, and outdoor family gatherings.

The Skeeter Screen Yard Sticks come in a pack of 15 for $16.95 and are available on The Grommet.

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Prime Day is coming but you save $100 on an Amazon Echo Show now!

DEAL– Amazon’s annual shopping carnival otherwise known as Prime Day starts on Monday, July 16 at 12PM PT/3PM ET and will run through Tuesday, July 17. This is a special shopping day that is exclusively for Prime members, but the good news is that you don’t have to wait until then to start saving cash. You can start saving right now on Amazon’s Alexa-enabled Echo Show shown here.

The Echo Show gives you hands free Alexa control with a screen that you can use to watch video flash briefings, see song lyrics, Amazon Video content, browse and listen to Audible audiobooks, and more.

Normally priced at $229.99, you can grab the Echo Show right now through July 17th when Prime Day ends for the great price of $129.99. Head over to Amazon to order one now and if you aren’t yet a Prime member, you can sign up for a free 30 day trial.

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These are the sneakers you’re looking for

NEWS – Let everyone know that you’re the ultimate Star Wars nerd when you come strutting into the room wearing a pair of R2-D2 sneakers from Po-Zu. Created under license by Lucasfilm and Disney, the R2-D2 sneakers are made of organic cotton featuring full coverage R2-D2 graphics and that high-top classic Converse style. The kicks are available in unisex US sizes from a tiny Jawa size 3 and up to a size 13.5 if you have Chewbacca sized feet. The sneakers are priced at £69 (US $91) and are available for preorder with shipping due at the end of August. Visit Po-Zu to order and if R2-D2 isn’t your favorite Star Wars character, Po-Zu has a variety of other Star Wars themed shoes to choose from.

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Kwilt Shoebox Mini smartphone backup adapter review


REVIEW – While I love my iPhone 8 Plus, I hate paying so much money to get the version with the most storage memory. It would be much easier to have all of my pictures stored on a drive and to have access to them whenever and wherever. The Kwilt Shoebox Mini smartphone backup adapter claims to be able to give me exactly what I want. Let’s see!!

What is it?

The Kwilt Shoebox Mini backup adapter, allows you to offload your photos and videos from your phone or tablet, and have access to them and any other media attached to the shoebox from anywhere in the world and at any time, as long as you have internet access.

What’s in the box


1 x Kwilt Shoebox
1 x Mini HDMI to HDMI adapter
1 x Micro USB to USB adapter
1 x 32GB Thumb Drive
1 x Micro USB Power Adapter
1 x Quick Start Guide
1 x Tips Leaflet
1 x Additional Information Leaflet
2 x Kwilt Stickers

Design and features

The Kwilt Shoebox is a small and lightweight device that allows you to connect a relatively limitless amount of hard drive storage and apart from offloading your pictures and videos from your mobile device to “free up” storage, you have access to the content from anywhere in the world as long as you have internet access and the app configured on your device. You can set up additional accounts for family and friends and others.


On the back of the device, from left to right, there is a mini HDMI port, a micro USB data port, and a micro USB power port.


The picture below shows how the cables are connected.


With the mini HDMI to HDMI adapter, you can attach to a TV or monitor and view the content stored on the shoebox. You can connect a thumb drive to the micro USB to USB dongle as shown below, or you can connect a USB hub with multiple drives.

Performance

The initial setup of the Kwilt was very easy right out of the box, with no issues at all. The fact that they provided a 32GB flash drive to get you started is simply amazing and a great gesture by the manufacturer. After downloading the app and following the setup instructions, all was set and ready to go. Before I go any further, here are some of the features offered:
• Creates virtually unlimited phone/tablet memory
• Share with others
• Transfer large volumes of photos and videos
• Store other types of files

Once you sign in to the app, there is the main screen that displays some of your photos and videos as a background, with the options overlayed. In the upper left corner, there is an icon that looks like a large shoebox. Selecting this icon takes you to the options to transfer your photos and videos, as well as to set your preferences. Below are pictures of some of the screens. (Not all of the screens are included in the pictures. There are too many to show, but these should give you an idea).



When I selected the option to transfer my photos and videos together, the app crashed every time without completing the task. Eventually, I selected just the videos, and those transferred successfully. At that point, I figured that it was no big deal, and I would just transfer my pictures separately. However, no matter how many times I tried, the app crashed and I had to try again.  Despite my efforts to reach their customer support by sending multiple emails via their in-app email, I never received a response from their customer service. However, I decided to try the app on my iPad and everything worked. After taking a closer look at what was happening, and comparing my iPhone settings with my iPad, I realized that the Kwilt app does not run in the background if your phone is set to auto lock and if it goes into that mode before the transfer is completed. I find this strange and quite inconvenient since unlike my iPad, I set my phone to auto lock after 5 minutes for privacy and security reasons. The solution here for the first transfer that included a large number of photos was to disable the phone’s auto-lock feature, and then the transfer was successful.

The Kwilt Shoebox can also be set to perform automatic transfers one your device connects to the same network that the Kwilt is on.


Moving on, at the bottom of the screen, there are 3 icons. From left to right, they are the live camera view, sub-menu, and settings icons. The first icon which is the live camera view, allows you to take pictures or record videos from within the app. The middle icon gives access to the sub-menu options. Once you select the middle icon, the sub-menu icons appear in a semi-circle across the bottom of the screen. Here are some screenshots:






The last icon to the right is the settings icon that provides tabs to additional setup options, preferences, account information, help options, social media sharing options and the Logout option.

What I like

I like that the Kwilt Shoebox is small and lightweight, and uses a wireless connection so that you can place it just about anywhere.

I also like that you can attach a drive of any size including a thumb drive, and even a USB hub with multiple drives. This makes the storage virtually unlimited and provides the ability able to accommodate just about anyone that you want to share access with to store their files as well.

The incremental automatic transfer once your devices and Kwilt are connected to the same network is also a great feature.

What can be improved

The app needs some work, since it crashes (or just stops working) if the device goes into auto lock mode during the transfer process.

Without a doubt, customer service/support/response must be improved.

Final thoughts

The Kwilt Shoebox is a really nice device that is designed to perform a very useful and convenient function. It provides for virtually limitless storage for your mobile picture and videos, far beyond the built-in storage capacity of any phone on the market today. What is even nicer, is the ability to allow access to others of your choice. This is a much-needed device that would serve many people very well. Once I figured out the issue with the auto lock, this device became a permanent and convenient asset on my network.

Price: $59.00
Where to buy: Kwilt Shoebox Website and Amazon.
Source: The sample for this review was provided by Kwilt Shoebox.

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