Category — Green Machine

Here’s a great way to save gas and reduce carbon emissions:  mow your lawn with a human-powered push reel mower.  While it may be reminiscent of the lawn mowers you grandparents used to use, this one has some modern engineering advantages.  Made by Brill and manufactured in Germany, this Brill Razorcut 38 push reel mower mows a 15 inch path with a 5 blade cutting system.  The blades are flame-hardened for long-lasting sharpness and durability, and the mower is designed to cut with far less friction than old fashioned push reel mowers. There’s also an optional grass catcher for use with this lawn mower.  It weighs only 17 pounds and since it doesn’t have an engine, it’s very quiet.  Push reel mowers are safe too– when you stop pushing, they stop cutting.

Spending too much on your electricity bills?

Have no fear, Kill-a-Watt is here!

Kill-a-Watt is a wall unit with a large LCD which provides you with information about appliances that are plugged into it. It makes monitoring your electrical usage painless; expenses are viewable by day, week. month or year. It also detects voltage, line frequency, and power factor and estimates the quality of your power. Kill-a-Watt calculates consumption by the Killawatt/hr, as your utility company, which makes figuring out the bill easier.And all that for under $ 20. Find out just how efficient your appliances really are, eliminate energy leeches and put that money towards a weekend trip (or more like current gas prices).