Category: Handy gadgets

We’ve Got A Roborock S6 Pure Robot Vacuum Cleaner!

Ever since Covid swept the world and kept us all at home, I’ve dreamed of getting a robot vacuum cleaner to save me from the dreadful and endless sweeping, wiping, and moping.

When Maria, our part-time cleaner of 9 years couldn’t come into our home due to the endless lockdown, all the household chores were suddenly thrown to me. I had no choice but to bite the bullet and take each day as it comes.

I know some of you only wipe and mop your house once or twice a week but I can’t do that as I have a bad allergy to dust and pet fur. And I’m OCD, which is contributed by my sinus and allergy.

A robot vacuum cleaner will be one of the best gifts to gift someone with an allergy to pet fur who’s also an OCD. That’s me!

My allergy to cat fur and probably to cat litter would get so bad on some days that both my nose would get blocked. My eyes, arms, and face would turn super itchy too. The nose block would also affect my sleep at night.

When mum saw how much weight I have lost during the MCO, I think it broke her heart. Any mom’s heart would shatter to see their precious child lose so much weight caused by stress.

So mum surprised me with a Roborock S6 Pure Robot vacuum cleaner last week, as Christmas present!

I read that the Roborock S6 comes with a HEPA filter that also traps pet fur. It’s too early to say if the robot has helped put my allergy at bay but I’m very pleased with it.

If Roborock does not help with my allergy to cat fur, I’ll purchase a Levoit air purifier with a filter specifically for trapping pet fur.

Cass helped me with unboxing to downloading the app on my phone to syncing it with the robot and setting up the robot.
This much dust, hair, and dirt were trapped in just half an hour.
Hours later, the robot did its second round of job and this much dust and dirt were trapped.
As expected, Haru was terrified of the robot. Today is her 3rd day with her new housemate and she’s warmed up to her. She tried to swipe the robot with her paw this morning 😁

I intended to buy a Levoit air purifier with a HEPA filter to trap pet fur but I’ll put this purchase on hold first while I test out the Roborock to see if it helps with alleviating my allergy.

Roborock truly rocks!

Thank you once again mummy for the wonderful gift 😘

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Must Have Door Stopper

After rascal #2’s thumb got squashed by a steel door about 2 years ago (the bone of her left thumb cracked a little and the nail was yanked off.  It was a bloody scene at home and in the hospital.  Eeeeeekssss!), I have developed a strong phobia of my kids’ fingers being squashed by doors. Since then, almost every door in our house has a door stopper and all our bedroom doors have 2 door stoppers – one in front and one at the back, where the door hinge is.

Most of the conventional U-shaped door stoppers are for the front of the door. The back of the door where the door hinge is, that’s where the finger accidents happened most of the time to Sherilyn and Alycia. Before I found out about this amazing door stopper for the hinge, I used 2 U-shaped door stoppers – one in front and one at the back. On some doors, I used a floor door stopper, ie those where you place on the floor to stop the door from moving. But the U-shaped door stoppers are often breakable and they tend to drop off the door when there’s strong wind and the door slams hard. As for the floor door stopper, my kids tend to play with them (esp Baby) and they always go missing.

When Cosway sent me a brochure the other day, I saw this door stopper and I knew I must get a set:


The plastic door stopper is hooked at the door hinge and it’s pretty child-safe in that it prevents the door from closing and the gap behind the door is big enough not to get a toddler’s finger pinched from behind when the door moves.

When you want to close the door, simply remove the door stopper and hang it on a holder next to the door.  A set of 2 door stoppers only costs RM6.90.

All our bedroom doors are now affixed with 2 door stoppers – one in front and one at the back. It’s better to be safe than sorry. I want no second time waiting at the hospital ER with my kid with blood everywhere on the hospital floor!

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Coffee-Maker

My mil is a coffee lover, so much so that she even has a special coffee grinder to grind coffee beans so that she has a cup of very aromatic coffee every morning.


This is the coffee-maker / coffee bean grinder


Whenever Alycia and Sher see mah mah grinding the coffee beans, they will surely fight to lend a helping hand.


The ground coffee powder is collected in a little drawer in the coffee-maker.


The coffee powder is then poured into a disposable paper sieve put on top of a special funnel. Hot water is then poured on the coffee powder.


Even her coffee beans are kept in a special container that is air-tight, which my mil uses a special pump to pump out all the air (on the cover of the container) before she keeps them in the fridge!

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Lightning Surge Protector For My Golden Goose

Ever since the network card in my PC was struck by lighting, I have a phobia whenever there is lightning. My computer technician advised me to get a surge protector which acts to protect my PC, the modem and our telephone line. The protector is affixed to the wall socket and all other plugs are affixed to the protector. It costs RM70 and he came to install it today. Hopefully this is really useful.

Does anyone of you have a surge protector for your computer and modem too?

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Cool Gadget For Babies And Adults

My sil recently got a cool gadget for the gals from Hong Kong, but mummy and daddy can also use it. It’s a anti-mosquito device, specially designed for babies. The device operates by emitting ultrasounds within a range of 3 metres which annoy mosquitoes without causing any undesired effect to people or animals. It operates on batteries with an average useful life of approximately 100 hours. This gadget is so small that you can fasten it to your clothes, babies’ strollers, planpen, just on anything. Cool or not?

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Mosquitoes And Insects Trapper

Do you know what DH hates most? Mosquitoes. That’s because 5 years ago, both he and MIL contracted Dengue Fever, both at the same time. I remember it was a few weeks after I had finished my ‘confinement’ when I suffered a miscarriage, that both DH and MIL were down with Dengue Fever. Barely over from the heartache, I had to muster up enough strength to care for 2 sick people, travelling to and fro house and hospital. It was one of the darkest moments in my life.

Ok, enough of sob story. After DH recovered from Dengue Fever, he developed a strong hatred for mosquitoes. Everyday, he’d carry a huge torchlight and a battery-operated mosquito zapper (like a badminton racquet) and go on a mosquito-hunting spree.

Recently, DH bought a mosquito/insect trapper which is really very effective. This trapper emits Carbon Dioxide (CO2), the kind of gas that we humans emit and an ultraviolet light that attract insects and mozzies. When the insects and mozzies enter the trapper, a fan will pull these bugs down to the base, which is a sticky pad. Everyday, there will be lots of mozzies and little insects trapped in the sticky pad. This device is so effective that DH bought another 3 units recently, with each unit costing around RM300. So for those looking for a solution to mozzies woes in your house, check out this trapper.

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HEALTH FREAK MOMMY