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Syantek Remote Control Light Switch Kit – Item of the Day

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Special Note – These are marked down 37% today and they are one of the simplest products to use you will find.  They just work and preform a huge number of tasks not the least of which is on demand off and on Christmas lights at the push of a button. Every day I bring you an item on Amazon that I personally use or has been purchased by many members of the audience and I have researched enough to recommend. Today’s TSP Amazon Item of the day is the Syantek Remote Control Light Switch Kit.  These things are just … Continue reading →

Century 24 Hour Mechanical Timer – Item of the Day

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Note – Bringing this around today because it is one of the most simple and fool proof forms of automation you can get for under 10 bucks and spring is the time for building out those gardens, aquaponics systems, etc. Every day I bring you an item on Amazon that I personally use or has been purchased by many members of the audience and I have researched enough to recommend. Today’s TSP Amazon Item of the day Century 24 Hour Mechanical Timer.  I use them on pumps in some of my systems that don’t need to run 24/7, they pay … Continue reading →

K&H Ultimate All-In-One Stock Tank De-Icer – Item of the Day

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Special Alert – No they are not on sale today but do not ignore this item today if you are not already set up with them for your live stock, this includes having at least one on reserve.  Two is one, and such.  Why?  Our supply chains are in a word f&^ked at the moment!  I expect items like this to be hard to come by once winter gets here, that always happens anyway.  So any stuff you need for winter, GET IT NOW, this is just one example.  By mid Nov. I expect much of it won’t be in … Continue reading →

Velcro Brand ONE-WRAP Cable Ties – Item of the Day

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Every day I bring you an item on Amazon that I personally use or has been purchased by many members of the audience and I have researched enough to recommend. Today’s TSP Amazon Item of the day is Velcro Brand ONE-WRAP Cable Ties.  Okay so mostly these are used for their intended purpose, which is managing wires and cables.  They are great for that and easy to remove when needed and put back on.  Of course I have been recommending Reusable Nylon Zip Ties for years as well and those are great for many things these cloth ones are not … Continue reading →

Etekcity Wireless Remote Control Electrical Outlet Switch – Item of the Day

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Special Notice – Etek City has discontinued this item.  It is too bad because Etek is a stellar company with a great reputation.  That said if they don’t make it, then you can’t get it from them.  The good news is I found a great product from a company called Syantek that works exactly the same and has passed my testing to where I can recommend it.  So if you need a product like this check out the Syantek Remote Control Light Switch Kit. Every day I bring you an item on Amazon that I personally use or has been … Continue reading →

The Thermocube – Item of the Day

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Every day I bring you an item on Amazon that I personally use or has been purchased by many members of the audience and I have researched enough to recommend. Today’s TSP Amazon Item of the day is the Farm Innovators Thermocube.  This little gadget is one of the most useful and slick little things you can get your hands on.  It is simply a two plug adapter, meaning you plug it into one outlet and you get two.  But inside is a mercury switch.  This makes it provide power only in a specific temperature range. There are a lot of … Continue reading →

1-Foot Extension Power Cables and 4-Way Splitter Cables – Item of the Day

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Every day I bring you an item on Amazon that I personally use or has been purchased by many members of the audience and I have researched enough to recommend. Today’s TSP Amazon Item of the day is is a 2-fer.  Let’s start out with these 1-Foot Extension Power Cables in a 5-Pack. What in the world do you need a 1 foot extension cable for?  How about this, you get a power strip or UPS for your computer, monitor, router, modem, speakers, etc.  You look and half of them are big old honking plugs! Now one plug takes up … Continue reading →

Cobra CPI890 800W Compact Power Inverter – Item of the Day

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Every day I bring you an item on Amazon that I personally use or has been purchased by many members of the audience and I have researched enough to recommend. Today’s TSP Amazon Item of the day is the Cobra CPI890 800W Compact Power Inverter.  I really have always liked the 800 watt inverter as a prep item.  It is that perfect balance of being able to run most things you can run from you car and an equal bang for the buck balance.  For many years I recommended the Whistler XP800i 800 Watt Power Inverter.  That item has gone … Continue reading →

Litom 8 LED Solar Wireless Security Light – Item of the Day

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Every day I bring you an item on Amazon that I personally use or has been purchased by many members of the audience and I have researched enough to recommend. Today’s TSP Amazon Item of the day is Litom 8 LED Solar Wireless Security Lights.   I previously reviewed the 20 LED version and promised a follow up of its little brother.  Well here it is, these are excellent and very much a half sized version of the larger light, with one big difference. The key difference is where as the 20 LED version is powered by a single 18650 Lithium … Continue reading →

Litom Solar 20 LED Motion Sensing Security Light – Item of the Day

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Every day I bring you an item on Amazon that I personally use or has been purchased by many members of the audience and I have researched enough to recommend. Today’s TSP Amazon Item of the day is the Litom Solar 20 LED Security Lights.  I have been looking for a solar powered motion activated security light to recommend for quite awhile.  I definitely wanted to find one using LED lights as well for power efficiency.  The issue is most of what I had checked out up till now has been junk.  I decided to give these ones from Litom … Continue reading →