
Take the sweat out of your DIY projects this spring
You’ve been dreaming about digging in your garden, tweaking your landscaping or improving your house all winter long. Finally the weather is nice, your yard is clear and dry and it’s time for you to get your hands dirty and start working. Having an off-road vehicle handy can help you save time and money – [...]

Sorting Out the Differences Between Front-Load and Top-Load Laundry
What a difference a door makes — that’s what homeowners are discovering when shopping for new laundry appliances. Before deciding among different makes and models, the first decision for many shoppers is the choice between a top-load and a front-load washer. Top-Load Laundry Long the standard in American homes, top-load washers are still much like [...]

Five Essentials for Energy Savings
With fuel costs on the rise, many consumers are wondering what they can do to help save on energy bills at home. Making your home more energy-efficient can be surprisingly quick, easy and cost-effective. Next time you’re out running errands, keep these five items on your list of things to buy, and you could start [...]

The History of the Vacuum Cleaner
As usual, “necessity is the mother of invention”. Perhaps we can speculate as to what exactly prompted Melville Bissell to invent a cleaner for helping his wife get the sawdust out of their carpet: did she complain to him about it frequently, as he tracked the dust into his house from his workshop? Regardless of [...]

To Be Green, Homes Must Be Dry and Mold-Free
You often hear the term “green building” as homebuyers seek to purchase homes that are built using recycled materials or that use less energy. Recycling and energy-efficiency are important goals, but they must be pursued in a way that preserves your home’s ability to manage and repel moisture. Energy-efficient homes often trap unwanted moisture. Some [...]
Real Estate Tips
Maximizing Return
Buy low, sell high. Anyone in any market aims for that, but few succeed. The only reasonable conclusion is it’s easier said than done. So, to be part of that group of ‘we happy few’, consider some of these ways to maximize your return. In any business deal there are essentially only two ways to [...]
Your First Time
Buying a property for the first time, whether as a home or purely an investment, is exciting and risky — and one because of the other. You read or hear about rapidly rising prices and think ‘I gotta get me some of that!’ Excellent idea — if you keep in mind, too, that there are [...]
Flipping: Not Gymnastics, But Lots of Exercise
‘Flipping’, in real estate investing lingo, is nothing more than buying a property and selling it again quickly, hopefully for a healthy profit. It’s not illegal, it isn’t even unethical — it’s just business, and that can be done either way. The belief that flipping is illegal, sometimes the result of media stories designed more [...]
Kitchen Tips
Creating a Kitchen Island
Those not fortunate to have a home with a kitchen island already hardly know what they’re missing. Attractive, ultra-convenient, and even soothing these small work areas – often housing a stove as well – are the perfect addition to any kitchen. It might seem like a small thing where the stove goes. But having it [...]
Getting Started With Do-It-Yourself Kitchen Projects
One of the hardest things about do-it-yourself kitchen projects isn’t the skills required. There are some, but they can be learned by just about anybody. Nor is it the need to acquire some good tools. Those have become affordable by anyone who thinks they’ll use them at least a few times. Getting started is mostly [...]
Kitchen Lighting, Mix and Match
The ideal kitchen lighting design will cover all the tasks you need to perform in this important area of the home. That entails focusing the design effort (excuse the pun) on each individual area, keeping the whole in mind. In other words, mix and match your lighting. For overall illumination, a recessed panel is a [...]
Security Cameras
SVAT GX5201 Wireless Portable Video Monitor with 2.5-Inch LCD & Night Vision Security Camera
- 2.5-inch TFT-LCD screen provides crisp images
- Range up to 300 feet (ideal range 100 feet)
- Eight infrared LEDs let you see in the dark
- Alarm sounds when the adjusted noise level is reached
- Easily connects to a TV, VCR, computer or DVR for recording
Product Description
SVAT’s easy plug-and-play wireless video surveillance system allows you to monitor everything and anything, at a fraction of the cost of traditional surveillance systems. The GX5201 system has a high resolution 2.5-inch LCD monitor that is loaded with features. The camera has a resolution of 360 TV lines, which provides crystal-clear images. Camera also has built-in audio and voice activation, as well as manually adjustable pan-and-tilt capabilities. The GX5201 is for indoor use, and has the option to be able to connect up to three separate indoor or outdoor cameras. This indoor color camera system is suitable for your everyday needs.
SVAT GX5201 Wireless Portable Video Monitor with 2.5-Inch LCD & Night Vision Security Camera
Swann Maxi Day/Night Security Camera
- High resolution color CCD
- 24 Built-in IR LEDs illuminate a distance of up to 65ft (20m) in the dark
- Weather and vandal resistant durable aluminium casing
- Includes 32ft (10m) BNC cable
- Mounts easily to a wall or ceiling
Product Description
The Maxi Day/Night security camera has a powerful CCD color sensor with 420 lines video display. The unit offers amazing weather resistance and is also usable in freezing conditions with added bonus of vandal-proof aluminum case & hood. The adaptive mounting bracket can easily be installed to ceilings and walls giving you numerous positions to monitor. It’s powerful infra-red LED’s and sharp picture display features gives you the ability to monitor day & night.






