I love those too, until I looked at the price of them. 
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Thereās an awesome Bissell floor machine here. Itās cordless, has a sprayer, a buffer and does a great job, but you have to move fast because the charge doesnāt last long. Itās not a machine but they also have this terrific electric cooktop cleaner called Weiman cooktop daily cleaner. It comes with a razor blade to scrape cooked on food off. Then you spray and wipe and the cooktop shines like new.
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I use Weiman on my new induction cooktop and itās amazing. Their stainless cleaner is great too.
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We have something similar at our current sit, but in addition to boiling water option, there is also filtered cold water and sparkling water on tap. Its called a BILLIE unit. Love it!
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sparkling water! - I would have that for sure 
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I bought an induction hob for my newly renovated kitchen after using a few on sits and really liking them.
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We simply use the Sodastream.de for making sparkling water. Our tap water is good to drink and a bottle of sparkling water just two pushes away 
In Germany when we talk about ānormalā water (for drinking) we mean sparkling.
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My recent sit in Chicago was on the 23rd floor of an older building. The apartment was very modern in all aspects, but it was not initially built for a washer/dryer to be utilized in each unit. I didnāt realize that all the units in the building didnāt have a washer and dryer, however the place where I sat did have a set. Apparently itās difficult for discharge water to be acclimated into the plumbing systems of older buildings. This was a unique set that had to have the water drained into a bucket after each load. Even the drier had a refuse water tank that would fill after each dryer load. Gives new meaning to the word ādryerā when you can see how much moisture is pulled out of a pile of freshly laundered clothes. I found it to be an extremely efficient way to wash clothes, without having to visit a community laundry room, as I have done many year in my own residences of past years.
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Follow up: the day after I arrived home from that sit, guess what arrived at my door! My HO, now my friend, had sent he one of these egg cookers as a gift! Weāve already made two batches.
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I know itās not a new thing but underfloor heating is lovely to find at a sit 
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When I lived in Sta Monica, my apt had radiant floor heat. I was told to turn it on at my own risk because the bill would be astronomical. I never did. This was a long time ago, maybe it is more economical now?
No clue about radiant heatersā¦I only know how to use the timer setting for our bathroom floor heating & only use it early am.
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I guess it depends on the type of floor heating. Thereās the electric heating, where just a certain part of the floor warms up and then thereās the one where water is heated and flows in pipes underneath the tiles. Usually the first one is used for heating bathroom floors and the spot isnāt large whereas the other one heats all of the house and is laid underneath all the floors in the house. With this one no other kind of heating is necessary. I actually donāt like it, because it reacts very slowly and when I am cold I want to be able to change the room temperature quickly. Floor heating takes up to 24 hrs to adjust.
Yes @Vanessa_A. I had electric underfloor heating not the hot water underfloor heating @anon39388349 describes. Because heat is not needed much in Santa Monica, I guess they installed the most expedient, not the most economical type. I did fine without ever turning it on. Air conditioning was only needed for about two weeks of the year there too because the weather was close to perfect. I didnāt have a/c but I really missed it during those two weeks.
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My current homeowners have a hand-held Bissell Pet Hair Eraser. It has a powerful motor that gets the job done. This would have come in handy in a couple of homes I sat in that had so much pet hair on the upholstered furniture I only sat on kitchen chairs there.
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For me it is a SautƩ Soup Maker. Compact and efficient and delicious, freshly prepared soup (smooth or chunky) in minutes.
It helps with incorporating more veggies in to our diet and no additives.
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I have to be so careful, I only live in a little one bed flat and I hate cluttered surfaces so I have to be careful what I end up buying after falling in love with contraptions on sits.
Iād never used an air fryer before my first sit, and since I had some John Lewis vouchers to spend I brought one! Never regretted it.
Have also been tempted by a sodastream, and loved the boiling water taps! Iām always tempted by a proper expensive coffee machine every time I use one for a week!
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Ahā¦I love the rapid egg cooker and we now travel with our own if driving to a sit. Dash also makes a cute individual waffle maker that is easy to travel with. Think Eggo waffle but you control the ingredients.
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I thought it said contraception at first