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The 5 Best Money Counting Machines [Ranked]

Money counting machines provide an easy way for cash-heavy businesses to process and count large amount of dollar denominations (Source). It’s important to note that these counters cannot just be loaded with indiscriminate amounts of cash and then spit back the value to you (Source). What they do is get the number of bills in a stack […]

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The 5 Best 50 Inch TVs [Ranked]

50 Inch TVs

If you need a TV that measures 50″, we’ve dug up 5 of the best-selling options on the market below.  The 50 inches is referring to the distance from one corner measured diagonally across the TV screen to the opposite corner (Source). The Vizio, Samsung and Atyme are exactly 50″, measured diagonally, but the TCL and the […]

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The 5 Best Work Socks [Ranked]

Work Socks

Reinforced work socks are designed to be strong, durable, breathable complements to steel-toe work boots (Source). Built from heavier weaves with enhanced insulating fibers, they are traditionally thickly cushioned, breathably ventilated, and designed to reinforce high-impact areas of the foot. Particularly where the toes contact the steel toe box of a workboot and in the heel- for […]

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The 5 Best Power Snow Shovels [Ranked]

Electric Snow Shovels

Electric snow shovels are perfect tools to clean out snow from your property steps, sidewalks, patios and decks without the hassle & back pain of shoveling. Generally, they have 7.5 to 10-amp motors and are equipped to move upwards of 300-600 pounds of snow per minute.Buyer AdviceWe should caution, however, that electric snow shovels are great […]

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The 5 Best Truck Bed Air Mattresses [Ranked]

Truck bed air mattresses are specially designed to fit over wheel wells in truck beds to provide comfortable sleeping areas for outdoor enthusiasts (Source). They come with either integrated or external air pumps that plug into your vehicle’s charging port (Source). And they pair with truck bed tents to provide a sheltered sleeping experience, whether you’re tailgating […]

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The 5 Best Automatic Pool Chemical Dispensers [Ranked]

Automatic Pool Chemical Dispensers

Pool chemical dispensers, or automatic pool chlorinators, will use chlorine or bromine tablets/sticks to help sanitize your pool water (Source). They work by slowly and automatically dispersing chlorine and bromine into your pool so that the pool water remains free of bacteria and cloudlessly sparkles (Source). Most of the pool chemical dispensers will let you configure the […]

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The 5 Best Hand Dynamometers [Ranked]

Hand Dynamometers

Hand dynamometers are specialty medical instruments designed for assessing and measuring the maximum isometric strength of your hand as well as forearm muscles (Source). They are frequently used in athletics as a test of hand grip strength, as well as in strength training programs, and in sports like baseball, tennis, rock climbing where the hand is […]

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The 5 Best End Nipper Pliers [Ranked]

End Nipper Pliers

End cutting pliers (or nippers) are designed to perform flush cuts of soft wire and are frequently used to extract smallish nails (Source). Some buyers use them just for pulling nails, while others use them to cut hard-to-reach nails, nipping off the edges of metal pieces, cutting cable ties, and home remodeling tasks (GarageJournal). One of our favorites […]

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The 5 Best Heavy Duty Shower Curtains [Ranked]

Heavy Duty Shower Curtains

The two primary benefits of these heavy-duty shower curtains are that their added weight prevents annoying billowing while showering and they are generally engineered to be more mildew and bacteria-resistant (Source). A shower curtain’s thickness is denoted by different ‘gauges’. A lower-numbered gauge like a 3 is relatively thin and flimsy, while a 15 is built […]

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The 5 Best Automatic Cigarette Rollers [Ranked]

Automatic Cigarette Rollers

Automatic cigarette rollers, or electric cigarette injector machines, as they are also known, allow you to produce thousands of cigarettes from the comfort of your own home. Our top pick, the 1 lb, Powermatic cigarette injector, uses a titanium-plated blade for flawless tobacco cutting and compression, and an injector that spoon-delivers consistent smoking cigarettes over and over […]

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