My Lifestyle

Advantages: Stylish and cheap
Disadvantages: Not useful for cooking large quantities

...Nothing lasts forever, including my old microwave oven. It had served me well for nearly 12 years, until it finally went up to that electrical graveyard in the sky. I did not use it to cook food. It was just a cheap conventional 650W, that heated and defrosted food. Well, that’s a bit of a lie actually. I did use it to cook jacket spuds, but that’s all - honestly. It was mainly used to reheat dinners or to cook stuff that was microwavable, for quickness mainly. To replace it, we wanted something that basically did the same thing, something not too expensive. We searched high and low, and then found our new baby in Tesco’s, of all places. It was the Hinari Lifestyle and priced at £59.99, it was just what we were looking for. It’s a good looking model. White, with a mauve colour to the buttons...

carolinesite 26.03.2001 (25.03.2001) · Read review
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Hinari Slow Cooker Fits Our Lifestyle

Advantages: can be left on all day, economical to run, easy to clean
Disadvantages: need to remember to put the food in hours before you eat

...For all you busy people out there or people who wish to save on your gas/electric bill and save on your food bill too, then this kitchen gadget is defintely for you. A slow cooker is an extremely low wattage appliance that can be safely left on all day (or night). How it works is you place your ingredients in the pot, add a bit of fluid such as water or broth, put on the lid, and switch on to your chosen setting. It gently cooks your food with steam. More about that later. The Hinari Lifestyle slow cooker retails for about £39. It is stainless steel on the outside, with a vented smoked glass lid. The removable inner pot is earthenware (hence why in the USA they are called crockpots)and comes in black. The crock liner is extremely easy to clean as the steam cooking action keeps the food moist so it all just wipes off. Occasionally you...

Shroud 14.02.2003 · Read review
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Bose Lifestyle 35 - 5.1 DTS surround sound.

Advantages: Sound, Style, Uses
Disadvantages: none

...of the speakers, fade etc. I then played the last song on the Eagles album ?Hell Freezes Over?. This song was written and performed for this 5.1 DTS system. Each voice can be heard uniquely in each of the 5 speakers. There is no bleeding (i.e. background noise, or noise from another speaker channel). Superb!! Also you have the option of adding ?zones? onto the system, so you could have speakers outside, controlled by the one remote, and the signal is relayed back to the Lifestyle system. The remote control is a little big, but easy to use. You can change the system to run off 2, 3 or 5 speakers. All the usual controls. You do have the option of several types of Bose speakers that are compatible with the Lifestyle 35. Having listened to several, I found that the Jewel, although more expensive had a far superior clarity and definition than...

GraemeHodgson 11.02.2004 · Read review
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Hello old friend, I'll never betray you again.

Advantages: Can programme time to the exact second required.
Disadvantages: Quite small.

...I have owned this microwave for nearly 3 years, it was gratefully received as a wedding present and served me well. Unfortunately after an incident of it shooting sparks we decided to put it into retirement and get a new microwave, a choice we much regretted. It turns out it only shot sparks because there was some food around the seal of the door and once that was cleaned off it was fine but we had been given a new microwave and felt we'd better give it a go, still I put the Hinari into storage reluctant to part with it. My instincts were spot on, I blew up the new microwave after 4 months of use, I only asked it to cook for a minute and it blew all the electrics in the house, so needless to say out came the old microwave and I'm happy again. Hinari Lifestyle Microwave- The Hinari Lifestyle is a compact microwave with an interior...

piggypine 05.05.2007 · Read review
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MY BOUNCY BANANA BOILER

Advantages: Cheap and cheerful, cordless
Disadvantages: Not very sturdy, may not last long

...kettle in Woolworths. The princely sum of £9.99 saw me coming home with a Hinari Lifestyle kettle. Apart from the price I was attracted to the fact it was a yummy banana yellow colour and cordless too. Of course, ?cordless? just refers to the fact that the actual jug kettle has no wires attaching it to sockets so you can carry it across the kitchen if necessary and not get tangled up. To boil it stands on the corded bit! This cheeky looking little appliance has a 1.5 litre capacity with a flip open lid for easy refilling. It has a visible water gauge so you can see how much is in there and an indicator light so you know when it is switched on. It boils quickly and efficiently, taking about 2-3 minutes to boil at full capacity and switches off automatically. Unfortunately there are bad points ? I find mine is not very sturdy...

blurbubble 06.08.2002 · Read review
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A helping hand with a busy lifestyle

Advantages: appealing to kids, and easy to take
Disadvantages: none

...the house for 1.00pm to travel back to get the kids from school, they finish at 2.45 and we dont arrive home until about 4.30pm, then it is homework time which sometimes can last up to 7.00pm, inbetween times they get dinner, once they have homeworks all done then they will go off and play for a while and bed time is at 9.00pm, they are on the go all day and sometimes I forget how young they are, we are all usually very busy. I know that lots of people have busy lifestyles, but we were not used to such a busy day to day schedule. Anyway this routine carried on for the first few months and everything was fine, then my hubby took sciatica and I was left doing the school run and basically everything else on my own, although I'm not complaining, (well I suppose I am) I began to notice that I was taking the cold every two weeks or so, so I went...

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Cook with speed

Advantages: Cheap, quick, easy to operate
Disadvantages: none

...Hinari Lifestyle Microwave Oven/Grill If you are looking for a neat looking, compact microwave oven, then look no further. Hinari have released a “Lifestyle” range of products for the domestic use, which the microwave is part of. The microwave is compact, and has a white enamel finish on the bodywork, allowing you to clean the oven easily. The front of the microwave is made out of a white plastic which has the usual tinted windowed door so you can see inside the oven whilst cooking. The door has a small recessed handle making it easy to open. On the right hand side of the front face are two controls. The top control is the timer and the bottom control is the mode selection. The microwave is a combination of oven and grill. The oven is rated at 800W, and the grill is rated at 1000W. This means that the oven is...

Cowboy22 29.03.2002 · Read review
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A Really Good Little Boiler

Advantages: inexpensive
Disadvantages: none I can think of

...I?ve had this kettle for a good few months now, it?s one of those cordless jobs, you know the ones I mean, the cord is actually attached to the base unit which the kettle sits in and can be lifted out for easy filling from the tap. The cord on the base unit itself is only 60cm long but I think that?s a good thing as it?s less likely to get tangled with other gadgets and sits nice and close to the wall, also making it less likely for inquisitive little ones to be able to get hold of it I would say. The kettle itself is white, with a few touches of green, which are located on, the on/off switch, two on the fill level indicator, one on the power on /off indicator (which changes to orange when switched on) and the word ?Lifestyle? is also written in the same green on the side of the kettle. So a few fairly subtle touches...

Queenofsheba 15.10.2001 · Read review
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Fits in with my lazy lifestyle.

Advantages: Saves on using both shampoo and conditioner & very easy to apply giving maximum results.
Disadvantages: The price

...happy with this as it has made a real difference to my hairs texture and appearance without the need for using separate shampoos and conditioners. As I am really lazy with my hair, but i love the out of salon look this has worked well and helps my hair fit into my lifestyle, so all in all it gets the thumbs up from me. I would recommend this for anyone who is lazy with their hair, or anyone who is going on holiday as it saves using conditioner....

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Hurrah for Hinari Lifestyle

Advantages: All types of cooking in one oven and a Child-proof lock
Disadvantages: Not large enough for big families, but would be good as a backup

...My old microwave was looking worse for wear so decided to look for a new one. As my main cooker had a grill included in the oven, which I find very inconvenient at times, I thought a microwave/grill combination would be my best bet. I visited Comet and found that there was a huge variety of ovens available, but one stood out amongst them and that was the HINARI Lifestyle Model MX780CEG. It did more than I originally wanted - Microwave, Grill and Convection, with a microwave/grill and microwave/convection combinations - but at the very reasonable price of £54.99 it looked a very good buy. As you can see from the picture above it is an attractive looking oven and with outside dimensions of 458w x 295hx488dmm and oven cavity dimensions of 309w x 206h x 334dmm, it is not that much larger than a convensional microwave oven...

Youngatheard60 24.03.2006 · Read review
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