Ninja has added a new colour option to its coffee machine range, bringing a pop of pink to one of its existing models. Called Raspberry Blush, the new shade is currently available on the Ninja Luxe Café Premier, although there's always the possibility it could join other models in the future.

Ninja is already known for offering many of its kitchen appliances in pastel shades, but these finishes are less common across its coffee machines. Most tend to stick to more traditional black or stainless steel, so it's nice to see the brand bringing a little more colour to this part of its range.

The Ninja Luxe Café Premier in Raspberry Blush is available for £599.99 via SharkNinja's website, and can also be purchased through Very.

As for the machine itself, the Luxe Café Premier was Ninja's first-ever coffee machine when it launched in 2024. It quickly established itself as one of the more versatile options on the market, combining several coffee-making functions in one machine. We awarded it four stars in our full review, and it remains one of Ninja's strongest coffee machines, even with newer models joining the range since.

Aside from the new colour, there's no change to the machine's design or functionality. You're getting the same Luxe Café Premier as before, just in a different finish.

Aldi has finally relaunched its Cast Iron Cookware collection to the middle aisle of its stores – and it could give Le Creuset a run for its money. Available in multiple colours, including a stunning new sage green colourway, the Aldi Cast Iron Cookware is great for bakers and home chefs – and it starts as little as £1.99.

When you think of cast iron cookware, Le Creuset is probably the first brand that comes to mind, and for good reason. As a Le Creuset fan, I’m often asked if Le Creuset is worth the money, and my answer is always yes, as it’s high quality, colourful and incredibly versatile.

But while I love Le Creuset, it can get expensive, especially if you’re looking for a large casserole dish or Dutch Oven. That’s where our favourite Le Creuset dupes come in where you can get similar styles for less from the likes of ProCook, IKEA and even your local Aldi.

The Aldi Cast Iron Cookware has been in stores before, but it’s officially making a comeback starting today (5th November). The cookware, bakeware and kitchen accessories are now available in black, red and sage green, and can cater to all your cooking needs, from winter stews to homemade sourdough.

The standout from the Aldi Cast Iron Cookware range is its Cast Iron Dutch Oven (£16.99). It’s available in multiple sizes – either in 5.7-litres or 3.9-litres – and both are oven safe up to 200-degrees. They’re also compatible with all hob types, including induction, and make for great serving dishes for hearty meals like stews, soups and casseroles.

Other cookware includes roasting trays and skillets. My favourite is the Aldi Cast Iron Cookware Set (£9.99) which comes with a fry pan, grill pan and saucepan with a lid. Another favourite is the Aldi Cast Iron Casserole & Bread Baking Range (£19.99). For under £20, you get two casserole dishes, and a bread baking pot, complete with proofing lid.

The maximum price you can expect to pay on the new Aldi Cast Iron Cookware is £19.99, so you’re getting colourful, cast iron dishes for an insanely low price. The cheapest option in the range is the Aldi Cast Iron Accessories. At just £1.99, you can buy hot-handle covers, trivets, spoons, and spatulas, all of which are colour-coordinated to the range.

The Aldi Cast Iron Cookware is available in stores and online from the 5th November, but as it’s part of the SpecialBuys section, you’ll have to be quick as it’ll likely sell out quickly!

I’ve always loved coffee, potentially to my detriment. I started drinking coffee at age 12, and at one point, was up to four cups a day, so I’d like to say I know a thing or two about making a good cup of coffee, especially now that I’ve tested multiple pod, drip and bean-to-cup models as T3’s Home Editor.

That has come with a slight downside though – I’m now a complete coffee snob. It’s probably not something to be proud of, but I’m very particular about my coffee, and prefer using my at-home, barista-level machine over anything else. What’s worse is I’m easily taken by luxury-looking machines, and I recently came across the Meraki Espresso Machine which has gone to the top of my wishlist.

The first generation of the Meraki Espresso Machine came out in early 2025 following a Kickstarter campaign. In 2026, the Gen 2 version of the Meraki Espresso Machine came out, with refined details built off the Gen 1, including more grinder adjustments and portafilter support, and an improved interface.

The Meraki Espresso Machine caught my attention in lots of ways. As a dual boiler espresso maker, the Meraki Espresso Machine brews and steams at the same time, with its 350ml brew boiler and 550ml steam boiler.

With its commercial-grade, 9-bar rotary pump, the Meraki Espresso Machine offers steady, rich extraction, and its built-in espresso-tailored grinder has 45 grind settings to choose from. While it might look a little intimidating at first, the semi-automatic machine has multiple controls to play with, including grind size, dose, yield, pressure, temperature, pre-infusion, steam power and milk temperature.

The feature I love the most is its touchscreen. Lots of coffee machines come with touchscreen controls now, but the Meraki Espresso Machine does it in a unique way. The small, circular screen sits atop the main coffee dispenser, and allows you to customise your brew, from shot volume to temperature.

Aside from looking great, the Meraki Espresso Machine’s touchscreen talks you through the process, and gives accurate insights, including counting down extraction time, and weighing the grounds. The latter works alongside the machine’s dual scales that measure both grind and brew volumes.

While its name implies it’s only a coffee machine, the Meraki Espresso Machine has a 360-degree adjustable steam wand for making milky coffees. It comes with four control levels, and a milk temperature sensor which automatically stops steaming when it’s reached the right froth and temperature.

The Meraki Espresso Machine looks beautiful, and comes in black or white colours. While there’s a lot going on, it’s not too big, measuring just 370mm x 370mm x 415mm, and weighing 14.5kg. It also comes with filter baskets, a portafilter, tamper and cleaning kit.

The Meraki Espresso Machine is available to buy for $1,999 at Meraki. It’s not available in the UK but you can buy it in select European countries. It might take me some time to save up – and to wait for it to arrive in the UK – but the Meraki Espresso Machine has quickly gone to the top of my coffee wishlist.

Following the launch of its Go Cordless range in 2024, KitchenAid has updated its collection here and there over the years. Most recently, KitchenAid added two new appliances to its Go Cordless System so you can grate, slice, shred and vacuum seal with one battery.

For those who are new to the KitchenAid Go Cordless System, how it works is by using one removable battery to power multiple portable appliances. This includes hand blenders, juicers, food processors, and more. With the Go Cordless battery, your kitchen gadgets are constantly ready to go, and aren’t limited by cords and sockets.

The KitchenAid Go Cordless System is already pretty extensive, but the brand has just launched two new gadgets to its range. Starting with the KitchenAid Go Grater, Slicer and Shredder, this handy gadget comes with a grating blade cylinder, slicing blade cylinder and shredding blade cylinder which you can easily swap in and out to process fruit, vegetables, cheese, nuts and more.

If you hate grating ingredients, a cordless grater is a game-changer, and the new KitchenAid Go Grater, Slicer and Shredder does all the work for you. It can prep both small and large batches, and has simple one-button controls. For storage, it comes with a blade cylinder storage to keep everything tidy and safe.

excited about the new KitchenAid Go Handheld Vacuum Sealer. This handy starter kit comes with plastic containers and bag storage which you can use the vacuum sealer attachment on to preserve food.

To protect fresh fruits and vegetables, leftovers, marinades, fish and meat, the KitchenAid Go Handheld Vacuum Sealer seals everything tightly to reduce freezer burn and keep food fresher for longer.

Where I think it excels is with wine, as its wine sealer accessory allows you to seal an unfinished bottle of wine in just 15 seconds. It also has an LED indicator light which flashes when in use, and goes solid when sealing is complete.

Available to buy now, the KitchenAid Go Grater, Slicer and Shredder is priced at £149, while the KitchenAid Go Handheld Vacuum Sealer costs £179. Both come without the battery which you’ll have to buy separately.

After a long, hot summer, many people might be welcoming the colder months with open arms – even if they bring their own problems.

Steamed-up windows and laundry that refuses to get anywhere close to dry are just two of the collection of household annoyances that lie in wait.

The proactive among us might be looking at gadgets to help solve some of these problems – namely air purifiers, dehumidifiers, and humidifiers – each of which tackles a rather different problem.

Choosing the wrong option could mean spending a fair bit of money without actually solving anything. To help you make the right call, we're looking at what each gadget actually does – and whether you need one at all.

For condensation: Dehumidifiers

Come winter, plenty of UK homes have condensation running down the windows and musty rooms – not to mention laundry that seems determined never to dry. Dehumidifiers are designed to combat exactly these situations.

On a basic level, a dehumidifier works by drawing moisture from the air and collecting it in a tank, which can then be poured down the sink. The process helps reduce indoor humidity, and less moisture in the air means less condensation.

Compressor dehumidifiers are generally more energy-efficient in heated rooms, while desiccant models can be better suited to colder spaces, such as garages and conservatories.

Dehumidifiers aren't going to magically fix leaking pipes or inadequate insulation – both of which can cause damp – but they can help make your home more comfortable and get your washing dry a little faster.

We recommend the MeacoDry Arete One, which includes modes for Smart Humidity and drying laundry, and runs quietly. The MeacoDry Arete Two 12L is another excellent option for smaller spaces, with the added bonus of app controls and an air purification mode.

For moisture: Humidifiers

Ironically, not every house has the same problem with humidity: central heating can make already dry indoor air feel even drier during the winter months.

While dry air might not sound like the biggest issue, it can contribute to dry skin, irritated throats, and even static electricity. Humidifiers release moisture into the air, making rooms feel more comfortable.

A relative humidity of around 40% to 60% is a useful rule of thumb, although it's best to aim towards the lower end when using a humidifier – too much moisture can encourage mould growth, and you don't want to end up needing a dehumidifier instead.

Humidifiers need regular cleaning, too, and adding moisture to an already damp room can cause more problems than it solves.

The Meaco Armin 300 is a good choice, with an evaporative system and quiet 24dB night mode. The design is intended to cope with hard water, too. The Blueair InvisibleMist Humidifier is a good smart option.

For clearing the air: Air Purifiers

So far, we've dealt with moisture in the air – but households also have dust, pet dander, cooking smoke, and plenty of other airborne nasties to contend with. To help tackle these issues, we now turn to air purifiers.

Air purifiers draw air through filters that capture airborne particles such as dust, pollen, pet fur, and smoke. HEPA filters are particularly effective at capturing particles, while activated carbon filters can help tackle certain gases and odours.

We tend to spend more time indoors during winter, too, while cosy comforts like wood-burning stoves and open fires can introduce additional particles into the air.

Purifiers won't remove moisture, fix damp, or replace ventilation, and you should consider things like room coverage (especially in larger homes) as well as noise and replacement filter costs.

The Dyson HushJet Purifier Compact HJ10 is our pick for the best air purifier, with quiet operation and automatic air-sensing, while the Coway Airmega 350 is well-suited to larger rooms.

Which one do you need?

Whether you need one of these gadgets (or even all three) really depends on the quirks of your particular home.

A cheap digital hygrometer can help you work out whether your home is too damp or too dry. Take measurements in different rooms over several days, including after activities like cooking and showering.

Before investing in a new appliance, see whether using extractor fans, keeping trickle vents clear, and tackling obvious sources of moisture makes a difference. Persistent or extensive damp might require more substantial repairs.

Some devices combine dehumidification and air filtration, while others offer purification and humidification, although it's worth checking how well they perform both jobs before spending extra.

After all, there's nothing worse than spending £200 on a gadget only to discover you've been solving the wrong problem.

Meaco, the brand best known for its range of dehumidifiers, has just announced its new Grisos heaters collection. Featuring small and large models, the Grisos heaters are powerful, wide-reaching and promise up to five years of heat output without any fades or changes.

The Meaco Grisos heaters range include the 1.5kW PTC Fan Heater and the Smart 2kW PTC Fan Heater. Both have similar features, with the main differences between the two being size, speed options, and the latter model has smart controls.

Compared to other fan heaters, which tend to lose their effectiveness over time, Meaco states that its Grisos heaters are designed to deliver warmth year after year. The brand is so confident, in fact, that the heaters come with a five year heat output warranty, so they should keep you toasty warm for up to five years.

Both heaters use PTC ceramic heating technology to warm your home quickly and with an adjustable airflow. They both offer horizontal oscillation to spread warm air around your home, and you can manually tilt the heater vertically to better cover your entire body – oscillation can also be switched off if needed.

My favourite feature of the new Meaco Grisos heaters is its Calm Mode. Great for evening use, Calm Mode turns off the heaters’ lights and beeps so you won’t be disturbed, and they can operate as quiet as 21dB.

Both Meaco Grisos heaters come in a Warm Pebble finish to blend into your home. They’re also packed with safety features, including tilt-switch and thermal overload protection, and a glow-in-the-dark remote for easy controls. The controls include timers and speeds.

Looking closer at the Meaco Grisos 1.5kW PTC Fan Heater, the smaller version from the range has three fan speeds to choose from. It can warm rooms up to 20m², and its Smart Energy Mode adjusts its heat as the room’s temperature fluctuates to keep it at your desired heat without expending too much power.

The Meaco Grisos Smart 2kW PTC Fan Heater is – you guessed it – the smarter version of the two heaters. This model has added presence sensing and open-window detection to help it adapt to its surroundings so it’s not wasting warmth or energy. Its remote control also has a built-in thermostat, and you can connect the Meaco Grisos Smart 2kW to the Meaco app for remote control.

Compared to the smaller version, the Meaco Grisos Smart 2kW has six speeds, and four oscillation settings up to 180°. It also covers rooms up to 35m², and despite being the bigger option, it’s still compact and quiet enough to work away in the background without you noticing it.

The Meaco Grisos 1.5kW heater is priced at £69.99, while the Meaco Grisos Smart 2kW costs £129.99. As of writing, they’re still listed as ‘Coming Soon’, but we hope to see them arrive by the end of the year.

T3's Our Place Wonder Oven review in a sentence: an air fryer meets mini oven fusion that cooks brilliantly and is delicious to look at too.

I’ve tried and tested a small mountain of air fryers over the years but there’s one that has passed me by and it’s this, the Wonder Oven from Our Place. Based on looks alone, I already think it should feature in the best air fryers we all know and love here at T3 Towers. Our Place describes it as ‘the do-it-all countertop workhorse’, which for something so cute and compact, is quite a bold claim.

So I’ve been mighty keen to try it. I chose one in a charcoal matte colour, with black being the default colour for air fryers, mini ovens and all that. However, alongside the funky styling, Our Place also offers the Wonder Oven in cool colours that include the likes of Blue Salt, Steam and there’s even a limited-edition number called Spice.

In terms of what it can do, the Wonder Oven is a great all-rounder, with 6-in-1 functionality that makes it ideally suited to folks who want to do a little bit of everything. It’s perfectly happy carrying out standard air frying activities, like crisping up fries or giving chicken wings their distinctive crunchiness. Equally, though, the Wonder Oven can be used for steaming, rehydrating and baking too, amongst other things. It’s effectively an air fryer and mini oven in one compact package. And, that small size is the other very positive thing on offer here.

Price and availability

The Our Place Wonder Oven is available now and can be purchased in four different shades including Steam, Blue Salt, Char and Spice. It has a retail price of £195 for the UK market, which given its 6-in-1 versatility and quality design and build, makes it a very tempting proposition.

Design and build

To be honest, there isn’t much I don’t like about the Wonder Oven. The best thing is its compact design, with dimensions of 29.5cm height x 29.2cm width x 26.9cm depth plus it only weighs in at 5.3kg. What that means is it can be easily moved around in the kitchen and, once fully cooled, even packed away if space is at a premium. This contrasts with some of the countertop ovens I’ve tried that have been both bulky and heavy, making them less appealing to move around.

Considering its diminutive stature, the design of the Wonder Oven is very accommodating, with a 12-litre capacity making it undeniably practical for singles or couples. Used creatively, I think it’d also work for families too, especially thanks to the gaggle of different shelves that come supplied with the appliance.

These include an air fryer basket, wire rack, bake pan and crumb tray. There are two positioning options inside the Wonder Oven and all of the supplied accessories slid in and out without fuss, which is always a bonus.

For me, the other major appeal of this appliance is the look and feel of the control panel. This sits top and front on the unit and is deliciously well laid out. Everything is nice and clear, while the control knobs themselves feel like they're fitted on to last the test of time.

In fact, the overall build quality of the Wonder Oven is excellent. Plus, the size of it should make keeping it looking good over time nice and easy. I found it much easier to access the innards for cleaning than my microwave, put it that way.

Performance

On top of the good looks, the Wonder Oven proved to be excellent and very versatile too. As mentioned earlier, this is a 6-in-1 appliance, which mean it can be used to air fry, bake, roast, grill, toast and reheat. Cleverly, and unlike many rivals, it is also able to keep food moist thanks to a steam infusion design that prevents the scorching that happens with so many air fryers and mini ovens. Simply add a couple of teaspoons of water into that inlet on the top of the unit and you’re in business.

This wasn’t a gimmick either and I found the Wonder Oven really good at cooking consistently. Some mini ovens are either underpowered and don’t seem to achieve enough heat, or go the other way and incinerate oven contents if they’re not being managed minute by minute. I found the Wonder Oven great at getting things about right and it didn’t need as much babysitting either. Sure, I did find that the controls required some tweaking to get things spot on, but that’s no different o any other air fryer or mini oven I’ve tried.

Highlights? Well, the Wonder Oven is an awesome all-rounder, with solid results when roasting a chicken. I tried a 1.75kg bird and that fitted in with ease, though I did need to detach the legs first – it can apparently handle up to 2kg and I saw no reason to disagree. I liked the way the innards were lit up when it was in action too, which makes it much easier to judge progress.

There was some sizzling once things got up to full temperature (it can reach 232°C), which could I guess cause longer cleaning times for removing fat residue from the sides of the unit.

Nevertheless, on lower maintenance items, like pastries and for baking, the results really were rather good. The Wonder Oven is brilliant at browning and crisping things. I also found it ideal for doing roast potatoes and the like. Seeing as I do a lot of roasts it makes total sense and with some planning there is room to do just about everything in one go, allowing for different timings on the various ingredients.

Verdict

I thought the Wonder Oven was excellent. Sure, it might be a little on the small side for anyone who needs to cook a lot of food, although there is now a Pro edition of the Wonder Oven to meet that need. It was hard to fault the results and I found the 6-in-1 functionality meant that it could do a little bit of everything.

Another standout feature is the option of adding a touch of water to help infuse the cooking environment with some moisture. Unlike many air fryers and mini ovens that tend to scorch food or even dry it right out, this is one of the main strengths of the Wonder Oven. It looks pretty cool too, right?

Alternatives to consider

An obvious alternative to the Our Place Wonder Oven, especially if you think it's going to be a little too compact for your needs, is to the Wonder Oven Pro. This is a much larger appliance and boasts 28-litres of cooking space, plus more rack flexibility. It costs £295 so is a little more but the gains are clear to see. We've yet to test it, however.

Elsewhere on the compact front, the Ninja Crispi comes highly recommended although it is less versatile than the Wonder Oven, but very compact. For more conventional needs take a look at the Salter XL Dual Air Fryer with its dual doors and drawers.

The latest small appliance to land in the middle aisle at Lidl is a smart toaster – and it could give the likes of Cuisinart and Sage a run for their money. The new Silvercrest Digital 2-Slice Toaster has an LED touchscreen which has four functions and six browning levels to choose from – but my favourite feature is its warming rack.

One appliance I never thought would get the smart treatment is the toaster, but having tested one myself, I’ve actually come around to the idea. While I still don’t think a toaster needs a Wi-Fi connection, touchscreen toasters look the part, are easy to use and let you customise your toast in a simpler, more seamless way.

The latest smart or digital toaster to hit the market is the Silvercrest Digital 2-Slice Toaster which you can now buy at Lidl. Made from stainless steel, the Silvercrest Digital 2-Slice Toaster has an LED touchscreen on the longer side of the toaster, which includes an on/off button, and helpful pre-sets to get the perfect toastiness for your bread.

The Silvercrest Digital 2-Slice Toaster has six browning levels to choose from, which you can toggle by pressing the + or - buttons. It also comes with reheat, keep warm, defrost and bagel settings, the latter of which will only toast your bagel on one side. Users can also pause or stop the toasting process via the screen.

My favourite feature of the Silvercrest Digital 2-Slice Toaster is its removable, folding warming rack. It slots on the top of the toaster, so while it’s toasting your bread or bagel, you can position rolls, baguettes or other bread on the rack to warm them up. A warming rack isn’t something you get with every toaster, so I like that the Silvercrest Digital 2-Slice Toaster has one – I wish my toaster did.

To avoid burns, the Silvercrest Digital 2-Slice Toaster has an automatic lifting and lowering mechanism so you can easily fish out your toast. There’s also a removable crumb tray. It’s not the prettiest looking toaster on the market, but for its price, the Silvercrest Digital 2-Slice Toaster is definitely something to head to Lidl for.

The Silvercrest Digital 2-Slice Toaster is available to buy today in Lidl stores. It’s priced at £24.99 but if you’re a Lidl Plus member, you can get 10% off, taking it down to £22.49.

It's been a good few years since the Stanley tumbler craze first took off, but they're still as popular as ever. Whether it's their insulated walls or handy handles, people clearly haven't fallen out of love with them. So, when this latest lookalike landed in my inbox, I knew I had to take a closer look.

At first glance, the Fridja F600 looks like another Stanley-inspired tumbler, but it actually does quite a bit more. It's a portable smoothie maker with a double-walled, stainless steel insulated cup, allowing you to blend fresh smoothies, protein shakes and other drinks in seconds, then keep them cold for up to six hours.

It's also reasonably priced, with an RRP of £79.99. You can find it through Fridja's online store (currently reduced to £69.99) and Amazon if you fancy taking a closer look.

The F600 has a 500ml capacity and features six stainless steel blades spinning at 18,000 RPM. Once you've finished blending, the motorised blender head detaches and can be swapped for a leakproof travel lid, so you can drink straight from the cup.

It's powered by two 1,500mAh batteries, which provide roughly 10 blends per charge via USB-C. Weighing just 792g, it also has a full-size moulded carry handle, making it easy to take with you when you leave the house.

If you're someone who regularly makes smoothies or protein shakes on the go, this could be one of the smartest purchases you make all year.

When I want to feel healthy, the first thing I get is a nutrient-rich juice. But the prices of cold pressed juices and – my personal favourite – ginger shots are absolutely extortionate, so I’ve been in the market for a juicer for quite some time.

Enter the Russell Hobbs JuiceLuxe Juicer. Launched in May 2026, the Russell Hobbs JuiceLuxe Juicer joined the brand’s growing collection of juicers with its extra-large capacity, compact design and affordability.

I’ve been using the Russell Hobbs JuiceLuxe Juicer for a while now, and have juiced almost every fruit and vegetable in sight. It’s quickly become one of my favourite kitchen appliances despite a few quirks – here’s why.

Price and availability

The Russell Hobbs JuiceLuxe Juicer is available to buy for £59.99 at Russell Hobbs and select retailers, like Argos. At time of writing, it’s discounted to £34.99. It comes in stone or raspberry colours.

Unboxing and set up

Putting the Russell Hobbs JuiceLuxe Juicer wasn’t as simple as I expected. It arrived in a large cardboard box with the main juicer base and motor, pulp collector, chute pusher, cleaning brush, and an instruction manual. It came already assembled, but once I’d given it a wipe down and prepared my ingredients, I realised that its interlocking system would take some time for me to get used to.

The Russell Hobbs JuiceLuxe Juicer has an in-built interlock system that’s secure, prevents leaks and spills, and ensures there’s no bare blades flying around. This system is designed to make product assembly quick and easy, and while I found it simple to take apart, putting it together was a different story.

To put the Russell Hobbs JuiceLuxe Juicer together, I placed the main base on my countertop which immediately stuck in place due to its sticky feet which were very handy and surprisingly strong. Next, I attached the part of the juicer with the spout and inserted the blade on the top.

These parts slotted together easily, but the pulp collector and top cover was what fooled me. The pulp collector needs to slip on the back of the base and lock together, but that takes quite a bit of practice. Once it was in place, I added the main cover and chute on the top, and to lock it all in place, I moved the silver locking ‘handle’ over the top.

I’ve tested many appliances for T3, and found the Russell Hobbs JuiceLuxe Juicer to be one of the fiddliest gadgets to put together. However, once it was assembled, it remained locked, was easy to use, and nice and quick to disassemble for cleaning.

Design and features

Despite being one of Russell Hobbs’ largest juicers, the Russell Hobbs JuiceLuxe Juicer is surprisingly compact. It measures 31.2cm in height, 26cm in width and 18.8cm in diameter, and an overall weight of 3.1kg. It can easily fit on your countertop, and it also packs away nicely.

The base of the Russell Hobbs JuiceLuxe Juicer has a 400W motor which reaches 850W of peak power. It has an on/off button on the side which are the only controls you get with the juicer, as it has a single-speed operation. Once you turn it on, the Russell Hobbs JuiceLuxe Juicer immediately starts spinning the blades for juicing.

The Russell Hobbs JuiceLuxe Juicer can tackle any fruit or vegetable you throw at it and produces juice and pulp extremely quickly. The pulp collector has a large 1.6-litre capacity which catches pulp, skin and seeds, and to ensure the blade comes in contact with your ingredients, the Russell Hobbs JuiceLuxe Juicer comes with a chute pusher which slots into the 62mm feeding tube.

Performance

After I got through the fiddly assembly process, the Russell Hobbs JuiceLuxe Juicer was incredibly simple to use – as you’d expect with a single-speed juicer. I liked that there was only one control, although some people might want more speed options – but then you’ll be inevitably paying a lot more.

I have made litres upon litres of juice with the Russell Hobbs JuiceLuxe Juicer, including homemade orange juice, ginger shots, and my favourite juice of apple, carrot, ginger and lemon. The Russell Hobbs JuiceLuxe Juicer has never failed me, and despite being very loud – which I’d argue is to be expected with this type of appliance – it tears through fruit and vegetables quickly, even harder ingredients like carrots.

When using the Russell Hobbs JuiceLuxe Juicer, I’d recommend adding your ingredients to the slot with the power off, then turning it on when you have the chute pusher in place. If you don’t, fruit and veg will fly out of the chute as the blade spins around insanely fast.

The biggest thing I noticed when using the Russell Hobbs JuiceLuxe Juicer was its powerful extraction and separation. It produces juices very quickly, and I never noticed any pulp or seeds finding their way into my juice. When decanting into bottles, I double strained but again, I found no pulp and minimal foam.

As is the case with juicers, the Russell Hobbs JuiceLuxe Juicer produced a lot of pulp. Luckily, this is easily disposed of in food waste. Clean-up is extensive, as you’re cleaning the chute, blade, spout, pulp collector, and the machine itself can get a little dirty. But, all parts are dishwasher safe so it was a simple process.

Verdict

When looking for a juicer, I didn’t expect to find one that was inexpensive and actually performed excellently, but that’s what I found with the Russell Hobbs JuiceLuxe Juicer. It’s not the most high-tech or feature-packed option, but it makes delicious juice quickly, powerfully and with no pulp or foam issues – what more could you want, really?

The assembly will definitely test you – it tests me every time I use it! But aside from its fiddliness and loud noise, the Russell Hobbs JuiceLuxe Juicer can’t be beaten in terms of cost, power and speed.

Alternatives to consider

If you’re working on a low budget, the Nutribullet Juicer is a good alternative to the Russell Hobbs JuiceLuxe Juicer. It looks more like a food processor, but it’s simple, quick and has a good capacity – although it produces quite foamy juices.

For those who want to spend a bit more money, the Kuvings Whole Slow Juicer is expensive and heavy, but can be used to make juice, smoothies and even baby food. It’s powerful, high quality and is great for those who are serious about healthy eating.

Miele has launched its latest generation of MasterCool fridge freezers. Featuring five new built-in models in various sizes, the new Miele MasterCool fridges have advanced freshness technology to keep your food fresher for longer, and introduce smart features in a subtle, unobtrusive way.

The new line-up includes five models ranging from 75cm to 90cm, and with a choice of left or right opening doors, and a double-door option. All feature Miele’s advanced cooling systems, including MasterFresh Pro and FoodView, the latter of which has convinced me to switch over to a smart fridge – here’s why.

Today’s smart fridges are oversized, packed with technology and most of them have a very large touchscreen that takes up one side of the door. I’ve seen many of these in action, from the likes of Samsung, LG and Hisense, but have always found the screens to be a little too big and in-your-face.

Instead of this big screen, the Miele MasterCool fridges have FoodView, a smart system that uses up to four cameras to see what’s inside the fridge. The cameras provide images of your fridge’s contents which, instead of displaying it on a door screen, shows it to you via the Miele app.

Being able to see inside your fridge when you’re away from home using an app means you can quickly check what you have and what’s going off soon. This is great for when you’re out food shopping and can’t remember if you need milk or not.

Of course, having a screen on your fridge is quite a luxury, and some people love using it. But if you haven’t come over to the idea of a smart fridge yet, the FoodView feature on the Miele MasterCool fridges is a great way to introduce this technology to your home without it completely taking over your kitchen.

Despite my raving about no screens, the Miele MasterCool fridges does have a small M Touch Pro full-touch display where you can adjust the temperature in each fridge compartment – but this is hardly a screen that takes up the entire door.

Another handy feature the Miele MasterCool fridges have is MasterFresh Pro. The advanced freshness system keeps food fresh for up to five times longer, as the drawers keep ingredients at the perfect climate. The fridges also have DynaCool technology for even temperature distribution, and DailyFresh ExtraCool that provides cooler storage for meat, fish and dairy products.

Aside from keeping food fresh, the Miele MasterCool fridges also ensure no odour transfer between the fridge and freezer, using DuplexCool Pro technology and a Longlife AirClean system.

The new Miele MasterCool fridges have been redesigned with new interiors, doors, lights and shelves. Paired with large capacities, the glass shelves have dark details on the frames, and LED light strips illuminate the fridge when you open it. The Push2open doors mean you can open and close them without using any handles so they blend into your kitchen nicely.

Prices on the Miele MasterCool fridges start at £13,499.

The new Silvercrest Stainless Steel Digital Electric Kettle arrives in Lidl’s middle aisle today, and it looks like a pretty convincing alternative to Ninja’s Perfect Temperature Kettle, which first launched in 2022.

I reviewed Ninja’s version last year, awarding it four stars for its fast boiling time and hold-temperature features. Whilst Lidl’s version appears to miss out on the latter, it can still boil one litre of water in just 2 minutes and 38 seconds – an impressive time that puts it in the running with some of the best kettles.

It’s available in stores from today for £29.99, or £26.99 for Lidl Plus members. With Ninja’s version carrying an RRP of £90, that means Lidl’s kettle costs roughly a third of the price.

With a maximum capacity of 1.7 litres, the Silvercrest kettle has its controls on the base, with four temperature settings (70, 80, 90 and 100°C), plus on/off and function buttons with LED backlighting. It also plays a small chime when the selected temperature is reached and when the kettle is placed back on its base – a feature that will sound familiar to anyone who’s used Ninja’s version.

Other features include overheat and boil-dry protection, a 360-degree swivel base with built-in cable storage, and non-slip feet for added stability. There’s also a three-year warranty, which isn't bad for Lidl at all.

De'Longhi has launched a new All-in-One Combination Coffee & Espresso Machine, giving one of its longstanding coffee makers a re-design. It combines drip coffee, espresso, cold brew and hot and cold milk frothing in a single machine that's significantly smaller than its predecessor.

The original concept dates back to De'Longhi's earlier BCO combination machines, whilst its more modern all-in-one lineup, including the popular COM530M, arrived around September 2020.

Priced at $349.95, the new model is exclusive to the US, available through De'Longhi's website and selected major retailers. It's not sold directly in the UK, although some retailers, including Ubuy, offer shipping to the UK.

For drip coffee, the machine offers four brew styles, including Classic, Bold, Cold Brew and Over Ice, with six serving sizes to choose from. You can make anything from a single 8oz mug to a 12-cup carafe, whilst the built-in retractable frother adds a layer of cold foam to iced drinks.

For espresso-based drinks, De'Longhi has fitted the machine with a 15-bar pump and Thermoblock heating system, alongside customisable settings for single and double shots. There's also an adjustable steam wand for frothing hot milk.

Despite featuring several brewing methods, the redesigned model takes up over 20% less counter space than its predecessor. It also has a touch display for selecting your drinks and adjustable cup shelves to fit everything from espresso cups to taller travel mugs.

Ninja has just launched its latest multi-cooker, the MultiPot XL, and it could give its series of air fryers a run for their money. The new Ninja MultiPot XL 11-in-1 Multi-Cooker has 11 cooking functions to choose from, and it has three interchangeable pots for batch cooking, meal prepping and big family dinners.

Over the years, Ninja has become the go-to brand for air fryers, and small appliances. Its latest Ninja MultiPot XL 11-in-1 Multi-Cooker takes its tried-and-tested air fryer technologies, and introduces it to a multi-cooker – and it’s the ideal appliance for autumn-winter cooking.

Dubbed by Ninja as the ‘UK’s only MultiZone Cooker’, the Ninja MultiPot XL comes with DualZone and MegaZone technology, something that it’s previously used in its air fryers, like the Ninja Foodi FlexDrawer Air Fryer. With a large capacity, the Ninja MultiPot XL can be used to make two meals at once or a big family-sized meal by changing out its pots.

The Ninja MultiPot XL comes with dual 3.1-litre pots which can cook simultaneously, but at different temperatures and settings, thanks to its DualZone technology. For bigger meals, you can swap out the dual pots and turn the Ninja MultiPot XL into a big 7-litre MegaZone cooker.

As an 11-in-1 appliance, the Ninja MultiPot XL has 11 functions, including bake, slow cook, sear/saute, sous vide, simmer, hotpot, sauce, rice, pasta, rice and keep warm. In true Ninja style, it can be used to cook almost anything you can think of, and it can easily replace your slow cooker, rice cooker, hob, and even your pots and pans.

Despite all these functions, the Ninja MultiPot XL is surprisingly compact. It measures 21.26cm in height, 33.22cm in length and 45.39cm in width, with an overall weight of 8.81kg. It can sit comfortably in your kitchen without taking up too much space, and its pots and lids can all pack away conveniently to keep things tidy.

The Ninja MultiPot XL can get up to 220°C, and its pots are removable, oven-safe and easy to clean. The pots also come with integrated handles, so you can take them out of the multi-cooker and serve food directly on your table.

Now that the autumn-winter season is officially here, the Ninja MultiPot XL is definitely an appliance I’ll be adding to my seasonal cooking. I’m a huge fan of autumnal food and cooking, like stews, pies, soups and casseroles, and the Ninja MultiPot XL looks like it can handle this, and then some!

The Ninja MultiPot XL is available to buy in White or Cyberspace colours for £259.99 / $249.99 at SharkNinja and select retailers, like Currys.

It's always a bit of a gamble when a brand launches a cheaper, less-specced version of its flagship model. Whilst it's good news for anyone who wants the same experience without the premium price tag, there's usually something you have to give up – hence why I've been so keen to try the Roborock Saros 20 Neo.

Launched at IFA 2026, just nine months after its predecessor, the Saros 20 Neo shares many of the original's features but comes in at a lower price. Having tested the Saros 20, which I awarded five stars and soon placed at the top of our best robot vacuum cleaner guide, I was keen to see how the Neo compared.

Price and availability

The Saros 20 Neo has an RRP of £999 and is available in black or white from Roborock's online store and Amazon.

In the US, it's sold as the Roborock Qrevo Edge 3 Pro. Both models share the same core hardware, including 36,000Pa suction, dual spinning mop pads with a 15mm lift, a 6,400mAh battery and threshold-climbing capabilities.

Unboxing and set up

Getting started was straightforward, involving unpacking the robot and docking station, removing the protective packaging and checking that the brushes, dust bag and mop pads are fitted correctly. I placed it against a wall in my kitchen and near a power socket, with enough room around it for the robot to move freely. I then filled the clean-water tank, checked the dirty-water tank was in place and plugged it in.

Having tested other Roborock robots, I simply added the Saros 20 Neo as a new device in the app and followed the instructions to connect it to Wi-Fi. From there, I set my cleaning preferences, schedules and carpet settings before running the robot to create its initial map.

Design and features

Like Roborock's other models, the Saros 20 Neo is designed to handle most of your floor cleaning with minimal intervention. It measures just under 8cm tall and has a retractable LiDAR sensor that rises to map rooms and navigate around furniture, then lowers when the robot needs to squeeze beneath beds, sofas and other low-clearance spaces.

The robot measures 35 x 35 x 80cm, whilst the dock is considerably larger at 40 x 49 x 45cm. The dock has a more rounded design rather than the original's squarer shape.

The Saros 20 Neo has a 36,000Pa HyperForce motor designed to pick up dust, dirt and debris from hard floors and carpets. Its DuoDivide main brush and FlexiArm Arc side brush help reduce hair tangles, whilst the extendable side brush reaches into corners and along edges. The robot can also adjust its brushes and mop setup depending on the floor it's cleaning, lifting components or detaching the mop pads to help keep carpets dry.

Mopping is handled by two spinning pads that rotate at up to 200rpm and apply up to 14N of downward pressure. Warm water helps loosen stubborn marks, whilst the Edge Mopping System is designed to get closer to walls and corners. On carpets, the robot can adjust its chassis to maintain suction on pile up to 3cm deep, although some carpet-specific settings need to be enabled in the app.

One of the more unique features is the AdaptiLift Chassis 3.0, which is exclusive to the Saros 20 range. It helps the robot climb raised thresholds, with Roborock saying it can cross a single threshold up to 4.5cm high, or two consecutive thresholds measuring 4.5cm and 4.3cm.

Navigation combines the retractable LiDAR sensor with an RGB camera and structured-light sensing to map your home and recognise more than 300 obstacles. You can also set it to clean behind curtains, return to areas it skipped when something was in the way, and adjust its movements if it gets caught around furniture legs.

Interestingly, there are features for pet owners too, which I've been looking forward to trying having just welcomed home a new puppy. The robot can recognise nearby animals and adjust its route to avoid them, take photos when it spots them and use the app's Search for the Pet feature to help locate them. A video-call function also lets you check in through the onboard camera and remotely guide the robot around your home.

The docking station empties the robot's dustbin into a dust bag, refills its water tank and washes the mop pads using water heated to up to 100°C. It then dries the pads with warm air at up to 55°C and cleans the dock itself. A small light on the front also lets you know when the tanks need attention, shining white when everything is fine and red when something needs to be emptied or refilled.

The system also dispenses cleaning solution and adjusts its mop-washing routine depending on how dirty the pads are. Roborock claims the 2.7-litre dust bag holds up to 65 days' worth of dirt, although this will depend on how often you clean and how much debris the robot picks up.

Saros 20 vs Saros 20 Neo: what's the difference?

The Saros 20 Neo retains most of the original Saros 20's core cleaning features, but there are a few differences, with the biggest being navigation. The original uses StarSight Autonomous System 2.0, a tower-free navigation system, whilst the Neo switches to retractable LiDAR. That doesn't mean the Neo can't navigate beneath low furniture, but it does use different hardware to map and move around your home.

Interestingly, mopping pressure is actually higher on the Neo, reaching up to 14N compared with up to 13N on the Saros 20.

Crucially, both models retain 36,000Pa suction, the AdaptiLift Chassis 3.0 threshold-climbing system, dual anti-tangle brushes, automatic mop detachment and a dock with hot-water mop washing and warm-air drying. I'd argue these are amongst the most important features anyway, so the Neo is still well equipped despite the changes.

Performance

Having spent time with the original Saros 20, I was curious to see whether switching to the Neo would feel like a downgrade, but I found the experience to be almost identical. I barely noticed a difference in how it navigated around my home, and it managed to spot every kind of obstacle, including recognising and labelling my dog's cage on the app.

The initial mapping took slightly longer than it did with the original Saros 20, but we're talking about a relatively minor difference. Once the map was ready, the Neo navigated confidently, working its way around furniture and handling my home's layout without any issues. If I hadn't known about the change to the navigation system, I'm not sure I'd have noticed much difference at all.

Cleaning was just as good as I'd hoped, with the 36,000Pa suction picking up everyday dirt whilst the extending side brush got into corners and along skirting boards. The mopping was also impressive, particularly in my kitchen, where the pads did a great job of dealing with muddy paw prints. The anti-tangle brushes also kept hair from becoming a problem, and I liked being able to leave the robot to get on with things without worrying about it dragging wet mop pads across my rugs.

After a few uses, I did notice some hair collecting around the base where the mop pads sit. It could be that the vacuum isn't picking up everything the pads gather, but it was easy enough to wipe away with a cloth every now and then. It didn't seem to affect the robot's performance, but keeping the dock clean is always a good idea.

Verdict

The Saros 20 Neo may sit below the original in Roborock's lineup, but after testing both, the differences were hard to spot. I found the two remarkably similar in everyday use, from the impressive vacuuming and mopping to the navigation and obstacle recognition. Whilst mapping took a little longer, I barely noticed any difference once it got going. It's still a significant investment, but if you want premium cleaning without paying quite as much, the Neo gets the important things right.

Alternatives to consider

I've mentioned it enough already, but the original Roborock Saros 20 remains a good alternative, particularly if your budget stretches further. It's worth comparing current prices though, as a discount on the original could make the decision less straightforward.

The Eufy Omni S2 is another model to consider if you're after similar maintenance-free cleaning features. It uses a roller mop that continuously cleans itself with fresh water, alongside AI-powered obstacle avoidance designed to navigate around everyday clutter and pets. It doesn't match the Saros 20 Neo's low-profile design or threshold-climbing ability, but it's still worth a look.

The temperature's dropping, and your best smart thermostat is about to become your best friend again. However, before you turn up the heating and settle in for winter, it's worth making sure your system is ready for the colder months ahead.

Whilst we've already covered the exact date you should turn your heating on, there are a few jobs worth ticking off before then. From bleeding your radiators to checking your boiler pressure, here are three things to do before switching your heating back on for winter.

1. Bleed your radiators

Before switching your heating on properly, you need to check whether your radiators need bleeding. If they have cold patches at the top, make gurgling noises or take longer than usual to heat up, trapped air could be the cause.

Make sure the radiators are entirely cool, and then use a radiator key to release the trapped air. Once water starts coming out steadily, close the valve. If you have a sealed central heating system, check the boiler pressure afterwards, as bleeding radiators can cause it to drop.

2. Check your boiler pressure

If your boiler has been sitting idle over summer, it's worth checking the pressure before relying on it to heat your home. Most domestic boilers should sit at around 1-1.5 bar when the heating is off, although you should check your manufacturer's guidance for the correct range.

If the pressure is too low, you may need to top it up using the filling loop, following the instructions in your boiler manual. If it keeps dropping, or you notice leaks, get a qualified heating engineer to investigate rather than repeatedly topping it up.

3. Test your heating before the temperature drops

It's a risky move waiting until the first properly cold day to find out your heating isn't working. Turn your thermostat up a few degrees above the current room temperature and run the heating for 15-20 minutes to check that your radiators warm up and the boiler runs as expected.

Listen out for unusual noises and look for leaks around radiators and pipework. It's also a good time to check your thermostat batteries and make sure your boiler's annual service is up to date. If you smell gas or suspect a carbon monoxide leak, switch off the appliance if safe to do so, leave the property and contact the appropriate emergency service.

Pro Breeze has expanded its OmniDry dehumidifier collection with its smallest, most compact model yet. The new Pro Breeze OmniDry 10L Dehumidifier offers powerful extraction, a dedicated laundry mode and it’s surprisingly cost-effective to run.

Previously, Pro Breeze’s OmniDry range included 12L, 20L and 40L models, but the brand has now gone even smaller. The Pro Breeze OmniDry 10L Dehumidifier offers a more accessible and affordable option to avoid damp and mould in smaller spaces, including bedrooms, home offices and flats.

As the name states, the Pro Breeze OmniDry 10L Dehumidifier extracts up to 10-litres of moisture a day. Despite its small space-saving size, the dehumidifier is packed with built-in sensors and intelligent humidity control to automatically monitor your room’s humidity, and keep it between 40-60% – the ideal level for keeping your home hygienic and you comfortable.

The Pro Breeze OmniDry 10L Dehumidifier measures 33.8cm in height, 24.3cm in length and 18.2cm in width, and weighs 6.95kg, so it can easily fit in small spaces. It’s a corded model, so it will need an outlet, but the cord length measures 150cm and it has smooth-gliding wheels so you can move it around wherever you need it.

For those who dry their clothes inside, the Pro Breeze OmniDry 10L Dehumidifier has a dedicated laundry mode to speed up this process. It also works to absorb excess moisture from your wet clothes to help minimise dampness and condensation.

Another handy feature of the Pro Breeze OmniDry 10L Dehumidifier is its quiet operation. It operates at 38dB on its quietest mode, so you really shouldn’t notice it while it’s running.

Most dehumidifiers cost between 4p – 9p per hour to run, and the Pro Breeze OmniDry 10L Dehumidifier is on the lower end of this scale. According to Pro Breeze, its newest dehumidifier costs 4p an hour, so it’s not making too big of a dent in your monthly energy bills.

The initial cost of the Pro Breeze OmniDry 10L Dehumidifier is affordable too. It’s available to buy for £119.99 at Pro Breeze.

Roborock is taking on Dyson and Shark with its latest wet-and-dry vacuum cleaner – and it’s finally available in the UK. The new Roborock F25 Ultra is the brand’s first handheld vacuum with steam and hot water cleaning modes, and it has a clever lay-flat design to help it get into all your home’s nooks and crannies.

Wet-and-dry vacuums have taken over the cleaning market, as a quick and easy way to get your floors clean and sparkling without dirty water cross-contamination. The new Roborock F25 Ultra takes this one step further with its high-temperature cleaning that tackles stains, grease and dirt in a more hygienic way.

The Roborock F25 Ultra uses VaporFlow and WaveFlow technology to clean up dried-on spills and stains. It produces 150°C steam which works to loosen these types of stains, while the flow and 86°C temperature hot water breaks down grease and stickiness.

This action, especially the steaming, makes the Roborock F25 Ultra a seriously hygienic vacuum-mop hybrid that removes 99.99% of bacteria and allergens. Not only does its technologies ensure an effectively clean floor, but it doesn’t leave them too wet or soggy, or use any harsh chemicals on your flooring.

As a vacuum, the Roborock F25 Ultra has a 22,000 Pa suction power to suck up dirt and debris. It also has a tangle-free brush head roller, so it’s suitable for homes with pets and people with long hair, and has four cleaning modes to choose from – Auto, Sponge, Steam and Hot Water.

The design of the Roborock F25 Ultra is similar to other wet-and-dry vacuums, with a water tank in the head, an LED display at the top, and an extra-long handle. It looks quite chunky, but the Roborock F25 Ultra actually has a 12.5cm lay-flat design which allows it to fold down by 180°C to get underneath furniture.

As the Roborock F25 Ultra moves around on its SlideTech 2.0 wheels, it has a blue light that illuminates any missing dirt and dust, and a DirTech smart sensor detects dirt and adjusts its cleaning power accordingly. The brush head also has a JawScraper which reduces tangles and streaks left behind by mopping.

For maintenance, the Roborock F25 Ultra comes with a self-cleaning and drying roller. The steam and hot water cleans the roller, and the main head of the Roborock F25 Ultra has an automatic detergent dispenser in the one litre water tank which lasts for up to 30 days before it needs refilling.

Users of the Roborock F25 Ultra will have to manually separate the wet and dry waste, but this is relatively easy to do. The Roborock F25 Ultra also has up to 60 minutes of runtime, and can connect to the Roborock app for scheduling, and self-cleaning and drying information.

The Roborock F25 Ultra is available to buy now for £699 / $799 at Roborock and select retailers, like Amazon.

The biggest mistake you’re making with your dehumidifier is actually much simpler than you think.

Autumn is officially here, and with it, comes darker nights, colder temperatures and – for the UK especially – lots of wet weather. This is why now is the perfect time of year to invest in a dehumidifier to prevent your home from getting damp, mouldy and unhygienic.

In general, dehumidifiers are easy to use, and don’t require a lot of intervention from you. However, I’ve covered common dehumidifier mistakes before, from facing them the wrong way to setting the wrong level, and there’s one obvious mistake everyone makes with dehumidifiers that can actually prevent them from working properly.

Due to the ease and simplicity of dehumidifiers, many people forget that they have to change and clean the filter, and empty the water tank. It might sound obvious to do this, but a dehumidifier is definitely one of those appliances that most people set and forget, so it can be easy to neglect doing these tasks.

If you don’t regularly change the filter or empty the water tank, your dehumidifier can start to negatively impact the air quality in your home. As they work by pulling in air, dirty or full dehumidifiers will start to pull in allergens and bacteria that can make your home’s air worse. This build-up will also prevent your dehumidifier from working properly and altogether.

Starting with the filter, if you use your dehumidifier regularly, you should clean your filter every two weeks. If your home is particularly dusty or you have pets, this should be shortened to every week or 10 days.

If you’re using a dehumidifier seasonally, you can get away with cleaning the filter once a month, or at the start and end of the season. For changing the filter, I’d recommend changing it every 3-5 months to keep your dehumidifier running smoothly.

Another area that’s often neglected when using a dehumidifier is the water tank. It should be emptied as soon as it reaches the maximum line, and if you’re using it throughout the day, you should be emptying it once or twice a day, especially if the tank is small.

Leaving the water tank full for too long runs the risk of it overflowing, and prevents the dehumidifier from working at its best. It’s also a waste of energy as it’ll continue to try and perform, while not actually making a difference to your home.

It's safe to say I was pretty excited when Dyson's new robot vacuum cleaner lineup launched last month. This was not only because three models arrived at once, but also because they all came with different features, requirements and price points – meaning there's something for everyone.

As a result, I decided the R2 Nurovi would be a good place to start as the middle model. This was mostly because I have a mix of hard floors and carpet, but also because slightly higher suction power is needed in my house due to our five-month-old puppy.

That meant the conditions were pretty much perfect, leaving me with one more thing to do... put it to the test.

Price and availability

The Dyson R2 Nurovi is priced at £749.99 ($699) and can be purchased from Dyson's website, as well as Argos, John Lewis and Currys.

As mentioned, it's the middle model in the lineup, sitting between the hard-floor R1 Nurovi and the upcoming R3 Nurovi Spot+Scrub, which uses an AI stain scanner to identify and tackle invisible stains.

Unboxing and set up

The R2 Nurovi is easy to set up and connects to your phone via the usual MyDyson app, which I've become very familiar with. This involves plugging in the dock and using the app to find nearby products to connect to, with the R2 Nurovi appearing almost immediately.

You can see me setting it up by filling the tanks and attaching the anti-tangle side sweeper below too:

The app then takes you through a few steps, including connecting it to your Wi-Fi and the robot itself. This took me a few attempts, as the app got stuck on the pairing request page, but everything was connected properly within about 10 minutes. If you experience the same issue, just relaunch the app until it works.

After that, the robot mapped my chosen area, which didn't take long at all, allowing me to edit and split rooms when needed. I then connected it to my Amazon Alexa (steps here if needed) so I could use voice control when required, and then it was all good to go.

Design and features

The R2 Nurovi has an understated Light Grey and Vinca Blue design, with Dyson retaining the distinctive canister-style look of its robot vacuum docks. The robot itself measures 35cm wide and 35cm long, stands at just under 10cm tall and weighs 3.6kg, whilst the docking station weighs 9.2kg and measures 52cm high, 47cm long and 42cm wide. I personally love the way it looks, and it's nice change from the usual black square docks provided by other brands.

The R2 vacuums and washes hard floors at the same time, rather than requiring separate cleaning runs. Dyson has designed it around a new Twin-Capture system, which uses two stages to deal with different types of dirt. A brush bar mechanically sweeps larger debris into the machine, whilst the vacuum motor focuses on fine dust and smaller particles.

There's also a 21,000Pa suction motor and an anti-tangle brush bar designed to pick up and de-tangle hair, including pet hair.

One of the more unusual design features is the Reuleaux triangle wash pads, which allow the points of the triangles to reach further into corners and along edges. This improves floor-washing coverage right up to walls, where circular pads can leave gaps.

The R2 also has extending anti-tangle side sweepers, which are designed to deal with dirt collecting around the edges of rooms. The sweepers extend 27mm from the robot to get closer to walls and into corners, whilst their redesigned structure guides dust and debris into the airflow.

The robot also uses an ultrasonic sensor to detect whether the floor is hard or carpeted, allowing the R2 to adjust its suction, whilst a sensor also monitors dust levels. The piezo system counts and sizes dust particles and can automatically boost suction when it detects that more cleaning power is needed.

Navigation has also been upgraded from previous models, with the R2 using high-speed LiDAR to scan and map your home, allowing it to navigate rooms, avoid obstacles and clean systematically. It can also climb over raised areas of up to 40mm.

In terms of battery life, Dyson quotes a maximum runtime of 90 minutes, with a 6.5-hour charge time.

Its docking station automatically washes the Reuleaux triangle pads with 75°C heated water after cleaning, before drying them with 45°C hot air. Dyson says this helps prevent mould and odour build-up, whilst dirty water is extracted hygienically during the cleaning process.

The dock also takes care of the dry debris and has eight Dyson cyclones that separate dust and debris when the robot returns, with the dock able to store up to 90 days of dry waste. The R2's bin has a 2.6-litre capacity, whilst the dock also automatically refills, self-cleans and recharges the robot – but more on this shortly.

Performance

I've been impressed by the Dyson R2 Nurovi's cleaning performance, particularly on hard floors. The app is easy to navigate, and I liked being able to split rooms and add furniture to the map. Having those visual reference points makes it much easier to see where the robot is cleaning, rather than trying to decipher a basic floor plan.

The R2 vacuumed and mopped my living room and dining room in around 20 minutes, which is on the speedy side. Having it tackle both jobs at once is also brilliant, particularly in a busy home with pets or children, where floors rarely stay clutter-free for long.

My home has hard floors and rugs, and the R2 handled that combination without any issues during my testing. That said, I've seen reports of other users experiencing problems with the robot getting stuck, so I'd be more cautious if your home has deep-pile carpets or lots of different floor surfaces. It wasn't something I encountered myself, but it's worth bearing in mind.

Unfortunately, the biggest issue I've had with the R2 is its Twin-Capture system. This collects dust and debris inside the robot before transferring it into the larger dust container in the dock. After a few cleaning runs, I noticed that the transfer wasn't working properly, with debris building up in the robot's onboard container instead of being emptied automatically.

I tried triggering a manual empty through the app, but that didn't seem to dislodge the blockage. The onboard container has two compartments, and on closer inspection, the upper section attached to the filter appeared to be clogged with dust. I manually removed the accumulated debris from both sections, hoping this would help the dock suction everything out more effectively.

Even after I'd cleared the blockage, the transfer didn't seem particularly powerful once I started paying closer attention. I knew the system was working to some extent, and there were no seals I'd forgotten to remove, but the process of getting debris from the robot into the dock was clearly being affected.

This is a pretty significant drawback for a robot vacuum that's designed to take care of cleaning with minimal intervention. Having to empty the onboard container manually takes away much of that convenience, and it put a real dampener on what had otherwise been a positive experience. I've since been more careful about how much debris I let the robot pick up in one go, and I make sure to check and empty it after each run.

I was also keen to see how well the triangular mop pads handled corners, but after watching the robot clean, I was a little disappointed. I understand the thinking behind the shape, and I was hoping it would make a more noticeable difference, but the pads didn't reach into corners as effectively as I'd expected.

The extending side sweepers were much more successful, doing a good job of picking up leftover hair and dust along skirting boards. The dock is also very loud when emptying the robot, although that's hardly unusual for this type of vacuum – it's just something to keep in mind.

Verdict

The Dyson R2 Nurovi has a lot going for it. It cleans hard floors brilliantly, tackles vacuuming and mopping in one go, and is quick enough to make a noticeable difference to your daily routine. I also love the app and the robot's design, whilst the extending side sweepers do a good job of picking up dirt along edges. Unfortunately, the dust-transfer issue I encountered is difficult to overlook. Having to manually clear the onboard container after cleaning defeats much of the point of buying a robot vacuum at this price, and the triangular mop pads didn't quite live up to my expectations either. There’s plenty to like about the R2 Nurovi, but at £750, I’d expect it to take care of the cleaning without leaving me to finish the job.

Alternatives to consider

As mentioned, Dyson has launched three models in the same lineup with different needs in mind, so you can move up to the R3 Nurovi Spot+Scrub if you want more advanced suction and scrubbing, or down to the R1 if you find yourself using your robot on hard floors only. However, it's worth noting the R3 Nurovi Spot+Scrub is currently only available in the US, and will come to the UK early next year.

However, if I had to recommend another brand, it would be the Eufy Omni S2. The Eufy has higher suction levels, but the mopping style and corner-reach designs are very similar, and the dust storage capacities are almost identical. However, the Eufy is considerably more expensive, so the R2 Nurovi is the better option if you're shopping on a budget.

The most common issue with pod coffee machines is waste. While the machines themselves last for several years, the single-use coffee pods produce a lot of waste, and despite many brands having recycling services, pods and capsules are hardly the most eco-friendly product on the market.

But Lavazza is set to change that with its latest pod coffee maker – the Lavazza Tablì. As a single-serve capsule free coffee machine, the Lavazza Tablì works the same as other pod models, but using coffee ‘tabs’ that are made of 100% coffee with absolutely no plastic in sight.

I’ve tested plenty of coffee machines during my time as T3’s Home Editor, and I’ve never been more intrigued by a pod coffee machine until this one. I’ve spent the past couple of weeks drinking an insane amount of coffee, and these are my thoughts on the Lavazza Tablì.

Price and availability

Launched in 2026, the Lavazza Tablì is available to buy for £199 / $129 at Lavazza and select retailers, like John Lewis. It comes in walnut brown, sand white and graphite black colours.

There are eight Tablì Tabs options available which start at £5.89, and come with 12 tabs inside.

Unboxing

The Lavazza Tablì arrived in a large cardboard box, with three boxes of coffee tabs. It was extremely easy to set up, as you’d expect from a pod coffee machine, and only required me to remove some plastic and tape before it was ready to go. To actually make the coffee, I simply filled up the water tank at the back and added a pod into the machine.

As mentioned, the Lavazza Tablì came with three coffee options. This included the Tablì Qualità Oro, Tablì Qualità Rossa and Tablì Espresso Intenso, all of which came with 12 tabs per box. Qualità Oro has an intensity rating of 8/13, Qualità Rossa goes up to 10 and Espresso Intenso is the most intense with an 11/13 rating.

Design and features

Measuring 32.7cm in height, 16.5cm in width and 39cm in depth, the Lavazza Tablì is quite slim and compact. It only weighs 4.5kg so it’s easy to move around, and it takes up minimal space on a countertop. It’s roughly the same size as other pod coffee machines, although it has quite a unique shape.

At the top of the Lavazza Tablì is a bean-shaped slider and piston system which slides back and forth for you to add the coffee tab. The top of the slider has the controls, including an on/off button, single shot, double shot and two cup options, and the removable 1.2-litre water tank is located at the back.

Using Lavazza Crema Plus technology, the Lavazza Tablì expertly brews your coffee to bring out the flavours and crema from the tab. It’s an espresso maker, so the Lavazza Tablì makes espresso, double espresso and lungo coffees. It can’t dispense hot water so no americanos, and if you want a latte, you’ll have to add or froth your own milk.

The Lavazza Tablì is specifically designed to use Tablì Tabs, so you won’t be able to use a ‘normal’ plastic capsule with this machine. The tabs are made entirely of coffee without any protective coating or binders, and once the coffee is brewed, the tab can be disposed of in your food waste bin.

For those who love an app, the Lavazza Tablì has Wi-Fi support and can connect to the Tablì app, so you can use it remotely. It’s also compatible with Alexa and Google Home.

Performance

Pod coffee machines all have quite strange designs, but the Lavazza Tablì definitely takes the cake. I tried the walnut brown version which looked lovely in my kitchen – almost like an oversized coffee bean! – and the slim size of the Lavazza Tablì made it easy to keep out on my countertop.

Once on, the Lavazza Tablì took hardly any time to heat up, and it’s an extremely easy machine to use with little instruction required. I pressed the on/off button and waited for the buttons to stop flashing before adding my tab and selecting the shot option – I’m a double shot girl so that was my favourite.

When adding the coffee tab, the sliding motion of the piston system was very smooth and satisfying. It covered up the tab and immediately got to brewing after I pressed the button. I found that it made a minimal amount of noise although it did produce a lot of steam.

The Lavazza Tablì also made a single, soft-sounding beep when it had finished brewing which I appreciated – there’s nothing I hate more than an appliance incessantly beeping at me! The coffee it made was rich and delicious, and while I’m a milky coffee drinker, I tried a few espressos, and loved the taste.

My first time using the Lavazza Tablì, I noticed some grainy coffee residue at the bottom of my mug. However, on my next try and the ones thereon didn’t produce this, so I imagine it was a first-use ‘error’ – if you can even call it that. The Tablì Tabs are the best coffee capsules I’ve ever tried in terms of espresso strength, flavour and crema, so I’d highly recommend them.

The Lavazza Tablì didn’t have the standard height adjustment I was used to from other pod coffee makers. The main machine can’t be adjusted to accommodate different mug sizes, so instead, you have to remove the drip tray to get a standard-sized mug under it. If you want the drip tray in place, you’re better off using a small mug as you won’t fit a standard one under there.

Now, this isn’t necessarily an issue or deal breaker – although it would be if the Lavazza Tablì dispensed hot water or frothed milk.

Verdict

As a no-waste, espresso-making pod coffee machine, the Lavazza Tablì ticks a lot of boxes. Its coffee bean-inspired design feels whimsical, and the entire coffee-making process is simple, near-silent and delicious.

The Tablì Tabs make delicious coffee – the best pod coffee I’ve ever tried – although there are no milk options yet, so if you like milky coffees, you’ll need your own milk frother.

Alternatives to consider

As a capsule-free pod coffee machine, the Lavazza Tablì is one of the first on the market. Keurig has recently announced its Alta coffee machine with plastic-free pods which is a similar concept, and it comes with a built-in milk frother.

Grind has launched its new advent calendars for Christmas 2026. Catering for pod, grounds and whole bean coffee lovers, Grind’s new coffee advent calendars offer multiple blends in colourful 12-door packages – and you won’t believe the price.

Grind is definitely celebrating Christmas early this year, as the brand has launched its full Christmas collection, including bundles and its flavour of the season – chocolate orange. I’m not a pod coffee drinker, but I have to say that the standout from the range has to be the Grind Coffee Pod Advent Calendar.

Featuring a colourful Christmas store front design, the Grind Coffee Pod Advent Calendar includes 26 home-compostable pods and 17 different blends. The eagle-eyed of you will have noticed that 26 pods would take you to Boxing Day, but there’s actually a ‘bonus’ pod when you open the 25th door.

Perfect for pod coffee machine users – including Nespresso owners as Grind pods are compatible with Nespresso machines – the Grind Coffee Pod Advent Calendar has lots of festive and classic flavours to enjoy. Without listing the entire contents and ruining the surprise, you can expect to find house, light and dark blends, and flavoured pods, like vanilla, pumpkin spice and pistachio.

The Grind Coffee Pod Advent Calendar also features Grind’s Christmas Blend which is a limited edition, festive coffee from Guatemala. This flavour is also available on Grind’s other 2026 advent calendars.

The other Grind advent calendars include options for ground coffee and whole bean coffee. Instead of 25 days, these calendars are only 12 days and include 12 single-origin coffees.

The Ground Coffee Advent Calendar and Whole Bean Coffee Advent Calendar both come with 18g daily sachets of grounds or beans. The coffee is sustainably sourced from places around the world, including Guatemala, Brazil, Kenya, and more, and are roasted in London.

Alternative advent calendars – a.k.a options that aren’t chocolate! – typically tend to be quite expensive, so I was imagining the Grind advent calendars to be pricey. However, all options are available for £29.95, making them incredibly affordable and a nice early Christmas gift for yourself or a fellow coffee lover.

Check out our UK advent calendar round-up for more festive alternatives.

Aldi announced last week that it was adding a Dyson-lookalike bladeless fan heater to its Specialbuys range, but just a few days later, Lidl has joined in with a near-identical alternative. Suddenly, choosing between the two budget buys isn't quite so straightforward.

Lidl's Tronic Bladeless Fan Heater arrives in stores tomorrow, leaving around four days of overlap before Aldi's model disappears. That means there's a limited window to compare the two before one of these middle-aisle bargains is gone.

Below, I'm putting the Aldi Ambiano Bladeless Fan Heater head-to-head with Lidl's Tronic model to see how they compare on design, features and price – and which one is worth your money.

Design

The Lidl Tronic Bladeless Fan Heater is available in black or white, and comes with a non-slip base for added stability. It also has a magnetic remote control holder, so you can keep the remote attached to the heater when it's not in use. Lidl offers a larger version for £69.99, too.

The Aldi Ambiano Bladeless Fan Heater also comes in black or white, with a compact design that's easy to move around the home. However, Aldi doesn't specify whether there's a dedicated remote holder, so we're not able to confirm.

Both models have a bladeless design, which makes them easier to clean than traditional fan heaters and removes the risk of contact with exposed fan blade.

Winner: Lidl

Features

Lidl's Tronic heater offers 10 speed settings, adjustable temperature control between 5°C and 35°C, 80-degree oscillation and five LED mood-light colours, including a colour-changing mode. It can also be used as a fan and has a nine-hour timer.

Aldi's Ambiano model offers three heat settings, eight fan speeds, oscillation and a nine-hour timer. It also provides both heating and cooling, but doesn't list the same temperature adjustment or any lighting features.

Winner: Lidl

Price

There's no difference here, as both the Aldi Ambiano and Lidl Tronic bladeless fan heaters cost £49.99. That said, Lidl is offering a larger version for £69.99, giving shoppers another option if they're willing to spend a little more.

Winner: Draw

Safety and warranty

Both heaters include overheating protection, whilst Aldi also lists tilt protection and Lidl specifies tip-over protection. Lidl adds frost protection and a non-slip base, alongside a three-year warranty.

Aldi's supplied product information doesn't specify a warranty period, so it's worth checking the terms before buying.

Winner: Lidl

In our opinion, Lidl's Tronic heater wins this time. For the same price as Aldi's, you get more speed settings, adjustable temperature control between 5°C and 35°C, and five LED light colours with a colour-changing mode. It also comes with a magnetic remote control holder, frost protection and a three-year warranty, giving it a few extra perks that Aldi's model doesn't list.

Both heaters offer oscillation, a nine-hour timer and heating and cooling functions, so you're not missing out on the basics with either option. However, Lidl's extra controls give you more flexibility over how you use it, and the longer warranty is a welcome bonus for a budget buy.

Overall winner: Lidl

NutriBullet made a name for itself with those compact bullet-style blenders that became a household name just over a decade or so ago. They hit the mainstream thanks to them making blending feel quick, simple and accessible, and they've sold millions of them ever since.

However, the company has been pushing into bigger, more capable territory of late, and its newest addition, the SmartSense Blender Combo, is probably the most ambitious thing it's done so far.

Boasting a 2-in-1 setup, the appliance touts a 1,500W base that pairs with either a full-size 1.8-litre pitcher for when you’re blending in bulk, or two smaller personal cups (900ml and 700ml) for knocking up a single serving to grab on your way out. The stand-out feature, however, is the SmartSense auto cycle, which is supposed to detect what you’ve loaded in and what vessel you’re using, then sort out the speed, time and blending function all on its own without you needing to fiddle with lots of buttons.

I’ve been using it daily for the past few weeks to find out whether the “smart” part actually works or if it’s just a gimmick. Here’s how I got on.

NutriBullet SmartSense Blender Combo review: price and availability

The NutriBullet SmartSense Blender Combo is available to buy now from Nutribullet’s official web store in the UK, US and Australia, priced at £149.99 / $164.99 / AU$299.95 RRP.

At the time of writing, I found it on sale for around £129 from retailers like Currys and Robert Dyas. For context, a basic NutriBullet 900 costs around £70 to £90, so the SmartSense is asking quite a bit more. Still, it does undercut premium jug blenders from the likes of Vitamix and Sage while sitting just above Ninja’s entry-level options.

You get a fair amount in the box, too, with the pitcher, two personal cups and two to-go lids all included.

NutriBullet SmartSense Blender Combo review: design and build

One thing you can’t take away from the SmartSense Blender Combo is that it does look pretty good sitting on the kitchen worktop, which is more than can be said for a lot of blenders. The gunmetal grey base has a clean, modern finish that suggests NutriBullet has put some thought into how this thing looks next to your kettle and toaster, and it’s also compact enough that it doesn’t dominate the counter the way some jug blenders tend to.

The controls on the front are lovely and minimal looking, five manual speed buttons, a pulse function, the SmartSense auto cycle button and a small, simple LCD display that shows you what’s going on. I had it all worked out within minutes of taking it out the box, without needing to keep checking the manual, which is exactly what you want from a smart kitchen appliance.

Where I think the SmartSense loses marks, though, is in how it feels in the hand. The 1.8-litre pitcher is entirely made from plastic, and while NutriBullet makes a point of saying it’s BPA-free and durable, there’s no getting around the fact that it feels way cheaper than a glass jug. There’s a lightness and flimsiness to this that you just wouldn’t find in a blender with a proper glass pitcher, and that just doesn’t feel right with the price tag it has. While the personal cups are plastic too, that doesn’t bother me as much since they’re meant for chucking in a bag and taking with you on the go, and to be fair they held up better against staining than I thought they would.

Something I did appreciate, though, is the flip-open spout on the pitcher lid, which lets you pour without having to take the whole lid off and risk getting smoothie juice everywhere (though you’ll notice form my images, I didn’t exactly dodge that). There’s also a food pusher included, which is handy for when thicker blends need a nudge toward the blades. I also loved that everything (apart from the base, obviously) is dishwasher-safe, which is a god-send when it comes to cleaning.

NutriBullet SmartSense Blender Combo review: performance

The SmartSense Blender Combo’s meaty 1,500W motor is where the device really earns its stripes, because this thing has some serious power behind it. Ice gets crushed in seconds, frozen berries disappear almost instantly, and your standard smoothie ingredients come out smooth and creamy without much effort at all.

Over a few weeks of daily use, covering everything from fruit smoothies and frappucinos to frozen berry blends, the results were consistently good and I never felt like the motor was struggling with anything I threw at it.

As for the SmartSense auto cycle feature, this is the function that NutriBullet is banking on to justify the price jump over its simpler models. The idea is that you load your ingredients, hit the SmartSense button, and the blender figures out what’s inside and what vessel you’re using, then handles the speed, duration and function on its own.

For standard smoothie batches, I found it works well and ended up using it most days. Plus, there’s something quite nice about just pressing a button and knowing it’ll blend it to the right consistency (most times) without it needing too much babysitting.

That being said, it’s definitely not perfect. Frozen bananas in particular have a habit of wedging against the sides and just spinning round without actually getting pulled into the blades, which means you end up stopping the cycle, giving things a shake or poking at it with the tamper, then running it again. It doesn’t ruin the experience, but it does mean you can’t always just walk away while it does its thing. I found that loading liquid in first and putting frozen stuff on top helps most times, but definitely not all.

I should also mention the noise, because this is a loud blender. While it’s not abnormally loud - especially for something packing 1,500 watts - you certainly won’t want to use it at 6am with someone asleep in the next room.

NutriBullet SmartSense Blender Combo review: verdict

The NutriBullet SmartSense Blender Combo does what it says on the tin: it blends things, and does so well with a lot of force. The motor handles pretty much anything, the SmartSense auto cycle works well most of the time, and having both a pitcher and personal cups on one base gives it a versatility that a lot of rivals at this price can’t match.

But what I keep coming back to is the build quality. At the price it’s at, I’d expect the pitcher to be glass, and the fact that it’s not makes the whole thing feel cheaper than it should. It’s not poorly made by any means, but it doesn’t feel like a product with this price tag should when you pick it up, and that’s something I just can’t move past. Sorry ‘bout it, Nutribullet!

Nevertheless, if you just want something that blends well, looks decent and has a smart auto mode that does (most of) the thinking for you, the SmartSense is a worthwhile purchase. Maybe just try and grab it on sale so the cheap feel bothers you less?

Beko has just launched the newest bean to cup coffee machine to its CaffeExperto range, and it looks like its most impressive one yet. The Beko CaffeExperto CEG8564X offers up to 50 different coffees on its large touchscreen, and comes with everything you need to make espressos, lattes, cappuccinos and even cold brew.

I’ve covered home and kitchen for years on T3, so I feel a little stupid that I didn’t know that Beko made coffee machines! But I have to say I’m incredibly impressed by the Beko CaffeExperto Bean To Cup Coffee Machine CEG8564X, and think it could challenge the likes of De’Longhi and KitchenAid.

As a bean to cup coffee machine, the Beko CaffeExperto CEG8564X has a built-in bean grinder, and a 400g bean hopper at the top. With 13 grind settings to choose from and 19-bar pressure, the Beko CaffeExperto CEG8564X can make up to 50 different coffees, including hot and cold options – and even cold brew.

The Beko CaffeExperto CEG8564X has a 6.8-inch colour touchscreen at the top which allows you to choose your drink of choice, and adjust its settings where needed, like temperature and shots. It also connects to the HomeDirect app which can further personalise your drinks, and make them remotely.

With its 2-litre water tank, the Beko CaffeExperto CEG8564X can make multiple drinks, and can even brew two drinks at once with its dual nozzles. It can also make milk-based drinks using its 0.6-litre milk carafe and integrated frother.

The frother uses Beko’s CreamyPro technology to make velvety frothed milk for lattes, cappuccinos and other milky coffees. I couldn’t tell if the Beko CaffeExperto CEG8564X can be used for both dairy and plant-based milks, but as most coffee machines have this expertise, I imagine the Beko CaffeExperto CEG8564X does too.

The Beko CaffeExperto Bean To Cup Coffee Machine CEG8564X is available to buy for £699.99 at Beko and select retailers, like Amazon and Currys. It’s a little costly, but considering its features and technology, the Beko CaffeExperto CEG8564X is reasonably priced, and cheaper than its competitors.

Dreame has launched its new BlendLogic Power Blender, and it might be the most powerful blender I’ve ever seen. Using iDetect technology, the Dreame BlendLogic Power Blender senses what ingredients are inside it, before automatically adjusting its controls to make the perfect smoothies, soups and more.

Despite it being a relatively ‘new’ brand – having only launched in 2015 – Dreame has somewhat followed in SharkNinja’s footsteps by introducing products in almost every home category, including air fryers, vacuum cleaners, coffee machines and more.

Now, Dreame is expanding its kitchen line-up with the new Dreame BlendLogic Power Blender, and it’s giving Nutribullet and Ninja a serious run for their money. Powered by iDetect technology, the Dreame BlendLogic Power Blender can sense the portion size, hardness and consistency of your ingredients to get the right blend.

Its intelligent detection process works alongside auto-blending which automatically adjusts the time, speed and pulse of the blender. Aside from this technology, the Dreame BlendLogic Power Blender has seven speeds and nine smart programmes, including smoothie, juice, soup, sauce, puree, plant milk, nut butter, frozen drinks and dessert.

With its powerful 2000W motor, the Dreame BlendLogic Power Blender easily cuts through fresh and frozen ingredients. Its eight stainless steel blade grinds, whips and blends, and can even crush ice in as little as 15 seconds.

As a full-sized blender, the Dreame BlendLogic Power Blender definitely isn’t small but it does look great. It has a two litre blending jug with measurements on the side that slots onto a large base which has a bright touchscreen display where you can select and adjust the controls.

Other notable features include a +15 seconds programme for extra blending, and its lid with spout so you can add liquid and other ingredients as the Dreame BlendLogic Power Blender blends. It’s also easy to clean with its pre-set auto-clean setting and dishwasher safe materials.

I use a blender every week, and often find that it struggles with frozen ingredients, so the Dreame BlendLogic Power Blender is definitely a model I’d like to try. It’s available to buy for £179 at Dreame.

Compared to other full-sized blenders, this is a pretty reasonable price, plus you get a wide range of accessories, like 700ml blending cups, a tamper and measuring cups.

Microwaves, generally, are used as a lazy alternative to cooking. But kitchen appliance outfit Ninja – who’s already managed to shake up both the air fryer and coffee machine categories of late with its fresh, innovative designs – has decided the ding box has far more potential than just reheating leftovers or cooking packaged junk food.

The brand’s all-new CRISPi Microwave marks its debut in the microwave category, and in true Ninja style, it’s no one-trick pony. It's a 3-in-1 appliance that combines a 1,000W flatbed microwave with a 2,000W convection air fryer and something Ninja calls “FusionCrisp” technology. This is basically a mode that starts by microwaving your food to cook it through quickly and then auto-finishes with air frying to crisp up the outside. The idea is that you get speed and crispiness from a single appliance without having to lift a finger between the two stages.

I've been using it as my main microwave for the past few weeks, and it’s safe to say it’s one of the best kitchen appliances I've tested in a long time. Here's why.

Ninja CRISPi Microwave review: price and availability

The Ninja CRISPi Microwave is available to buy now in the UK and US priced at £359.99 and $399.99 (reduced from $449.99 RRP), respectively.

At the time of writing, the UK model is currently sold out on SharkNinja's own site, with new stock expected in October 2026, but it's still available from select retailers if you move quickly.

In the US, it's available from SharkNinja, Amazon and Best Buy, but it doesn't appear to be available in Australia right now. For reference though, £359.99 converts to roughly AU$700, but there's no official local pricing or release date as of yet.

At this price, the CRISPi Microwave sits firmly in the premium microwave territory. A standard microwave will set you back anywhere from £50 to £150, so Ninja is clearly asking a lot more here. But I guess you could justify this in that the CRISPi replaces both your microwave and your air fryer, and when you factor in that a decent standalone Ninja air fryer costs around £150 to £250, the combined price starts to make more sense.

Rivals in the combination microwave space, such as the Sage Combi Microwave (around £399) and the Panasonic NN-CD87KS (around £320), offer convection functionality but lack the dedicated air frying performance that Ninja’s option brings to the table.

Ninja CRISPi Microwave review: design and build

One of the first things you’ll notice about the CRISPi is how good it looks. It doesn't look like your typical microwave in that it boasts a sexy matte black finish with stainless steel trims, giving it a design that’s clean and modern. This is joined by a minimalist control panel on the right-hand side that sports a digital display and a handful of well-spaced buttons.

It looks more like a premium built-in oven than something you'd shove in a corner to reheat baked beans, and it sits on the worktop with a lot more presence than any bog-standard microwave does. Please note: despite my review photos having the Crispi Microwave placed in a confined area, Ninja recommends users keep a minimum of six inches of clearance on each side and 12 inches above the unit to ensure optimal performance.

While it looks the part, build quality is where the CRISPi Microwave really impressed me, especially coming off the back of reviewing Ninja’s Luxe Café Pro coffee machine, where the plastic construction left me feeling a bit cheated. That’s certainly not the case with the CRISPi, which, weighing in at a hefty 18.6kg, is very heavy but also super solid feeling.

Plus, everything from the door mechanism to the accessories that go inside feels robust and well engineered. That’s very reassuring to see, especially at this price, and really made me think Ninja has delivered in a way it didn't quite manage with its latest coffee machine.

The CRISPi’s flatbed design is one of my favourite things about the appliance. There's no turntable, which Ninja says gives you 20% more usable cooking space compared to a standard microwave with a 33cm plate, and having used it for a few weeks I can confirm the interior is as spacious as it sounds. The flat base also makes cleaning up spills far easier than trying to wipe around a moving turntable.

As for accessories, the included 5.2-litre CleanCrisp glass cooking dish is the star of the show. It's made from PFAS-free and PTFE-free glass, which is a nice touch considering all the concerns around non-stick coatings we hear lately. It also doubles as a prep, cook and serve dish, so you can take it straight from the microwave to the table without transferring food to a separate plate, which saves time and cuts down on washing up. Win win! I should also mention that the dish includes a crisper tray that sits inside for air frying. This works by lifting food above the base for better hot air circulation underneath. *Chef’s kiss*.

My only real design gripe is the microwave’s size. Measuring 51.5 x 44.6 x 35.8cm, the CRISPi will take up a serious chunk of worktop, so something to keep in mind. If your kitchen is on the smaller side, it's definitely worth measuring up before you commit.

Ninja CRISPi Microwave review: performance

Let's start with the CRISPi Microwave’s FusionCrisp, because it's the headline feature and the thing I was probably most sceptical about before I started using it. The concept is straightforward enough: you select a FusionCrisp programme, the microwave kicks in first to cook the food through quickly, and then the air fryer automatically takes over to crisp up the outside. You just load the food, press go, and come back to something that's cooked through and crispy on the outside.

While it sounds like too good to be true, it actually works brilliantly. The standout test for me was jacket potatoes, which I made following the included recipe booklet on FusionCrisp mode. After about 10 minutes of microwaving followed by 10 minutes of air frying, I was left with a jacket potato that was beautifully soft and fluffy on the inside with a lovely crispy skin on the outside.

That's about 20 minutes total, compared to well over an hour in a conventional oven, and the result was just as good – maybe even better. Anyone who's ever done a microwave-only jacket potato knows the sad, floppy skin you end up with, and to get the crunch you have to go with the oven-only method, which takes forever. This FusionCrisp mode, however, gives you the best of both worlds for less time.

The thing with multi-mode appliances is that, usually, they do one or two things well, but not all of them. This isn’t the case with the CRISPi Microwave – especially the device’s standalone air fryer function, which works very well. At 2,000W with super-heated cyclonic air reaching up to 240°C, it performs on a par with a standalone Ninja air fryer, which – as anyone who has ever owned one will know – this is only good news.

After trying the Sage Combi Wave 3-in-1 earlier this year and finding its air fryer function didn’t quite live up to the standard you’d epect from a standalone option, I was pleased this wasn’t the case for the CRISPi Microwave. I cooked foods such as frozen chips, chicken drumsticks and roasted veg in it over several weeks and the results were consistently good, coming out crispy and well cooked. If you already own a separate air fryer and you're thinking about consolidating to an all-in-one appliance to save worktop space, the CRISPi Microwave’s air frying ability is definitely good enough to replace it.

The microwave-only function deserves a mention too, because it's pretty punchy. At 1,000W, it heats food super quickly and evenly. I found it especially handy for rescuing cups of tea and coffee that had gone cold. It sounds like a small thing, but a microwave that can bring a lukewarm brew back to life in 30 seconds is worth its weight in gold, if you ask me (then again, I am Northern), and the CRISPi handles it without any fuss.

When it comes to cooking, you’ll find 14 functions across three modes (eight microwave presets, five air fry presets, plus FusionCrisp), which cover pretty much any cooking scenario you'd want. The controls are intuitive and easy to navigate, and I had the CRISPi Microwave up and running and doing exactly what I needed within minutes of plugging it in.

My only niggle, and it is a small one, is the beeping. After your food is done and you've opened the door to take it out, the CRISPi keeps beeping at you until you physically press the cancel button. If you just close the door and walk off, as I do every single time, it'll remind you of its existence repeatedly until you go back and deal with it. It's a minor grievance in the grand scheme of things, but it's the kind of thing you notice daily, and after a few weeks it will definitely start to grate on you.

Ninja CRISPi Microwave review: verdict

The Ninja CRISPi Microwave is a rarity in that it’s a kitchen appliance that actually lives up to its own marketing. The FusionCrisp technology really works, delivering results that are faster than a conventional oven and crispier than a standard microwave, and the standalone air fryer and microwave modes are both excellent in their own right. The build quality is a good step up from some of Ninja's other recent products, too, and it’s innovative where it matters, especially the versatile glass cooking dish and its flatbed design, which makes the interior feel surprisingly more spacious than your average microwave.

At its current RRP, it's definitely not cheap. But if you're in the market for both a new microwave and an air fryer, the CRISPi makes a compelling case for buying one appliance instead of two. It does both jobs well, it looks great on the worktop, and the FusionCrisp mode adds something you simply can't get from either device on its own.

If I had to pick one fault beyond the beeping, it would be the size. This is a big appliance that needs a pretty big chunk of worktop to live on. But if you've got the space and the budget, Ninja’s CRISPi Microwave is the most impressive of its kind that I've ever used.

Tefal has launched what it claims is the UK’s first ‘personal cooker’ and it could solve all your solo meal problems. The Tefal YumMeal is a multicooker and air fryer with three different modes, and a single bowl that can be used to prep, cook and eat your meals in one appliance.

The Tefal YumMeal Multicooker and Air Fryer stands out in many ways, the first one being its size. Measuring just 23cm x 26cm x 36cm, it’s one of the smallest multicookers on the market, and it takes up minimal room in your kitchen. Where it really shines though is its 1.2-litre removable bowl.

To help cut down on food waste and prep time, the bowl of the Tefal YumMeal can be used to prep and cook your food. Once it’s done, you can eat your meal directly from the pot and clean it up, so for those who hate doing the washing up, you only need to wash the Tefal YumMeal’s bowl rather than multiple pots, pans and dishes.

As the Tefal YumMeal has a small capacity, it’s ideal for those who live alone. Personally, I don’t live alone but I’m terrible at cooking small portions, so the Tefal YumMeal is a game changer when it comes to solo meals and single food portions. It can also cater to food allergies and different diets to avoid cross contamination across different appliances.

The Tefal YumMeal has three cooking modes to choose from – Air Fry, Induction and Combi. This launch marks the first time that air frying and induction cooking have been combined in one appliance.

The induction feature can be used on its own to cook one-pot meals like soups, stews and sauces, or in Combi mode, you can combine it with the air fryer setting to make oven-style meals. The air fryer feature can also be used on its own to make crispy foods, like chips.

When in action, the Tefal YumMeal is surprisingly quiet. It has a touchscreen display at the top which flicks through the modes on offer, and you can customise time and temperature.

The Tefal YumMeal is available to buy for £199.99 at Tefal.

JURA has just launched its latest bean to cup coffee machine, and it’s introduced a completely new style of coffee brewing. An upgraded version of its C8, the JURA C9 has 17 speciality drinks, and comes with a new Light Extraction Process which makes coffee at a ‘gentler’ temperature.

As a self-confessed caffeine addict, I’m terrible at waiting for my coffee to cool down enough for me to drink it. Oftentimes, I either burn my tongue or I wait too long for it to get cool that I end up drinking lukewarm – or even cold – coffee.

But the new JURA C9 seems to solve this problem. With its new Light Extraction Process, the JURA C9 brews light and milder coffee at 60 degrees, so it’s at the perfect temperature for you to drink straight away – and without burning your tongue, most importantly!

Alongside its new extraction process, the JURA C9 offers 17 speciality drinks, including flat whites, cappuccinos and cortados. The light brew function can be used on all these drinks, although as a fully automatic machine, the JURA C9 can also pick your settings for you.

The integrated Professional Aroma Grinder of the JURA C9 is extremely impressive. It comes with seven grind settings, 10 strength levels and three brewing temperatures, so you can customise every aspect of your grind. This can all be selected via the 2.8-inch colour touchscreen, where you can also choose your drink, milk foam and milk alternatives.

The design of the JURA C9 is similar to its other automatic coffee machines, including wave-shaped patterns on the side and water tank, a cup grill, and a concave front. It comes in a stylish piano black colourway with silver accents.

I’ve always found JURA coffee machines to be a bit chunky, but the JURA C9 has everything packed away inside the compact coffee machine, including the tank at the side and grinder at the top. It’s also compatible with the J.O.E. app so you can personalise recipes and profiles, and make drinks remotely.

The JURA C9 is available to buy for £895 at JURA. At almost £900, it’s definitely not a cheap coffee machine, but with plenty of coffee options available, and a high quality design, the JURA C9 is likely to last for years.

Smart refrigerators are becoming more and more common, but the Samsung Family Hub remains one of the best options on the market. They provide far more than just a simple WiFi connection to control basic functions remotely. Through the touchscreen display, you can manage other smart devices, check the weather forecast or your calendar, play music, watch TV and much more.

I’ve been testing the Bespoke AI Side-By-Side Family Hub, 9-inch model. This is a 621-litre fridge-freezer, split virtually to allow for one-third freezer (220l) and two-thirds fridge (401l). It offers all-around cooling, with metal cooling plates to retain the temperature and offers a Power Cool and Power Freeze option to blast cold air through either side to quickly drop the temperature.

I was excited to use the Family Hub, as my home is not short on connected devices and having a central hub in the kitchen could be a great way to manage them. However, after more than a month of using this smart fridge, it’s not the display that excites me most.

Price and availability

Released in 2025, the Samsung Bespoke AI Side-By-Side Refrigerator Family Hub 9" was originally priced at £2499 in the UK, which is around $3330 in the UK and A$4794 in Australia. However, it’s now reduced by £500, making it as low as £1999 in some places. Models in the US and Australia differ slightly.

My one true crush

Now, I know a water dispenser is nothing new. I remember having one growing up that you could even fill with squash and dispense it inside the door with a push-up, optic-like nozzle. However, the water dispenser on the Samsung Family Hub fridge is next level.

It offers a plumbed water and ice dispenser in the freezer door, which allows it to dispense water or ice on demand without having to refill it. A water purification canister sits between the fridge and the water supply, so both ice and water are purified. This can be easily swapped out when it’s time, with a reminder from the display to do so.

The large compartment in the back of the freezer door holds plenty of ice ready for dispensing, and will keep making more as needed (or stop overnight, so as not to disturb). There are three settings on the dispenser: a water setting, an ice cube setting, and a third for crushed ice.

Now, if you’re a fan of cocktails, having instant access to crushed ice is a game changer. From margaritas and mojitos to daiquiris, Moscow mules, and watermelon smashes, these drinks level up when you use crushed ice rather than your standard ice cubes.

With the Samsung Family Hub fridge, you simply select the crushed ice option and push your glass against the rear panel under the nozzle to let the crushed ice fill your cup. No more separate ice crushers or a tea towel and mallet.

Even if cocktails aren’t your thing, having the two ice options on demand here means that you can always make a cold drink without having to worry about filling ice trays or buying those shop packs of ice.

Family Hub display

Now, for most people, I know the Family Hub display is the main reason for buying this fridge – it was certainly the first thing I looked at – so let me go into a little more detail on what it offers.

The 9-inch horizontal display was a change for the 2025 edition of Samsung’s range, as a more subtle alternative to the 21.5-inch model. Both options were designed to offer deeper integration into the smart home ecosystem through Samsung’s SmartThings. Its usage is divided into four main areas: food, home, family communication and entertainment.

The main dashboard provides a mix of functions, including the change to add products inside your refrigerator and browse recipes with full cooking guidance. A fridge manager feature lets you control the temperatures and modes for your fridge freezer, while the SmartThings option lets you control other devices.

By swiping up from the bottom, you can access the app dock for the most used apps, as well as the full list of apps. These include a web browser, YouTube, Spotify and Ring, along with meal planner, memos, shopping liars, calendar, weather, timer, Map View, SmartThings and Bixby.

Bixby is Samsung’s virtual assistant, used across all its smart devices. From the Family Hub, you can access Bixby via the dedicated app or by voice, using the “Hey Bixby” wake word. While Samsung Galaxy devices can now also use the Google Gemini assistant, there isn’t that option on the Family Hub fridge.

This model doesn’t have the AI Vision Inside function, which uses an internal camera to recognise the food, so items have to be added to your contents list individually. So while it’s a lovely idea to keep track of every item’s best-before dates and use them to create recipes, the process of adding takes far too long.

Open sesame, I mean, Bixby!

The other great feature of this fridge is the auto-open door feature. Touch sensors on both the fridge and freezer doors can be lightly tapped to engage the function, which then fully opens the door. Opening fridge doors often takes a bit of a pull, due to the suction of the seal keeping the cold air inside, so this makes it so much easier.

It’s a function I wasn’t sure I needed – if you have a hand free to tap, surely you can just open it – but once I turned it on, I used it all the time. What I like about this automatic door function is that you can still open it manually if you want. It takes a few seconds for the door to open and then to swing out, so if you’re in a rush, opening it manually is much quicker.

In addition to using the touch sensors, you can also open the fridge doors using your voice. Saying “Hey, Bixby, open the fridge door”. The assistant takes a few seconds to think about the task, but then complies by opening the door, as if by touching the sensor.

The only downside, apart from the delay while it thinks through the command, is the fact that it opens both the fridge and freezer doors at once. Handy if you’ve just got the shopping and are replenishing both, but for use while cooking, it would be good to be able to do one or the other.

Should I buy the Samsung Family Hub refrigerator?

This Samsung refrigerator is not only a great-looking device, but it’s one of the best fridges I’ve used in a long time – and I’ve used a lot. There’s plenty of space for all of your fresh produce, including nice big door pockets for all your drinks.

Both the fridge and freezer sections are extremely well chilled and the airflow keeps the temperatures even and the produce ventilated. I’m also a big fan of the two giant vegetable trays in the bottom of the fridge.

When it comes to smart controls, the 9-inch display is useful without being too in-your-face. It provides all the information you need, though the Ring app feels a little glitchy, and general operation can seem a little slow compared to a phone or tablet. I’d love to see this display updated to a full Android setup, complete with Google Gemini, as I think it could work a lot better.

As for my favourite part, the ice dispenser, this makes the fridge for me. Filtered water and ice on tap with no refilling, plus crushed ice straight from the machine, to make those perfect cocktails. What more could you ask for?

Especially at its new discounted price, the Samsung side-by-side family hub refrigerator is a great choice.

Christmas is getting closer by the day, and the latest retailer to show off its festive range is ProCook. We already love this brand for its coffee machines and cookware sets, but there's something about a Christmas collection that gets us even more excited, especially when it's filled with new and interesting finds.

I saw the collection in person last week and have picked out my favourite pieces below. Even better, some of them are currently included in a 20% launch offer, so there are a few bargains to be had alongside the festive inspiration.

The Ambiano Bladeless Fan Heater arrives in Aldi's Specialbuys tomorrow, Sunday 18th October, offering both heating and cooling in one compact design. It looks almost identical to the Dyson Hot+Cool HF1, which I gave four stars in my full review last December.

Features include three heat settings, eight fan speeds, oscillation and a nine-hour timer, all very similar to what Dyson's model offers. The main thing you're missing is smart app control, but considering the price difference, that's perhaps not much a deal-breaker.

Speaking of price, the Ambiano Bladeless Fan Heater costs just £49.99, compared to the Dyson Hot+Cool HF1's usual £399.99 price tag. You can pick up Aldi's model from tomorrow, but as always, I'd check your local store's stock before making a trip.

Aldi's fan heater comes in black or white and, like Dyson's, includes a remote control. We don't have all the details just yet, but it looks like you can use it to adjust the heat and fan settings, set a timer, control oscillation and switch the unit on and off. There also appears to be a sleep mode, another feature found on Dyson's model.

I'm rather impressed by how similar the two are, particularly when it comes to the range of settings. At £49.99, Aldi's model could be worth a look if you're after a 2-in-1 fan heater, but bear in mind that you won't get all the smart features of the Dyson.

Octopus Energy has unveiled the Cosy Cooler, a new gadget that turns its Cosy heat pump into a home cooling system, offering an alternative to installing a separate air-conditioning unit.

It's expected to launch in 2027, with an estimated price of £500-£600 when added to an existing Cosy heat pump system. That's considerably less than the £2,000 to £6,000 traditional air conditioning can cost to install.

The catch is that you'll need a compatible Cosy heat pump already installed, so that price tag doesn't include the cost of the heat pump itself. Government grants can currently make heat pumps more affordable, but the future of that support is also uncertain, with reports suggesting the grants could be significantly reduced from their current £7,500 level next year.

The Cosy Cooler is roughly the size of a tall kitchen bin, and if you have the compatible Cosy heat pump, it plugs directly into radiator pipework that circulates chilled water throughout the home. Depending on the Cosy heat pump model, users will also be able to cool a single room or run two to three units simultaneously in different rooms.

Greg Jackson, founder and chief executive of Octopus Energy, said: “Sadly, British homes need to be ready for freezing winters and increasingly hot summers. The Boiler Upgrade Scheme has helped give the industry the confidence to invest, innovate and drive costs down – and Cosy Cooler is the latest result of Octopus ingenuity.”

Live trials in homes and offices have already begun, but Octopus is still looking for additional testers that can sign up via this form if interested.

Le Creuset is introducing a personalised colour-matching experience that recommends the shade consumers are naturally drawn to. Part of its ‘Made to Be Yours’ campaign, the experience puts an in-person twist on Le Creuset's online colour quiz, instead using AI and cameras to find your perfect match.

“We spent a long time fine-tuning all aspects of the experience so it would feel effortless. You simply walk up and watch, and in under a minute your instincts narrow a century of Le Creuset colour down to one that is unmistakably yours,” said Adin Gold, CTO of Aircards.

The experience will be available in Harrods' Linley Kitchen from 20th October to 13th November, and is free to use.

Visitors approach a wall of five screens, including three 86-inch displays, which responds to their presence and generates a colour match in under a minute. Across three rounds, depth-sensing cameras and AI interpret their reactions to different visual stimuli, narrowing 16 of Le Creuset's iconic colourways down to one personalised match.

The final reveal immerses visitors in their chosen colour, accompanied by a French-accented narrator explaining the inspiration behind their result. Each session ends with a piece of digital artwork inspired by the colour discovery, which visitors can save and share as a keepsake.

Smeg has just launched its most versatile countertop appliance yet. The Smeg MultiGrill MGF01 could easily replace the majority of your cooking appliances, including your grill, griddle, toastie and waffle maker, BBQ and more – and it does all of this with clever interchangeable plates.

Hybrid appliances have taken over the kitchen, and the Smeg MultiGrill MGF01 is the latest model to offer multiple cooking methods in one. It offers three cooking configurations which allows it to adapt to different ingredients, so you can cook anything from burgers and paninis to fish and vegetables.

Its first configuration or mode is contact mode which cooks quickly from both sides of the grill, while oven mode has five adjustable heights for cooking more delicate foods. BBQ mode opens the grill entirely to double the cooking space for larger bits of meat and quantities of food.

To expand its cooking even further, the Smeg MultiGrill comes with three interchangeable plates, so you can turn it into a grill, a toastie / waffle maker, and griddle. It comes with a grill plate, smooth griddle plate and two waffle plates, the latter of which attaches to the top and bottom of the grill to press your food to achieve those authentic waffle and grill marks.

The heating elements of the Smeg MultiGrill are integrated directly into the plates for even heat distribution across the surface. Each plate can be independently adjusted, and can reach temperatures up to 230°C, and the Smeg MultiGrill even comes with a sear function for quick bursts of heat for expert browning.

The design of the Smeg MultiGrill is quintessentially Smeg with its retro-inspired curved design and bold lettering. It has an LCD display at the front which is flanked by two dials which allow you to customise time, temperatures and its pre-set programmes for burgers, waffles and paninis.

The front display of the Smeg MultiGrill almost makes it look like an old fashioned radio, and it has an oversized handle for lifting and raising the lids. The plates are made from non-stick ceramic coating which helps food release from them quickly with limited mess. There’s also a fat collecting drawer, and the plates are removable so clean-up should also be relatively easy.

The Smeg MultiGrill MGF01 is available to buy for £299.95 / €349.95 at Smeg. It comes in black or cream, and you can buy additional plates separately for £79.95 / €89.95.

Things were a lot simpler back in 2024, when Ninja had just one coffee machine that was picking up all the top reviews. Fast-forward to 2026, and the range has grown considerably, so having reviewed several models, I've rounded up my favourites to help you choose.

Interestingly, I've found that neither the most expensive Ninja AutoBarista Pro nor the cheapest Ninja Prestige DualBrew System is necessarily the best buy. Instead, it's the models sitting somewhere in the middle of the range that have really impressed me.

Below, I've picked out my top three Ninja coffee machines and explained why I think they're better over the more expensive flagship model. They're also currently on sale, so it's a good time to pick one up if you're in the market for a new coffee machine.

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Russell Hobbs has launched the new Calm Connected Kettle, introducing a smart version of its existing Calm Kettle. Users can now switch it on remotely, adjust the water temperature and adjust the lights via the Russell Hobbs app.

It retains the original's illumination features but expands the choice to 12 colours and nine lighting scenes, including Ocean, Forest, Snowflake and Fireside. It also has Bluetooth connectivity and built-in speakers, so you can play your own music or tune into your favourite radio station.

The Calm Connected Kettle is available now for £149.99 from Russell Hobbs and Currys, making it £50 more expensive than the original Calm Kettle.

Alongside it, Russell Hobbs has also launched the Calm Toaster, designed to complement both Calm kettles with matching lighting and sound features. It offers five built-in sounds, nine illumination scenes and a lamp mode that creates an ambient glow even when the toaster isn't in use.

The toaster also features an automatic lift-and-lower carriage operated via touch controls, longer slots and a bagel setting for added versatility. Frozen and reheat functions are also included, whilst a removable warming rack sits above the slots to gently heat pastries, rolls and buns.

The Calm Toaster costs £99 on its own, but you can also buy it alongside the Calm Connected Kettle in a £225 bundle. That's a £25 saving compared with buying the two appliances separately.

Like any good appliance, the best dishwashers are the ones you don’t really notice. Get the job done, do it quickly and quietly, without any need to rewash, and everybody is happy. Hisense’s flagship freestanding dishwasher, the Hi9, takes that principle and runs with it. It also adds a world of connected features to remove the guesswork out of your cleaning, whether you’re home or away.

As a freestanding 60cm dishwasher, the Hi9 can be placed easily in just about any kitchen. It’s a sleek-looking grey unit with a colour touchscreen display and WiFi connectivity for use through the Hisense ConnectLife app.

In addition to the connectivity, the Hi9 offers an AI Super Wash mode, auto-dosing, and a smart dry system to ensure all of your dishes, glassware and plastic are dry and ready to put away faster.

I’ve spent the last two months using the Hi9 and was surprised just how many of its added features actually came in handy for day-to-day use.

How much is the Hisense Hi9 dishwasher?

The Hisense Hi9 HS693A90ADBX (to give it its full name) has a list price of £999 but currently sells for around £899 at most online retailers. It was released in 2026 as part of its latest smart home lineup and is currently the flagship dishwasher in the range.

Features and design

Finished in a silvery grey, the Hi9 has a modern design that suits most kitchens. A fascia panel appears blank and understated until the dishwasher is turned on, where it reveals a 6.86-inch icon-based touchscreen display, providing all the controls.

Inside, the three baskets are designed to hold up to 16 place settings, with a dedicated cutlery tray at the very top, saving that annoying standing basket used by most machines. The upper basket can be raised and lowered to provide extra height for items if needed, and there are adjustable supports to hold plates and glasses in place. There’s even a fold-out bottle holder in the bottom tray.

In addition to the regular detergent tablet compartment, the Hi9 offers an auto-dosing detergent gel, which can be filled for up to 20 washes. This then uses the right amount depending on the chosen wash cycle.

There are 10 main washing cycles, selectable from the touchscreen, including an intensive wash, eco wash, glass wash and a 30 min quick wash. The interesting one, though, is the AI super wash. This automatically adjusts the length of washing time, temperature and detergent use to the amount of dirt on the dishes.

You can also make adjustments to some of the washing cycles, including a speed wash to shorten the wash time, upper and lower spray arm use to clean from just one direction, and the smart dry function. This is a fan-assisted drying system, which opens the door at the end of the cycle and circulates air to dry your dishes faster. You can also delay the wash to run at a later time.

Connected washing

Like all Hisense connected smart home products, the Hi9 dishwasher uses the ConnectLife app to provide remote operation over WiFi. Once connected, from the app (available for Android and iOS), you can select your wash cycle, set a time delay or even engage an autostart to automatically turn your machine on for washing at a set time on selected days of the week.

You can check the energy monitor to see how much electricity and water your machine is using each week, month or year. Within the settings, you can also adjust your water hardness, switch between tablet and detergent use and even use the tablet counter. The tablet counter has to be one of my favourite unexpected features here, as you can tell it how many washing tablets you have, and then it will count down each time you do a wash and notify you when you’re running low.

Once your wash programme has started, you can check the progress on the app, giving you a countdown timer and a precise finish time. On the iPhone, it also gives you smart notifications on the lock screen for the time left and finish time.

Day-to-day use

Loading the dishes, I found the Hi9 to be pretty spacious and the racking system gives plenty of support options for a range of dishes. Once you add in pans, you could easily fill the machine each day with just a couple’s breakfast, lunch and dinner, but that’s the case for any dishwasher. If you wash your pans separately, there’s tons of space.

To turn the dishwasher on, you need to hold the power button for three seconds, and I found that, as the button is on a flush touchscreen display, it’s easy not to press it fully and so you need to try again. You then need to wait a few seconds for the screen to come alive before you can select your programme and start the wash. That’s a much longer process than on a more manual unit where you simply switch on and hit go.

The upside, of course, is the number of options available here. You can even select your favourite programmes so only they appear on the main menu, making selection easier.

Though I often used the intensive setting when the machine was very full, I found the AI wash setting to be pretty effective. Wash times were generally slightly shorter than the intensive option, and both dishes and glasses came out clean.

As with washing machines, the remaining time given on the Hi9 dishwasher can change a little during the process, so often the cycle can take a little longer than originally expected – especially on the AI cycle.

I did find that particularly dirty cutlery didn’t always clean properly in the top cutlery tray, so some rinsing was needed. However, items in the bottom and middle trays cleaned well, provided there was enough space around them for the water jets.

Should I buy the Hisense Hi9?

Considering the features on the Hisense Hi9, such as WiFi connectivity, touchscreen display and auto-dry, it’s very competitively priced. It delivers impressive cleaning with a wide variety of cleaning modes and a very competent AI Wash mode.

While the app control isn’t life-changing as a feature for a dishwasher, it can be handy to change the settings, and it does give you helpful warnings when the cleaning has finished – and when you’re running low on dishwasher tablets.

The touchscreen display is a nice touch here, and makes selecting your programme look especially stylish. However, I would have loved a faster boot-up time, and an easier-to-press power button to save you time when setting the dishwasher to clean.

As someone who loves Le Creuset’s bright colours, I’m surprised to say that I’m actually in love with the brand’s new neutral shade. Le Creuset just dropped its Château colour across its range of cookware, bakeware and kitchen essentials, and it’s the perfect muted colour for the intensely colourful autumn season.

Neutral colours have been all the rage in 2026, mainly due to Pantone’s 2026 Colour of the Year, the (underwhelming) white Cloud Dancer. As the brand is well known for its bright and bold colour palette, I was surprised to see Le Creuset’s new Château collection – and even more surprised to find that I really liked it.

Château from Le Creuset is described as a ‘glossy blue-grey’ that balances light and shadow”. Inspired by French architecture, Château is understated, luxurious and, unlike Le Creuset’s other grey colours, Château has more layers to it with its blue and lilac undertones.

The Château colour is available across a curated selection of Le Creuset’s cookware, including its cast iron casserole dishes, mugs, ramekins, skillets and utensils. But another thing that recently caught my eye on the Le Creuset website was its Serenity collection.

The Le Creuset Serenity Collection features stoneware sets with ‘matte finishes and gentle forms’. Made up of mugs, milk jugs, condiment pots, tumblers, serving bowls and egg cups, the range is designed to ‘elevate everyday rituals’ like making tea or in this collection’s case, matcha.

I’ve yet to be converted to matcha, but the Stoneware Serenity Matcha Whisk and Stand Set could convince me to take the plunge. The set includes a stoneware holder and a traditional matcha whisk made out of natural bamboo. The holder helps maintain the shape of the whisk, and allows it to dry quicker between matcha-making appointments.

The Serenity collection comes in four colours – Forêt, Sugar Pink, Brioche and Satin Black. In the sets, Forêt and Sugar Pink go together for a pop of colour, while Brioche and Satin Black are more neutral.

Both the Serenity collection and Château colour are available to buy now at Le Creuset.

I’ve reviewed too many air fryers to count, but the Smeg AFC01 Dual Flavour Air Fryer has to be the best-looking one I’ve ever tried. Launched in September 2026, the Smeg AFC01 Dual Flavour Air Fryer is the first standalone air fryer from the brand, and despite being late to the party, Smeg’s first air fryer was worth the wait.

Aside from looking stunning in its colourful, retro-inspired design, the Smeg AFC01 Dual Flavour Air Fryer has both steam and air frying functions, and has a unique lid and viewing window which makes it stand out from its competitors. But is it style over substance? I spent a few weeks testing the Smeg AFC01 Dual Flavour Air Fryer to find out.

Smeg AFC01 Dual Flavour Air Fryer review: price and availability

The Smeg AFC01 Dual Flavour Air Fryer is available to buy for £199.95 at Smeg and select retailers like Amazon, Currys, AO.com, Very and Boots. It comes in four colours – matte white, matte black, matte emerald green and matte storm blue.

Smeg AFC01 Dual Flavour Air Fryer review: unboxing

The Smeg AFC01 Dual Flavour Air Fryer arrived in a large cardboard box, and came with the air fryer and a cooking rack. Internally, it has a 7.3-litre capacity and measures 31cm in height, 32.2cm in width and 31cm in depth, so it takes up minimal room on your countertop. It also weighs just 5.6kg so it’s easy to move around if needed.

Smeg AFC01 Dual Flavour Air Fryer review: design and features

The Smeg AFC01 Dual Flavour Air Fryer is undeniably a Smeg product, with its retro style, matte-coloured body and silver Smeg lettering at the front. It has a cube-like shape with rounded edges, and at the front of the air fryer is a single button which opens the air fryer lid.

The lid mechanism is different from the other air fryers on the market. It ‘swings’ open to reveal the internal basket which you can easily remove using the silicone handles on the side. It’s made from non-stick ceramic coating which is easy to clean, and is dishwasher safe.

On the top of the air fryer is a touchscreen which displays light-up icons, and manual and automatic controls. The screen is very touch sensitive, and allows you to manually adjust the time and temperature, or choose from one of the seven pre-sets – roast chicken, chicken wings, meat, fish, shrimp, vegetables and chips.

Alongside the pre-sets, the Smeg AFC01 Dual Flavour Air Fryer has two cooking modes – Crispy and Juicy+Crispy. Crispy is recommended for breaded food and vegetables, and cooks food evenly with a crunchy, crispy and browned texture. Juicy+Crispy combines the air fryer’s hot air circulation with internal steaming to make food that’s crispy on the outside and moist on the inside.

The Smeg AFC01 Dual Flavour Air Fryer also has one of my favourite air fryer features – a large viewing window at the top. The window works alongside an integrated light which illuminates to show you your food’s cooking progress.

Smeg AFC01 Dual Flavour Air Fryer review: performance

Due to all the product testing I get to do, I have a surprisingly limited amount of countertop room, but luckily, that wasn’t an issue with the Smeg AFC01 Dual Flavour Air Fryer. It slotted nicely into a tiny space, and due to its beautiful colour and design – of which I tried it in emerald green shade – I was happy to display this air fryer in my kitchen.

But enough about the looks – how does the Smeg AFC01 Dual Flavour Air Fryer actually work? Firstly, I loved the touchscreen interface and found it very easy to use. I tried its manual controls, and automatic pre-sets which would flash up with the perfect time and temperature for your food of choice.

One thing I found interesting about the Smeg AFC01 Dual Flavour Air Fryer was its timer when it was cooking. Typically, air fryers count down in minutes and seconds, but the Smeg AFC01 Dual Flavour Air Fryer just stays at a minute countdown, and it flashes between that and its temperature.

This countdown took some time getting used to, but this seemed to be a theme with the Smeg AFC01 Dual Flavour Air Fryer, as its internal light also turned on and off intermittently during cooking. The window was a nice addition, although it did steam up quite a lot. I also found the air fryer to be very quiet when in action, even when it beeped after cooking.

Internally, the Smeg AFC01 Dual Flavour Air Fryer had a good amount of cooking space, although it did feel a bit small at times. Removing the basket was easy and the handles were safe and comfortable to use, although I found it a bit tricky with shaking the food.

Instead, the Smeg AFC01 Dual Flavour Air Fryer tells you to turn your food instead, so you have to take the whole basket out and rotate it, instead of a simple shake like other air fryers. It’s a small design ‘flaw’ if you can even call it that, and it’s mainly to do with the unique way the lid opens – I really liked the lid, so I was happy to make do!

I made lots of food in the Smeg AFC01 Dual Flavour Air Fryer but the standout meals were gnocchi, chicken fajitas and vegetables. Starting with gnocchi, I’ve been enjoying crisping it in the air fryer which typically takes 20 minutes. I found it took longer with the Smeg AFC01 Dual Flavour Air Fryer and while it cooked the gnocchi nicely, it wasn’t as brown as I would have liked, so I put it on crispy mode for 10 minutes and it achieved perfect results.

Next, I cooked chicken, peppers and onions with a fajita dry-rub mix in the Smeg AFC01 Dual Flavour Air Fryer and this was the best meal I had from it. Not only did the chicken come out perfectly moist and tender, but the peppers and onions were lightly charred and had a great texture. Again, this took longer at 25 minutes, but as I used minimal oil in the air fryer, there was hardly any clean-up, and these were the healthiest tasting fajitas I’d ever had.

The only meal ‘fail’ I had was with vegetables. I wanted to use the Juicy+Crispy setting but unfortunately, it didn’t work with the vegetable pre-set. I did some playing around with the manual controls to try steaming my carrots, but the results were a bit lacklustre. They didn’t have a ton of colour on them, and were still a little hard after being in the air fryer for 25 minutes.

Aside from the carrot mishap, the Juicy+Crispy setting worked nicely, although I found the water container dripped quite a lot. However, general clean-up of the air fryer was very easy. It requires hardly any oil either, so nothing sticks or stains to the basket.

Smeg AFC01 Dual Flavour Air Fryer review: verdict

The Smeg AFC01 Dual Flavour Air Fryer definitely takes the crown for the most attractive air fryer I’ve ever tried – and on the market. Its lid is clever, touchscreen display is intuitive and sleek, and its viewing window and light ties everything together nicely.

Inside, you have a good amount of cooking space, and the Smeg AFC01 Dual Flavour Air Fryer truly makes delicious and healthy food. Its steam setting and pre-sets could be better and more expansive to cater to all food programmes, and the cooking times are slightly longer as well.

Having said that, the Smeg AFC01 Dual Flavour Air Fryer has a lot going for it and as the brand’s first air fryer, these ‘issues’ could be something to revisit down the line.

Smeg AFC01 Dual Flavour Air Fryer review: alternatives to consider

If you have minimal kitchen space, the Philips Air Fryer XXL is another single basket air fryer that cooks a huge amount of food. It has the ‘traditional’ air fryer look with a draw-like basket, and its frying capability leaves food tasting surprisingly healthy.

If it’s the steam setting you’re after, the Tefal EasyFry Grill and Steam Air Fryer is a good alternative. Alongside air frying, it grills and steams, and has an easy clean-up, too.

For the first time, HexClad has launched a hybrid bakeware collection, featuring cake pans, baking sheets and cooling racks. Known for its hybrid technology, the HexClad Bakeware is crafted from TerraBond ceramic non-stick materials that are specifically designed for baking.

HexClad is best known for its cookware that’s developed and approved by professional chefs, including Gordon Ramsay, Paul Ainsworth and Clare Smyth. While its collections have a high price tag, I can confidently say they’re worth the money – I use my HexClad pots and pans every week and am always happy with the results.

HexClad’s most recent launch is a six-piece Hybrid Bakeware Set that builds on its hybrid technology. Developed over four years, the HexClad Bakeware set is made from stainless steel and non-stick ceramic which helps with the consistency of your bakes, and overall clean-up.

I love baking and have a good collection of cake tins, but I often have problems with getting my bakes out of the tins. Something always sticks – even with a ridiculous amount of parchment paper and good quality tins – so my cakes tend to come out looking a little lopsided.

But HexClad’s Bakeware seems to have fixed this problem. With its tri-ply aluminium core and hexagonal steel peaks, this hybrid technology lifts food away from the pan so it’s easier to turn out when finished. This also allows better air circulation within the pan so your cake cooks more evenly and consistently.

As you’d expect, the HexClad Bakeware set is oven-friendly and can withstand temperatures of up to 480°C. The aluminium core resists warping, and the set is utensil and dishwasher safe, and has ergonomic stainless steel handles.

In the HexClad Bakeware collection – which you can currently only buy as a set rather than individual pieces – is a rectangular 23cm x 33cm cake pan, two round 23cm cake pans, a square 20cm x 20 cm cake pan, a medium 25cm x 38cm baking sheet and a stainless steel 24cm x 37cm cooling rack. It’s priced at £299 and available to buy at HexClad.

As a fan of HexClad, I can’t wait to get my hands on its Bakeware collection. I’d like to see it become available in individual pieces rather than the whole set, but aside from that, I can’t wait to see how much of a difference they make to cakes – no soggy bottoms in sight, hopefully!

SodaStream has launched a machine that looks unlike anything it's released before. Despite resembling one of the best coffee machines, the Ultimate combines syrup and sparkling water inside the machine itself, allowing you to pour your drink at the touch of a button.

It's also fully customisable, so you can adjust the flavour and strength of your drink by adding more or less syrup. There's even a custom carbonation function, which lets you choose exactly how fizzy you want it.

The SodaStream Ultimate is available now in Matte Black and White, priced at £189.99 (around $250), from Amazon, Currys and the SodaStream website.

The Ultimate is the first SodaStream machine to require a power connection, so you'll lose the portability that models like the SodaStream Ensō are known for. However, a power adapter is included, along with two nozzles which are recommended for each flavour.

It also has a removable water tank designed to fit neatly in your fridge, making it easy to keep your water chilled, and the CO₂ canister produces up to 30 litres of sparkling water. The machine will then alert you when it's running low, and to make things easier, SodaStream now offers a doorstep exchange service, delivering a full canister and collecting your empty one at the same time.

Ninja is continuing to grow its appliance empire, with the new launch of its first-ever waffle maker. Now available in the UK, the Ninja Belgian Waffle Maker has a vertical, no-flip design that makes sweet and savoury waffles quickly and with little to no mess left behind.

I’m a big fan of waffles, but making them at home has always felt very daunting, mainly because cleaning up waffle makers is a dirty, and laborious task. But the Ninja Belgian Waffle Maker is different from other traditional waffle makers, as it has an upright, vertical design which limits mess and overflow when you add the batter.

Rather than pouring your mixture into one side of your waffle maker horizontally, the Ninja Belgian Waffle Maker remains standing. It has a funnel-like opening where you pour your batter. Not only do you not have to open up the appliance, but this method ensures your waffle mixture is evenly distributed inside the Ninja Belgian Waffle Maker.

To limit mess, the Ninja Belgian Waffle Maker comes with a PrecisionPour Cup which has a specially contoured lip so you can cleanly pour your batter into the device. The Ninja Belgian Waffle Maker remains standing while it cooks your waffle, and there’s no flipping required.

Powered by an 1000W heating system, the Ninja Belgian Waffle Maker delivers consistent cooking results for both thick and thin waffles. It comes with five shade settings which you can adjust via its dial control on the front, so you can customise your waffle’s texture from soft to crispy.

Clean-up promises to be quick and simple, thanks to the internal non-ceramic non-stick coating of the Ninja Belgian Waffle Maker. Using little to no added oil, your waffle should almost slip off the plates, without leaving much mess behind.

The plates are also removable so you can easily take them out and give them a good clean before your next waffle-making session.

The Ninja Belgian Waffle Maker is available to buy for £99.99 at SharkNinja. As of writing, it’s not yet available in the US.

The Shark AquaReach Pro has arrived in the UK after first launching in the US back in August. It comes with multiple tools, as well as an extendable wand designed to bring the same cleaning power to surfaces the floorhead can't reach.

In the US, the AquaReach launched in three models – the Essential, Pro and Premium – offering different runtimes and attachments. For now, the Pro is the only model available in the UK, but hopefully the other two will follow soon.

It's priced at £499.99 in the UK (and remains $499.99 in the US) and is available to buy from SharkNinja's website. The brand has also said additional colours and retail availability will arrive in the coming weeks.

As mentioned, the AquaReach Pro tackles wet and dry messes simultaneously, with a continuously rotating brush roll, powerful suction and cleaning solution working together to loosen, scrub and lift stains from hard floors. A dual-tank system keeps clean and dirty water separate, whilst the on-dock rinse cycle refreshes the brush roll after every use to help prevent dirty water and debris from being redeposited onto your floors.

It also comes with a Stain Scrubber attachment, featuring a targeted spray and powerful suction to tackle stuck-on messes. There's also a Detailer Mop that reaches under furniture, along edges and into tight corners for more targeted mopping and debris pickup.

Our Place has introduced the Wonder Oven Pro, an upgraded, larger and quicker version of its popular Wonder Oven air fryer. The new Our Place Wonder Oven Pro is bigger and better than before, and it even has a steam infusion programme that makes your food healthier and leftovers taste fresher.

Our Place launched its first Wonder Oven air fryer back in 2024, and it instantly became popular. As Shiza Shahid, co-founder of Our Place comments, “the response to our original Wonder Oven showed us just how much people wanted an appliance that could make everyday cooking easier… With the Wonder Oven Pro, we wanted to build on that with more room, more control, and more ways to cook.”

The Our Place Wonder Oven Pro is significantly bigger than the original. It has a 30-litre capacity which is much larger than the original’s 12.3-litre capacity, and it comes with three racks to break up and increase the internal cooking space.

Designed for family-sized meals, the Our Place Wonder Oven Pro cooks up to 40% faster than a traditional oven, and it preheats 60% faster. It can be used to cook multiple dishes at once, so it’s great for dinner parties, meal prepping and bulk cooking.

I have a bad habit of cooking big portions, so I tend to eat a lot of leftovers. I always notice a difference in flavour and texture when I reheat food from the night before, but the Our Place Wonder Oven Pro has a new steam infusion setting which makes your food taste fresher for longer.

With its steam infusion technology, the Our Place Wonder Oven Pro adds moisture during the cooking and reheating process. It ensures the interior of your food is soft and tender while the exterior is crispy, and it’s great for enhancing the flavour of your leftovers so they taste just as good as when you first cooked and ate your meal.

Where the Wonder Oven had six modes, the Our Place Wonder Oven Pro comes with eight – air fry, roast, grill, bake, toast, proof, reheat and dehydrate. Its digital display sits at the top of the oven which has been completely redesigned with time and temperature controls, and one dial knob rather than the original’s three.

Crafted from non-toxic materials, the Our Place Wonder Oven Pro is a combination of stainless steel and quartz. It still keeps the original’s bold and colourful design, and it truly looks the part in any kitchen aesthetic – it might be my favourite air fryer style to date.

Available in white, black and blue, the Our Place Wonder Oven Pro is priced at £295, which is £100 more than the original. It launches alongside two accessory collections – the Chef’s Kit and Baker’s Kit – and the oven itself comes with an air fryer basket, wire racks, crumb tray and bake pan.

Watch out, Lavazza – Keurig has just launched its new Alta coffee machine, and it might have beaten the Lavazza Tablì at its own game. The Keurig Alta coffee brewer is compatible with K-Cup pods, and its new AltaRounds, plastic-free, plant-based coffee and espresso pods made from pressed premium ground coffee.

Lavazza launched its Tablì coffee machine in summer 2026, and it immediately went viral as its compatible coffee tabs were made from 100% coffee with no capsule, wrapping or coating on them. Now, Keurig’s new Alta machine is a similar concept, but it comes with more coffee options, and a more advanced brewing system.

Starting with the machine, the Keurig Alta is a pod coffee maker with a few tricks up its sleeve. It offers high-pressure brewing to extract the flavour from its coffee pods, and it uses Intelligent Brew Recognition to automatically read the recipe code on its AltaRounds pods, and adjust its brewing temperature, pressure and style for the best results.

Unlike the Lavazza Tablì which only makes black coffee or espresso, the Keurig Alta can also make milky coffees, which is a game changer for its new pod system. The Keurig Alta comes with an integrated milk frother, a feature that most pod coffee machines don’t have. The frother can make both hot and cold frothed milk, and uses a whisk and steam for hot, and whisk only for cold.

Moving on to the pods, the Keurig Alta is compatible with its existing K-Cup pods, but it's the AltaRounds that I’m most excited about. Made from premium pressed and ground coffee, the AltaRounds are plastic-free and protected by a thin plant-based coating.

The surface of the AltaRounds have a recipe code printed on them, which the Alta machine then scans and adjusts its controls to make your coffee. The coating keeps the coffee fresh, and helps it remain intact during brewing and disposal. The AltaRounds are available in five options – medium roast coffee, dark roast coffee, dark roast espresso and caramel flavoured coffee.

The Keurig Alta is really very clever, and is a great way to cut down on single-serve coffee pod waste. Available in three colours, the Keurig Alta is available to pre-order as part of an Early Access Bundle which comes with the machine and six boxes of AltaRounds. As of writing, it’s currently sold out on the Keurig website.

Ninja has launched a new 5-in-1 kitchen system that can chop, purée, slice, shred and crinkle, all in a single bowl that doubles as a reusable food container with a lid. It’s designed to make everyday cooking easier, particularly if you’re short on time and want to cut back on the washing up.

“We created Ninja Prepi to bring those steps together to make cooking easier for home chefs, with a fresh take on a category that isn’t typically the target of kitchen innovation,” said DJ Hageman, VP of Marketing at Ninja.

For now, the Ninja Prepi is exclusive to the US, where it costs $179 from SharkNinja and Walmart. There’s also a Prepi Dicing Kit available separately, which is designed to deliver fast dicing for salads, salsas and everyday prep. It’s also included with the Ninja Prepi PN351, which comes in Copper & Teal and costs $229. We’ll update you when it launches in the UK and Europe.

The Prepi has a 500-watt motor in a compact design, along with a 3-Part Feed Chute that can handle different ingredient sizes for more consistent cuts. There’s a small pusher for thinner ingredients, a medium pusher and a larger pusher for bigger foods, including potatoes.

Each model comes with a 500-watt motor base, 5-cup and 7-cup Prepi bowls, two storage lids, a Chop & Purée Blade, Reversible Slice & Shred Disc and Crinkle Disc.

The Prepi joins the likes of the Ninja CrushBoss and Ninja Professional Stackable Chopper, both of which are available in the UK, but combines a level of power and compactness we haven’t seen before.

Cuisinart has launched its latest air fryer, and it wants to replace the majority of your go-to kitchen appliances. The new Cuisinart Artisan French Door Air Fryer Toaster Oven has seven cooking functions to choose from, and it has a stylish double door design that makes it easier to open and check on your food’s progress.

Thanks to the rise of air fryers and multi-cookers, more and more households are using these appliances and avoiding their ovens altogether. Case in point – Cuisinart’s new air fryer is designed to give “home cooks more reasons to skip cooking in a full-size oven.”

While it might not be the same size or weight as a regular oven, the Cuisinart Artisan French Door Air Fryer Toaster Oven looks quite similar to one. It has a stainless steel exterior, and a huge 0.6 cubic feet interior which roughly translates to 17 litres of capacity. It’s so big in fact, that it can fit a large amount of food inside, including a 12-inch pizza or a 4.5lb chicken.

One of my favourite air fryer features is a viewing window, and the Cuisinart Artisan French Door Air Fryer Toaster Oven has two of them. It has two French doors at the front, complete with glass windows, so you can look in on your food’s progress without disrupting its cooking.

To open the air fryer, the Cuisinart Artisan French Door Air Fryer Toaster Oven uses DualSync one-hand operation which opens both doors at the same time. When opened, the SoftHold doors stay in place so you can safely add or remove your food.

The Cuisinart Artisan French Door Air Fryer Toaster Oven has seven cooking functions to choose from – air fry, bake, roast, broil, toast, pizza and keep warm. It can effectively replace your air fryer, oven, toaster and even pizza oven if you’re lacking kitchen space.

As an air fryer, the Cuisinart Artisan French Door Air Fryer Toaster Oven uses a basket and a top-mounted fan and heater to circulate hot air around your food for crispier results. Its HeatSeal technology also locks in the heat to ensure food is cooked evenly and consistently.

The Cuisinart Artisan French Door Air Fryer Toaster Oven is available to buy for $199.95 at Cuisinart and select retailers, like Amazon. As of writing, it’s not yet available in the UK, but I’m not sure it will be.

The toaster oven-style of the Cuisinart Artisan French Door Air Fryer Toaster Oven is much more common in the US than the UK, so it wouldn’t surprise me if it doesn’t arrive on this side of the pond. I hope it does, though, as I love the look of the double doors.

With the colder months of the year approaching, Vonhaus has just dropped two new smart dehumidifiers, and they couldn’t have come at a better time. Available in 30L or 40L sizes, the Vonhaus Smart Dehumidifiers have multiple modes, including sleep and laundry settings, to tackle your damp and drying needs this autumn-winter.

Designed to extract excess moisture from the air, the Vonhaus Smart Dehumidifiers can tackle damp, condensation, mould and drying clothes. Both 30L and 40L versions have special laundry modes that manage the humidity and moisture that’s released by your clothes when they’re drying.

Speaking of modes, the Vonhaus Smart Dehumidifiers have four modes – Auto, Laundry, Sleep and Purify. The Auto mode lets you choose your target humidity, and when the dehumidifiers recognise any changes, they start up to return your room to your chosen level. It’ll stop itself when it falls 5% below your humidity target.

When in Sleep mode, the Vonhaus Smart Dehumidifiers run at a lower speed, although they operate normally at 55dB which isn’t terribly disruptive, either. Purify mode allows the dehumidifiers to double as air purifiers, as they use their built-in PP, carbon and HEPA filters to trap dust, dirt and allergens from the air.

Both models are suitable for large rooms, with the 30L Smart Dehumidifier offering coverage in rooms up to 35m², and the 40L Smart Dehumidifier covering up to 55m². As you’ve probably guessed, the 30L model extracts up to 30L a day and has a 4L tank, while the 40L extracts up to 40L and has an extra large 7L tank.

Both models come in white, have built-in wheels so they’re easy to move from room to room, and come with a drainage hose for continuous drainage. The LED controls are at the top of the dehumidifiers, but you can also use them remotely by connecting them via Wi-Fi to the Tuya app. They’re also compatible with Alexa and Google Home.

As the weather shift approaches, and the darker, colder nights become the norm, a dehumidifier is an absolute must, and the new Vonhaus Smart Dehumidifiers are great options for your home. Available now, the 30L model is priced at £209.99 while the 40L version is £239.99 – both are currently on sale.

A lot of people consider Breville quite an affordable brand when it comes to the best bean-to-cup coffee machines, and that is true to an extent. However, the brand also has a range of more premium options costing upwards of £500, so there's still plenty of cheaper options to explore.

As I've done with De'Longhi and Sage, I thought it was time to highlight some of Breville's more affordable models, particularly if you're on a budget and want to spend less. You'll find each of them below, including a very new addition.

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