20 best-sellers designed to make your life easier
It's no wonder this list of useful buys features high on Amazon's best sellers list – everyone is on the hunt for gadgets that will make the daily grind a little more efficient.
To save you time (and money down the track) we've rounded up 20 things that will help make the most time-consuming tasks in your life easier.
From quicker cooking hacks to smarter storage options, if one or all of these give you more minutes to play with in the day, we consider that a win.
NOTE: Prices are accurate at time of publishing.
CrunchCup Portable Cereal Cup
Mornings seem to be the most hectic part of the day. Packing bags, making lunches, trying to get shoes and socks on the little ones without a tantrum. Make sure you're well-fed and ready for the day with this portable cereal cup.
Simply fill the outer layer with milk and the inner layer with your favourite cereal, and just like that, you've got breakfast on the go – no need for bowls or spoons. Once you're done, you can pop in the dishwasher and have it ready for the next (chaotic) morning.
FIBOOMERANG Electric Fabric Shaver
This portable fabric shaver and lint remover will pick up all those little pills on your clothes (even your couch!) making them look new again. It can charge on the go connecting to your laptop or device.
Ruibo Adjustable Ziplock Bag Holder
These Ruibo Ziplock Bag Holders help you fill the your Ziplock bags without fiddling and fumbling to keep them open. You can also increase the size of the holder depending on the size of the bag you're filling.
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Ashlar Vegetable Chopper
This multifunctional chopper can cut, chop, slice, dice and grate your vegetables making food prepping quicker. It comes with interchangeable stainless steel blades including a 7mm and 14mm dicer, four different-shaped slicers and a garlic grater. It also comes with a draining basket, an egg separator, a hand protector and a container to collect and store your choppings.
Honey Bean Vegetable Slicer
This slicer cuts your fruit and veg into six thin slices just by placing them on top and pushing the blade shell down. It can be used with small fruits like grapes or larger veggies like cucumbers.
Philips Handheld Garment Steamer
It can't be just us, ironing got old during the pandemic. After months of wearing our comfy clothes around the house, none of us were prepared to go back to getting up 10 minutes earlier to turn on the iron and force the creases out of our stiff work shirts. Enter: handheld steamers.
This handheld garment steamer from Philips is ready in 30 seconds, and has a detachable water tank that can hold up to 100mL, perfect for a quick steam in the morning before work. You can now leave the house feeling put-together in your crease-free clothes, with next to no effort.
Cevadama Vacuum Storage Bags, Six-Pack
If you're looking to start packing them away your summer get-ups now Autumn is here, you need to get yourself some Cevadama vacuum storage bags.
These medium sized bags measure 60cm x 40cm and can reduce the volume of what you would normally pack away by up to 80 per cent. It helps protect the clothes you're storing away from moisture, insects and dust build-up so they are ready to go for next season. A hand pump is included, but the bags also work with most vacuum cleaner nozzles.
If you're not yet packing those shorts and bikinis away, these are also great for packing away baby clothes the little one has grown too big for, keeping all your clothes together when moving homes and makes your clothes fit nice and tight in your suitcase when travelling.
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Xpand No Tie Shoelaces System with Elastic Laces
It might be a menial task, but tying your shoes can now be quicker and easier – certainly something you didn't know you needed in your life that will become something you can't live without. Introducing the Xpand No Tie Shoelaces System: only tie your shoes up once and slip them on and off easily.
Using patented lace anchors, the Xpand Lacing System allows you to choose the amount of tension of the laces and keep that setting locked in for future wear. Simply thread the lace through the centre hole of the anchor, then through the top hole and snap them into the bottom slot. One snapped in, they will no longer need any adjustment or to be tied and untied again. There are 36 colour options to choose from with each packet coming with its own laces to thread into your shoes.
Glocusent USB Rechargeable Book Light
If the lamp on your side table isn't doing the job for your evening read, it's time to get yourself a Glocusent book light. This light has five brightness and three light colour settings to choose from to make reading easier on your eyes. It also has five LED light beads that evenly distribute the light onto the page. The light can be adjusted to the angle you prefer to read and can last up to 80 hours on a single charge.
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Silicone Pancake Mould Maker
If your pancake technique is a little lacklustre, we have the perfect solution. This nifty silicone mould will provide you with seven perfect mini-pancakes, made all in one go. Use the wide handles to flip inside the pan, and presto, a café-quality stack will await!
Bakslap Body Lotion Applicator
Apply lotions, creams, gels, and self-tanners to those hard-to-get spots with this applicator from Bakslap. With a soft, dense foam shaped to match the contours of your body, there'll be no random patches or awkward lines when it comes to your next round of fake tanning.
Automatic Dumpling Machine
The smell and taste of dumplings is such a nice treat when going out for a meal. But why does it only have to be when we go out? Bring the dumplings to your home with this dumpling maker.
Made from eco-friendly and BPA free materials, you can fold two dumplings at once and imprint those little groves that make dumplings that extra bit special. Once they are folded, you can cook them your favourite way and treat yourself to a 10 out of 10 meal.
360-Degree Rotating Adjustable Cosmetic Storage
Is your makeup usually found floating around the sink begging to be accidentally knocked off and smashed to pieces on the floor? This large, 360-degree rotating makeup case will keep all your beauty products in one easy-to-access, safe location.
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Coffee Pod Kitchen Organiser
This tempered glass coffee pod storage drawer stores up to 40 Vertuoline pods in an aesthetically pleasing way. If you're looking for storage for the regular Nespresso coffee pods, you can find it here.
The coffee pods aren't included, so make sure you stock up on your favourites.
One: Simple One-Pan Wonders, by Jamie Oliver
A family dinner often involves a lot of switching between pots and pans, trying to multitask and hoping nothing burns. What if there was a way to cook large and healthy family meals all in the one pan?
Jamie Oliver's book One: Simple One-Pan Wonders has all the answers for a simple and quick dinner. Learn how to make the perfect meal in one pan, pot or tray that is tasty and affordable. Don't worry, everyone's tastes – sweet or savoury – are catered for.
Kids' Bento Lunch Box
Bento boxes provide enough room for all kinds of healthy food to be packed, so allow us to introduce you to this best seller.
This bento box measures 20.5cm x 13.5cm. 6.5cm and can carry up to 900mL of yummy food for the day and is microwave and freezer-safe. Its snap lid and elastic seal ring makes the box leak-proof, and is stain-resistant and BPA-free – so you know your kids are getting only the best.
Electric Milk Frother and Warmer
Sure, a dash of milk into your coffee does the job, but if you want a café coffee without the café prices, your very own milk frother is what you need.
This 400-watt powered milk frother and warmer adds a creamy texture to all your hot drinks. It makes up to 160mL of frothed milk or 350mL of warm milk per use, is temperature-controlled and has an auto off setting.
Dawntrees Clothes Storage Bags
Summer, autumn, winter and spring all bring their own catalogue of outfits, shoes and accessories and there's only so much space in your wardrobe to keep it all together. The perfect alternative is a clothing-specific storage bag.
These bags will keep your clothes safe and away from any dust or moisture. The large size can hold up to 80L and can easily fit in your wardrobe or under a bed.
Jeikuyia Chicken Shredder
Finish off your chicken with this super-quick shredding bowl. Using a twisting function, you simply pop your chicken in the container, put the lid on top, and turn the handle a few times to shred the chicken evenly.
Although designed for chicken, you can also use the shredder for pork, beef, veggies, and salads. The non-slip base also means you won't lose your contents by shredding too hard.
Joseph Joseph Index Chopping Board Set
An easy way to know your food prep is safe is through a different set of cutting boards per food item.
This cutting board set by Joseph Joseph comes with four colour-coded chopping boards – green for fruit and veg, blue for raw fish and seafood, white for cooked meats, and red for raw meats. Not only will this be extremely helpful in avoiding cross-contamination, but it's also knife-friendly and dishwasher-safe.
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