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Archives for 2010
Wishing You a Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2011
Christmas Greetings From all of us at Extreme How-To and Latitude3 Media we wish you the best during your Holiday season. We have been blessed as a company and as individuals to have loyal readers and followers like you. Reader loyalty, always important is even more precious during hard
Christmas Gift Ideas for Home Improvement Fans
Don’t let your Holiday spirit be ruined by not being able to find the perfect gift. Extreme How-To offers this helpful guide for products we think would be well received by those who enjoy home improvement. Gifts for the Woodworker The Work Sharp WS3000 Sharpening System is just
Echo and Shindaiwa Commercial Blower Reviews, More Extreme Blowing
Putting together a commercial blower review without these two companies products would have been wrong. Many readers had asked for us to take a look at the larger units these two companies produce and after testing them, we are glad we did. Since the other units our testers reviewed had opened up their eyes to […]
Stocking Stuffers for DIY Folks for 2010
Stocking stuffers for home improvement heroes are my favorite items to shop for. First and most importantly I don’t have to break the bank on these smaller gifts. Second, many of the the tools and products we find most useful aren’t the big ticket items. Here are a few winners that will be more appreciated […]
Milwaukee Brings the Heat, the M12 Heated Soft Shell Jacket
Never before have I fielded so many questions regarding a product test. Last summer in Milwaukee I had the chance to try out one of the pre-production heated jackets, but I don’t remember noticing the lighted M12 Logo. I don’t know whether this was added later or whether I just missed this detail, either way […]
Sharp Tools Are Safer,and the Work Sharp 3000 System Makes Sharpening Easy
One of the invaluable lessons my dad passed down was the importance of sharp tools. That being said, my dad was not very good at sharpening tools and frankly, neither was I. Dad’s logic was that dull tools require more effort to make cuts and more effort meant loss of control. Loss of control leads to injuries, […]
Congratulations to the 10 Lee Valley Gift Certificate Winners
Just in time for a little Holiday shopping for DIYers, we announce the 10 winners of the $25 Lee Valley Gift certificates. The following names were drawn for these great prizes. Bernhard Anderson, Richard Donnelly, Gordon Jones, Frank Blados, Edward Deline, James West, Jim Gauntt, Polly Hall, Edgaro SanDiego and Erin Garcia The […]
Add a Radiant Barrier to Your Attic and It’s Time to Check Your Insulation
Yesterday, we installed an Enerflex reflective barrier in the attic of a local house. Our goal was to reflect the heat build occurring from the sun heating up the surface of the roof and reflecting the heat up and out of the attic, lowering air conditioning bills in the summer. While installing the product we could certainly […]
RedMax GZ4500 Chainsaw Commercial Performance, Easy to Handle Size
For a year the old oak tree had been on the ground and I just never got around to cutting it into firewood. The process of cutting the trunk into logs and hauling them to the splitter seemed like a job meant for cooler weather. I won’t say it was cool this weekend, but it was […]