It’s been a long time and I’ve been meaning to write a review of our Varlux laundry rack system. Varlux appears to be a local company selling cheaper automated laundry rack systems made in China. It comes with nice-to-have features like a automated height adjustment, heater, UV sterilizer, fan, and light. Most people would have […]
If you are thinking of buying and shipping from Taobao – STOP. Don’t do it. We no longer recommend buying from Taobao for one simple reason. COVID-19 made shipping from Taobao or third-party forwarders very, very expensive. The Taobao vs Shopee comparison just got a lot fairer. Prices for Taobao Shipping Increased 20-40% Shipping Prices
Can an Elmark Ceiling Fan Drop and Kill? Elmark just got instructed to do a fan recall for 17 models of their ceiling fans. Everyone probably has had some nightmare of ceiling fans and blades dropping down and killing the person sleeping – unfortunately this could be a reality if you’re using a faulty Elmark
Having a Glass Toilet Shower Screen A toilet shower screen is nice, especially when it’s made of glass. A screen is more expensive (around $500) than a shower curtain, but they keep toilets drier. We have both, so it’s very obvious a screen works better. It’s also something most hotels have, so it looks more
Note: We no longer recommend shipping from Taobao. Check out our Taobao vs Shopee comparison. Taobao Shipping to Singapore – Is It Possible? Yes! In the past, you needed to do a lot of extra work just to do Taobao shipping to Singapore – those were the days of 65daigou and other third party companies.
We bought several wooden Taobao photo frames to decorate the living room. You’d recall this was something we chose instead of a large painting. Buying wooden Taobao photo frames Wooden photo frames are expensive in Singapore. There’s a shop at Esplanade, Poster Hub, that sells framed posters. Those cost a bomb because they sell original
We moved in for about a year, so some things have started to spoil and needed replacement. We had to change a bathroom ceiling LED light bulb, a recessed downlight, that spoilt. Neither of us has ever done this before, so we went by trial and error. We succeeded so we get to write this
We DIYed our washing machine installation. It sounds easy. Unfortunately, it wasn’t. Buying our washing machine without installation We bought our washing machine before renovation finished. We wanted to take advantage of LiveUp cashback by Lazada (non referral link, needed to put this for the nice SEO), which made it much cheaper than traditional stores
Taobao isn’t that cheap anymore. This shouldn’t surprise you. Taobao was super cheap Most people caught on to the fact that Taobao was cheap around 2015 to 2017. Indeed, things were cheap on Taobao. We published several articles gushing about cheap furniture (e.g. general guide, taps, ceiling fans) and appliances, compared it favourably to Ikea.
