Awesome Appliances

Epson finally caught on to third-party ink vendors. Its new EcoTank printers have no ink cartridges; each color tank is refilled by the bottle. The printers come loaded with around 2 years’ worth of ink (at least 4000 black/6500 color pages).

Panasonic challenged us to cook something delicious in their FlashXpress Toaster Oven. We decided to make a schmancy rack of lamb, and the countertop infrared oven cooked it perfectly. Don’t dare try this in your microwave.

A Keurig for cocktails. Bartesian is an automated cocktail mixer. It has glass receptacles for four spirits – vodka, rum, gin and tequila – while the rest of the ingredients come in recyclable capsules. It also comes with a shaker.

Keep snacks and drinks cool inside a frozen Han Solo. It’s about 19″x 11″x 11″ and can carry up to 18 cans of soda. It has two removable shelves, a handle on top and red LEDs in front. It cools down to 32°F and can also heat up to 149°F.

Unlike other immersion heaters, Miito’s heating element is in its base instead of directly inside the rod. It’s a much safer design that also makes the rod slimmer, allowing it to fit inside small vessels.

An app-controlled coffee roaster that’s as easy to use as a kettle. Ikawa lets you roast up to 60g/1.2oz. of green coffee beans at a time. It has predetermined settings, but you can also tweak them and share your recipes with others.

The Bruno trash can has a hidden air pump at its base. It detects when you’re sweeping dirt into it and sucks them up into the trash bag. Its app lets you set a trash day reminder and alerts you when it’s low on trash bags.

The V6 Absolute is the most powerful cordless vacuum cleaner. With all the electronics – and the weight – on its handle, you can easily use it to clean even elevated surfaces. It lasts only 6 to 20mins per charge though.

Part of Dot & Bo’s Edison’s Lab collection, the Fantastic Table Lamp almost looks like a steampunk desk fan. The base and frame are made of industrial metal with an aged and rusted finish. It comes with five 25W bulbs.

This GE Café refrigerator has a Keurig K-Cup brewer attachment for the water heater on its door. You better use the hell out of the fridge too, because the whole thing will set you back $3,300 when it drops this Fall.

LG’s door-within-a-door refrigerators must have been a hit, because the company is doubling the feature with its upcoming LPXS34886C Mega-Capacity Door-in-Door Refrigerator. Designer Appliances claims it’s going to cost over $5,000.

Versonel’s mini fridge was designed to fit right in with garages or workshops. It has an adjustable divider, four locking swivel casters and three functional – albeit shallow – tool drawers on its upper half. Available in blue or red.

An all-in-one beer brewing machine. Newbies can simply order ingredients from Brewie and let the machine handle the rest, while experienced brewers can use their own ingredients and tweak Brewie’s parameters to their liking.

A modular coffee brewer. Use Evolve 3.0 to make coffee as a stovetop brewer, as a pour over brewer or as a French press, thanks to its three reusable stainless steel filters. The 500ml jug has double-walled insulation to keep coffee hot.

A rugged and portable K-Cup-compatible coffeemaker. Its chassis is crushproof, dustproof, rustproof and water-resistant, while its removable 2.5L tank is spillproof. It also has a separate hot water dispenser.

A top heater, convection heater, microwave oven and cooking assistant. Its touchscreen and recipe store gives you step by step instructions. You can also let it set the time and temperature settings based on what you’re cooking.

The Dyson 360 Eye’s 360º vision enables it to see an entire room all at once, helping it map and move around. It also has the most powerful suction out of all robot vacuums, and has brushes for both carpets and hard floors.

BioLite’s thermoelectric generator is now in a kettle. The KettleCharge lets you heat up to 750ml of water, and at the same time charge gadgets for up to 15mins. It also has a 1250mAh battery and a heat-resistant USB extender.

ThinkGeek is about to go HAM on the cube-shaped refrigerator market. Fridge-wise, this unsolvable puzzle is exactly the same as the Borg Cube fridge – it keeps food warm or cold, and can be powered via 120V AC or 12V DC.

Ten of ten Trekkies would love to have this geeky fridge. Exclusive to ThinkGeek, the refrigerator has green outer and inner lights. It can also be used to warm food. It’s powered via 120V AC or 12V DC, no Borg alcove needed.

The Swash Express Clothing Care System uses a scented solution and a heater to remove odors and light wrinkles from clothes. It can cut your dry cleaning costs and preserve your clothes from the wear and tear of washing.

We’ve seen an Egg McMuffin machine before, but this new model from Hamilton Beach lets you cook two english muffin and egg sandwiches at the same time. Perfect for couples, or really big appetites. Available August 2014.

The Haiku SenseME automatically turns itself on or off when someone enters or leaves the room and adjusts its speed automatically based on temperature changes. You can also set a schedule and alarm presets for the fan.