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Gadgets for singles: Practical everyday helpers for people who live alone
With a selfie stick, you can take perfect photos of yourself without assistance
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Whether out of conviction or because the right lid has not yet been found: If you have not yet grown a third arm, as a single you may miss a helping hand in some situations – for example because your back is scratching or the selfie simply does not work. Fortunately, there are helpful gadgets for singles.
Those who live in a single household need – at least in purely mathematical terms – less space. And accordingly less inventory. Even so, many single people understandably cannot do without important household appliances such as a dishwasher or a coffee machine. However, most kitchen appliances are very large and therefore less suitable for people who live alone. If you still don’t want to miss your breakfast egg or your favorite ice cream, you can simply buy smaller devices that are designed for one-person households. Read about them and how you can easily overcome the little hurdles of everyday life even as a single as follows.
1. Selfie stick
Although most smartphones now have a front camera, that doesn’t mean that you can get beautiful portraits with it. Even if you have a calm arm, it is not an easy task to take a sharp picture of yourself and your surroundings. That is why you used to have to speak to strangers on the road and take photos of you, now you can go to one Selfie stick (with tripod). Blurred pictures are a thing of the past.
2. Single egg boiler
Whether hard-boiled, liquid or firm on the inside and soft on the outside: If you like to eat an egg for breakfast, you usually have precise ideas about how the consistency should be. The perfect cooking point is particularly successful with an egg boiler, but most devices are designed for multi-person households – with the exception of this model from Wmf (including measuring cup with integrated egg picker) from the kitchen mini series, which was specially developed for singles.
3. Back scraper
Normally, as a single, you can help yourself in most situations, but there are moments when you need a third hand – for example when a spot on the back itches that you simply cannot reach yourself. For exactly this case the pull-out Telescopic back scraper invented, which you can adjust in length. Depending on how short or long your arms are, you can now get anywhere inaccessible.
4. Table dishwasher
A dishwasher is more than practical, especially if you live with several people in one household. For one or the other single, however, the normal devices are too big because they don’t really get filled – just in case there are the so-called Table dishwasher for small households. They are cheaper, smaller and more compact (usually there is only one drawer) than ordinary devices and therefore fit in every cupboard.
5. Single ice cream maker
Of course, singles can also use a normal ice cream maker, but their freezers often lack space. With the 3-in-1 ice cream maker From the Wmf mini-series, on the other hand, this is no longer a problem: the device has a capacity of just 300 milliliters and can therefore produce small amounts of frozen yoghurt, sorbet and ice cream – in just 30 minutes. A really practical gadget for at home for those with a sweet tooth.
6. Mini oven
Even if most rental apartments are equipped with an oven, the device consumes a lot of energy – even if you only want to prepare a small pizza in it. In order to save space if no device is (yet) available, or to reduce costs, investing in a Mini oven make perfect sense. It only needs a short time to heat up and works normally with top and bottom heat.
7. Single coffee maker
For people who live alone, an ordinary coffee machine is sometimes too much of a good thing. Especially when you only want to drink one cup a day and don’t need a monstrous fully automatic machine. One is much more productive and practical here Single coffee maker with integrated insulated mug and lid to go, which only holds 400 milliliters and thus offers space for a maximum of two cups of coffee.
8. Cookbook
Bottom of this series is one Cookbook by GU for singles, which is primarily designed to prepare a delicious meal for one person in just 15 minutes: whether salad or snack, soup or stew, vegetarian, with fish or meat – this reading contains 35 delicious and healthy recipe ideas for the perfect dinner for one.
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