Product Reviews « Home of the House-Proud

Product Reviews

At Morphy Richards, we’re very proud of our products and test them to destruction to ensure that you get a great, reliable appliance.

If you’ve recently purchased a new Morphy product or have been using a certain one for years, it would be great to hear from you. Tell us what you love about it and how it makes your everyday life easier.

Also, feel free to suggest anything that you’d like us to change or any additional functions that you’d like us to add to one of our appliances and we’ll pass on your thoughts to the innovation team.

Click here to write a product review.

Innovators wanted – Apply now!

By Janelle Hardacre | 29.03.2012 | Posted in Morphy 'Innovators', Product Reviews

We are delighted to announce that Morphy Richards is the official sponsor of the Foodies100.

We will be working in partnership with Foodies100 over the coming year hosting competitions, events, giveaways and much more!

To mark the start of the partnership we are working with Foodies100 and sister site Tots100 to recruit 25 brand new Innovators to expand our team of Morphy Richards bloggers.

There’s still time to get your entry blog post up to be in with the chance of becoming an official 2012 Innovator! Visit either the Tots100 or the Foodies100 to enter. Here are the details.

As a member of the team, you’ll receive new Morphy Richards products throughout the coming year to review on your blog. It’s a great opportunity to try out some new kitchen appliances, and provide your valuable honest feedback to the Morphy Richards team.

Morphy Richards will also work closely with Innovators to provide other great content on your blog, including competitions and giveaways. Reviews will be promoted via Morphy Richards’ blog, Home of the House Proud, allowing you to reach new audiences and raise the profile of your own blog.

How can you get involved?

Simple. We’re looking for Innovators who know what really goes into caring for a family, running a busy household, and who love to share their favourite tips and stories with their readers. So we’d like you to write a post on your blog showing us what you can do. To give you some inspiration, we’ve come up with three writing prompts to choose from. Feel free to interpret them in a way that works for you – we’re looking for individuality, personality and great writing.

A: Top tips for housework…

B: Domestic disasters…

C: Making family chores fun…

It’s entirely up to you what you write, but you must write your post before March 29^th, and you need to leave a link to your post in the widget at the bottom of this page before 5pm on that date.

Winners will be hand picked by the Morphy Richards team and announced on the Tots100 website after the closing date.

Good luck!

No Comments | Make a comment | Tags: Brand ambassador, food bloggers, foodies 100, Morphy Richards, Morphy Richards Innovators, mummy bloggers, review products, tots, tots100

Morphy ‘Innovators’ Review – Not Supermum, Daily Loaf Breadmaker

By Tom Craik | 18.01.2012 | Posted in Kitchen, Morphy 'Innovators', Product Reviews

We recently launched a brand new range of appliances to make everyday tasks easier for the elderly and raise vital funds for Age UK (click here to check out the range).

Naturally, instead of asking our Innovators to test them out, we gave them the task of enlisting the help of an older relative to try out their product of choice and give us valuable feedback.

Not Supermum‘s ex-in laws were keen to review the Daily Loaf Breadmaker, wich bakes the perfect amount for fresh bread every day. You can read her thoughts below…

Morphy Richards products for Age UK ~ Daily Loaf breadmaker

This month there’s a change to my regular Houseproud Innovator review – someone else is reviewing this month’s product.

Morphy Richards is supporting the Age UK charity by designing and selling products that might make everyday tasks a little easier for older people. Each of the items in the range of products come with up to a two year guarantee and a proportion of the sales (3%) go to Age UK, providing a vital source of income to help older people across the country. I love this idea!

So when I was asked if I knew an older person who might review one of the products, I immediately thought of my ex-mother-in-law who is in her 70s. As strange as it might sound, we get on very well and I thought she’d enjoy the chance to choose and review something from Morphy Richards.

She chose the daily loaf bread maker which is very compact and would sit neatly on a work surface without taking up a lot of space. It makes a 1lb loaf which is just the right amount for a small household, and the instructions were easy to follow. There are 5 programmes, including ‘fast bake’ and a there’s a handy viewing window so you can monitor the baking.

My ex-MIL was happy with the bread maker and produced two perfectly baked loaves. However, due to her severely arthritic fingers, she found the buttons difficult to use. I think perhaps one of the other bread makers might have been more suitable for her limited dexterity, and I would recommend having a good look at the different models if you are considering buying one for an older person.

Well done to Morphy Richards for coming up with this innovative range of products and for supporting such a fantastic charity.

No Comments | Make a comment | Tags: Age UK, appliances for older people, appliances for the elderly, Morphy Innovators Review, Morphy Richards, Morphy Richards Age UK Range, Morphy Richards Innovators, morphy richards supports age uk, not supermum, not supermum review

Morphy Richards Never Loses Suction (NLS) Vacuum Cleaner Reviewed by The Independent

By Chris Bennett | 18.01.2012 | Posted in Floor Care, Household Cleaning, Product Reviews

When we opened the newspapers at Morphy HQ, we got a wonderful surprise yesterday, our Never Loses Suction (NLS) Vacuum Cleaner was in first place in The Independent’s ’10 Best… Vacuum Cleaners’ feature. Here’s what the paper said about the machine:

“The Morphy Richards Never Loses Suction lift away bagless upright vacuum cleaner does what it says on the tin – so much so that it’s almost embarrassing to see how much it collects from a few sweeps of the carpet. It’s easy to assemble and use and has great attachments.”

The Independent - 10 Best Vacuum Cleaners

About the Morphy Richards Never Loses Suction

Never Loses Suction* Cyclone Technology

The Never Loses Suction* cyclone technology ensures constant pick-up performance across all floors throughout your home, and for added peace of mind we include up to a 5 year guarantee**

* In accordance with independent laboratory testing to IEC standard 60312-1: 2010. Machine must be maintained as instructed in the user guide.

** 2 year guarantee as standard, 5 year upon registration with Morphy Richards

Lift Away Detachable Canister

The Lift Away canister gives you the flexibility to clean anywhere. Simply release the handle, unclip the canister, add your attachment and away you go – powerful, portable cleaning in three easy steps! It’s perfect for awkward areas, like stairs and upholstery.

Washable HEPA 13 Filtration

HEPA 13 filtration means that 99.95% of all dust and dirt molecules are trapped in the filter making it ideal for allergy sufferers.

One Touch Bin Empty

By the simple press of a button the base of the canister is released and all the dust, hair and dirt falls out and can be easily dispensed of. Great for allergy sufferers.

Swivel Steering

The pivoting floorhead makes it really easy to manoeuvre the upright vacuum cleaner around the contours of your home. It’s the fastest way to get the deepest clean – even around corners and under furniture.

Full Height Stair Cleaning

In the Lift Away mode it is possible to vacuum from the bottom to the top of a standard set of stairs without the need to change plugs.

Clarity Floorhead

The window in the floorhead allows the user to view the brush bar turning and detect blockages. There is also a light on the model that will change colour if a blockage occurs in the floorhead.

Suitable for all floor types

This vacuum cleaner allows you to move from carpet to hard floor at the touch of a switch.

For more information about the Morphy Richards Never Loses Suction vacuum cleaner, visit the Morphy website.

No Comments | Make a comment | Tags: Cleaning, Houswork, Media product review, Morphy Never Loses Suction, Morphy NLS, Morphy Richards Never Loses Suction, Morphy Richards NLS, never loses suction, NLS, The best Vacuum cleaner, The Independent, Vacumming, vacuum review

‘Innovator’ blog post – Morphy Richards Slow Cooker Cook Book, A Mother’s Ramblings

By Janelle Hardacre | 12.01.2012 | Posted in Age UK, Product Reviews, Recipes, slow cookers

Read here about why the lovely Pippa of A Mother’s Ramblings loves to flick through cook books. Here she tests out a recipe from Morphy Richards’ Ultimate Slow Cooker Cook Book. Check out the original post here.

A Menu For A Dinner Party I Am Never Going To Have

Reading cooking books is great fun and I do it quite a lot. Recently Daddy suggested that when I was clearing out a lot of books from the book shelf I might consider clearing out some of my cooking books. The evil stare I gave him made him realise I was not parting with them for anybody! When I read cookbooks I come up with Menus for dinner parties I am never going to have and it is a bit of fun to work out what the main course is and to work out how I would make the meal, who I would invite and if it was Come Dine With Me what the sarcastic voice over would say about me.

The lovely people at Morphy Richards saw my post on how much I love my slow cooker(and how I had discovered that you can make Jacket Potatoes in a slow cookera revelation of epic proportions in this house) and so they sent me out The Ultimate Slow Cooker Cookbook. Which was handy as out of all the cook books I own, I don’t have a slow cooker cookbook! I took the book to bed with me and read all the different recipes and was starting to come up with some great plans for a dinner party that I would never host when I saw the Beef with Black Peppers in Black Bean Sauce recipe. I love this dish and that I was going to make it.

Chinese Beef and Green Peppers in Black Bean Sauce done in my Slower Cooker.

I teamed it with rice noodles (we can’t eat egg noodles seeing as how Daddy is now allergic to egg as well as being a Coeliac) and some home fried Prawn Crackers and it was delicious. So if anyone wants to come round for an imaginary dinner party now you know what your main course is going to be.

I was sent a cookbook by Morphy Richards, I didn’t ask for it and they hoped I would like it. I did.