Welcome to Ingenious Design Week

Although Marisa Carroll is comfortable washing her clothes in the tub, she needed a space-efficient way to dry them at home. So after falling down many an internet rabbit hole, she and her husband discovered the Panda. The size of a garbage can or laundry basket, “it’s essentially a giant salad spinner: It whirls your clothes around for five minutes and barfs the water out through a spigot,” she writes. Read more here.

This “egg timer for your electronic devices” is a must-have if you’ve ever worried that you left the house without turning off your flat iron, space heater, air conditioner, or anything else that should be off when no one’s around. “You push a button to turn the power on, use your device as you ordinarily would, then walk away when you’re done,” writes Alison Freer. Read more here.

Back in 2016, a toilet-unclogging expert, who chose to remain anonymous, told us that this accordion-style plunger is a must-have for anyone who’s ready to step up their unclogging game from “amateur hour” old-fashioned plungers. This actually “fits into the toilet drain,” rather than just sitting on top of it, so it’s optimized for “maximum suckage.” It makes a great buy for stubborn toilets — or as a housewarming gift. Read more here.

Ahead of NBA players’ return to the court this year, they received a “smart ring” from Oura — and though it has many of the same functions as other activity trackers, all of the experts writer Louis Cheslaw spoke with agreed that they were impressed by the simple, unobtrusive design and the quality of data. Read more here.

Tired of replacing USB and lightning charging cables that begin to fray as soon as you inevitably need to bend them in any direction, writer Steven John opted for a charger with an “exquisite design detail that eliminates bending period.” That detail is a 90-degree angle where the USB cord plugs into the charger, so the connection never tears. “I’ve replaced all my lightning cables with the Aukey and haven’t looked back. I only wish they came in white,” John writes. Read more here.

When writer Alice Gregory first saw this weird-looking kneeling chair at a friend’s house, she was skeptical of its ergonomic claims — especially after she had tried so many other ways to improve her posture and limit her time sitting at her desk. But this Norwegian-designed chair actually worked and was comfortable: “Sure, the chair makes you look like an industrious frog, but you’ll never get back pains again.” Read more here.

There are lots of things to like about working from home, but Katherine Rotunno misses office perks — like snacks, company, and of course, never-ending access to coffee. But this all-in-one cold-brew kit scratches that itch. All you have to do is add water to the bag, drop in a sachet full of coffee, and let the coffee (about 12 servings’ worth, depending how strong you like your brew) sit in in your fridge overnight. Plus, a built-in spigot means it’s easy to serve. Read more here.

Tired of spending time every morning trying to line up her duvet with the duvet cover, Alyse Whitney discovered these “weird, little $5 life changers.” The small clips have soft teeth to secure your duvet cover’s corners within your duvet, so you’ll never have to wake up under a “thin, duvetless sheet” again. Read more here.

After consistently waking up with neck pain, Alison Freer purchased this ergonomic neck pillow and found that it “transformed [her] sleeping life.” The recessed pocket in the middle offers “stellar neck support and near-perfect spinal alignment,” she writes, while the padded edges of the pillow gently stretch the neck and spine “the way a good masseuse or chiropractor does.” Read more here.

Writer and former campfire-building Boy Scout James Lynch calls this Bluetooth-compatible firepit the “tech-bro version of the classic suburban backyard firepit.” The app-powered rechargeable motor circulates oxygen to allow kindling to catch flame, and the heat can likewise be controlled directly from the app. Plus, it doubles as a grill “with the added flavor of charcoal or wood,” big enough for up to eight hamburgers or three steaks. Read more here.

While regular drain screens can let hair pass through, leading to clogs (and hundreds of dollars in plumbing fees), this all-silicone hair trap “allows water to drain while catching stray hairs in a (mercifully) out-of-sight place for easy disposal later.” It catches everything from dog fur to beard hair, is remarkably easy to clean, and has saved writer Alison Freer “at least a thousand bucks in emergency plumbing calls.” Read more here.

“The funny thing about the sponges is that the more I use them, the more I don’t notice them — in a good way,” says writer Sam Todd of these quick-drying sponges, made from patented silver-infused foam that inhibits the growth of odor-causing bacteria, mold, and mildew. Todd assures that he’s “never caught a bad smell from one,” and the pattern on the scouring pad disappears with use (typically in two to four weeks), so you’ll know exactly when it’s time to replace them. Read more here.

This portable three-in-one shaving compact has a refillable water spritzer, a bar of shave lather, and a razor blade (plus an extra two for future use) to fix missed patches and nix stubble while on the go. “Start by misting the area to be shaved, then click over to the all-natural emollient lather bar, to create a smooth surface for the blade to glide over,” explains writer Rachel Jacoby Zoldan. “Then click the dial one more time to get to the razor. And then shave, quickly and anywhere.” Unlike multiblade razors, this one doesn’t need to be tapped into a sink to rid it of hairs, and the lather bar doubles as an after-shaving moisturizer — “a soothing benefit for my supersensitive skin,” she says. Read more here.

Unlike other merely serrated butter knives, the little holes along the perimeter of this butter knife “break even straight-from-the-fridge butter into the most delicate little curlicues,” says writer and butter-knife aficionado Collier Meyerson. The dishwasher-safe knife renders even the coldest of butter “sliceable, spreadable, and perfectly meltable on just-crisped toast,” and features a wide blade for optimal butter-to-bread surface area. Read more here.