Having packed up after the International Housewares Show in Chicago last week, Salton product manager John Howell is still bursting with pride for what he claims is a first: the $300 Westinghouse Unplugged Cord-Free Vacuum, a full-size vacuum cleaner that runs on rechargeable batteries and is due out in June. "This," he says in dead earnest, as if showgoers had never seen a Dustbuster, "is completely revolutionary."
Hyperbole is nothing new at this annual showcase of just about every gizmo ever featured on, or destined for, an infomercial. The $6 Pizza Fork combines a pizza cutter and fork in one...
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