Great Review for our PRONTO!

Today at Reliable we are celebrating the Amazing review of our New Pronto P7 hand held steam cleaner and garment steamer by the GURU of green clean and holistic allergy management, Mercia Tapping - President/CEO, Boston Green Goods!

Pronto at www.allergybuyersclub.com.

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O List! Video Celebration!

Enjoy an ironing smile today in celebration of Velocity V50 making the O List!  Velocity on You Tube

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WE MADE THE O LIST!

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I am delighted to share some exciting news!  O The Oprah Magazine - selected our new Velocity V50 iron to be part of the esteemed O List - Makeover Edition.  The Velocity is featured on page 92 of the September 2010 issue as one of several select items that Oprah and her team think are - better than ever!  O Magazine has a paid circulation of 2.4 million readers monthly!  The Velocity V50 is just one of several new products launching over the next couple of months.  I’m looking forward to the continued momentum and to sharing more about clothing care, and steam cleaning.

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COME VISIT US IN CHICAGO

2010 Houseware Show Invitation

It’s pack up your bags time for us again, this time to one of our favorite cities… Chicago.

The show this year will be a first for us on a few fronts. Number one, we are finally moving our booth to a brand new space in Lakeside (yes! away from the wall). We’ve doubled our space from previous years; we now have a full 600 square feet of space to fill. We’ve also built a brand new booth that is really magnificent. It’s been six months in the making. Can’t wait to see it on Saturday when we arrive.

Number two, we are launching five of our six new products for 2010 at the show. While they still need to be under wraps for a little while longer, I can tell you that there’s a lot of excitement here about these new projects, and we are thrilled to be showing them for the first time in Chicago.

As always, we look forward to seeing old friends at the show, and making new ones. Plus, we get to sample some of Chicago’s finest cuisine.

We look forward to seeing you there.

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CECELIA PODOLAK REVIEWS THE V100

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For those of you who are readers of Threads, Sew News, Vogue Patterns and many other sewing publications, you know that Cecelia Podolak is amongst other talents, a genuine “pressing expert”. One of the few people that can actually claim this title.

A few months back I called Cecelia to see if she would do a review of our new Digital Velocity V100 iron. A short time later I received in my inbox the most detailed product review a manufacturer could hope for. It is a testament to the type of person Cecelia is, that her review expands a little over four pages long!

If you are looking for a new iron, you owe it to yourself to read her analysis of this remarkable product. You can read the full review here, with thanks to Cecelia for her permission to have the article appear on this blog.

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KELLY GIVES THE V100 TWO THUMBS UP!

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This goes under the category, “Should have posted it weeks ago”.

Kelly’s husband Rick has bought four irons in the last 15 months…. well, you can read the whole thing on Kelly’s I Have A Notion blog.

Thanks for the great review Kelly.

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THE NEW SEWERGO CHAIR

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I had the pleasure earlier this week visiting a friend at her companies showroom. Some of you may know Knoll, the world famous maker of chairs and office systems. Their products are absolutely gorgeous, and if you are lucky enough to be using a Knoll chair, or working in an office that uses their products, you know very well the importance good design.

I count myself one of the lucky ones, as I sit in a Knoll Life chairs all day. My back has never been happier. While a top level, designer chair may not be attainable for everyone, I do believe that everyone is entitled to sit in a chair that incorporates some basic ergonomic attributes.

A few weeks back we launched the new SewErgo task chair that offers some great features, at a remarkably affordable price. At $99, I think a major price barrier has been removed. There really is no reason to be sitting in a poorly made, badly designed chair all day. The SewErgo is within everyone’s reach.

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LEDS SAVE ENERGY, STUDY FINDS

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Ever since we launched our new line of LED UberLight task lights in 2008, we’ve been telling all who will listen how wonderful they are.

Well the New York Times has confirmed that not only are LED lights more energy efficient than incandescent bulbs, they also require less energy in their production. In fact, “the energy used for incandescent bulbs is almost five times that used for compact fluorescent and LED lamps.

It won’t be long before the standard household 60W incandescent bulb is replaced by energy efficient LEDs.  Read the full article here.

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THE NEW EMPRESSA S550

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About seven or eight years ago a sewing dealer acquaintance of mine told me we shouldn’t bother introducing our own line of steam presses. “A passing fad” I think was the way he described it. Boy, am I glad I didn’t listen to him. Our Empressa steam press sales have been a bright spot in a challenging economy and they continue to increase every year.

The basic idea behind steam presses is very simple… iron, without using an iron. As time has progressed, the pressing area has increased in size, and the temperature control has become much more consistent as they’ve incorporated new technologies.

We are very pleased to present the latest, and most advanced Empressa ever, the S550.

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HOUSTON QUILT MARKET 2009

I’ve barely unpacked my bags from China, and here I am heading off again, this time to Houston for our annual pilgrimage. I’ve still got a pretty good dose of jet lag, but I’m sure that by next week the cobwebs in my head will be a little fainter.

China was great by the way. We met some amazing people saw some cool things, and of course we had food to die for. If you’re ever in Hong Kong, and you love crab, do yourself a favor and head straight for Under Bridge Spicy Crab. It is not to be missed. There must have been a pound of garlic with our crab. It was incredible.

So next week it’s Houston. If anyone out there knows of a great restaurant in Houston, I’d love to hear about it (no steak houses please). If you’re attending the show, we will have our wonderful new Digital Velocity V100 iron on display, and our full line-up of fabric care products. We’d love to see you, so don’t be shy.

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