Live Your Life by Design
Life by design is a concept that focuses on getting straight to what works in terms of effectiveness and efficiency. This site aims to save you time, energy, money and improve the overall quality of your life.
By not having to start from scratch each and every time you can leverage the mistakes we’ve made and the money we’ve wasted & get right to what works from a value for money perspective.
We’ve watched videos, read the reviews, bought the fails and then documented the findings around things that are often gadget like but also great for living your life by design versus chance.
Health and Fitness
Chaffle Maker – Keto & OMAD done Deliciously
Straight to the Point The Dash DMW100WP Mini Chaffle Maker for Keto Chaffles that sports an Easy to Clean, Non-Stick Surfaces It's 4 Inches and it comes in a variety of colours Let's face it, you often times need something to act like a bun when doing Keto or low...
OMAD – One Meal A Day – Fast Track Weight Loss
Straight to the Point Most people cringe at the thought of missing a single meal. Intentionally missing all but one meal, every day, seems excessive and unnecessary. Increased focus and productivity. OMAD is said to eliminate the sluggishness people feel while...
Ketosis Testing – Breath vs Blood vs Urine
Straight to the point Testing using a breath testing device is low cost and provides conclusive results that ketones are indeed present and likely to be being used as fuel. Acetone production is a byproduct of the fat metabolism process. Because of its small size,...
Pulse Oximeter Blood Oxygen Saturation Meter
Straight to the Point Covid is here. And it seems Covid has no plans of going away anytime soon. You can stay on top of your oxygen levels with a Pulse Oximeter. You have a digital thermometer for taking temperatures and you should have this meter to be in a position...
Ghee – Butter flavor on Steroids – It’s great for your health
Straight to the Point Ghee is easy to create from simple butter that has amazing health benefits like fighting inflammation and lowering cholesterol It was created in North Eastern India ages ago to create long shelf life butter. Where the hell did this whole ghee...
Food Prep
Digital Kitchen Food Scale – Grams or Ounces
Straight to the Point Let's not over complicate things here - it's a digital kitchen food scale. This one happens to be a sub $20 dollar scale that fits just about anywhere in your kitchen or RV. If you like precision then this is for you. Use the "tare" feature to...
17 Oz Bodum Pour Over Coffee Pot
Straight to the Point The Bodum Pour Over Coffee Pot is my go to coffee source several times a day. It comes with a stainless steel mesh filter, however I still add a #2 filter to keep my coffee tasting exactly as I like it. Boil some water, pour 600 ml into a...
High Intensity Trigger Start Torch – Bernzomatic TS8000
Straight to the Point This Bernzomatic TS8000 Torch not only gets the food you cooker with your sous vide cooker but is fun to use while getting your food ready You turn on the gas, pull the trigger, adjust the flow rate and start browing your steak, burgers,...
Instant Pot Air Fryer Lid 6 in 1
Straight to the Point Get two cooking tools in one by adding the Instant Pot Air Fryer Lid and save space. If you already have the Instant Pot then you are on your way to great tasting food that tastes like it was fried but wasn't. The key here is being able to...
Instant Pot – Slow Cooker to Pressure Cooker
Straight to the Point The Instant Pot is a pressure cooker, slow cooker and even can be equiped with an Air Fryer lid that produces amazing results in terms of flavor and speed. Cook Chili, Beef stew, hard boiled eggs, potatoes, and even cakes. Add the Air Fryer lid...
Air Fryer – Are they worth the bother and cost?
Straight to the Point An Air Fryer is truly amazing. You can cook French fries, chicken wings/fingers, cakes, brownies If you want great tasting food that gets as crisp as if you fried it in fat then an Air Fryer is definitely something you should add to your kitchen...
Panera Coffee Value for Coffee Drinkers
Straight to the Point Panera Coffee Subscription offers you unlimited coffee each month. Right now Panera is offering the subscription for FREE for 3 months. The regular price is $8.99 a month which works out to 33¢ cents a day if you hit Panera daily 45¢ cents a day...
The Best Low Cost Smoker Money Can Buy
Straight to the point This is not rocket science in the slightest. This Low Cost Smoker is a stainless steel box that you load pellets or other wood that fits and you stick it in an enclosed box like a BBQ grill and leave it to smoke whatever it is that you want...
Sous Vide Cooker for Cooking the Best Steak Period
Straight to the Point If you want the perfectly cooked steaks or hamburgers then a Sous Vide cooker is a must. This is truly set it and forget it cooking and the results of Sous Vide cooking are second to none. Cook to 129/130 degrees for a couple of hours for...
Best – Knife & Tool Sharpener Professional Results
If you are tired of buying, trying and failing with knife sharpeners then you have arrived in the right place. I have tried them all. If you want to avoid having to "try them all" then you are in the right place too. This Work Sharp knife sharpener is hands down the...
Technology
YouTube Downloader – Appliance Amazon AWS
YouTube Downloader on Amazon AWS If you are reading this then it is likely you have some interest in downloading videos from Amazon in a free and easy way Well some really smart folks built out this Python program (script) that run on on Linux. The script is named...
How to Setup Putty to Use on Amazon AWS
Use Putty to connect to your AWS EC2 Instance Putty is free (they like donations) Convert the Amazon .pem to .ppk Only basic skills required Get connected in under 5 mins Overview of what's ahead If you need to get a handle how to convert Amazon's key pair that comes...
OBS Streaming – Multi Stream Appliance – On AWS
Stream from OBS to Facebook, Google, Twitch simultaneously Run on a free server on AWS using Nginx Did I mention it's free? Only basic skills requreid Photo by Jordan Harrison on UnsplashOverview of what's ahead If you ever wanted to stream to multiple platforms like...
ProtonVPN – Absolutely the Best Value in VPN
Protect yourself online! High-speed Swiss VPN that safeguards your privacy Based in SwitzerlandBenefits of Using a ProtonVPN The ProtonVPN is hands down the best value for money in the VPN service space. Private access. No one can see what you do online and get their...
Proton VPN Secure Your Internet Traffic from Prying Eyes
Straight to the Point The goal of this post is not to sell you on the idea that you should get a Proton VPN. Nor does it pretend to tell you the benefits of having a VPN or not. The assumption here is that you have done your research and have arrived at the conclusion...
Yongnuo YN50mm F1.8 Auto Focus Lens Canon EF Mount
Straight to the Point Famous YouTube photography experts like Kai W have featured the Yongnuo YN50mm F1.8 Auto Focus Lens in their videos as simply the best lens for the money full stop! This Yongnuo YN50mm F1.8 Auto Focus Lens is sub $60 and at times even lower....
USB Power Supply for Zoom H4n, H6
Straight to the Point Run your Zoom Digital recorder like the H4n Pro or the H6 for literally days using USB Power Supply for Zoom H4n The Zoom recorders run on 4 AA batteries and if you use your device a lot than the cost of these batteries starts to add up. Also,...
Zoom H4n Pro Portable Recorder – Stereo Mic – 2 Combo Inputs
Straight to the Point The die hard H4n Pro Portable Recorder with a spectacular on-board mic and 2 expandable ports for extending the quality to hi-fi levels for under $225. Sound is one of those things that needs to be right. When you have crap sound you end up dead...
Audio-Technica ATR2100-USB Dynamic USB/XLR Microphone
Straight to the Point Audio-Technica ATR2100 Dynamic USB/XLR Microphone is the absolute best value for money for a podcast / vlogger microphone. You get an outstanding mic that gets 80-90% of the way there to top level sound quality but you get it at a great price....
Canon Pixma Printer TS6320 BK
Straight to the Point The Canon Pixma Printer is an all round star when it comes to a sub $100 dollar printer. Add low cost replacement cartridges to the equation and you have a printer that keeps on producing and didn't break the bank to pick it up. Some of the Techs...
Canon SL3 DSLR Digital Camera EOS Rebel
Straight to the Point The Canon SL3 DSLR is simply the best all round sub $700 value for money with awesome Auto-focus and 24 megapixels and 4k Video to boot. Some of the Techs and Specs from Amazon Lightest, smallest EOS DSLR camera High image quality with 24. 1...
Mpow H7 Bluetooth Headphones, Wireless, Rechargeable & Mic
Straight to the Point The Mpow H7 Bluetooth Headphones are such an amazing value for your listening dollars. These headphones sound absolutely great for the low price you pay for them. Volume levels handle listening to loud music and general video watching. The...
Free Hotel Hotspot – Chromecast, Roku, Firestick
Dad, there's no Internet Connection This hotel sucks!! Enter the GL-MT300N-V2 Mini Travel Router, All too often you arrive and check-in to your Marriott or Hilton hotel after a long day of travel and work only to find a hotel Wi-Fi connection that limits you to 1-2...
Protect Your Valuables from Theft with an IP Surveillance Camera
Stop being Vulnerable to Hotel Thieves and Bad Actors So if you're anything like the average techno person you have amassed a pile of expensive gadgetry that you love to travel with but do you have an IP Surveillance Camera to keep your world safe? But what about all...
USB Dummy Battery cable Power for Canon, Nikon, Sony DSLR
Straight to the point Whether you're doing time lapse or especially video recording then you need to run your DSLR with one of these cables. The USB Dummy battery cable is an absolute must if you want to rid yourself of constant battery swapping. Dead, expensive...
Marketing Tools
Poptin – Engaging Popups and Forms get more Leads
Get to the Point Already TL;DR Poptin is a cloud based service that is second to none in PRICE. Start out with the free plan and get it going. As you grow you buy what you need. If you need to buy it means you are killing it on pulling in leads. Nice problem to have....
Linkly – Why is it the best Link Tool for Affiliates?
Straight to the Point Linkly hands down is the best url tool for affiliate marketers in terms of price and features for the price paid. Features that expensive alternative brand name services don't have or are not easy to use are even included in the free version of...
