Summer SavingS!
For those of you looking to bump up the summer fun at home this year, Phillip Schofield has the answers. In How to Spend It Well: House & Garden, the savvy This Morning host gives his verdict on the best summer buys, from food and drink to clever gadgets and garden essentials.
‘We did a Christmas edition last year but this time we look at everything that will hopefully complete your summer, from outdoor toys to barbecues,’ says Phillip. ‘I’m a good spender. I don’t like buying things I don’t need.’
As members of the public sample rose wines, and juicers are put to the test, Chris Kamara checks out fans, Stacey Solomon’s sons try out garden toys and Birds of a Feather pals Lesley Joseph and Linda Robson relax in some inflatable hot tubs.
‘Stacey’s boys were delightful and I water-cannoned both of them,’ laughs Phillip. ‘The Birds ladies had fun too. There’s a
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tuesday, 8pm growing trend where, rather than spending a fortune installing a hot tub in your garden, you get a blowup one. They went down well.’
Meanwhile, Phillip road tests some remote lawnmowers and inflatable chairs and decides whether cheap barbecues are as good as pricier ones. ‘The inflatable chairs were terrific, you’ve got a family’s worth of chairs rolled up in a drawer,’ he says. ‘I also did a barbecue cook-off using a disposable one. I went all out to win! You don’t need to spend hundreds of pounds, you get equally good results for under a tenner.’
But the presenter was rather less impressed when he tried a Grillbot, a robot that is supposed to clean the barbecue. ‘It was useless,’ he grumbles. ‘There’s nothing better for cleaning your barbecue than elbow grease!’