Product Reviews

What do you get when you combine horseshoes, bocce ball and bowling? A new lawn game called Rollors. Set up goals 25 feet apart, then roll large wooden disks toward them and earn points by how close they land.

U.S. Air Force Officer Matt Butler invented the game between deployments. His friends and family loved it, so after returning home he started a business, hiring fellow veterans to help it grow.

Rollors comes in a compact bag, easy to transport to the beach, parties and your next tailgate. Buy Rollors online or at sporting good stores for $49.95.

– Jan Schroder, The 100 Companies

After seven years, I may be breaking up with my iPhone.

I was introduced to the Moto Z Force smartphone. It has a shatterproof screen and a battery that charges super fast. But even more spectacular is I can snap on attachments called Moto Mods that make it a projector, boombox and camera.

The Hasselblad True Zoom camera attachment shoots in RAW format with 10x optical zoom and Xenon flash. I learned Hasselblads are the Maseratis of the camera world, starting at $12,000. The True Zoom is $299. Professional settings let me take the best photos of my life.

– Jan Schroder, The 100 Companies

I don’t step outdoors without sunglasses. But when I go inside I have to wear regular glasses if I want to see something in the distance. Now I can carry both pairs with TravelEyez, a set of mesh accessory cases that zip together.

I can upzip them, or zip them again to each other around a strap or a beach chair. When I travel, I can also use them to carry small items like jewelry, vitamins, hotel keys and credit cards.

TravelEyez are black with your choice of six colors of zippers. Small size: $24.95; large size: $29.95.

– Jan Schroder, The 100 Companies

Now you can squeeze, zest, slice, measure and lance – all with one tool. Made of stainless steel, The Barbarian includes basics like a bottle opener, corkscrew and a channel knife. But wait – there’s more!

Use the zester and citrus knife to zest and slice fruits to add extra flavor (with no calories!), the jigger to measure out ingredients and the can lance to open up tin cans. There’s even a can tab opener to save your fingernails when popping open a cold one. This signature tool from Barbarian is $59.99.

The Simple Tool, a slimmed-down version, is $18.

– Jan Schroder, The 100 Companies

Oh, how I hate when there is no hook on a fitting room or restroom door, leaving you no option but to place your bag on the less-than-sanitary floor. I’ll be carrying the Embrace bag hanger from now on so I’ll always be able to hang up my purse. It’s also good for hanging clothes on a door or keeping a bag upright in the car.

This tiny hanger, which weighs less than one ounce, folds in half and can hang on a bag strap.

Embrace is available for $45 on Amazon and comes in 12 color combinations.

– Jan Schroder, The 100 Companies

It’s rare to find a product that truly transforms lives. LuminAID, an inflatable, rechargeable solar light, does.

Fans of Shark Tank may remember the architecture grad students Anna Stork and Andrea Sreshta who introduced their product, created to help relief efforts in Haiti after the earthquake. They selected Mark Cuban as their partner and have supplied LuminAID to more than 70 countries through the Give Light, Get Light package.

A LuminAID can be recharged with 7-10 hours of sunlight to provide up to 30 hours of light. In its lifetime, one LuminAID can supply 10,000 hours of light.

– Jan Schroder, The 100 Companies

Those poor people stranded on the highway this winter during recent snowstorms. They ran out of food, water and power so they couldn’t even amuse themselves by tweeting their woes.

With the Solar 10 Powered Battery Pack from ToughTested, you’ll never be stranded powerless again, no matter what the circumstances. It has 10,000mAh capacity, whatever that is, but it means you can charge your smartphone up to six times. Charge two devices at once, so add your iPad or the kids’ game system.

Leave it in your car, take it hiking or to the next music festival. $99.99.

– Jan Schroder, The 100 Companies