11 Costco Home Gadgets You Can Only Buy Online

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If you've worked yourself into a fervor looking at Costco's long line-up of home-use gadgets, only to find that they're not stocked at your local store, there is a reason. One of the most important things to know about Costco's home products is that, while there are lots of them, many never actually make their way onto a physical shelf. Mind-boggling, right? Given the size of your average Costco, surely there's space on those shelves for everything. The thing is, there's not — consider the sheer volume of online deals that Costco offers on top of everything that's found in store.

We've curated just a few of Costco's home-use gadgets that are exclusively available online. And while you'll likely find other, similar products in store, there is a very good reason in each case to consider loading up a virtual basket instead. There are appliances from industry-leading brands to help keep your home clean and tidy, and smart-home solutions to keep an eye on things when you're away on vacation. You'll find cutting-edge lighting solutions to improve the safety and ambience of your yard, and if you're tired of dealing with hair-clogged drains, you'll find a product to solve that, too.

This Indoor Cam Wired 4K Pan and Tilt kit from Eufy is designed for families who take home security seriously. It allows you to keep an eye on things in your house when either at work or away. Its 360° panning feature eliminates blind spots and it tracks people as they move around your room. You can access it remotely, and you can even see in the dark, since it incorporates night vision to help you see what's happening after sundown. Crisp 4K vision provides a clear view of your house, and provided that you choose a reliable place to install your security camera, you're unlikely to miss any mischief.

With all of that being said, this unit is more than just for security. You could use it to keep an eye on the kids when you're out on date night — not that you don't trust them, of course. Alternatively, you could use it to check in with your pets when you're out. In fact, you can actually use the device's two-way audio functionality to talk to them and reassure them that you'll be back home soon. A privacy mode allows you to enjoy downtime when you're at home, without being recorded, and the camera's compatible with Alexa and Google Assistant, making it an easy addition to your smart home. The best part, however, is that you'll have to pay precisely zero dollars for a subscription. "Great indoor camera," said one buyer. "Very easy to set up and the app is simple to use. I use it to keep an eye on my cat when I'm away. Picture quality is great even at 3x."

Vacuum sealing is one of the best ways to practically double your storage space around the house. But while it's typically reserved for blankets and clothes, vacuum-sealing food can also save space in your fridge and freezer. At Costco, there are various vacuum sealer tools for the kitchen, but one that you won't find in-store is Electrolux's Handheld Rechargeable Food Sealer and Vacuum Pump. It's used, as you'd expect, to seal bags of food, and it's handy for both storage and sous vide cooking.

Whatever you use it for, its handheld design makes it easy to work with, and it comes with 30 bags to get you working right out of the box. It's available online only, and if you have a need for such a device, it comes well recommended by most users who've tried it. One user, who described it as a "Must Have Kitchen Gadget," explained, "It works great!" In the words of another buyer, it's an "Excellent little workhorse." They added that it takes up minimal space, lasts a long time with a single charge, and works well on bags from other brands. "Great for sous vide cooking and storing of food in refrigerator and freezer."

For small, ad-hoc cleans and clearing dog hair from the car, a handheld vacuum can be a very useful tool to have on hand. Shark's WandVac Power Pet Cordless Vacuum is compact and easy to store, yet very useful for cleaning smaller messes and the awkward corners around your home. It comes with a "Furfins" tool, which is designed to deal with pet hair. It also comes with a crevice tool for tight, awkward areas — like between your sofa cushions. The vacuum itself is, as you'd expect given the name, shaped remarkably like a wand, and even with the docking station, it's small enough to fit comfortably on the counter.

As for power, Shark promises what it labels as "HyperVelocity" suction to help deal with pet-made messes. It also has a boost mode, for when you need all the help you can get to clear things up. Its runtime is also much improved versus the original shark WandVac — an improvement of 50%, according to the brand. "Best hand vacuum on the market," said one online Costco buyer. "So handy, holds a charge, small and compact compared to other brands, charges quickly, super easy to clean." They also praised the accessories which make it handy in tight, narrow areas, along with the convenient, hand-washable filter. "We love this appliance."

Whether you wish to make your garden walkways safer, or add a seasonal flourish to your home's holiday curb appeal, lights are a great way to do it. With Embrighten's Wi-Fi Eternity Outdoor Landscape Lights, you can completely customize your lighting to suit any occasion and time of year. They're stake-style lights, which you can use to light up your borders, paths, or driveway. And you can pair them with your smartphone, using the Embrighten app to control your lighting scenes.

Serving as proof that smart lights aren't just for indoor use, these landscape lights feature what the brand describes as the "highest quality Rgbwic LEDs," which allow you to configure endless color combinations. You can pick from various pre-set scenes and modes, or you can customize them yourself down to the individual bulb. Tilt and aim heads allow you to position them as you like, and thanks to those color combinations, you can set a colorful scene for Christmas, then opt for something more classy for your summer-evening soirées. "These are high quality lights!" said one buyer. "I've used my share of outdoor lighting and these are the best. The app is so easy to use and you can set multiple schedules. Installing was a breeze."

Large countertop blenders are great if you have the space. If you don't, and you need something that stores more easily, a handheld blender is usually the best bet. You'll find several available at Costco, however, if you're shopping online, you can also add Braun's MultiQuick 5 Pro 4-in-1 Immersion Blender to your shortlist. It comes with a stick blender, 2-cup chopper, a whisk, and a masher, to cover most blending applications. It can also be set to 25 different speeds, for precise control when blending different foods.

To put this all another way, one user described it as "More than just a blender." They use it for mincing garlic and ginger (which they said takes mere seconds), and they said that it performs much better than other blender-choppers they've used. In the words of another, "This is THE BEST." They said they were so pleased with their own that they bought another and gifted it to their sister, and praised both the blender itself plus the attachments that it comes with. "Would be hard to live without this!"

Touch-free tools in the kitchen and bathroom may seem like an expensive luxury that most homes can live without. However, they are also a useful way to prevent the spread of germs, especially in busy households where lots of members constantly use the same things. This pair of 9-ounce Rechargeable Sensor Soap Dispensers from Simplehuman is pretty much what it says on the box. Each offers a hands-free way to soap your, well, hands, in a drip-free design to prevent messes. They're built with clog-free tubing to keep them functioning well, which is good to know. And according to the spec, a single charge of the batteries should yield up to three months of use.

What we really like about these dispensers, however, is that you can determine how much soap you receive by how close to the unit you place your hands. Simply put, the farther away your hands are, the more soap you'll receive. They're also easy to refill, totally waterproof, and simple to recharge with the supplied USB charging puck. "Didn't know how much we needed these until we started using them," said one 5-star buyer. "They deliver the perfect splat of soap every time."

If your kitchen range is on the smaller side but you still like to cook for friends and family, an extra, storable burner can provide the extra cooking space you need. Nuwave's One Top Pro Precision Induction Cooktop is a useful gadget for such occasions. It provides a handy extra cooktop when preparing more food than your main stovetop can handle. But importantly, when you don't need it, it can be tucked neatly away inside your cabinets.

It features a heavy-duty ceramic glass surface for durability, plus instant, precise, real-time temperature controls via the integrated touch panel. And while it is, per the label, an induction cooktop, you don't need to own specialized induction pans to use it. It's compatible with those, but also with stainless steel, cast iron, and enameled pans. What's more, it detects when there's no cookware on the unit, which ensures that it won't accidentally switch on again once you've finished cooking. One buyer, who bought it as an extra cooking surface for outdoor barbecues, said, "I love the sleek and easy to use design and how light weight it is." Another, who wanted something to cook steaks in cast iron without damaging their glass stovetop, explained that they were very impressed. In their own words, it "Heated quickly and did a great sear."

Once upon a time, having your own little helper to work around your floors and see that they're duly vacuumed and mopped sounded like the stuff of futuristic dreams. Nowadays, households across the country own a robotic vacuum cleaner. At Costco, Roborock offers a whole host of robotic vacuum cleaners, but one of its most powerful (and, admittedly, most expensive) is only available online. That's the Roborock QX Revo Ultra 2 Robot Vacuum and Mop. Back to that price, it is more than double the cost of the brand's QX Revo PLUS model. However, it delivers more than twice the amount of suction.

Other features include the named mopping function, to keep your hard floors nice and shiny, and a FlexiArm Arc Side Brush, which extends beyond the unit's usual reach to clean along walls and in corners. It creeps easily beneath lots of furnishings, and it's designed to avoid pets. With that being said, it will also happily take pictures of your pooch, and you can even video call your home's residents via the vacuum. Priced at $979.99, it comes with three filters, five dust bags, eight mop cloths, along with a dock, cable, brushes, along with the vacuum itself. Of course, that's quite a lot for a vacuum cleaner. However, one of the important things to note when buying a robotic vacuum cleaner is that you tend to get what you pay for. One buyer, who described this one as "Excellent," said, "This robot vacuum is one of the best I've ever used — truly a game changer. My floors have never looked better." They later added, "If you have textured tile or big dogs, this thing is worth every penny."

If hot summers and gloomy living rooms have you agonizing between the choice of a quality light and a cooling fan, then can we ask: Have you ever heard of a fandelier? As you might expect, these products combine the benefits of decent lighting with the cooling effects of a fan. And while it's far from the only such solution at Costco, Dreo's 20-inch Smart LED Fandelier has several features that might pique your interest. Firstly, it's available online only, so you won't find it at your local store. The fan is also designed to be "HyperSilent," while the surrounding bulb strip puts out 4,400 lumens.

This product is also smart-home compatible, and can be paired with both Google Home and Alexa. You can also pair it with an app on your smartphone and use that to create your own unique lighting scenes. Light temperature can be adjusted to help set the mood, and if you prefer to put your phone down and relax in the evening, it comes with a more traditional remote control. "Perfect combination of light and fan," said one buyer. "I was looking for something modern that would give me both great lighting and a fan without taking up a lot of visual space, and this exceeded my expectations." They added the light is very bright when they need it to be, but also very easy to adjust and tone down. "I don't leave reviews very often, but this product absolutely deserved one."

If you'd prefer to clear a clogged drain without using chemicals, a drain auger is about the most effective way to do it. TubShroom's Universal Drain Protector and Hair Catcher Bundle includes what that brand calls a "DrainShroom Toss," which is effectively a drill-mounted auger attachment to bust those annoying blockages. Crucially, it also comes with TubShroom's patented hair catcher. In other words, it allows you to clear your drains, then prevent them from becoming blocked again by catching hair before it swims down the plug-hole.

All in all, it's a handy little kit, and the price tag of $19.99 is likely to seem attractive versus what you might spend calling a plumber to fix your drains. "Works amazingly well!" said one user, who upgraded to this set from cheaper, stick-on options. "I took the leap on this one and WOW! It grabs everything and it doesn't cause your tub to start filling with water. I have very long hair, and so this was a great tool."

A little extra lighting can often go a long way, especially in the kitchen. And while the dream list of custom kitchen features for avid home cooks would probably include under-cabinet lighting, going custom isn't necessary. Instead, you can retrofit strip lights, which achieve the same result. Energetic's Rechargeable 12-inch LED Wireless Undercabinet Lights are designed with magnetic brackets, which allow you to remove them when they need charging. The brackets themselves are adhesive-mounted, meaning you don't need to drill into your cabinetry. And as for light, they yield various brightness settings (with dimmer switches) so you can switch from task lighting when you're cooking to cozy, ambient lighting over dinner.

Another point of difference with these lights is that you can choose to use them in "SYNC" mode. Using multiple units, one light is set as the "master," beaming whichever settings you specify to others within a 32.8-foot range. The SYNC setting also works with the in-built motion-detection feature. As for recharging, which admittedly could get annoying after a while, these lights can last for up to 12 hours on the highest brightness setting — and up to 50 hours on the lowest. Finally, while they're labeled as under cabinet lighting, there's nothing stopping you from installing them in your closets, or indeed inside your kitchen cupboards. As one user said, "These lights are the greatest in my cabinets. They go on automatically when the door is opened."