10 Previously Reviewed Gadgets, 1 Year Later (Update #22)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 มิ.ย. 2024
- Here are recaps and updates on the 211th through 220th products I reviewed about 11-12 months ago. Below are links to the original reviews and where to buy each product, if available.
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211. Retractable Hoses
• Original Review: • 3 Retractable Hoses Co...
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212. Can Openers
• Original Review: • 7 Can Openers Compared!
213. One Power Readers
• Original Review: • One Power Readers: Aut...
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214. BedJet
• Original Review: • BedJet V2 Review: Does...
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215. Ice Cream Scoops
• Original Review: • 5 Ice Cream Scoops Com...
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216. Indestructible Shoes
• Original Review: • "Indestructible" Shoes...
217. Laundry Lint & Hair Catchers
• Original Review: • Laundry Hair and Lint ...
218. Pizza Cutters
• Original Review: • Ranking the Top 6 Weir...
• Star Trek pizza cutter: geni.us/startrekpizza
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219. Ronco Egg Scrambler (1981)
• Original Review: • Unboxing a SEALED 1981...
220. Egg Crackers
• Original Review: • 5 Egg Crackers Compared!
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• Buy Prokitchen cracker: geni.us/LcJLC
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0:00 Introduction
0:21 Retractable Hoses
3:48 Can Openers
5:50 One Power Readers
7:39 BedJet
9:16 Ice Cream Scoops
11:09 Indestructible Shoes
15:01 Lint and Hair Catchers
16:33 Pizza Cutters
19:07 Ronco Egg Scrambler
21:15 Egg Crackers
23:35 Final Thoughts
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Good thing calling out the threatening email. Thumbs up to you! 👍
Have to remember water the sand during hot season.
That shoe company sending you a threatening email, that’s so gross, I’m glad you called that out.
Yeah...that's how to get your company bad press and less people wanting to try your product.
Bailey with the water hose was so funny and random
oh hi marth
Gotta love a good dog getting to play with one of their favorite things! I used to put this kiddie pool on my deck in the warmer months with the intention of my dogs using it to cool off but it basically ended up being seen as a giant water bowl. 🤦🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️ but I've got videos on my phone of my 100lb dog standing with his front paws on the railing and his swapping his weight back and forth on his back paws like an excited little kid as the pool is being sprayed out and cleaned to be refilled! It's freakin' adorable! 😍 but he also LOVES water and the hose is a fave for him too! He'll chase the stream and bite the water the same way as Bailey for as long as you'll let him! 😂😂 I tried setting up one of those back-and-forth lawn-watering sprinklers but after just a couple chases of the streams, he figured out he could just stand over it and bite the constant streams. 🤦🏻♀️😂 what can I say: he's a smart guy! 😜😊
I have the can opener that you squeeze with just one hand. It's ideal for me because I can't use my left hand properly, so a one handed one is perfect. I've been using it for about 3 years now.
I like the non-cutting can openers because if you don't use all of the food from the can, you can replace the lid you removed as a storage lid. I do it all of the time; especially w/ pet food.
"I wonder if anything lives in there?"
You live in the desert man! There's a pretty good chance there's a scorpion living in there.
Emptying long garden hoses is a MAJOR pain in the ass! I would NEVER buy a hose that needs to be completely drained after every use.
The self expanding ones assist in that regard, they maintain pressure until they are contracted back.
Turn off the tap, then just hold your spray handle and squeeze, the hose will contract and the water will empty from the hose.
Then the rest empties out as you roll up the hose.
Also a regular hose will last for a decade. I think my parents have used the same hose for 20 years. It is outside every day (rolled up on the wall)
@@DerekSmit aye. My father has had his expanding hose for what must be something like 8 years now, can definitely remember the old rubber and polyurethane hoses splitting, but he's had no such complaints with his current hose (an expanding hose).
I leave the hoses out all the time and they last fine. Bringing in a hose after each use is insane.
The Indestructible shoe company can make like a tree and get out of here. I will never buy from them for attacking my favourite reviewer on TH-cam. Keep doing what you're doing James.
Make like a tree and get lost? Do you perhaps mean make like a tree and leave? (Leaf, leaves, leave)
@@mszoomy A _Back to the Future_ joke methinks.
@@scaper8 was it? I haven't watched any of those films in at least 20 years 😔
@@scaper8 yes! Thanks for getting the reference man! Haha was beginning to worry no one would.
@Joe Al he changed it, it used to say "make like a tree and get lost" didn't make sense
Just a note about the egg cracker - and in fact, many "novelty" products that end up As Seen on TV. They are often designed for and used in the disability market before being monetized and marketed to able-bodied folks, and are meant to make things easier for folks with limitations you don't have (yet). Sort of like how lots of folks like weighted blankets, but they have particular use for your daughter.
"As Seen On" takes the items and either licenses them or makes knock-offs. Flip through any occupational therapy/medical devices catalog and you'll see many of these 'gadgets' that don't make sense to you.
Came here to say the same thing!
I know it wasn't, but that "(yet)" felt like a threat. "Keep making fun of ability devices, and you'll find yourself needing one!"
It made me laugh =p
A regular icecream scoop works perfectly if you dip it in warm water before using it. Great reviews! I love the star trek pizza cutter, its awesome 🖖 live long and prosper!
Those are great, and there's a opener as well.
Or one can simply adjust one’s freezer so that it’s a couple of degrees warmer so that the ice cream will be at the proper temp to easily scoop!
You still need to repeatedly soak the scoop in hot water every 3rd scoop or so.
I simply pop my icecream into the microwave for a few seconds and use a heavy duty spoon. That's if I'm not simply eating out of the carton.
I bought the bed jet after watching your video and it has changed my life. Love it! I live in a northern state and my bedroom is in the basement and being able to have a warm bed this winter has been amazing.
That's what I would use it for, I probably wouldn't use the cool air option. Then again I have lived in both NC an AL and had several people get mad because I don't really run my ac
"all I have out here that's living" made me laugh so hard idk why
Can Openers:
Agreed, just spend the extra money and get the KitchenAid.
I personally like the ones that uncrimp the can on the side. Two reasons--no sharp edges and no metal debris in your food.
I have one that works the same way it is the best can opener I have ever used.
There are still sharp edges they're just on the can instead of the lid.
There is no metal debris if you’re doing it correctly
I have an 80¢ can opener from Walmart and it is absolutely terrible, but it gets the job done lol
Have you seen the video where a product design guy tries kitchen stuff? He tries this thing where he uses his left hand covered in oil to see how products work for dexterity issues. Might be interesting for some videos!
Dan Formosa
The in-the-egg scrambler definitely was a niche product. The inventor was grossed out by the raw egg white, so scrambling the egg in the shell kept him from being grossed out when cooking eggs.
For that shoe company, did they send the shoes to you as a sponsorship? Because if not, what right do they have to tell you to not advertise other products when you're doing a review? Happy you removed their link from the video.
@Chris P Bacon guarantee* bud
No, I just bought them myself, and I agree!
@@Freakinreviews i dont think it is even 'advertisement' if the company has no control over the content (which you produced).
@@Freakinreviews Especially because you talked so nicely about their shoes. They are nuts I tell you. Nuts! NUTS!
I’m so happy he called them out. Did they forget we live in a free country? LOL
OMG RonCo! I remember those products. Pocket fisherman, smokeless ashtray and so much more. I officially feel old. 😆🤣😂
Always great to see how things hold up after the initial testing - and as a bonus, lots of BAILEY!
the auto egg scrambler is actually a cool idea think it saves more than the 15 seconds you mentioned too because you dont need to wash your wisk/fork and the bowl you cracked your eggs into
I love these update videos because I'm a casual fan so when you get through your ten items I go "Oh yeah I remember that video!" or "I missed that video!" It's a great brand synergy thing for your channel
you called the indestructible shoes the best out of the three and they STILL decided to complain? Jeez, way to make no one buy your product now.
My Dragon Hoard Is Yarn he chose which was the least bad
They're not his products.
Michael Linner I meant the company...no one who watched this video will buy from that company now...
It was so satisfying when he called them out
@@mydragonhoardisyarn1839 agreed! You get some good, free advertising and demonstration of your product and you wanna bitch about it because they include a link for a competitors product which they called inferior to yours?! That's some real douche bag behavior and very immature on the part of the company! 🤷🏻♀️ karma though- I'm sure you're correct in saying they'll lose potential sales from the initial, more-positive review once people see this follow-up video.
The egg scrambler, and the egg cracker, are great for people who don't have full use of their hands. Imagine wanting scrambled eggs, but not having the ability to stand there with a fork and whisk them up? Just use a gadget that does it for you, in the shell! And then, use the egg cracker gadget to put it in the pan for you. 90% of all gadgets that seem "unnecessary" are for made people with disabilities, but are marketed to the entire population because it's the only way they can make enough money and get them into the hands of the people who actually need them! Another example: The Snuggie was made for people in wheelchairs, so that's why it has no back.
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Absolutely! Couldn’t have said it better myself. So many products targeted for disability are crazy expensive because the audience is so small
The people that spend $35 on an ice cream scoop, are the same folks that have a BedJet.
Love your honest review videos!❤️
I had NO IDEA Ronco went out of business! I tell you what, those infomercials Ron Popeil used to do with the Showtime rotisserie, the dehydrator and the pasta maker...he was so straight forward and honest. Unfortunately James, you are right for the benefit of those who don't know. Ronco went defunct back in 2018 not too long ago, and that to me is just sad. Thanks for the info on that, and thanks for the update on these products
mtiller2006 the first RONCO product I remember was the Veg-o-Matic and the Pocket Fisherman. "Makes the Perfect Gift" was a trademark of Ron Popiel and Co. Malcolm Gladwell wrote a chapter of his book Outliers (it may have been What the Dog Saw) about Ron Popiel. He actually used that spray on hair daily...he had the thinning type of hair that it worked well on. He worked for years on that Rotisserie to get it just right. My friend had one and loved it. The man started on the Boardwalk when he was pretty young and was still a dynamo at the time of the interview.
@@marylhere I was in middle to high school around the time I saw the rotisserie infomercials, like the compact one alongside Jill Whelan and then the standard one with Steve Bryant. I sadly never came into possession of one, but I'm very glad to hear you had a friend who loved it. As for the spray-on-hair, I think that was GLH since it was advertised on the dehydrator infomercial that's here on TH-cam somewhere. I tell you what, Ron definitely had an eye for things. I think I had heard he sold Ronco some years back, it's a shame it had to close up shop.
Marshall W still available at Target and Walmart according to Google.
For another comparison video you should do best cheese graters, love the channel!
Something so satisfying about watching these kind of videos
Great stuff!! Love these types of videos too! Super helpful . Tyfs!!
The bed jet would probably help me not catch fire when my 7 dogs surround me as i rest. However, they would definitely eat the hose.
James... keep all this coming.. look forward to your posts everytime.... good to see you yet again!
To be fair to the “steel toe” shoes, most good steel toed shoes are designed so that the metal “bends” and severs your digits, rather than crushing them completely. Gross to think about, but its better to have a few toes reattatched than to have them crushed completely.
Regardless, I admit that crushing them like you did wouldn’t really save anyones foot, and I dont think they look very strong.
Props to you for a thorough test! Better to destroy a product than have something heavy destroy your toes
This is actually a myth
Re the laundry lint traps: I bought 3 of these several years ago. I agree, they do not work when used as directed. I have a very old washing machine that I bought used. The filter system on it malfunctions and more than a few of my nice knit blouses were ruined. I began using these opened filters and scoop the top 2 to 3 inches of water throughout the whole wash and rinse cycles. I pull out at least 1/4 cup of lint. I do not have a dryer and am without that option. For my purposes these lint traps are a blessing for me and my clothes are coming out in wearable condition.
I bought the kitchen aid ice cream scoop based on your review and am totally pleased with it. Was on sale at Walmart so got for $5. Couldn’t beat the price...
Run the ice cream scoops under warm running water each time before you scoop and it will change your life.
There is a "tactical" pizza cutter with a "laser". It doesn't cut the pizza, duh lol, but it shines a red beam ahead of the cutter.
Or leave the ice cream out a few minutes before scooping from it, like a normal person would do. I like James' content, and reviews, but I'm pretty sure he took those straight from the freezer, and started scooping. That's what it looks like, at least.
Wow, TH-cam sure gave me this early. Nice
Welcome to the early showing!
We've learned a lot about salmonella since the 80s.
Hunter Henryk: Yeah, you’re more likely to catch it from your pet reptile, than from store-bought eggs. Of course, very young, old, or immune compromised people must avoid undercooked eggs!
So glad i found your channel, much love from a fan in Denmark
Purchased the Kitchenaid can opener. *Love* it. Thank you for your original review! ツ
😂😂😂 Of cooourse you use the bed AC thing more than once a day. Pure chill mode with my guy here.
You've set up a sweet gig for yourself, friend. 😃👍
I'm very left handed and I have so much trouble with can openers.
I have a Kitchen Aid and a Farberware and a Dollar Tree.
Plus others over the years.
And electric can opener that I can't even get to attach to the can.
I had a battery operated one that I remembered actually worked pretty good.
My Kitchen Aid opener works occasionally for me but other times it just doesn't want to work.
Won't let me even attach it to the can.
I am very interested in Scissa pizza cutter.
That might work great for me cutting pizza. But wonder if it would give me problems since I am very left handed.
Ah well, I do love your videos and your channel.
The slizza should work. After all, it works like scissors.
I’m a lefty too, I find the can openers that sit on top of the can so much easier to use than the ones that attach on the side. The one I have is made by starfrit
You should’ve left a regular shoe along with the indestructible ones... then you’d have something to compare them with
Btw, love your reviews!
Well I’ve heard the argument people wear composite toe shoes or no enforcement because they protect against hammers and other small things but if anything big flattens them the metal will cut your toes off
Honestly, how many of you actually clean the top of your canned food before opening it? For those of you that don'y clean them, and you use the regular openers (4:25 4:49 that let the cut lid fall inside the can), you might now have contaminated food. That is why the side cutting smooth openers are much better... they don't allow the cut lid to fall inside the can. 5:08
I definitely do.
I peel off the label and wash the can with hot soapy water and then rinse it.
I'm kind of a germaphobe.
I also put a magnet (that I have made sure is clean) on top of the can and don't crank the opener all the way to the end, but I leave a little bit of the top connected to the rest of the can so I can lift it up and pour the contents of the can out.
That way I don't have to try to dig the top out of the can.
That’s y you cut sideways instead of vertical that’s what the magnets for then it don’t fall into the food!
Such a legend , you work pretty hard for your videos and reviews ..
thanks a lot sir !
Oh my gosh! Those hoses looked too much like snakes for my tired brain...
I’ve been watching your videos for months and just realized I wasn’t subscribed. I have remedied the situation.
You should wet your ice cream scoop. I have one scoop (spoon type) for a bowl of ice cream and one (ball type) for ice cream cones and while both work dry both work far better when wet.
The BedJet is probaly the best product I've ever bought after seeing someone talk about it on TH-cam. It's damn revolutionary.
How loud is it?
John McCallum that’s what I want to know
Thank you so much for uploading! For some reason I was so jaded when I watched it. I was just outside, in the dead of canadian winter, and you have no snow, plus it seem very hot over there! 😂😂😂 Keep up these video's! I and many others look forward to them.
As one who lives in Alabama, I'll trade you ^_^ I miss snow from when I lived in Alaska. Never driven in it though as I was a child in those years, so that would be a new challenge. But snow in and of itself is awesome :)
your camera work is amazing man! It is one of the main reasons I watch your videos. Keep it up bro
I can never get the whites to mix well when making french toast, I'd use the old Ronco egg scrambler. Lol
I use a hand blender you just need a bowl the right size
My fork works fine!
Are you going to review Flex Paste? Great video, love the updates.
You should have worn a pair of shoes for a year. The outdoor test would probably have worked if you lived somewhere that gets a bit of all the seasons like snow and more rain. Also, you could have placed a pair of cheap regular shoes with them just to see how good they held up outdoor for a year, even though due to the climate your in would probably still have the same results.
He'd have needed to get two pairs of each though, considering the destructive tests he did in the original review.
Holy crap! At 14:42 I saw sparks coming off the weight (I'm guessing that's what was dropped on the shoe?) when it started to hit the floor! Idk if it was just static electricity the plastic coating or the shoe's materials, either the fabric/nylon or the metal innards, but it was definitely unexpected!
so ready for this!
The metal hoses are awesome. As far as the expanding hoses go, if I have to baby a hose that much... I'd rather have a cheap ol' rubber hose. Those last forever also. IF you keep em inside and drain em after every use.
Interesting, even though Ronco did go out of business, their brand lives on and the company that bought their name and assets are still selling the rotisserie, pocket fisherman, and a few other things.
easiest way to scramble eggs, crack them in the pan, then pour the milk in, and whip them in the pan with a silicone tool. Saves dishes too. That thing is so redundant haha.
I love your videos 😀 Best regards from Sweden 😊
Haha, we have 2 different pizza cutters in the kitchen, but my go-to solution has always been a totally ordinary pair of kitchen scissors :)
Those Kitchen Aid can openers are the best. TJMaxx/Marshalls usually has them, or at least they used to.
I value your opinions. I enjoy your show. And I trust you. Still sleeping on my purple and loving it thank you
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Thanks for these reviews friend. You save me lotsa money and I do nOt have a lot of that 😉
Why did you not include swing-a-way can opener. To me, they are the standard against which others should be measured.
ETA: and Zeroll for ice cream scoops.
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I bought Dad the EZ Cracker when developed hhand tremors. He did not want to give up making his breakfast, so he used that for about a year. The first few attempts were... interesting!
Those expandable hoses are good for the first use or two and then before you know it they break. They claim it won't tear but it does very easily.
That review graveyard is getting bigger by the day
I still use my little gizmo can opener!
I have a kitchen aid can opener and I love it. Mine also has a bottle opener on it which is nice
I work at the place that makes that ice cream!😀😀great review enjoyed it.
I feel like the egg scrambler would only be useful for doing unique hard boiled eggs.
That would be pretty unique.
Check out Egglettes. I've been having a lot of fun using those. And my local Dollar Tree has the set of four for $1.
Freakin' Reviews try it in the Copper egg double decker cooker. Love that thing. Haven't eaten so many eggs in my life...used to throw away 11 all the time after using one for a meatloaf or a cake.
My silver bullet hose is holding up quite well👍
sweet hdr video in the intro!!
looks sick
the reason the egg scrambler is a great idea is because cleaning a wisk is basically sa·do·mas·o·chism
you have good lenses on your camera for recording :) love the videos
Glad that hose passed the Lab tests, 10/10
The bed jet is on my wish list of items for Xmas or my birthday 😬
With can openers or ice cream scoops that automatically empty, I hate that plastic gears or plastic twist knobs are used. They’re not built to last, and I’ve had both break. As far as regular ice cream scoops, you just have to beware of thin metal that might cause the scoop to bend.
Nice video man👍👍
I live in the state south of you the tbi seems like bad coloring for us LOL
I hadn't thought of that but I can see your point!
because it looks like a snake?
I used to live in Arizona. I can definitely see that hose being mistaken for a snake.
I have the lint catchers. They don't work great but they do get some of lint.
Infringing link? Wtf
Legally that’s not possible. Literally anyone can type the link in, it’s not illegal to have a link on a page.
The last two egg crackers are made for eggs like 3 minute eggs. You use those to make a clean beak in the shell so you are not picking shell out of your egg.
20:23 I laughed so hard at how loud that was XD
I love any video with your pups
5:00 StarFrit is my go to can opener brand. Little Beaver .. you can normally find it around $12 bucks
Protipp: scrambled eggs get much better if you crack them into the hot pan with a bit of butter and wait for a second for it to start to solidify for a moment and then scramble it with a fork in the pan. Less things made dirty, less devices used, better-scrambled egg.
A lot of cool products, the egg one I'd probably use. Haha
As someone who's footsteps so strong I can grind the sole of my shoes until they have hole, I don't think I can trust companies who claim that they make "indestructible" shoes
Ever since I could remember my grandma always bragged about her “superior Kitchen Aid” appliances. Now I see why
Christopher Pasta: My late Mum was a big fan, since the 60’s.
Teat Uvex or Heckel shoes and equipment. They have ones that are good for everyday activities such as hiking. And a compelling design in my opinion. Not sure about availability in US though. But I'm sure a satisfied customer here in Europe.
You should review the Kailo pain relief.
I don't really use can openers because that range of motion messes with my wrist for some reason. I use a P-38 army can opener instead.
I think you should add bloopers at the end of your videos
I would have to say this, the can openers could be used on top of the can which is the right way to use them, I was doing it the way you use them on this video and I thought they were not good, and if you use them the right way even the dollar store can openers work just fine
Tha same with the ice cream scoopers, pour some water on a cup, or leave the faucet open while scooping ice-cream and voila! Nothing will stick to the scoop! And of course there's better scoop than others but I would not pay over 10 bucks for an ice cream scoop, that's just my opinion. By the way my wife and I love your videos! Cheers mate!
The lint catchers DO work. But they're made more for manual washers - not our western automatic ones. If you ever review a manual washing machie - try them in it.
That should be stated in the advertising then as otherwise it's misleading and your product is going to get a lot of negative reviews. Don't advertise something as being good for all washers when it's not.
@@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley Some do say it. Just randomly picked one on Amazon:
"The netting is large enough to contain and catch substantial amount of furry pet’s hair such as dogs, cats etc. It’s a great addition to smaller or mini portable washing machines ‘s limited hair filter bag."
Also, read the comments. Lots of mentions on how good they are in manual washers.
Hello new sub here - I just wanted to say that your videos are really unique and entertaining and your persona is great as well - thanks for being a you tuber :)
Can Opener?, Food comes in cans without pull tops?