“Companies would come to me and they would describe to me their ‘average consumer‘ or their ‘average user’ and I would say ‘that’s great, but I don’t care about the average person, I need to know the people who are weakest and strongest, I need to know the tallest and shortest, I need to understand the spectrum.” This. This is brilliant. More people should think like this.
I really love how positive all the reviews were. Yes, he pointed out all the flaws, but he didn’t insult any design teams, and it was all about improving the designs, not degrading the current designs
3:22 "There are as many younger people as older people that have arthritis when you actually look at the demographics." FINALLY someone older doesn't say 'you're too young to have this problem'
Well, his job is to know the demographics so he can design things that everyone can use with ease, if he didn’t knew this, he’d be doing his job wrong. At least, that’s my take.
Exactly. When you're excluded you notice and you feel like... Why they gotta be old? Even though I joke about it... it does bother me sometimes. Makes you feel like it wasn't made for u even though it was.
I appreciate that he emphasized designing things to work for a variety of people. I'm a petite woman with small hands and a very weak grip from chronic pain and I swear I'm always fighting kitchen gadgets (and fitness equipment. and furniture. and appliances.)
Gabriele Pumo It's not about the sharp knife but the product design, purpose, ease of use, and effectiveness. Sure, a sharp knife can be used for a variety of things but not all people can use a sharp knife. Some people need products such as these.
He is 100% correct about the pineapple slicer! I own that, and I have arthritis and dexterity problems. Both of his suggestions would make a difference! You know, it's nice to know that there are still people who truly think about the user, about disabilities, and especially about good design.
@@whitealliance9540 They could do that but it would still be nice for people with disabilities to have the option to eat fresh pineapple that hasn't lost almost half its nutritional value through the canning process. Another option would be frozen but not everyone prefers frozen fruit.
Yeah, and to the fellas saying ‘it’s his job’... while you’re not wrong, it doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be praised. These devices are most likely used by either people who want things to be easier, or need them to make things easier for themselves. Making it usable by everyone, including people who are physically disabled, aren’t as strong, or even just people who want things to be easier, matters a lot. Plus, designers forget sometimes about different types of people! It’s nice to see people keep that in mind!
the square watermelons are usually picked unripe as their meant for decoration as opposed to consumption, they dont focus on maximizing the flavor but rather make the conditions beneficial for its growth
As a young adult with chronic arthritis who was literally thinking "oh my god I could never use that pineapple slicer..." This dude really made me feel thought about
Good for you man, (the being thought about, not your arthritis) it’s such a shame that people with conditions like this are often forgotten. It’s kind of funny how kitchen “Gadgets” are for people who are unable (or maybe just too lazy) to use regular kitchen tools, but can’t because of flaws in the design. As far as the guy goes, I honestly just want him to be my secret uncle or something, because then I would just be getting constant kitchen gadgets. Gone are the days when I had to use a spoon to eat, because of the food-o-pult 4000. With this revolutionary technology I can load up the catapult, and with one push of a button, have food shot (sometimes) directly into my mouth! And, with the ultra-aim 3572, it will get a direct hit almost usually! Thanks secret uncle ❤️❤️
I've used Sugru to fix/improve design aspects of all kinds of stuff, especially when I've needed a better grip. Maybe it could be useful to you sugru.com/
If you're a young adult with RA, maybe check into changing your diet, where you add or subtract foods capable of causing it. The elimination diet is a good starting point. Many people have found relief with it, either due to eliminating a previously undiagnosed food allergy/intolerance, or adding faods fighting back deficiencies.
I love how u tested everything with oil on your hands. Every bone in my hands shift. I have a disorder that makes my whole body double jointed. That being said, compared to most people, that's what I look like without oil on my hands 😂. You really helped me find things that I can use so that maybe I can enjoy cooking. I hate cooking because cutting is miserable so thank you.
I especially like the works recommended by the author. It's very good. I often use a kitchen tool is suitable for barbecues, pizza and turkeys. It is used to measure the temperature of water and milk, and is used for Christmas and Thanksgiving gifts.Only $9.9 Ama /dp/B09BQYLSNR
to do it properly youd have to cut the top and bottom of the watermelon then split it down the middle length wise then you wouldnt have to worry about the end
I remember seeing the Slap Chop commercial, and they actually made a selling point out of the fact that it "automatically skins onions". Classic infomercial "It's not a flaw, it's a feature!" Logic
Honestly it does make more sense to pay attention to someone who wont be as capable, and this video really touched me with how lucky I am to be able to freely work anywhere
As a disabled Army veteran with Multiple Sclerosis, I majorly appreciated Dan's awareness, advice, and advocating for left handed peeps, us disabled folks, and real life kitchen situations. ✊🏼😘🤘🏼 My M.S. affected my right, formerly dominant side, so I've become ambidextrous. Writing, reaching, cutting most of the time now with my left, it's been a major transition living in a world of right handed tools. Kudos for the forethought! 👏🏼💖👏🏼💖
Same! hahaha! I can't wave or reach out with my right hand I've learnt to do a lot with my left hand, to be fair I could always do a fair amount with it just now I do more.
22:05 I really love that quote/thinking. You're completely right. Design for the outliers, the non average, and you'll have a product that works for everyone! And this thinking applies to more than just hand held products. Anything with "design" elements can and should apply this! A bench, a website design, anything
As a left-handed person, I really appreciate you showing use of the items with that hand. Most everything is made for right-handed use. If it's specially designed for lefties, it's often twice the price.
"That would have been a simple change, and I think that would have been the case if the design team was 1) thinking, or 2) looking at people with smaller hands." 😂
3:22 OMG, THANK YOU. I'm 16 and have awful arthritis and it's extremely hard to cook, clean, and do other things around the house. It's rarely acknowledged, so thank you for saying that.
Me too! I was so surprised that someone actually acknowledged that Kids can have arthritis too! I was diagnosed when I was only 7. And people always tell me "only old people can have Arthritis"
@@kelilahpatenaude9648 First time meeting someone else with it too. I was diagnosed at 7 too, actually. What a coincidence. Also, I know. An old lady same me sitting on a bench and yelled at me that I should give it to her since I was young. It took everything I had in me to not yell at her... 😅😅
As someone who isn’t disabled, I still really love that he’s designing for people who have a hard time gripping, or have small hands, I think more companies should think like him!
You’re so right!!! It’s strange that companies don’t already think that way-if more people can use your products, more people are gonna want to buy them. Everyone wins.
thats the thing about these kitchen gadgets, in reality they're most effective for disabled/mobility impaired. its not inherently supposed to make things easier for abled people, but make things doable for the disabled. i wish more people in his position thought like him.
I was thinking the same thing, and I hope this is a series: Either with the same host, as he reviews different gadgets, or with design experts from other fields as they review other products.
I’m so glad he said that about men being the majority of designers. I am a left-handed, short, woman who cooks A LOT! It’s actually really sad how few items like this take into consideration left/small-handed people.
Yess I also thought that even just 20-30 years ago, mostly women did the cooking and were relying on comparatively giant designs requiring lots of force designed by and for men
As a Young Person who struggles with mild dexterity issues (some days its just. Hard to hold things) i 1. Thank this guy for acknowledging that dexterity issues are NOT an old people thing and 2. Agree the corn torture device is ineffective
I love to cook, and have taken many classes over the years. My ‘must have’ kitchen utensils: mandoline, immersion blender with cup attachment (for chopping small amounts of onions/garlic, nuts, etc), carbon steel knives (I got mine in Kyoto from Shigehara), fine mesh stainless sieves, funnels, Betty Crocker kitchen scissors from Dollar Tree, hard boiled egg slicer, which can slice strawberries, kiwi, etc. I have to confess that most gadgets end up never getting used!
He discusses how some of them would be difficult to wash because of the small/moving parts. I’ll bet he talked about washing for everything and it was just edited out.
One of my main complaints about slicing gadgets is that there's never a good way to sharpen those complicated blades. A good old chef's knife remains the best tool, but you can always put the edge back on it.
Its 4 am and i dont care for anything in this video but the old man seems pretty nice and i really enjoyed the whole video 5/5 Edit: wrong rating system
Thank to Dan for validating all of us who have been saying "It must have been designed by a man" our entire adult lives when we are up against bad designs in the kitchen! This had me laughing and nodding my head vigorously on so many of these. Dan's sideline commentary was hilarious. It is so refreshing so hear someone who designs for everyone, and not just one type of user. They need a "think like Dan" section in all product engineering coarses. Now to have him show me how to read just my apple peeler so it won't cut so deep. Yeah, the husband decided he didn't like the way it was set.
Makes total sense! (seriously, just looking at the device it seemed like a bad idea. Corn just doesn't have a regular enough shape for that design to work, and it's too fragile to withstand much pressure. Much too easy to crush it or miss half the kernels. It's not a hard food like an apple, and even apple corers struggle to align with actual apple shapes, and get even harder to cut when you're slicing in addition to coring! A much more useful gadget would be a cutting board with embedded prongs to stab the corn on to and hold it upright while you cut, because even with mobility issues, a knife is going to work better to get the corn off than a corer-type design and the primary challenge will be to stabilize the corn while cutting.)
This man is a godsend to disabled cooks. I love the left-handed oil test! Really highlights what makes some of these unusable to those of us who aren't dexterous. Ergonomics are important when the slightest pressure causes pain.
POV you’ve been friends with him for a while but after a dinner party where u got a little bit too tipsy you find a slap chop in the mail from him the next day. He doesn’t really like u.
The problem with that is that most of these kitchen gadgets and as-seen-on-tv novelties are made in China or even worse places and the blueprints are somewhat in the Wind with several companies copying them. It creates the Xerox effect so you really don't know who to contact because it could be a shell company that just re labels generic products.
Realistically just needs a much sharper blade and some curves. It’s a decent design on its own. But the sharper blade will help lots of tougher/harder veggies like carrots, beats, etc. then of course addings the curves to the handle will make it easier to squeeze. I could definately see it being a problem for people with disabilities if someone without them struggles with it. That goes for any product.
Ok wow!! I've used that apple pealer corer thing my entire life and im just now learning...at 30 years old...that you can move those parts to not peal or core!! Wow!!!! And knowing that this tool has been around for like 100 years is just awesome!!
TheLeo4th he should’ve been pretty efficient already considering the fact that he is old therefore probably has a lot of experience (and by experience I mean a lot of “oily left hand experiment” ) behind him
Once saw the pineapple slicer thing used very creatively by some guys selling ice cream at my university. Basically, they would use the pineapple husk as a container where they would scoop in some ice cream, throwing in some of the chopped pineapple as a topping. It was really cool.
The apple corer/peeler is amazing. If you have an apple tree, you HAVE to have one. But yes, it could need a modern redesign to make it easier to clean. Do that, Dan! I'd buy one. Or somebody could make a sturdier corer that can be used for quince. I'd buy that as well.
When he said about how companies would come to him, and they describe the typical customer, but he wants to know the customers that fall outside of that, that made me smile. Just as somebody who has always strived to be a designer, it's just nice to be in the right place in getting it right, at the very least.
If you're cooking/ baking with strawberries then the white middle part often makes a different texture than the other parts and when you're trying to cut up a lot of strawberries you can waste a bunch when you just cut off the top.
There’s a vintage apple peeler at my parents house and I love it! I used to use it a lot as a kid! But instead of a suction cup, you clamp it over the edge of the counter
I often work at a table, and being able to clamp it on would be a huge improvement over a suction cup that dosen't stick to the rough surface. You could even clamp it to a heavy cutting board.
Kim Arundale pay him for dumb designs?? Hell no he doesn’t have good ideas for these. He thinks he does and so do a few but In reality he wouldn’t make it as a designer.
@@eskk2169 considering he is somewhat famous and that he has helped found Smartdesigns and worked as a design consultant for some of the largest companies in the world . I would say he is a pretty good designer
None of that is needed. He did not say he was giving a half score. He said he was giving this the middle score. It is an English problem; not a math problem.
Great video. The problem with all these gadgets or kitchen helper tools is that its hard to properly sharpen the blades once the blades get dull compared to a knife that last for decades.
never seen this channel before and then i watched this video, loved the dude and it was quite an interesting video... now i'm sad that it was just some one off and i can't just watch this guy do this for tons of products... just saying you should have more video's with this dude and i'll sub for sure
If you are interested in any kind of cooking try the 4 levels of *insert food name here* series.It's quite interesting and entertaining.Usually level 1 is basically the kinda cooking you go "Oh my god,I can ever cook better than that poser",level 2 is your ordinary mom/grandma style of cooking,level 3 is the chef with many years of experience while level 4 is the guy who explains the science that goes into cooking.Usually I try and cook between a level 2 and 3 while taking pointers from the level 4.
“Companies would come to me and they would describe to me their ‘average consumer‘ or their ‘average user’ and I would say ‘that’s great, but I don’t care about the average person, I need to know the people who are weakest and strongest, I need to know the tallest and shortest, I need to understand the spectrum.”
This. This is brilliant. More people should think like this.
*thats fine not thats great
Tbh no one gives a toss
Alla smackbar maybe you don’t but I do. No need to be rude and pessimistic.
@@milkbun7652 good on you mate
I'm crying 😭 what a sweet man
I love how he said on the clever cutter "this product would have been better if the people designing it considered: 1 - thinking"
James Holmes
*considered thinking*
*i like to consider thinking*
Where the hell did you find such a charismatic kitchen utility designer??
Oh, I'm sure there's a lengthy section in the Yellow Pages! ;)
On amazon
@NapoEz3 that's why he's a usability expert knives aren't usable so he has to design things that are!
New Jersey, apparently.
jersey
**Goes to car dealership**
Dan: can I test drive this car?
Employee: Sure.
Dan: **oils up hands** Time for the left handed oil test.
Congratz on award for most underrated comment.
I actually really liked it..
;'
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In terms of enjoyable personality, I would give you a 5/5, extremely likable.
And in terms of usability, i would give you 6/6 xoxo
He is a hippocrite
how?
Lol what's going on
Blossoms Of the Night he just trying new vocab words, don’t worry
"Now I am going to strip................ some corn"
Dad humor: 5/5
emeril322 came to the comments for this one right here. Lol
8:04 Sounded like another joke, but I’m not positive
That was a great moment.
"I'm gonna do some banging here"
emeril322 i loved that part.
I really love how positive all the reviews were. Yes, he pointed out all the flaws, but he didn’t insult any design teams, and it was all about improving the designs, not degrading the current designs
"If the design team was: 1. Thinking..." - for the knife scissors thing :D
Did you not see the corn one lmao
I mean, "I wouldn't buy this for someone if I didn't like them" is a little insulting. :P
Thats what I expected
Dude he straight roasted the scissor team. They weren't thinking, and they don't care about tiny handed people, those losers!
3:22 "There are as many younger people as older people that have arthritis when you actually look at the demographics." FINALLY someone older doesn't say 'you're too young to have this problem'
as a teen with rheumatoid arthritis, _yes_
Well, his job is to know the demographics so he can design things that everyone can use with ease, if he didn’t knew this, he’d be doing his job wrong. At least, that’s my take.
@@C.B2 same here
Exactly. When you're excluded you notice and you feel like... Why they gotta be old? Even though I joke about it... it does bother me sometimes. Makes you feel like it wasn't made for u even though it was.
My sister has arthritis in her back and hands I feel so bad for her she only 21
This guy should have his own TH-cam channel, I want more videos like this
Conchas there’s a channel like that called Barry Lewis search up Barry Lewis kitchen gadgets
The notion is seconded.
@@ObservingLibertarian Thirded, and then some
ewhwggw hasbsb bless you
Watch crazy russian hacker
I appreciate that he emphasized designing things to work for a variety of people. I'm a petite woman with small hands and a very weak grip from chronic pain and I swear I'm always fighting kitchen gadgets (and fitness equipment. and furniture. and appliances.)
Buy a sharp knife, it can do all those tasks with ease!
I don't think you can work an elliptical with a sharp knife but I'd be interested in seeing you try. :P
@@GuelermeDias doesn't seem like that mono-use tool is doing a much beyter job!
@@GuelermeDiasare you talking about the watermelon? doesn't seem like that mono-use tool is doing a much better job!
Gabriele Pumo It's not about the sharp knife but the product design, purpose, ease of use, and effectiveness. Sure, a sharp knife can be used for a variety of things but not all people can use a sharp knife. Some people need products such as these.
He is 100% correct about the pineapple slicer! I own that, and I have arthritis and dexterity problems. Both of his suggestions would make a difference! You know, it's nice to know that there are still people who truly think about the user, about disabilities, and especially about good design.
Oh whoopdie fukkin do buy em in a can
@@whitealliance9540 Was that really necessary?
@@whitealliance9540 They could do that but it would still be nice for people with disabilities to have the option to eat fresh pineapple that hasn't lost almost half its nutritional value through the canning process. Another option would be frozen but not everyone prefers frozen fruit.
White Alliance
You probably the type to eat a burger out of a can.
Awww, hope you get better with the arthritis! ;)
I literally thought he said "Hi I'm Dad" and I just accepted it
hahahaa
Hi I'm dad I have come home for getting milk
Same
Hi dad I'm hungry
Same bruv
I love the fact that he thinks of everyone in the kitchen. It's lovely.
that's the role of a usability expert.
Its his job bruh
Yeah, and to the fellas saying ‘it’s his job’... while you’re not wrong, it doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be praised. These devices are most likely used by either people who want things to be easier, or need them to make things easier for themselves. Making it usable by everyone, including people who are physically disabled, aren’t as strong, or even just people who want things to be easier, matters a lot. Plus, designers forget sometimes about different types of people! It’s nice to see people keep that in mind!
Except for the dishwasher XD
aka bigger market to sell to
"So my solution for this would be to go to Japan where they sell square water melons"
Genius.
Allen Smilden they aren’t edible...? What?? I thought they were just grown using a square shaped model for it..
@@Scorpiove no they totally are, they were simply grown in a box where they didn't have room to expand into a round shape
Naveication if you think about it theoretically they’re actually compressed watermelons since when they grow they’re compressed into a square shape
the square watermelons are usually picked unripe as their meant for decoration as opposed to consumption, they dont focus on maximizing the flavor but rather make the conditions beneficial for its growth
2grand for a water malone :L
As a young adult with chronic arthritis who was literally thinking "oh my god I could never use that pineapple slicer..." This dude really made me feel thought about
Same, I have RA, sometimes I pass up certain things/gadgets in the store with the same thought... that corn slicer would've had me soaking my hands
Sameee
Good for you man, (the being thought about, not your arthritis) it’s such a shame that people with conditions like this are often forgotten. It’s kind of funny how kitchen “Gadgets” are for people who are unable (or maybe just too lazy) to use regular kitchen tools, but can’t because of flaws in the design. As far as the guy goes, I honestly just want him to be my secret uncle or something, because then I would just be getting constant kitchen gadgets. Gone are the days when I had to use a spoon to eat, because of the food-o-pult 4000. With this revolutionary technology I can load up the catapult, and with one push of a button, have food shot (sometimes) directly into my mouth! And, with the ultra-aim 3572, it will get a direct hit almost usually! Thanks secret uncle ❤️❤️
I've used Sugru to fix/improve design aspects of all kinds of stuff, especially when I've needed a better grip. Maybe it could be useful to you
sugru.com/
If you're a young adult with RA, maybe check into changing your diet, where you add or subtract foods capable of causing it. The elimination diet is a good starting point. Many people have found relief with it, either due to eliminating a previously undiagnosed food allergy/intolerance, or adding faods fighting back deficiencies.
I love how u tested everything with oil on your hands. Every bone in my hands shift. I have a disorder that makes my whole body double jointed. That being said, compared to most people, that's what I look like without oil on my hands 😂. You really helped me find things that I can use so that maybe I can enjoy cooking. I hate cooking because cutting is miserable so thank you.
I especially like the works recommended by the author. It's very good. I often use a kitchen tool is suitable for barbecues, pizza and turkeys. It is used to measure the temperature of water and milk, and is used for Christmas and Thanksgiving gifts.Only $9.9
Ama /dp/B09BQYLSNR
You have a "Cool shelters" playlist.
Is it a form of Ehlers Danlos syndrome?
honestly it is such a delight to see someone actually paying attention to arthritis with this stuff.
"Time to oil up my left hand and see what I can do. " Frickin legendd
South Kicks lmao
Gotta get the disabled person strength for these products man
Dragoon336 wtf is disabled person strength..?are they jacked or what..?😂😂
Prince James meaning that he is making his hand nice and moist and using his non dominant hand to make him weak man
Dragoon336 ohh..ok
"My solution, go to japan, and get a square watermelon"
Me: "Oh, thats it?"
to do it properly youd have to cut the top and bottom of the watermelon then split it down the middle length wise then you wouldnt have to worry about the end
square watermelons aren't cheap my dear. The lowest cost is 200 U.S.D.!
Jessie Wang no one said it was cheap
@@jessiewang3154 nO, iT's sO cHeaP
Square watermelons are not meant to be eaten are more for decorations.
I remember seeing the Slap Chop commercial, and they actually made a selling point out of the fact that it "automatically skins onions". Classic infomercial "It's not a flaw, it's a feature!" Logic
Viagra was created by accident too. And both products make me horny
This is the first time I've seen the slap chop perform poorly. I remember seeing a video of it chopping ice! LOL , come on!
@@wilabanodeniro9780 Hol up
@@wilabanodeniro9780 boy what the hell you just say
@@wilabanodeniro9780 This just made me even more concerned.
I love his closing statement about designing for the spectrum of consumers, and particularly for those who may have the most difficulty. 🙂
when intelligent design doesn't seem so intelligent
Honestly it does make more sense to pay attention to someone who wont be as capable, and this video really touched me with how lucky I am to be able to freely work anywhere
Boyfriend eats girlfriend’s lunch bruh that’s outta pocket
As a disabled Army veteran with Multiple Sclerosis, I majorly appreciated Dan's awareness, advice, and advocating for left handed peeps, us disabled folks, and real life kitchen situations. ✊🏼😘🤘🏼
My M.S. affected my right, formerly dominant side, so I've become ambidextrous. Writing, reaching, cutting most of the time now with my left, it's been a major transition living in a world of right handed tools. Kudos for the forethought! 👏🏼💖👏🏼💖
Thank for service 🎖🎖🎖
Same! hahaha! I can't wave or reach out with my right hand I've learnt to do a lot with my left hand, to be fair I could always do a fair amount with it just now I do more.
@@TheFakeyCakeMaker thank too for service 🎖🎖🎖✌✌✌
Welcome to the Left Handed and Right Brain Society, lifelong member here!!
@@lpshy9337 also thank 🎖🎖🎖🕺🕺🕺
the companies be like : write that down! write that down!
PBBY that reminds me of Charles the French XD
@@yanfeismug4355 cause that's what it is XD
I love the SpongeBob reference because a Pineapple is featured in the video.
😂😂😂 let's put it in reverse and sell it as another product... OOOHH WRITE THAT DOWN!
Ah, Charles the French reference, I see you are a man of culture
22:05 I really love that quote/thinking. You're completely right. Design for the outliers, the non average, and you'll have a product that works for everyone! And this thinking applies to more than just hand held products. Anything with "design" elements can and should apply this! A bench, a website design, anything
“Now I’m going to strip”
*I’m intrigued...*
“The corn”
*You tease...*
This is the equivalent to spiderman ffh when spiderman finds out mysterio is using hologram drones.
@Aiden Walker ... alrighty than... welp i cant wait to go to bed with that thought...
And this is the moment your parents walk in
It was a strip tease
cornhub.com
I would totally watch a regular series with this bloke. So many great insights into design, accessibility, and food science.
As a left-handed person, I really appreciate you showing use of the items with that hand. Most everything is made for right-handed use. If it's specially designed for lefties, it's often twice the price.
Theresa V You can learn how to use your right hand, that’s what I did.
Yee Tus No.
I am ampidextrious so idc
Yup, I have a pair of scissor especially for me, because I've hurt myself more than once ( I was using knifes to open packages ).
No, the left handed test isn’t to see how it works for left handed people, it’s for people with dexterity problems
"That would have been a simple change, and I think that would have been the case if the design team was 1) thinking, or 2) looking at people with smaller hands." 😂
@Jose skool II who tf are you and why are you hitting on someone in a yt comment section from a year ago
@Jose skool II 'none of your concern" and "fella" in the same sentence written by someone looking for love on yt has honestly got me rolling
@@fallingasleepaswespeak who tf are you and why tf are you trying to bully someone in a yt comment section ?
@@vccv9785 s t f uuuu
3:22 OMG, THANK YOU. I'm 16 and have awful arthritis and it's extremely hard to cook, clean, and do other things around the house. It's rarely acknowledged, so thank you for saying that.
Me too! I was so surprised that someone actually acknowledged that Kids can have arthritis too! I was diagnosed when I was only 7. And people always tell me "only old people can have Arthritis"
@@kelilahpatenaude9648 First time meeting someone else with it too. I was diagnosed at 7 too, actually. What a coincidence. Also, I know. An old lady same me sitting on a bench and yelled at me that I should give it to her since I was young. It took everything I had in me to not yell at her... 😅😅
It'sThatOneChickAgain CallThePoPo Omg that sucks 😂 some people don’t get that younger people can be sick too
up pfofile lmao
@Carter Brincks "I don't care"?
Mom: Why are u making a mess and pulling all our utensils out??
Me: TIME FOR THE OILY HANDS TEST
Mom - Why are you're hands oily?
Me - Um, I'm doing a test?
recoil53 they’re not oil, mum
I can just imagine her face being like wtf
For science
When you forget to clean up after your oil test and your mom uses it next.
“WHY IS THERE SO MUCH OIL ON THIS?”
As someone who isn’t disabled, I still really love that he’s designing for people who have a hard time gripping, or have small hands, I think more companies should think like him!
You’re so right!!! It’s strange that companies don’t already think that way-if more people can use your products, more people are gonna want to buy them. Everyone wins.
It's the highest tier of design to know to design for all customers
Inspire Wolf bro that first line was a hard flex
With the melon windmill, I think that could be something rather safe and fun for kids to do in the kitchen if they want to help
Conscious of the disabled and/or people w/ mobility difficulties, and socio-politically conscious about the design industry - thanks man! Cheeeers!
thats the thing about these kitchen gadgets, in reality they're most effective for disabled/mobility impaired. its not inherently supposed to make things easier for abled people, but make things doable for the disabled. i wish more people in his position thought like him.
What do you mean by socio-politically conscious? Not being offensive just curious, would be great if you could elaborate further
@@Ludix147 male, within a certain size range, not disabled and therefore expected to have full use of their hands and upper body strength.
what a wonderful host! really knows his stuff
I was thinking the same thing, and I hope this is a series: Either with the same host, as he reviews different gadgets, or with design experts from other fields as they review other products.
Got sad at all that pineapple juice that he poured out
Yeah, should have used a bowl underneath.
A soul-crushing moment
Oscarsox86 I died watching him pour the juice all over the table
Same lol
Oscarsox86 Same
I’m so glad he said that about men being the majority of designers. I am a left-handed, short, woman who cooks A LOT! It’s actually really sad how few items like this take into consideration left/small-handed people.
Yess I also thought that even just 20-30 years ago, mostly women did the cooking and were relying on comparatively giant designs requiring lots of force designed by and for men
Watermelon Slicer: Doesn’t work on round watermelons
The guys solution: Go to Japan
Neelki the cheapest solution
Those shaped watermelons in Japan aren’t even edible most of the time. They’re sold as novelty decor.
SPONGE BOB MELON PANTS
Go to Minecraft
Wy Yung naw, going to japan could be expensive, unless you already live there, but the square watermelons are very expensive and usually inedible
This video is so RANDOM but so comprehensive and well thought out! This guy is great at his job and I appreciate his attention to detail.
Omg this was so enjoyable to watch that i didn’t even realize it was 23 minutes long, good work!
I didn't until you pointed it out 😮
Damn, thanks for warning me, I was about to sit through this hahaha
tiny chili pepper yes. He's Interesting to watch and he didn't have to be sensational and goofy
I missed my train because of this lol
Was pretty enjoyable but it should’ve only been 10 minutes
As a Young Person who struggles with mild dexterity issues (some days its just. Hard to hold things) i 1. Thank this guy for acknowledging that dexterity issues are NOT an old people thing and 2. Agree the corn torture device is ineffective
wtf is this. i'd definitely watch this guy if he had a whole show of his own
he kinda does? there are a few videos with him on this channel
When u said wtf is this it sounded rude
Not discriminating u, just saying
@@elinaihnatsiuk what's it called
@@vitocipponeri6773 just go to this channel's page and look up design expert
I just wished he would actually build them too.
LOVE this guy!! Brilliant idea to test not only left handed but slippery hand too.
"Well, your left hand's free
And your right's in a grip
With another left hand
Watch his right hand slip
Towards his gun, oh, no"
This old man is savage haha "If they were.... Thinking!" Lol
I love to cook, and have taken many classes over the years. My ‘must have’ kitchen utensils: mandoline, immersion blender with cup attachment (for chopping small amounts of onions/garlic, nuts, etc), carbon steel knives (I got mine in Kyoto from Shigehara), fine mesh stainless sieves, funnels, Betty Crocker kitchen scissors from Dollar Tree, hard boiled egg slicer, which can slice strawberries, kiwi, etc. I have to confess that most gadgets end up never getting used!
He should also grade them according to the difficulty of washing by hand.
He discusses how some of them would be difficult to wash because of the small/moving parts. I’ll bet he talked about washing for everything and it was just edited out.
At 19:22 he mentions that there are a lot of small pieces that could fall down the drain
Ryan Hiroshige yeah
But not for every gadget
DaniellaDaniel Not everyone has a dishwasher, which is why it needs to be able to be cleaned by hand
„I did it but that hurts.“
Basically me doing anything
Water Under The Bridge
Mooood
Water Under The Bridge 🌉
“I wouldn’t even buy it for someone I don’t like” - most savage response 2019
What a legend
nah, "If the design team was 1) thinking."
One of my main complaints about slicing gadgets is that there's never a good way to sharpen those complicated blades. A good old chef's knife remains the best tool, but you can always put the edge back on it.
Watermelon Slicer: Doesn’t work on round watermelons
The guys solution: Redesigns watermelon
Galaxy brain :P
Japan: DONE
really expensive tho :p
big brain
There are already square melons on the market
This guy
Is great.
No idea why TH-cam recommend this, but it’s awesome 👌.
lol same
Rushika Prasad sane here
Its 4 am and i dont care for anything in this video but the old man seems pretty nice and i really enjoyed the whole video 5/5
Edit: wrong rating system
This video is par fect
I really don’t want to be that person, but you misspelled “whole” 🙄
@@HA-yk9bo thx and sorry english is not my native language
Everything3Running oh you don’t have to apologize, I’m the one that should get over being a perfectionist freak
@@HA-yk9bo this conversation is too wholesome
Thank to Dan for validating all of us who have been saying "It must have been designed by a man" our entire adult lives when we are up against bad designs in the kitchen! This had me laughing and nodding my head vigorously on so many of these. Dan's sideline commentary was hilarious. It is so refreshing so hear someone who designs for everyone, and not just one type of user. They need a "think like Dan" section in all product engineering coarses. Now to have him show me how to read just my apple peeler so it won't cut so deep. Yeah, the husband decided he didn't like the way it was set.
I love him, he’s like everyone’s cool grandpa.
He looks like hes seen better days
Mine is dead so idk what chu talking about
He’s so calm I’m literally falling asleep to his voice rn
@@denniscuesta7009 you probably will look like that too when you're old
Of course somebody like you would like him
“If the design team was 1 Thinking ”
SHOTS FIRED
I wanted to like but I can't cause there's 69 likes
@@spinnyboijesus you can now 👍🏼
I am tHe MaN
Was gonna comment but U got tehere 1st.
Sobes123 Sobeck
My guy spilled the tea and it was BOILING
Test driving a car:
I'm just gonna oil myself up, hope you don't mind.
I don't, Chris! 😊
LMAOOOOO 😂😂😂😂
Alone in your room:
I'm just gonna oil myself up, hope you don't mind.
XD
@@150_asharifadhilaha2 ; indeed! Please upload a video of it Chris! 😁
If you look at the "Ease of Use" rating on the corn stripper, they used pineapples instead of corn to rate it.
Cornapple
Literally unwatchable
IMMERSION RUINED
HOW DARE
Makes total sense! (seriously, just looking at the device it seemed like a bad idea. Corn just doesn't have a regular enough shape for that design to work, and it's too fragile to withstand much pressure. Much too easy to crush it or miss half the kernels. It's not a hard food like an apple, and even apple corers struggle to align with actual apple shapes, and get even harder to cut when you're slicing in addition to coring!
A much more useful gadget would be a cutting board with embedded prongs to stab the corn on to and hold it upright while you cut, because even with mobility issues, a knife is going to work better to get the corn off than a corer-type design and the primary challenge will be to stabilize the corn while cutting.)
*corn stripper falls off the table*
dan: *staring at it* "oH tHaTs sO sAd!!!"
edit- wow 3.3k likes ?! tyyy
Grace T 🍌👳🏾♂️💣
I am going to strip.
Corn ( in a clear panic)
I was half expecting a call for a F on the comments.
Well, haven't you had a party ruined when the stripper fell off the table and got injured?
@@autumnrain249 yeah, one of them broke their wrist actually
This man is a godsend to disabled cooks. I love the left-handed oil test! Really highlights what makes some of these unusable to those of us who aren't dexterous. Ergonomics are important when the slightest pressure causes pain.
The fact that he's taking arthritis under consideration makes me want to cry god or whatever this man believes in please bless this man
XD
Saladz For You
We must protect him at all costs
I don't wanna be rude and assume but he is reaching that arthritis age, it seems.
@Leftist Lyncher Well, at least i don't have to assume.
God doesnt exist but megawonsz9 does
POV you’ve been friends with him for a while but after a dinner party where u got a little bit too tipsy you find a slap chop in the mail from him the next day. He doesn’t really like u.
Question mark?
? What
That’s an incorrect pov
Do you know what a POV is or have you just been watching too many TikToks?
What in the god dam-
Would be cool if the creators of these tools would actually see this video and rethink their designs ~
I do hope they contact him though for permission.
@@supahdweeb7613 Chinese counterfeiters probably are listening
@@jomangeee9180 Already tooled up their factories to make improved knock offs
@@wetlettuce4768 lol already manufactured the dye
The problem with that is that most of these kitchen gadgets and as-seen-on-tv novelties are made in China or even worse places and the blueprints are somewhat in the Wind with several companies copying them.
It creates the Xerox effect so you really don't know who to contact because it could be a shell company that just re labels generic products.
You've got me questioning all my utensils. I just realized my mug is hard af to pick up with an oily hand.
well at least it's got the handle
REDESIGN ALL MUGS
REDESIGN LEFT HAND!
REDESIGN OIL!
Lmfao
“Not Worth A Redesign” 🤭😄DAYUM.
msmilesftw my favourite was the diss at the design team of the scissor things. “Would of been a simple change if the design team was 1 thinking”
i used that apple peeler daily when i was an apprentice confectioner, must have saved me days of time over the course of 3 years.
Yeah that thing is awesome, and super satisfying to use. It feels like magic the first time you use it
This man gives off good vibes, his ratings are all completely fair and consistent. He's great!
Why did this appear in my recommended and why did I then watch the entire thing
My thoughts exactly! I don't even cook
Because your brain craves for nuance
Shadowgamier 90 you and me both
Cuz we are bored
Idk what I did
"I did it but that hurt" me after finishing college
Underrated lol
relatable
Honestly just finishing school in general lmao
Relatable, have a nice day.
At least you said college
Girlfriend's dad: "what are your plans with my daughter?"
Me: 6:11
XD you need more likes
I- OMFG LMAOOO
Haha nice very nice
Lmfaoooooooooooooo
“I’m gonna do some banging here...”
Watermelon Slicer: doesn't work on round water melons only square watermelons.
Me: goes to minecraft
Modern problems require modern solutions
Lol
The slices are still round tho even in minecraft
bUt ThAtS a CaCTuS
Well, you can actually buy a square watermelon in China
>Struggles to cut everything with the clever cutter
*5/5*
Realistically just needs a much sharper blade and some curves. It’s a decent design on its own. But the sharper blade will help lots of tougher/harder veggies like carrots, beats, etc. then of course addings the curves to the handle will make it easier to squeeze. I could definately see it being a problem for people with disabilities if someone without them struggles with it. That goes for any product.
Well it's made for things that are mostly like a cucumber and not a potato
It isn't good for everything, but for the things it is good at it is great.
If you have only one arm this is the best possible choice for chopping honestly
@@Paikerchu13 how do you hold the vegetable or the fruit in the scissors
50 people would still slice them wrong
😂
Lol
😂😂
Lol
Lmao
Ok wow!! I've used that apple pealer corer thing my entire life and im just now learning...at 30 years old...that you can move those parts to not peal or core!! Wow!!!! And knowing that this tool has been around for like 100 years is just awesome!!
"Now, for the corn stripper"
"I'm gonna strip...some corn"
Speech 100
www.cornhub.com
I i don’t wanna click that link
Potato Potatwa I do
@@chimarajigsawlord Its corn xd
its now updated to corn-hub.blogspot.com/
What if over time he becomes pretty efficient with his left hand because he puts things to the test.
TheLeo4th he should’ve been pretty efficient already considering the fact that he is old therefore probably has a lot of experience (and by experience I mean a lot of “oily left hand experiment” ) behind him
@@heimiticuellar4034 Howdy there, stranger.
@Crunchy Mayonnaise says the person who calls themselves Crunchy Mayonnaise...
Crunchy Mayonnaise i dont see whats creppy in your name but at the same time why is saying Hello to someone creppy lol....
@Crunchy Mayonnaise
How is saying hello creepy?
This was really informative! Please have him back to review -- and improve -- more products :D
Once saw the pineapple slicer thing used very creatively by some guys selling ice cream at my university.
Basically, they would use the pineapple husk as a container where they would scoop in some ice cream, throwing in some of the chopped pineapple as a topping. It was really cool.
I love this guy. Please keep him coming back!
basically the clever cutter is a *portable knife with a mini chopping board*
Yes, though in practice it's scissors but worse.
All knives are portable
@@yikes5871 meh, fair enough ;-;
It’s just scissors
Actually I heard about it as pizza cutter :D So as a knife for pizza, not for vegetables or so
2:57 "I did it, but it hurt". STORY OF MY LIFE OLD MAN
HAHAHA wehn i had da poo al da blood fall of nd bottum hert nd i was lick nooooooooo ,. ! , bottum aaaaaaaaa owch> !, . nd to holls now HAHAHAHA
The apple corer/peeler is amazing. If you have an apple tree, you HAVE to have one. But yes, it could need a modern redesign to make it easier to clean. Do that, Dan! I'd buy one.
Or somebody could make a sturdier corer that can be used for quince. I'd buy that as well.
I just watched a 23 minute video of a guy testing kitchen products
*brilliant*
I didn't read the time before I read this comment and I was like "what? This video is 23 minutes?!?!" 😅
Although I have to say, 23 minutes well spent
Go check CrazyRuusian hacker
Anna O'Donoghue
Agreed!
When he said about how companies would come to him, and they describe the typical customer, but he wants to know the customers that fall outside of that, that made me smile. Just as somebody who has always strived to be a designer, it's just nice to be in the right place in getting it right, at the very least.
Haven't trusted a host in so long, he know his stuff
Not really, for suggesting the consumption of square watermelons.
@@MrLoowiz that was a joke probably
@@dylanpenn3189 Probably ignorance.
@@MrLoowiz no, it was a total joke. You are now eligible for the 'absolute riot at every party' award.
@@blorblin Way to take the award away from me like a champ. You deserve it, though.
"Now, I am going to strip............. some corn"
They had us in the first half, not gonna lie
Stolen comment
@@abdullahhussain1553 it is? My apologies, didn't see any other comment like this
@@taxfraudpro jk
It is actually stolen though
Whoah maybe two people can think of the same thing 🤔
Pineapple cutter sure wastes a lot of pineapple tho.
but it makes a perfect Pina Colada "glass".
You have to core the pineapple anyway
@@sleepyheadsk6922 I like the core
Meridien pineapple 🍍 pen
@@angelsarmah2819 ME TOO!
I love how casually petty he is like “I would buy this for someone I didn’t like” or “they didn’t do this because they weren’t thinking”
i never understood why people "hull" strawberries, like just rip the leaves off and it eat
Right
If you're cooking/ baking with strawberries then the white middle part often makes a different texture than the other parts and when you're trying to cut up a lot of strawberries you can waste a bunch when you just cut off the top.
Same reason people don’t eat the core of an Apple , technically you can eat it but you just choose not to
@@yayrandomnness11 actually in the case of apples the seeds practically waste the core soo
Because someone people don't want that white part.
When he said corn stripper, I immediately thought of a piece of corn dancing around a pole and saying "Wanna see my kernels!".
wow
"watermelons are designed to be round"
What!!!?
Not in japan
i think he meant designed by “Mother Nature” to be round if not then i’ll say japan
It's not crazy to say 'designed'. Watermelons were as small as grapes before human begun 'redesigning' them.
@@oyuyuy that doesn't sound real.
This man should design everything
👍👍
a problem i see with the pineapple thing is that you cant adjust thickness
just get surgery
scalpel time
Stabby stab stab!!
yes! stabby surgery
I have one of those and they’re the typical pineapple ring size
There’s a vintage apple peeler at my parents house and I love it! I used to use it a lot as a kid! But instead of a suction cup, you clamp it over the edge of the counter
didn’t know you could peel and not core or Vice versa!!! definitely using it next thanksgiving for apple pie 😂
I often work at a table, and being able to clamp it on would be a huge improvement over a suction cup that dosen't stick to the rough surface. You could even clamp it to a heavy cutting board.
It didn’t really chop the tomato though, it kind of just turned it to a mush
Yeah, if I liked tomatoes I'd prefer clean pieces.
BECAUSE HE WASN’T SLAPPING
True true
you gotta lose weight, one slap at a time
It’s used preferably for salsa
I like how you're offering free design advice for these products, they should pay you lol!
Kim Arundale pay him for dumb designs?? Hell no he doesn’t have good ideas for these. He thinks he does and so do a few but In reality he wouldn’t make it as a designer.
@@eskk2169 considering he is somewhat famous and that he has helped found Smartdesigns and worked as a design consultant for some of the largest companies in the world . I would say he is a pretty good designer
@@eskk2169 He kind of already has
@@khadijahmuhammad4771 esk is just ignorant
Esk K Did you the design the corn one? Sounds personal
“I’ll give this a 3. Right down the middle”
2.5: Am I a joke to you
Your
(1+2+3+4+5)/5 =3
12345 what's im the middle?
None of that is needed. He did not say he was giving a half score. He said he was giving this the middle score. It is an English problem; not a math problem.
As it is an image it is basically in the middle
OtakuMAN OtakuWOMEN it's not like that, I'm telling you.
Great video. The problem with all these gadgets or kitchen helper tools is that its hard to properly sharpen the blades once the blades get dull compared to a knife that last for decades.
The amount of phrases that can be mistaken for sexual innuendos is crazy.
Thank you ... Now half of this video sounds different for me 😥
"Time to oil up my left hand...and see what I can do ;)"
“I’m gonna do some banging here”
"I'm gonna try to squeeze my fingers in there"
now i can’t watch this video without thinking of stuff that i don’t wanna think about 😓
As someone with small hands: I like this guy, he's conscientious.
never seen this channel before and then i watched this video, loved the dude and it was quite an interesting video... now i'm sad that it was just some one off and i can't just watch this guy do this for tons of products... just saying you should have more video's with this dude and i'll sub for sure
There's another one now!!
@@reagansimms2667 YES
If you are interested in any kind of cooking try the 4 levels of *insert food name here* series.It's quite interesting and entertaining.Usually level 1 is basically the kinda cooking you go "Oh my god,I can ever cook better than that poser",level 2 is your ordinary mom/grandma style of cooking,level 3 is the chef with many years of experience while level 4 is the guy who explains the science that goes into cooking.Usually I try and cook between a level 2 and 3 while taking pointers from the level 4.
Imagine getting g a gift from this guy and watch the video then you find out he doesn't like you