The Cool Touch Microwave Bowl. It’s just a ceramic bowl inside a plastic bowl, but it does exactly what it’s supposed to do (you can microwave the shit out of anything, but the outer plastic bowl stays cool enough to handle bare-handed).
A couple years ago, I picked up an inside doormat at my hardware store that had one of those “as seen on TV” things on it. It claimed that it would use static electricity or something to pull all the grit off your shoes so you didn’t track it into the house.
Amazingly enough, it works. It sits just inside the door between the kitchen and the deck, and since we go in and out that door A LOT during the warmer months, we’d normally get a lot of grit tracked into the kitchen, no matter what mat we had there. Haven’t had that problem the past couple of years, and that’s with a 4-5-6 year old boy, too.
Unfortunately, any tags identifying the brand or manufacturer have long since come off, so I can’t tell you how to get one.
Many years ago I bought some “synthetic chamois” cleaning kit. It included a couple of chamois blocks for cleaning spills. They were awesome. If you spilled red wine on a carpet, which we did surprisingly often, you could just put the block on it. pres down and when you released the pressure it would suck the fluid up. Spills only took a moment to clean up.
On searching it may have been this Slurpex thing, which seems to be an Aussie product.
Tonya Harding’s boyfriend?
I’ve seen some “As Seen On TV” stores and there’s an aisle of ASOTV stuff at every Walmart I’ve been to.
I can tell you NOT to get the Hurricane Mop- reviews are atrocious, ranging from leaking buckets to handles that break on the first use to people wondering how they had to manipulate the footage to get it to perform the way it does on TV. Had a friend who decided to invest in one, and they threw it out 15 minutes into using it. That kind of broke my heart, because I had high hopes for it.
We have the Mr. Sticky lint roller, and LOVE it. Works great for getting cat hair out of pretty much everything, and rinses clean.
Yes, it does. But I’ve never seen an answer to the headlight question. To wit in states with laws saying, “headlights must be on when wipers are being used” can RainX be a defense to not using headlights?
Snackwich.
I have one of those mops (and buckets - the bucket really is critical). I don’t love it - you can’t scrub a floor with your mop going all spinny on you, and it doesn’t handle corners well at all (which is no big surprise, since the mop is round). I won’t buy one again - I’ll go back to regular rectangular mops next time.
Being able to spin the water out of your mop does work really well, though. Much better than any other mops I’ve had that you just press the water out of.
Good question. Probably not because in an accident low visibility can be seen as contributory negligence on your part. Meaning, you didn’t do everything in your power to avoid the accident.
Very interesting overall, because the reviews I read were not consistently one way or another, hence my interest that I would be one who would like it.
On the other hand, I read one review of the sticky roller that condemned it the same way I would have: It has to be cleaned (and you have to be careful with what, lest you lose the sticky) then dried (again, be careful or you will just end up with a sticky full of towel bits) before another use? Considering that my nightly bed cleaning with my tape rollers (after the dogs have been in and out all day) requires a minimum of six pieces of tape to just make MY side of the bed and pillows fully clean, I’d be tossing that sucker out the window in under 3 minutes.
But I have an 65 pound dottie/border collie adorning my house in every corner with his coat, and him and his pibble sis tearing through dragging. You have a cat. Not even in shouting distance of each other in terms of what mess gets generated that needs rolling up.
Forever Comfy works but apparently “forever” means “for about six months, then the gel leaks”. Rather than get a third Six Months Comfy, I bought a slightly more expensive memory foam cushion with no gel insert.
There was this magic meat defroster thing a few years back and my phd engineering friend explained to me how it worked.
Another vote for pocket fisherman. I never had one, but I did fish, and there was no reason structurally it shouldn’t work like a standard spinning setup.
I’ve seen rambo survival knives IRL and they do what they’re advertised to do.
? Requiring headlights on in the rain is not for you to see better. It’s for others to see YOU better, possibly to see you at all.
Rain-X and Foreman Grill are great, my friend loves his Slap Chop, and The Clapper worked as advertised though it is much less necessary in this age of everything having a remote control.
Battery operated jar-opener. The box said “as seen on TV” even though I’ve never seen it on TV. Works wonderfully, have distributed them to all my friends and relatives with wrist/hand/arm problems.
“Travel Space Bags” have worked out for me. I bought some back in 2003 and I still use them when I travel. They aren’t air-tight anymore so they don’t compress, but they still work great for separating shirts, shorts, laundry, etc in my suitcase. The new ones are made of much thinner plastic; I doubt they would last as long as the ones I have.
I totally get that; I’m just curious because of the wording of the law. Motorists in PA must have their headlights on when their windshield wipers are running.. RainX creates a situation where wipers are unnecessary even in moderate rain. I’ve asked a few cops and they agree the law could be written better.
The law doesn’t require lights on when it is raining, but rather when the motorist is using his wipers.
I have a knife that was bought from an “As Seen On TV” mall store and given to me as a gift. I’ve had it for about 12 years now, and it will still slice right through a chicken bone, sharp as ever. I’ve used it so much that any identifying engraving has long-since worn off but it remains my favourite kitchen knife.
What am I missing here?
If it’s raining and you don’t have your wipers on you don’t (by law) need to turn your headlights on.
If you turn on your wipers, then (by law) you need to turn on your headlights.
What does this have to do with RainX making it so you don’t need use your wipers in a light rain?
Are you trying to say you are afraid you’ll get a ticket for driving in the rain without your wipers OR headlights on? 
Cops I’ve asked have had varying opinion of the law. Just curious if anyone knew with certainty. In moderate rain a RainX user is driving without headlights on. A cop pulls him over to ticket him for no lights (the cops wipers are on). I say the guy doesn’t get ticketed, but a cop told me “using wipers” just means “it’s raining”.
I have no dog in this fight, just intellectually curious. 