I’m watching a Tai Chang infomercial where 91 year old Dick Van Dyke comes out and lucidly endorses the product, with video of him actually doing one or two of the exercises. I’m about ready to buy!
I’ll report on my personal results later, but have you bought a “TV product” or system that actually paid off?
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Bought a Power Pressure Cooker XL last year.
My wife had watched an infomercial about the things, and thought they might be worth buying. I wouldn’t normally buy something from a commercial without examining it “hands on”, but when I found them in a local department store I decided to give it a try.
We both really like it, and it does a remarkably good job so far. The recipe booklet is really good too (things come out almost perfect). My favorite thing to cook in it is lasagna.
My MIL gave us one of those set-it-and-forget-it rotisseries that were all over infomercials some years back. I found the commercials far too annoying for words. However, it is amazing and I love it greatly.
I have always sworn that I would never purchase something from an infomercial. So when I decided to purchase some grill mats a couple of months ago I deliberately ignored the infomercials and went to Amazon to purchase this one instead. And then realized later that I’d bought the very same one that’s in the infomercials.
Works pretty well. Not as well as the infomercial claims (doesn’t clean quite as easily ad won’t last nearly as long as they claim in the infomercial), but IMHO well worth the money.
The Ginsu is an awesome knife.
George Foreman grills are pretty awesome, simple and useful.
…& I haven’t yet.
There are few things that piss me off more than commercials deceptively advertising themselves as ‘real’ TV shows. I’m talking about the ones that have an actual name, as opposed to “Paid Programming” in the info guide are the worst when you’re flipping channels. Hmmm, what’s this show? Oh, it’s a commercial; let’s wait a minute to see what the show is. Hey wait, the commercial is the show. :mad:
One of the local malls even has one of those “As seen on TV” stores in it. I am convinced that is a fancy, foreign-language name/translation of, “Total & Useless Crap” (with emphasis on “crap” since the stuff that actually is worthwhile is either overpriced &/or won’t last as long/work as well as advertised)
And what the eff is that “As seen on TV” logo anyway? It really just means, “We advertised somewhere else.” :rolleyes:
“As Seen on TV” is an actual company which produces or licenses the products it sells. The term is misleading (I know–what a surprise!) because you think it’s a generic statement that the product has been on TV. But really it means it’s a product sold by the “As Seen on TV” company. Since it’s the company’s name, I’m not sure if the specific product really needs to be sold on TV to have that icon on the package.
I didn’t get them from the place on TV but I have one of these really simple spiral slicersthat I first saw in an infomercial. I assume some of the things they sell are worth what you pay for them, although that doesn’t mean they are that good at what they do, it might just mean they’re inexpensive.
The Vidalia Chop Wizard made chopping onions, which I hate, a breeze. I can chop an onion in just a few seconds! And because I can do it so quickly, I don’t have as much issue with my eyes burning out of my skull! LOVE IT.
Green bags to keep veggies fresher longer. Damn if they don’t work too! Still using ten yrs later!
I got a NutriBullet three years ago and it was AWESOME. I used it so much I killed it, so I just got another one. What better way to ingest kale, spinach, grapes, carrots, blueberries, and strawberries ALL AT ONCE??!! Healthy, plus, I don’t waste time chewing! Seriously, I love my NutriBullet!! 
OxiClean.
Foreman grill. Though I really hate the one we have because it has the fixed grill plates (I didn’t buy it). Spring for the removable if you get one; cleanup is otherwise messy and painful.
Chamois pads are pretty cool, though I’ve never used the ShamWow brand and I don’t know what’s special about it compared to the ones that were out for years before.
I saw what I think it the Pocket Hose (or perhaps a knockoff). The person who owned it said it was cool, but that thing pinged my “Lovecraftian nightmare” radar when it quivered like it was alive.
Ron Popeil/Ronco.