# Products you had low expectations for but then fell in love with **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 27, 2021, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/products-you-had-low-expectations-for-but-then-fell-in-love-with/943007 "2021-05-27T04:19:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2021, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/products-you-had-low-expectations-for-but-then-fell-in-love-with/943007/103 "2021-06-03T22:31:41Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Ceramic knives. I bought mine for cutting lettuce so it doesn’t brown. I didn’t realize how much I was going to like it or I would have bought the set! ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2021, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/products-you-had-low-expectations-for-but-then-fell-in-love-with/943007/104 "2021-06-03T22:57:36Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Ceramic knives. Got one for Christmas, didn’t think much of it, but it’s my favorite knife. > [@JaneDoe42](#): > > I bought mine for cutting lettuce so it doesn’t brown. I didn’t realize how much I was going to like it or I would have bought the set! Hmmm… tell me more about loving ceramic knives. I love me some new kitchen stuff. Which one do y’all have? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2021, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/products-you-had-low-expectations-for-but-then-fell-in-love-with/943007/105 "2021-06-03T23:00:46Z")
A hearty second on the ceramic knife advice. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2021, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/products-you-had-low-expectations-for-but-then-fell-in-love-with/943007/106 "2021-06-03T23:05:39Z")
I’ll add my seal of approval to ceramic knives. We have some uber sharp metal knives that I’ve cut myself with before and bled like a stuck pig. Ceramics are pretty good for most things. @ThelmaLou we got some of these > **[Amazon.com: WACOOL Ceramic Knife Set 3-Piece (6-inch Chef's Knife, 5-inch...](https://www.amazon.com/WACOOL-Ceramic-3-Piece-Utility-Colorful/dp/B07JD5Y2MJ)** > > Online shopping for Kitchen Knives & Accessories from a great selection of Cutlery Sets, Specialty Knives, Sharpeners, Cutting Boards, & more at everyday low prices. plus I think Aldi had a small paring knife, and we found another small Farberware somewhere. I broke one accidentally—I stuck the blade in something, using it like a screwdriver, and twisted too hard. I’m also noticing some of the are staining now, but we’ve had them 3-4 years so I can’t complain, really. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2021, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/products-you-had-low-expectations-for-but-then-fell-in-love-with/943007/107 "2021-06-03T23:23:59Z")
> [@lobotomyboy63](#): > > I broke one accidentally—I stuck the blade in something, using it like a screwdriver, and twisted too hard. That’s something I would do. A friend and I once put together three bookcases using butterknives because we didn’t have screwdrivers. > [@lobotomyboy63](#): > > I’m also noticing some of the are staining now, but we’ve had them 3-4 years so I can’t complain, really. Think of them like the pre-torn designer jeans-- a sign of use and wear that ups their glamor value. ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2021, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/products-you-had-low-expectations-for-but-then-fell-in-love-with/943007/108 "2021-06-03T23:32:59Z")
I got mine about 5 years ago on Amazon. It was cheap enough that I didn’t dither about ordering it. I just looked at mine and don’t see any stains, but I probably wouldn’t care a whole lot. The only thing I don’t like about it is that it doesn’t have the weight of a metal knife and I’m a “rocker” which depends more on knife weight than chopping. If you are a “chopper” you would probably like the lighter weight better. BTW, lettuce doesn’t brown when cut with ceramic knives like it does with metal knives. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/products-you-had-low-expectations-for-but-then-fell-in-love-with/943007/109 "2021-06-04T02:29:34Z")
Ceramic knives have a reputation for breaking at the tiniest insult. I’ve been lucky enough to have had one for the last 12-14 years but I did break a bit of the tip off early on. It wouldn’t be surprising if they were better now. My steel Shun is far superior, though. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/products-you-had-low-expectations-for-but-then-fell-in-love-with/943007/110 "2021-06-04T03:12:48Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I tried Rain-X, thinking it couldn’t be as good as they claim on TV. It is! Awesome stuff. THE Shit! I just tried this for the first time, but not for the car. On the recommendation by a friend who runs a glass shop, I used it on our glass shower doors. And it’s the shit there too. Had to first clean the glass with CLR a couple if times to clean off any scale, and the applied two coats of Rain-X. So far, the glass has stayed much cleaner with minimal water spotting. Hell, I may try it on the car next. Edit: if you try this, make sure you have good ventilation when applying the Rain-X. No smell once it’s dry, but pretty annoying fumes when you are putting it on. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/products-you-had-low-expectations-for-but-then-fell-in-love-with/943007/111 "2021-06-04T11:51:41Z")
Only place I have seen ceramic knives in Canada (having spend zero time looking) is at the dollar store. Very cheap. Very good at cutting vegetables. Surprised at how good it was. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/products-you-had-low-expectations-for-but-then-fell-in-love-with/943007/112 "2021-06-04T21:40:31Z")
About 10 years ago at a yard sale, I bought a set of four kookies with the Miller High Life logo printed on them. (I claimed them off waivers, in baseball parlance.) I didn’t think I’d have much use for them, but then I started using them all the time on train rides home from work with my friends. (You were allowed to drink beer on this train system.) They kept our bottles & cans cold on hot summer days, and they were a great conversation piece! [![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c8/90/c6/c890c638467bca69098fee98894ab563.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c8/90/c6/c890c638467bca69098fee98894ab563.jpg) I still have them, but I don’t use them nearly as much anymore since I started working from home. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2021, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/products-you-had-low-expectations-for-but-then-fell-in-love-with/943007/113 "2021-06-05T00:58:17Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > BTW, lettuce doesn’t brown when cut with ceramic knives like it does with metal knives I thought this was found to be a myth/marketing scheme after those green plastic lettuce slicers started coming out. Though I do want to try a ceramic knife. But I’d have to get rid of one of my current lineup, or get a 2nd knife magnet bar and a bigger kitchen. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2021, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/products-you-had-low-expectations-for-but-then-fell-in-love-with/943007/114 "2021-06-05T01:18:43Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > 2nd knife magnet bar A second magnetic bar won’t do you much good with a ceramic knife. ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2021, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/products-you-had-low-expectations-for-but-then-fell-in-love-with/943007/115 "2021-06-05T01:27:43Z")
It does when justifying why a bigger kitchen is required. @needscoffee plastic knives work as well. I used them in the past, but they tend to need hand washing and I want things in the dishwasher because I feel that’s more sanitary. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2021, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/products-you-had-low-expectations-for-but-then-fell-in-love-with/943007/116 "2021-06-05T01:41:42Z")
> [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > A second magnetic bar won’t do you much good with a ceramic knife. Haha! No, for my older knives. Although I’d probably try sticking the ceramic one up before face-planting. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2021, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/products-you-had-low-expectations-for-but-then-fell-in-love-with/943007/117 "2021-06-05T02:48:46Z")
Huh, I’ve never heard them called “kookies” before. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2021, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/products-you-had-low-expectations-for-but-then-fell-in-love-with/943007/118 "2021-06-05T02:53:47Z")
^^ They’re “koozies”, though autocorrect may have kicked in, but you probably knew that. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2021, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/products-you-had-low-expectations-for-but-then-fell-in-love-with/943007/119 "2021-06-05T02:57:17Z")
Auto-correct, how so? “kookies” isn’t a word, either. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2021, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/products-you-had-low-expectations-for-but-then-fell-in-love-with/943007/120 "2021-06-05T03:06:28Z")
Perhaps as they were typing kooz, it was autocorrected to kook? ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2021, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/products-you-had-low-expectations-for-but-then-fell-in-love-with/943007/121 "2021-06-05T03:09:33Z")
^^ Yes, it’s not hard to figure out. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2021, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/products-you-had-low-expectations-for-but-then-fell-in-love-with/943007/122 "2021-06-05T04:23:18Z")
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