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that suction brush cleaner…. just looks like a joke of an adult toy, palming it off as a cleaning tool to throw off suss…
I love love love the disadvantage section. It's obviously not a one-to-one for disabilities, but it's a close scenario. I know it would take forever to do, but my only complaint was the disadvantage section wasn't done consistently with the "what may you already own?" Which is really the make or break for some of these, that they are easier for disabled people than what they already have. But, the thought and effort is miles ahead of what others are doing, so kudos!
I feels like a good classic sponge would do a better job than most of these products.
Some of these (and a lot of similar things that seem gimmicky) are really good for people with disabilities. For example, the suction cup brush is probably much more usable by someone missing a hand/arm than the bottle brush. The knife brush helps people whose hands aren't as dexterous for whatever reason and who can't keep a sponge folded as easily.
A lot of the time these get mass marketed so that they can benefit from economy of scale and be affordable for the people who need them (the biggest example: snuggies were originally made for people in wheelchairs)
Blade brush is for forks… dude is doing it wrong
I see a lot of controversy in the comments here and I just have to say the whisk wiper isn't necessarily for completely cleaning the whisk. it's more for scraping off large amounts of thick batter or any thick substance that tends to leave mounds of product on the whisk. The test would've been much better if you hadn't used a mostly runny cake batter and instead used something like a thick brownie batter or even a homemade frosting of some kind.
That said, the knife brush is absolutely laughable. I would rather use a green scouring pad folded in half. Maybe a regular scrub brush if the blade is serrated. You're not going to get any kind of precision with a bristly taco
You could literally just fold a sponge in half in the blade brush situation
13:50 Holy cats! Like a little cake with your frosting? 😆
I know you guys will probably say "I don't do that!" but admit it, blade brush resembles us after using a knife to slice the cake
You're either curious or dumb to go to read more, what we do after slicing cake is that we eat the icing off the knife 🙂 exception to boring cakes.
My criticism of the blade brush review: it's a blade brush, not a fork and spoon brush. So obviously, it's not going to clean a spoon that well. In my opinion, that actually makes the blade brush worse, as you need more tools in your kitchen to clean things, which is dumb.
Shamwow review criticism: I'd have also compared it to a cloth towel, not just paper towels. Also, you didn't spill anything on a carpet to use the shamwow on, how disappointing.
Why would you clean a spoon with something called a blade brush? I admit it’s a stupid invention but to intentionally use it incorrectly is equally stupid.
What did i just watch? This video was too much america…
here's my own personal ratings that i see;
Product 1; It did extremely well. Better then a spatula imo, since you went for getting all of the sauce that could easily be rinsed out, and it clearly had less sauce then the spatula. It isnt perfect, but it still works better in my eyes. The design that was deemed to work best was clearly just a bigger version of the original, the only thing i fully agreed on was a longer nose and the hole for a grip. If it got too large you may as well just use a spatula.
Product 2; Blade brush i fully agree with, though to be fair its something i wouldn't even buy. Its clear it was made for blades/flat stuff, so testing it with forks and spoons wouldn't obviously have a good choice, though i understand the reasonings because if it was a sponge you would just wanna clean the rest of the utensils.
Product 3; Loved this one most, though i wish it could be a type of kitchen tool that could; Split into multiple sham wows ( basically a more extreme heavy duty paper towel ), came into a big bulk of them ( this falls into the next one ), and was perhaps fully safe to wash. Specifically in a sink, obviously, since i dont think running it in a washer/dyer would do well with the material. I may not buy it since sham wow is very large and incase i clean up something like whine or milk i wouldnt be too ancy on keeping it.
Product 4; I basically agree, imo the original design is better, just needs a better grip/screw lock like you said, and softer bristles.
Product 5; Yea this one is basically lape, i understand whisks are difficult to clean in general so for the job it did it did well, to be fair id rather go a extra mile cleaning a flat disk with a few line holes then cleaning Satans back scratcher.
That was the most polite review of the ShamWow I've ever seen. Honestly I think it's biggest issue was that they overpromised on it, and so people were mad when it didn't perform as well.
If they were just more honest they probably would have sold better. That's not to say that I personally think it's worth it, but I think Dan was very impartial and gave a solid, honest review, and I appreciate that in spite of rating effectiveness and usability as 5/5s, he still admitted that it's not really worth going out of your way to get it.
He is making me so tired🥱🥱🥱
tbh I want to be his friend. Lolll
I am confused for the first 1 . You can just use this thing call a sponge 🧽 since u gotta wash it anyway
I'd love to see Jacksepticeye react to this in his Funniest Home Videos series.
Dude doesn't know how to use the dish squidgy or the spatula.
You used the suction brush incorrectly. It needs to be placed vertically and submerged under water. It’ll clean much more quickly.
Dan testing ShamWow is the Avengers:Endgame of this series
whisk whiper is actually pretty cool shame on you dan
He cleared 3 bowls of spaghetti just for the squeege. This man is lovely.
289,978 views, 7k likes, 432 comments, 4.14M subscribers. Nice!!
EYYYY
Microfiber cloths do a lot better than Shamwow, in my experience.
Just use the scrub daddy. Those brushes are horrible
You could say the Shamwow is more sham than wow
and he just rated the whisk itself while he was at it lol
Im sorry but on the glass cleaner I wanna comment. I've worked at bars several times and I have cleaned glasses there for hours upon hours and the same kinda brush is used (granted, the hairs were a little more flexible) but I think you used it wrong… I have always known that the brush is on tthe bottom of the sink so that way you really get ur soap and water inside the glass, and because its on the bottom you can push down on the glass which is handier to use.
In my opinion you used it wrong and I wont take your review valid. I think we cant miss em at bars because its quick, easy and convient. Doing it with a hand brush shaves of valuble seconds u need to serve ur costumers.
the issue with those brushes compared to doing it by hand is that by hand you can turn the brush a bit around to clean it good and choice the pressure. The best thing would be a machine robot that cleans then
I’m binge watching these videos. I can’t but notice that most of these gadgets are utterly useless and a waste of resources
Hilarious with the wine! And for Dan, the shamwow really got a great review!!
Shamwow is the greatest towel I've used
Just bought a spatula with wisk cleaner built into it
test shamwow is bad !!!
Man, you love spaghetti
We love watching you Mr. F 😗
HOW MUCH PASTA DID HE ATE
I've seen Dan for probably a year now and watched a few dozen videos but I still can't figure this guy out lol, I like it though, he's entertaining and wholesome, love this series
The whisk thing is actually useful. The thing is, its used to scrape of batter stuck in or on the whisk. I like baking cookies but I hate cleaning the whisk because everytime I whisk, it gets stuck
Whisk wiper is the best of all the things shown. Shamwow is just a towel.
I think Whisk wiper works best with running water. Sometimes running water alone is not enough to remove things in between the whisk so having something that can go in between the whisk (like the whisk wiper) instead of using my fat fingers is something I would get for convenience
For the first time I disagree with him on a product. The glass cleaner is a device I’ve used many times in the restaurant industry. Behind any bar you will find it. It is placed on the BOTTOM of a sink not the side. You plunge and twist. The rinse. Very fast and effective.
Why would you use a special tool to scrape your dishes instead of the same utensil you just got done eating with?
If you really wanna test that bottle brush, you'll wanna use it on a baby bottle. And I can tell by looking, it won't be effective. It needs sponges, at least on the tip.
What paper towels did you use because those looked like some bargain brand cheap 1 ply paper towels
The suction brush is actually pretty great. Used it in restaurants and bars a lot. It's supposed to be on the bottom of the sink filled with water so you can push the glass up and down and rinse it at the same time.