I realized something while watching. The video editing is superb. Meaning I didn't realize the editing. Everything seems ready for TV. I told my wife, the editing is so precise you don't even notice it. Good job, keep it up.
Only recently discovered Freakin Reviews but honestly can't get enough of this channel ! Finding myself wanting kitchen gadgets I never knew existed ! Keep up the great work.
The pickle fork is a great idea. Convenient, easy way to deter people from sticking their unwashed fingers in the pickle jar. Eating from the fork defeats the 🦠 germ-free purpose, and it’s very sharp. Bowl Hugger is perfect I frequently use a flat potholder under my hot Corelle bowl when I lunch on the couch with a good movie .
I love those strainer things. I was skeptical at first about them working on a larger pot, but they still work. They take up less room than a traditional colander too.
I think that the person that said Flip It leaked forgot to put the washer on, probably thought it was part of packaging and threw it way so yes it leaked. All these products seem pretty good. Thanks for the information.❤️👍🏻👏🏼👵🏻🇺🇸
Thought you might like to know that over time, even if you don't do it regularly, dumping boiling water down your drains, loosens the pvc glue and can cause leaks. Always run cold water when dumping and dump slowly. Because when your house was built, those plumbers were NOT using a high heat resistant glue. That is a different glue.
I think warm water is okay, but I have definitely learned that boiling water is likely to do as you wrote. I think our hot water system is set at 129 F.
Great content as usual James, but I would love to see how the fridge fork performs when there’s only 3-4 pickles left in the big jar. Will it reach all the way in and will it still be as easy to spear the pickles when they’ve got room to escape? etc. Maybe something for your follow-up video. Thanks!
Ive had the adjustable strainer for yeaaaars and love it!! I use it on all my pots, but try and avoid using it on pots that have a way bigger circumference than the strainer.. it lives in my pot cubbard… I usually use it on things that I don’t want to strain completely, but for stuff like potatoes it’s perfect!!
I haven't used any of those but that "flip it" is something I think I'll take a look at buying. Pump tops are convenient when bottles are full but when you get down to that last bit, they're useless.
maybe good for lotions or bathroom items but for the kitchen i literally just place a bottle upside down in a mug and set it in the corner on my counter 🤣
I have the fridge fork, the only problem I have with it is that the shelf in the fridge I put the jar on normally fits, but with the fork attached I have to put it on a taller spot.
No judgement, if it works for you it works for you, but why though? How is it anymore convenient that using a normal fork from from the drawer? This product doesn't really solve a problem I'd expect anyone to really have.
I personally have a problems with a normal fork sometimes. The spiky tthingies are quite hard to push into the pickles, so the fridge fork seems to have a point there.
I've had a few "bowl huggers" for years, but they're handmade and you get them at craft fairs, state fairs, and events like that where people sell their products. Probably have them on Etsy, but I've not looked. I love them! You can get any pattern you can think of since it uses basic fabric by the yard that you can get at a craft store. They are very popular with patterns of sports teams. I would highly recommend these over the weird Amazon ones. Especially since the ones I have appear to have higher sides and can work as a hotpad if you need to just grab something quick.
I was coming down here to make this exact comment! I got some handmade ones as a wedding present. Honestly, my husband and I use them literally every day. I think the Amazon ones looked a little weirdly shaped… the handmade ones we got are a little bigger too I think
You can also crochet them with cotton yarn, there are patterns available on the internet. Only use cotton yarn though, acrylic yarn melts at the higher temperatures since it is plastic.
I have that exact same strainer, color too, I absolutely love it! The clips are nice and strong, dishwasher safe and completely adjustable, one of the best products I've bought from Amazon! Just make sure you pull the strainer bit but so its more of a bowl and not down in your pan.
I have a store brand of bamboo towels. I wash them in a mesh bag, with the super hot cycle that I do all my dish cloths and dish towels on. They shrank a fair bit, and have a softer, more absorbent. I love them for polishing my black stove and microwave. Although bamboo is a quick, easy growing plant, turning bamboo into viscose fabric, is not the greatest for the environment. Neither is cotton though.
I’m not sure there really is a way for use to manufacture fabrics that is going to be better for the environment than if we didn’t manufacture fabric at all, but I’m a Christian, so I just philosophize that that’s probably why the first thing we did after we fell from grace was start wearing clothes. Even in no Christian faiths it’s similar. The Greeks talked about us gaining access to fire, which is in modern terms just releasing carbon by combustion. But we still use that to keep ourselves from freezing or sweating to death. Towels are kind of a heavy topic, huh😵💫
I think they meant the 'entire' roll is smaller than they expected. Not the individual sheets. They're about 1/2 the size of a regular roll of paper towels.
That strainer looks handy. I've had the half-moon strainers you hold against the pot while straining but you have to be careful not to let slip or scald yourself.
The bamboo paper towels seem so pricey, especially when you can get a pack of washcloths or other cloths for far less than half the cost of the bamboo towels and have them last years.
@@IRBork 12 rolls of shop towels are $26 on amazon. Total area 48m^2 Bounty 12 pack $26. Total area 61m^2. They really are very close in price. 28% more isn't a lot for far superior quality
Maybe for people who want a pickle but don't want to wash a fork? Here's what kills me: It's intended to keep fingers out of the pickle jar; keep the pickles germ-free. It's not intended just to keep your fingers juice-free......fingers should not be in the jar anyway. Yuck. And he was eating off the fridge fork. Totally defeats the purpose! I'm thinking my sons would do the same thing. Too funny :)
I can see this being used by single people who love pickles, love eating them at random throughout the day, but are too lazy to be constantly cleaning forks. I’m convinced that whoever designed that thing was that type of person.
I used to work in a kitchen shop that sold everything under the Sun in terms of gadgets. I still have "The Pickle Plucker" that did the same thing as the item you showed. It was something put out at Tupperware parties. I also had a German made pickle stabber that resembled the plastic one you showed, but it was a much higher-grade item.
I have a homemade version of the bowl hugger. My mom made a quilted version from a template, and it works great. The materials are different, but I can say that the form that those are made in really does work well for the intended purpose.
So cool that you would even review something as specific as this but... I sure could have used these when I worked at a spa. Great honest review, as always, thanks
My mom gave me the pot strainer for Christmas and I loved it. Mine looks a tiny bit different as the strainer net part is taller so food won’t go fall over it as easily but it doesn’t have the pour spout dip on the end so water has a wider and messier flow.
OMG ! I love the Flip it. Love, love, love your channel. Fun, interesting and I learned about things I never would have known about. Thanks so very much. 👍👍👍👍👍
I've been using the green clip on strainer for years and years. I clip the strainer on before I even start boiling anything so I don't get burned. I love it.
I was gifted something very similar to the bowl hugger. Same shape but its quilted. At first I didn't see it being useful. However, now I use it for hot bowls & for ice cream all the time. It helps to maintain the bowl temp either way. I don't see the point of the pickle fork. Just use a reg fork. I keep white towels about the same size as the bamboo towels. I wash & bleach them as necessary. I use a specific tea towel for drying dishes. I only use a paper towel as a occas napkin.
I wouldn't need the Flip It since I just use a funnel to empty one container into a new one to get the last drop out. The Fridge Fork could built up bacteria in it's holder while sitting around waiting to be used again. Just use a regular fork when you need to get something out of a jar.
You might want to try a little spatula with a long handle that fits into those bottle. Amazon sells them for under 10 bucks. You could get the rest of it out like that. I normally just cut the plastic bottles in half using a pair of scissors.
Hold the bottle by the bottom Making sure you have enough clearance spin your arm at the shoulder in one big circle ⭕️ Going as fast as comfortable for 1 minute Your lotion etc. will now be all the way in the neck of the bottle, because physics
My mom swears that some companies intentionally make their bottles so that you can’t get all the product out without a lot of hassle(and even then you can’t always get it all)
I think those bowl huggers would be great for serving bowls at meal time. Dump those freshly microwaved/steamed veggies or the stir fry you just made into a serving bowl and they get hot. Those huggers would protect your hands getting them to the table and then protect the table, hence acting as a trivet. As for that Fridge Fork, I’m going to order one right now! My husband LOVES baby dill pickles and he’s always digging in the jar with his fingers. We need that item now!
My favorite two gadgets are the extra-long (typically 11" - 13") hooks and tweezers. Both are great values and they are great for getting food out of jars and also great for flipping food in pans, on sheets, or on the grill. Much easier to use than forks, spoons, tongs, or spatulas. Need to flip burgers or remove waffles from the waffle iron? Use the tweezers. Need to extract hot toast or bagels from a toaster, turn over chicken legs, thighs, and breasts? Use the hook. Need to remove pickles from a tall jar (whole or sliced) then use the hook or tweezers as you deem fit. I use the extra-long tweezers when I make scrambled eggs too. The tweezers are handy to twirl the eggs while they cook and then lift them out of the pan with ease.
15:28 - 15:30 James: "Alright, I just put this in some warm soapy wooder" ChrisFix: "Hey guys! ChrisFix here! Today, I'm going to be showing you the best..."
Watch from the start to the end and quite enjoyed it and realized I didn't go to online shop for quite some time that I missed on a lot of new stuff people do buy that I don't think I will. Thanks a lot for sharing, now that I know they existed. Among all items I think the bamboo paper towel quite useful.💪💪💪
I am definitely going to invest in those squeeze bottle toppers--fittingly enough, to make sure I get every last drop of lotion out of my Aveeno bottle. They sell an eczema cream that works great, but for 18 dollars a bottle, I should not have like 2/3 cup of lotion stuck on the bottom of the bottle that the pump can't reach.
I have a fridge fork. It's pretty nifty especially for a half full or nearly empty jar. I tend not to hang on to gadgets I don't like but I keep this one around.
I’m surprised the bamboo towels didn’t say anything about being good for the environment. (I’m not sure if they are, but I know they could probably claim that a few different ways.) Related to that . . . I’ve accidentally washed some expensive Viva paper towels and they held up in the wash and dryer. They came out smaller though.
Great review...very indepth! This was like reading the manual but more fun :) Do people even read manuals anymore though...lol. Great job on your video :)
I just started watching your channel. I really like it ! Thank you for not blasting the music. The music is not too loud or annoying. Thanks again! I will keep watching.
Thanks for reviewing the bowl hugger. I was given one for Christmas. This one is called Microwave Bowl Caddy from One Crazy Grandma in Texas and it's $8
I’ve had the green strainer for years and love it. It doesn’t take up near as much space as a colander in the cabinet or the dishwasher and I love it for those reasons. And it works.. I’ve never had issues with it …works great!
@@spikedwk That's cool, but don't strain ground beef or any meat. Do it in smaller batches and fry off all the liquid and get a nice sear and with that - better flavour.
@@santajimi searing ground beef for one is easy to burn it accidentally. Two, most people making ground beef need to cook at least a pound at a time for their recipe, and unless theyre using like 90/10 lean ground beef (which is quite expensive) their gonna have a decent amount of fat, lastly doing it in small enough batches to do what you suggest for a pound or more adds a lot of time to the cooking process. Oh and plus, a lot of people don't want all that fat in their food, I for one have issues with grease and fat that cause me intense pain so draining is the best and only way to cook ground beef for me and a lot of others.
We have two of that adjustable strainer, one is the same model you reviewed and the other is presumably an earlier version as it looks like the images on the Amazon link. The style you reviewed drains better due to more and larger slots at the edge. It does have effective limits about how much pasta; e.g. we sometimes make a large amount of torelloni so there will be leftovers and the pasta can tumble over the top when affixed to the stock pot if I'm not careful. It's a trade-off but taking up so little room in the dishwasher and cabinets is nice.
I think all but the bamboo towels are useful. The bamboo towel is reminiscent of Handi-Wipes, multiple use towels and I prefer a disposable/one use kind of paper towel. I have regular wash cloth for multiple uses. good reviews as usual
That strainer will help so much when I'm making 2 boxes of Mac n cheese for my little gremlins. I have such small space in my sink and if there's even a few dirty dishes, I can't strain!
the fridge fork, you have to do more dishwashing than just using a regular fork. Because I would have to wash the entire thing each time using it, I don't want old dried up pickle juice on that forkholder.
@@girlsdrinkfeck 1. Canadians also call them pickles. 2. They're the most commonly eaten pickled food in North America, and simply calling them "pickles" works just fine without any confusion. So if it works, why change it? 3. Gherkin is a term used in North America, but it refers to a specific type of pickle, which is a "baby pickle."
I feel like the actual competitors of the mighty Bamboo towel would be reusable microfiber towels. Because I sure as hell don't clean my counters with paper towels.i guess they position themselves against paper towels is easier compared to microfiber clothes
@@Zabe_B i get why you think that, but that logic is wrong and trained by a perception that organic/natural is always good. In reality the old credo of reduce, reuse, recycle in that order of importance still holds true. It does not matter what your thing is made of (assuming it doesn't poising you and the environment while you are using it) the longer you use it the better for the environment. A plastic item used for a decade, is more environmentally friendly then any biodegradable item used for a year. It takes energy to produce a product and it always creates waste. This product is made to be disposable. 8+ years of use from them is a mighty claim and if it lasts that long it gives microfiber clothes a run for there money...and is handily beat by my old t-shirt being turned into a rag after I can't wear it anymore.
i think the only pro it has, is that it's antibacterial, all those towels just have growths of bacteria, you'd have to put them in the washer with bleach often while this one you can just rinse without worrying about how much bacteria it has
I love the idea of the Flip It. Certainly, this isn't a new idea but it's the first time I've seen it as an add on. Condiment manufacturers figured this out years ago, but as your review points out, there are many products that could use an inverted bottle that don't come that way. As you point down, it's products that are extremely viscous which make Flip It a fantastic product. No more waiting for that last bit of material to flow from the bottom to the top of a container.
Wow, that pickle stabber is interesting to me. I don't eat a whole lot of pickles but I do eat roasted red peppers from a jar every single day and either I have to pour out the water or stick my fingers in the job to get enough grip to pull the pepper out. Regular forks are a little too big and don't grab it well enough.
Or to use just one gasket when an adapter is needed. So many people don't bother with instructions that I have to factor it heavily into reviews when I'm shopping online, sadly.
I got the large set of Flip-It and then got some extra sizes and gaskets. I love the ability to get all the stuff out of the bottles. So far honey, shampoo and conditioner are what I've done.
We have two clip on strainers- one for smaller pots at home and one in our RV. Takes up much less space than a colander and cleans up easily especially when straining grease from taco meat.
I'm not sure if James knows this or not but when you have something new that's that red, it would be best to put it in a bucket by itself with salt mix it together and let it soak and then it won't bleed, apparently the negative review from Amazon for the bowl hugger didn't understand that
Awesome review! Everytime I binge watch your reviews I get yelled at by my wife because I end up buying some of the stuff you reviewed (cup cozy, collapsable stool, flip it, and the finger chopsticks are just some of the many) 🤣🤣🤣....thank you for the honest reviews 👍👍
Mighty Bamboo towels should have some kind of reusable roll center and automated roller for the laundered ones to be re-rolled for ease of use and storage.
I think once you use the fridge fork and eat directly off of it rather than place the pickle on a plate with the fork you might as well use your hands to get the pickle out of the jar :)
There's another item that works just as well and has been out for a while. It's called a "fork". It has FOUR sharp prongs, and there's 30 of them in your drawer right now. Because you have 30 of them, you simply pull one out and stab a pickle. No need to spend minutes strapping it to the jar. Plus, you just put it in the dishwasher to clean it immediately after use. No condom-like reservoir tip that slowly marinates your prongs in a bacterial bath.
I have my grandmother's old metal strainer that clamps on top of a pot, she had many old pots that had locking lids and accessories. I'm so shocked they seemed to fall by the wayside, and never remade
Love seeing you try something somewhat eco friendly! Could you try some seri waste swaps possibly??? That’s would be awesome to see and usually saves money long run! Win win!
I realized something while watching. The video editing is superb. Meaning I didn't realize the editing. Everything seems ready for TV. I told my wife, the editing is so precise you don't even notice it. Good job, keep it up.
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I'd love the flip-it for bathroom items. Annoying fighting with the bottles or trying to find that one place to lean it.
A three prong fork lmao.. it’s called a trident and it’s for ruling the 7 seas
Don't forget Hell! 😂
Your descriptions are awesome! Thank you! As a blind person, it's nice to be able to understand what does and doesn’t work.
Only recently discovered Freakin Reviews but honestly can't get enough of this channel ! Finding myself wanting kitchen gadgets I never knew existed ! Keep up the great work.
The pickle fork is a great idea. Convenient, easy way to deter people from sticking their unwashed fingers in the pickle jar. Eating from the fork defeats the 🦠 germ-free purpose, and it’s very sharp.
Bowl Hugger is perfect I frequently use a flat potholder under my hot Corelle bowl when I lunch on the couch with a good movie .
I have those strainer for pans and love them, works amazing for draining grease while making anything with ground beef!!!
That adjustable strainer thing really works on pots large and small…worth every cent!
I love those strainer things. I was skeptical at first about them working on a larger pot, but they still work. They take up less room than a traditional colander too.
But with a metal collander you can use your pot to steam various foods.
I think that the person that said Flip It leaked forgot to put the washer on, probably thought it was part of packaging and threw it way so yes it leaked. All these products seem pretty good. Thanks for the information.❤️👍🏻👏🏼👵🏻🇺🇸
Thought you might like to know that over time, even if you don't do it regularly, dumping boiling water down your drains, loosens the pvc glue and can cause leaks. Always run cold water when dumping and dump slowly. Because when your house was built, those plumbers were NOT using a high heat resistant glue. That is a different glue.
Beautiful comment!
Uhoh. I’ve been doing that too. 😲
I think warm water is okay, but I have definitely learned that boiling water is likely to do as you wrote. I think our hot water system is set at 129 F.
Depends where you live and when your house was built but good advice overall.
Great content as usual James, but I would love to see how the fridge fork performs when there’s only 3-4 pickles left in the big jar. Will it reach all the way in and will it still be as easy to spear the pickles when they’ve got room to escape? etc. Maybe something for your follow-up video. Thanks!
I've been using an old fondue fork for years. It's quite long and reaches the bottom easily.
Ive had the adjustable strainer for yeaaaars and love it!!
I use it on all my pots, but try and avoid using it on pots that have a way bigger circumference than the strainer.. it lives in my pot cubbard…
I usually use it on things that I don’t want to strain completely, but for stuff like potatoes it’s perfect!!
I have used it many times on large pots with not a problem one. Love this gadget!!
I haven't used any of those but that "flip it" is something I think I'll take a look at buying. Pump tops are convenient when bottles are full but when you get down to that last bit, they're useless.
Same same dude. Everything is else is cool but not something I need. But that Flip-It, I might be getting that six-packer.
Another vote for the flip-it. Too much product wasted because I couldn't squeeze out the last drops.
I had them a couple of years ago… didn’t find they worked that well, maybe they have improved it.
maybe good for lotions or bathroom items but for the kitchen i literally just place a bottle upside down in a mug and set it in the corner on my counter 🤣
I have the fridge fork, the only problem I have with it is that the shelf in the fridge I put the jar on normally fits, but with the fork attached I have to put it on a taller spot.
what's the difference than using a usual fork?
@@leykimayri The usual fork lets you keep $8.99 in your pocket.
No judgement, if it works for you it works for you, but why though? How is it anymore convenient that using a normal fork from from the drawer? This product doesn't really solve a problem I'd expect anyone to really have.
I personally have a problems with a normal fork sometimes. The spiky tthingies are quite hard to push into the pickles, so the fridge fork seems to have a point there.
@@ashhillmodels3801 what about tongs? I guess if you have arthritis
I've had a few "bowl huggers" for years, but they're handmade and you get them at craft fairs, state fairs, and events like that where people sell their products. Probably have them on Etsy, but I've not looked. I love them! You can get any pattern you can think of since it uses basic fabric by the yard that you can get at a craft store. They are very popular with patterns of sports teams.
I would highly recommend these over the weird Amazon ones. Especially since the ones I have appear to have higher sides and can work as a hotpad if you need to just grab something quick.
Great idea!! Thanks
Agreed. My grandma made me a few as I like making ramen in the microwave with the big pyrex bowls and they work wonderfully.
I was coming down here to make this exact comment! I got some handmade ones as a wedding present. Honestly, my husband and I use them literally every day. I think the Amazon ones looked a little weirdly shaped… the handmade ones we got are a little bigger too I think
I have a collection Grandma made us years ago for Christmas and they still work perfectly!
You can also crochet them with cotton yarn, there are patterns available on the internet. Only use cotton yarn though, acrylic yarn melts at the higher temperatures since it is plastic.
Alternate title: Gift ideas for your mother-in-law
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My mom actually loves kitchen gadgets
I bet that Flip-It would work great in my house for my hand soaps and cleaning supplies! Always have trouble getting the last of them out
I honestly could use those bowl huggers, although a simple kitchen towel does the job just fine.
I have that exact same strainer, color too, I absolutely love it! The clips are nice and strong, dishwasher safe and completely adjustable, one of the best products I've bought from Amazon! Just make sure you pull the strainer bit but so its more of a bowl and not down in your pan.
I have a store brand of bamboo towels. I wash them in a mesh bag, with the super hot cycle that I do all my dish cloths and dish towels on. They shrank a fair bit, and have a softer, more absorbent. I love them for polishing my black stove and microwave. Although bamboo is a quick, easy growing plant, turning bamboo into viscose fabric, is not the greatest for the environment. Neither is cotton though.
I’m not sure there really is a way for use to manufacture fabrics that is going to be better for the environment than if we didn’t manufacture fabric at all, but I’m a Christian, so I just philosophize that that’s probably why the first thing we did after we fell from grace was start wearing clothes. Even in no Christian faiths it’s similar. The Greeks talked about us gaining access to fire, which is in modern terms just releasing carbon by combustion. But we still use that to keep ourselves from freezing or sweating to death.
Towels are kind of a heavy topic, huh😵💫
@@animula6908 Five hundred people doing anything has less impact on the same patch of land than 5 billion.
I haven't had a TV subscription for 15 years and I still love these weird as seen on TV products.
I think they meant the 'entire' roll is smaller than they expected. Not the individual sheets. They're about 1/2 the size of a regular roll of paper towels.
That strainer looks handy. I've had the half-moon strainers you hold against the pot while straining but you have to be careful not to let slip or scald yourself.
The bamboo paper towels seem so pricey, especially when you can get a pack of washcloths or other cloths for far less than half the cost of the bamboo towels and have them last years.
They're just shop towels. You can get boxes and rolls of the blue ones for barely more than regular paper towels and they're crazy durable.
@@IRBork furthermore, Chicopee products makes towels that make shop towels seem like Kleenex. i like the chix 8252 microban ones for cooking
everything he reviewed was total garbage destined for the landfill.
@@IRBork 12 rolls of shop towels are $26 on amazon. Total area 48m^2
Bounty 12 pack $26. Total area 61m^2.
They really are very close in price. 28% more isn't a lot for far superior quality
Bamboo is less labor intensive and less demanding of fertilizers.
We have been using a silicone pot strainer for years, and we love it! It's easier to clean than a stand-alone strainer or collander.
The fridge fork is a solution for a problem that doesn’t exist.
HaHa yep, just thinking the same thing. The regular fork I use is just fine, This "gadget" is forking dumb.
Maybe for people who want a pickle but don't want to wash a fork?
Here's what kills me: It's intended to keep fingers out of the pickle jar; keep the pickles germ-free.
It's not intended just to keep your fingers juice-free......fingers should not be in the jar anyway. Yuck.
And he was eating off the fridge fork. Totally defeats the purpose!
I'm thinking my sons would do the same thing. Too funny :)
As are most of kitchen gadgets
Just look at his series of ice makers
None has overcome the simple dollar store ice tray
What do you mean? It always leaves me in a pickle.
I can see this being used by single people who love pickles, love eating them at random throughout the day, but are too lazy to be constantly cleaning forks.
I’m convinced that whoever designed that thing was that type of person.
We have been using the flip it for years. Love it. No more having to try and dig out lotion..
I used to work in a kitchen shop that sold everything under the Sun in terms of gadgets. I still have "The Pickle Plucker" that did the same thing as the item you showed. It was something put out at Tupperware parties. I also had a German made pickle stabber that resembled the plastic one you showed, but it was a much higher-grade item.
I remember the Tupperware one !
I have a homemade version of the bowl hugger. My mom made a quilted version from a template, and it works great. The materials are different, but I can say that the form that those are made in really does work well for the intended purpose.
So cool that you would even review something as specific as this but... I sure could have used these when I worked at a spa.
Great honest review, as always,
thanks
My mom gave me the pot strainer for Christmas and I loved it. Mine looks a tiny bit different as the strainer net part is taller so food won’t go fall over it as easily but it doesn’t have the pour spout dip on the end so water has a wider and messier flow.
OMG ! I love the Flip it. Love, love, love your channel. Fun, interesting and I learned about
things I never would have known about. Thanks so very much. 👍👍👍👍👍
I've been using the green clip on strainer for years and years. I clip the strainer on before I even start boiling anything so I don't get burned. I love it.
Does that also help with boiling over?
I just bought that pot strainer. I love it! Got it for only 6$ with a promo code!
I was gifted something very similar to the bowl hugger. Same shape but its quilted. At first I didn't see it being useful. However, now I use it for hot bowls & for ice cream all the time. It helps to maintain the bowl temp either way. I don't see the point of the pickle fork. Just use a reg fork. I keep white towels about the same size as the bamboo towels. I wash & bleach them as necessary. I use a specific tea towel for drying dishes. I only use a paper towel as a occas napkin.
I wouldn't need the Flip It since I just use a funnel to empty one container into a new one to get the last drop out.
The Fridge Fork could built up bacteria in it's holder while sitting around waiting to be used again. Just use a regular fork when you need to get something out of a jar.
Right? Why would you pay 9 bucks when you can get a fork from your drawer for free?
I feel at that point if you still want it, you'd be buying the pronged fork rather than the gadget... Which imo the fork still seems pretty nice.
@@Trazel_Apeally get a pronged fork and q rubber band. Done 🤣🤣
@@kaycollarfeild Exactly lol. Save ourselves $9.
@@soupsgord extreme laziness?
Another entertaining video! I think those blue shop towels would be a better competitor for the Bamboo towels.
You have great taste in art, bold and brash is one of my favorite pieces.
I love my flp-its. I've had them for years and mostly for lotions. I still don't get it all out due to bottle designs, but it gets most of it.
You might want to try a little spatula with a long handle that fits into those bottle. Amazon sells them for under 10 bucks. You could get the rest of it out like that. I normally just cut the plastic bottles in half using a pair of scissors.
Hold the bottle by the bottom
Making sure you have enough clearance spin your arm at the shoulder in one big circle ⭕️
Going as fast as comfortable for 1 minute
Your lotion etc. will now be all the way in the neck of the bottle, because physics
@@kenwaid8239 You must've been really horny to spin your arm for a whole minute just to get that last bit of lotion
@@johnjingleheimersmith9259 🤣
My mom swears that some companies intentionally make their bottles so that you can’t get all the product out without a lot of hassle(and even then you can’t always get it all)
I think those bowl huggers would be great for serving bowls at meal time. Dump those freshly microwaved/steamed veggies or the stir fry you just made into a serving bowl and they get hot. Those huggers would protect your hands getting them to the table and then protect the table, hence acting as a trivet.
As for that Fridge Fork, I’m going to order one right now! My husband LOVES baby dill pickles and he’s always digging in the jar with his fingers. We need that item now!
I got the strainer last year and have to say it’s one of my favorite kitchen gadgets! Has never failed me!
another saturday with a great freakin review!
My favorite two gadgets are the extra-long (typically 11" - 13") hooks and tweezers. Both are great values and they are great for getting food out of jars and also great for flipping food in pans, on sheets, or on the grill. Much easier to use than forks, spoons, tongs, or spatulas. Need to flip burgers or remove waffles from the waffle iron? Use the tweezers. Need to extract hot toast or bagels from a toaster, turn over chicken legs, thighs, and breasts? Use the hook. Need to remove pickles from a tall jar (whole or sliced) then use the hook or tweezers as you deem fit. I use the extra-long tweezers when I make scrambled eggs too. The tweezers are handy to twirl the eggs while they cook and then lift them out of the pan with ease.
15:28 - 15:30
James: "Alright, I just put this in some warm soapy wooder"
ChrisFix: "Hey guys! ChrisFix here! Today, I'm going to be showing you the best..."
Watch from the start to the end and quite enjoyed it and realized I didn't go to online shop for quite some time that I missed on a lot of new stuff people do buy that I don't think I will. Thanks a lot for sharing, now that I know they existed. Among all items I think the bamboo paper towel quite useful.💪💪💪
I really enjoy your reviews please keep them coming
I am definitely going to invest in those squeeze bottle toppers--fittingly enough, to make sure I get every last drop of lotion out of my Aveeno bottle. They sell an eczema cream that works great, but for 18 dollars a bottle, I should not have like 2/3 cup of lotion stuck on the bottom of the bottle that the pump can't reach.
I normally cut my plastic bottles in half with a pair of scissors.
@@craftressc3701 I do that too.
I have a fridge fork. It's pretty nifty especially for a half full or nearly empty jar. I tend not to hang on to gadgets I don't like but I keep this one around.
I’m surprised the bamboo towels didn’t say anything about being good for the environment.
(I’m not sure if they are, but I know they could probably claim that a few different ways.)
Related to that . . . I’ve accidentally washed some expensive Viva paper towels and they held up in the wash and dryer. They came out smaller though.
They did. He even mentioned it, in passing. He didnt highlight it
@@LukeMcGuireoides oh okay
I love my flip it's. They work quite well, especially with pump bottles, getting that last bit out.
Great review...very indepth! This was like reading the manual but more fun :) Do people even read manuals anymore though...lol. Great job on your video :)
I love seeing “Bold and Brash” in the background.
More like, “Belongs in the Trash”
Thank you for testing all these a few were interesting to me.
I just started watching your channel. I really like it ! Thank you for not blasting the music. The music is not too loud or annoying. Thanks again! I will keep watching.
Thanks for reviewing the bowl hugger. I was given one for Christmas. This one is called Microwave Bowl Caddy from One Crazy Grandma in Texas and it's $8
I’ve had the green strainer for years and love it. It doesn’t take up near as much space as a colander in the cabinet or the dishwasher and I love it for those reasons. And it works.. I’ve never had issues with it …works great!
Great video as always. I'm going to try the bowl hugger and the flipit. Thanks for the review.
For the strainer I'd like to see if it can work with a pan, like for draining ground beef.
It does. I've had one for a while and do it often.
@@mikew1978 thanks, I'll probably get one after hearing that.
@@spikedwk That's cool, but don't strain ground beef or any meat. Do it in smaller batches and fry off all the liquid and get a nice sear and with that - better flavour.
@@santajimi I'm just following the hamburger helper instructions haha
@@santajimi searing ground beef for one is easy to burn it accidentally. Two, most people making ground beef need to cook at least a pound at a time for their recipe, and unless theyre using like 90/10 lean ground beef (which is quite expensive) their gonna have a decent amount of fat, lastly doing it in small enough batches to do what you suggest for a pound or more adds a lot of time to the cooking process. Oh and plus, a lot of people don't want all that fat in their food, I for one have issues with grease and fat that cause me intense pain so draining is the best and only way to cook ground beef for me and a lot of others.
We have two of that adjustable strainer, one is the same model you reviewed and the other is presumably an earlier version as it looks like the images on the Amazon link. The style you reviewed drains better due to more and larger slots at the edge. It does have effective limits about how much pasta; e.g. we sometimes make a large amount of torelloni so there will be leftovers and the pasta can tumble over the top when affixed to the stock pot if I'm not careful. It's a trade-off but taking up so little room in the dishwasher and cabinets is nice.
The thing I'm most impressed with, is the fact that you're tall enough to clean up to the top of the cupboards. I'm super jealous 😄
I think all but the bamboo towels are useful. The bamboo towel is reminiscent of Handi-Wipes, multiple use towels and I prefer a disposable/one use kind of paper towel. I have regular wash cloth for multiple uses. good reviews as usual
I love the Flip it's. I've been using them for years!
I really like the bowl hugger. We use them all the time.
My mom used to make a bowl holder like that out of scrap material; I love them and her. I think I will purchase these off Amazon.
That strainer will help so much when I'm making 2 boxes of Mac n cheese for my little gremlins. I have such small space in my sink and if there's even a few dirty dishes, I can't strain!
the fridge fork, you have to do more dishwashing than just using a regular fork. Because I would have to wash the entire thing each time using it, I don't want old dried up pickle juice on that forkholder.
Yes! I would def worry about ... dried stuff
why do americans call gherkins pickles ? anything can be pickled ,pickle isnt a food its a food thats been pickled
@@girlsdrinkfeck 1. Canadians also call them pickles. 2. They're the most commonly eaten pickled food in North America, and simply calling them "pickles" works just fine without any confusion. So if it works, why change it? 3. Gherkin is a term used in North America, but it refers to a specific type of pickle, which is a "baby pickle."
I have the flip it & LOVE it. I also have the bamboo towels. Great for some things.
I use the flip it for my lotions that have a pump. When I cant get anymore out, I remove the pump, put these on & flip them to get out the rest
I’ve been wanting the flip it for awhile now!! Glad to know it works!
I feel like the actual competitors of the mighty Bamboo towel would be reusable microfiber towels. Because I sure as hell don't clean my counters with paper towels.i guess they position themselves against paper towels is easier compared to microfiber clothes
they are probably better for the environment than microfiber though... considering microfiber is plastic
@@Zabe_B i get why you think that, but that logic is wrong and trained by a perception that organic/natural is always good. In reality the old credo of reduce, reuse, recycle in that order of importance still holds true. It does not matter what your thing is made of (assuming it doesn't poising you and the environment while you are using it) the longer you use it the better for the environment. A plastic item used for a decade, is more environmentally friendly then any biodegradable item used for a year. It takes energy to produce a product and it always creates waste. This product is made to be disposable. 8+ years of use from them is a mighty claim and if it lasts that long it gives microfiber clothes a run for there money...and is handily beat by my old t-shirt being turned into a rag after I can't wear it anymore.
@@DerpyLaron +1
i think the only pro it has, is that it's antibacterial, all those towels just have growths of bacteria, you'd have to put them in the washer with bleach often while this one you can just rinse without worrying about how much bacteria it has
@@andrewbobat This is why you buy white wash clothes and use bleach.
I love the idea of the Flip It. Certainly, this isn't a new idea but it's the first time I've seen it as an add on. Condiment manufacturers figured this out years ago, but as your review points out, there are many products that could use an inverted bottle that don't come that way. As you point down, it's products that are extremely viscous which make Flip It a fantastic product. No more waiting for that last bit of material to flow from the bottom to the top of a container.
That Adjustable Strainer has real possibilities for my daughter's tiny apartment kitchenette -- I might get her one for Christmas!
Wow, that pickle stabber is interesting to me. I don't eat a whole lot of pickles but I do eat roasted red peppers from a jar every single day and either I have to pour out the water or stick my fingers in the job to get enough grip to pull the pepper out. Regular forks are a little too big and don't grab it well enough.
I bet it's common for people to through out the gasket for the Flip It while opening the packet and then wonder why it leaks.
Or to use just one gasket when an adapter is needed. So many people don't bother with instructions that I have to factor it heavily into reviews when I'm shopping online, sadly.
I got the large set of Flip-It and then got some extra sizes and gaskets. I love the ability to get all the stuff out of the bottles. So far honey, shampoo and conditioner are what I've done.
I use that strainer all the time and adore it!
We have two clip on strainers- one for smaller pots at home and one in our RV. Takes up much less space than a colander and cleans up easily especially when straining grease from taco meat.
You have a great personality. I have the strainer from Amazon. I use all the time on every size pot. Works perfectly. Great channel, glad to find it.
Just found this channel. Surprised at how thorough he is.
Good job.
It effectively turns any bottle into a stand-up bottle like the ones with the giant caps. The bottles that are meant to stand up.
OMG…. 🤣🤣 When you first said Bowl Hugger I thought you said “ball hugger”! I was like… WTF?! 🤣🤣🤣 💕✌🏼
I'm not sure if James knows this or not but when you have something new that's that red, it would be best to put it in a bucket by itself with salt mix it together and let it soak and then it won't bleed, apparently the negative review from Amazon for the bowl hugger didn't understand that
Awesome review! Everytime I binge watch your reviews I get yelled at by my wife because I end up buying some of the stuff you reviewed (cup cozy, collapsable stool, flip it, and the finger chopsticks are just some of the many) 🤣🤣🤣....thank you for the honest reviews 👍👍
Great episode Brother, Awesome products.
I'd use everyone of them.
Thank you, you're doing a fantastic job for us all. 👍👍
That flip it thing at the end was brilliant - the others were complete rubbish. Well done.
I SAW YOUR INFO ON THE ICE MAKER .... BOUGHT IT AND I ABSOULTY LOVE IT !!!! THANKYOU
Me, digging into the pickle jar with my gross hands like a goblin:
Does your goblin self not own a fork? 😂😂 actually you could just attach a regular fork to the side of your jar with an elastic band.
@@soupsgord Tbh at 4am when I get the craving for a pickle I don't think my brain has any recollection of silverware existing😩
@@lappelduvide6751 u mean gherkin ? yanks as always get the language wrong, a pickle isnt a food its a preserve
@@girlsdrinkfeck ?? That's cool, but I don't know what point you're trying to make, I'm sorry.
@@lappelduvide6751 point is im pedantic :)
Mighty Bamboo towels should have some kind of reusable roll center and automated roller for the laundered ones to be re-rolled for ease of use and storage.
0:13 "this is the fridge fork, it is actually a c*ndom and a fork that attaches to the side of a jar" :D
My mother in law makes the bowl huggers, a little more expensive than these, but she has them available in custom fabrics. They work really well.
I'd be more interested in seeing if the fridge fork works when there's 1 or 2 olives left.
I think once you use the fridge fork and eat directly off of it rather than place the pickle on a plate with the fork you might as well use your hands to get the pickle out of the jar :)
@@oldmaninthemirror true haha, just gonna leak down
Or sliced pickles. I always end up chasing them around the jar, only to have them slid off my fork lol
This is useless for people who knows how to use chopsticks.
There's another item that works just as well and has been out for a while. It's called a "fork". It has FOUR sharp prongs, and there's 30 of them in your drawer right now. Because you have 30 of them, you simply pull one out and stab a pickle. No need to spend minutes strapping it to the jar. Plus, you just put it in the dishwasher to clean it immediately after use. No condom-like reservoir tip that slowly marinates your prongs in a bacterial bath.
James with the green shirt just makes me think of the oldschool runescape default character.
0:14 The fridge fork. Very handy for those of us who keep our silverware (including forks) in the upstairs bathroom floor.
Did you not review the adjustable strainer a few years ago? I bought one and I could have sworn that was after watching you review it.
Clever idea! Though I would use one "flip-it" for food products and a separate flip-it for lotions and other non-edibles.
The mighty bamboo towels looks similar to mechanic shammy towels except white instead of blue
I have my grandmother's old metal strainer that clamps on top of a pot, she had many old pots that had locking lids and accessories. I'm so shocked they seemed to fall by the wayside, and never remade
Some cool stuff. That small strainer would of come in handy in my small space i live in
Love seeing you try something somewhat eco friendly! Could you try some seri waste swaps possibly??? That’s would be awesome to see and usually saves money long run! Win win!
Ripping that bamboo towel was... Oddly satisfying