The STUPIDEST Things I Ever Bought on Amazon (that are actually genius 😮)
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- Опубликовано: 22 май 2024
- Sometimes I buy things on Amazon just assuming they aren't going to work. Curiosity killed the cat. I see weird things and I gotta try them. And then...sometimes they turn out amazing. Today I'm sharing the stupidest thing I ever bought on Amazon that actually turned into amazing Amazon finds.
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Shirt extender: urlgeni.us/amzn/3xffn
Ice cream scoop: urlgeni.us/amzn/m7Jp5
Plastic bag holder: urlgeni.us/amazon/UZgyD
Foot polisher: urlgeni.us/amzn/0Miwz
Spa socks urlgeni.us/amzn/tw9io
Souper cubes
---Large, 2 cup: urlgeni.us/amzn/c37F3
---Smaller, 1 cup: urlgeni.us/amzn/QV1K2
Meatball maker: urlgeni.us/amzn/RPaTL
Lamp warmer for candles: urlgeni.us/amzn/sSJF0
Bag sealer: urlgeni.us/amzn/Np9NR
Strawberry Slicer urlgeni.us/amzn/oHClJ
Scissor knives: urlgeni.us/amzn/SYdIN
Grape cutter urlgeni.us/amzn/iInxX
T-shirt Roller Storage: urlgeni.us/amzn/pJUim
Automatic can opener urlgeni.us/amzn/zJkDM
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That "bag holder thingy" is also great for us recyclers who need to wash out plastic bags and let them dry before putting them in the specialized recycling. Yes! Washing plastic bags is definitely a PITA, but the holder thingy helps them dry faster than using a dang towel. And you may not want to wash plastic bags, but at 71 yo I am doing it for your children. 💝
I use it for the same
Thank you for thinking of future generations. I’m 68, and, yes, it’s not for us, but for our children and grandchildren that we need to think of a future we won’t see.
“A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they shall never sit.” - Greek Proverb
That’s a great idea! I always put them over a upside down cup to dry but that take a lot of room
Or if you use the silicone type reusable zip bags.
You probably reuse them and recycle when they spring a leak or become difficult to close. I label a bag with the date when it goes in the freezer. Last year I think I finally threw out a bag with a label from 2015. No, it wasn't in the freezer the entire time 😂. But had been reused multiple times for years. Unfortunately, we can't recycle storage bags. I'll use a container when possible because they are easier. To dry them, I slip them over a utensil in the utensil jar.
I am a California girl and grew up with Thrifty drug store that had an award winning ice cream counter. They ALWAYS used that ice cream scoop you bought. The first scoop fits perfect in a cone!!
Yes, the scoops they used at Thrifty. Still available at Rite Aid drugstores!
Me too 🎉
I was just going to comment the same thing! Thrifty’s was the first chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream I ever had. And now rite aids have the ice cream counter but no one and no ice cream is ever there!
I've had this scoop on my Amazon wishlist for a while just so that I can relive the memories of my Grandma taking me to Thrifty for ice cream. Young me was FASCINATED by the "fancy" scoop.
@@terrirojas2162 isn’t that the truth!!
I’m on oxygen 24/7 so I can’t be around flames. These candle warmers are perfect for me.
The bag holder contraption: I just put a gallon freezer bag in a two-cup Pyrex (or Anchor) measuring cup, fold the excess over like a cuff, add my food of choice (especially liquidy soups and sauces) up to the rim of the cup. When you remove the bag, the contents fill half the bag, which gives you enough room to squish the bag flat enough so that when you freeze the bag laying flat, the contents are thin enough that you just break off as much or as little as you need.
Great idea! And if it's a measuring cup, you can actually measure the amount you want to freeze as well. :)
I've used my 4c glass measuring cup for years to fill my baggies
Something I think is genius about the kitchen items is that, it makes cooking more accessible. As you said, maybe someone only has one hand, or has limited use (or cannot grip as well). Also with cutting produce or small pieces; I think making this more accessible can be life changing for someone! I think the idea of meal prep being hard can actually be really insightful into someone's life. Just someone having chronic pain-if the time spent doing an activity that adds to the pain can be cut down on (pun intended)-this opens doors!
The Ziploc bag holder. My kitchen space is always limited and I have finally learned NOT to buy something I don't need. I always ask myself, do I already have something that will work? For years, I have just grabbed my 1qt Pyrex measuring cup and put my bag into it, open it, and fill it. A bowl works too, or a glass. As far as drying Ziploc bags, I use clothes pins, first letting it drip upside down, then slightly opening it and clipping it incorporating a bit of the top seam, and it stays open and finishes drying. I did have one of these gadgets, and immediately donated it. It had to have a place to live, and periodically needed to be cleaned, and took up space--and I already had something that worked very well.
The shirt thing. In the 70’s we cut the bottom off the shirt and sewed elastic on the top. I’ve worn them for years, didn’t know you could buy them already made!! The meatball thing, I fill it then put it in the freezer for 30 min, then they pop out easily. But not frozen hard where they don’t separate well. Then the go in a ziplock and finish freezing
I use my hard boiled egg slicer to cut my strawberries. One gadget, many uses! Soft cheeses, olives too!
That's how the strings on mine broke
@@me4011 oh no!
@@caroli1091 at least they're cheap under $10 so no big loss
The egg slicer is great for mushrooms too!
@@marikooro5475 good idea! I'll use that when I dehydrate them! Thanks
The Thrifty's ice cream scoop is my favorite thing! Getting a Thrifty's ice cream cone with my Grandma after ballet practice is a core memory of my time with her. That scoop was always used and it made eating the ice cream cone pretty easy too. So glad you liked it!
You're going to send me straight into bankruptcy with your Amazon reviews. 😅
The meatball maker is the best! I use my all the time and I even bought the hamburger maker one too. BONUS: use the meatball maker to make energy balls too!
I’m definitely getting this thing for meatballs! My Italian grandmother and aunt will roll! Any good recipes for the energy bites? 🤌😂🫶🙏🙏🙏
@@sonotu2 Excellent! This is my go-to energy bite recipe:
Ingredients:
• 2 cups oats
• 2 cups unsweetened coconut flakes
• 1 cup peanut butter (or almond butter)
• 1 cup ground flaxseed or ground chia seeds
• 1 cup chocolate chips ( I prefer 1 C raisins if I am freezing them)
• 2/3 cup honey
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon (optional, this is good with the almond butter)
Steps:
1. Mix all ingredients thoroughly.
2. Press mixture into the meatball maker
3. Store in fridge or freezer
4. Sometimes I pop out the energy balls into a large ziplock to store...not a necessary step though
Enjoy! 😄
I was wondering if this would work when I make candy & have to roll into balls.
@@starlahughes4462 Possibly. Ground beef for meat balls and the energy ball recipe are both quite malleable or moveable. If your candy acts in the same way, it may work! Good luck!
Thanks. I almost bought one but wondered if the meatballs would really come out easily
Being Italian and making a lot of meatballs, I think I’d like that tray to make them. Closest gadget I have looks like scissors with two half ball cups on the ends. Sometimes the meat doesn’t pop out and it’s annoying. When you pop them out of that tray it can go right on a baking sheet and into the oven to cook. Plus clean up is a breeze. Easy peezy!
There’s a second half to the phrase… “Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back.” 🐈
Love the candle warmers. As you said, no flame and thus, no soot. Plus, your candles will last a lot longer as they are not being burned down. So many wins...
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The pink glass foot polisher is genius.
Kallie awesome video, my vote is for you to make more Amazon videos. You find unique and really cool and useful ideas. Basically all the products you featured I would want to buy from Amazon., when I get the money😉
I didn't even know the candle lamp warmer was a thing & available. Genius. I am using a regular candle warmer. No open candle flames allowed where I live in senior housing. I like that strawberry slice. I love strawberries.
I'm definitely getting the meatball maker! It looks like a big time and effort saver.
I want a candle warmer. Some scents are stronger with a candle than a wax warmer, plus it lasts longer than burning the candle. I love the idea of no residue. Some candles get really black. Also make sure you use a top down warmer. You get a more potent, longer life out of the candle with top down warmers.
These might be the best suggestions I've seen on RUclips. I already have the bag holder thing and LOVE it so I know your recommendations are legit 😂 thanks!
Tip for silcone sheets (and your meatball maker): Washing maschine. I put mine in with my whites, as I use vinegar for the rinse and unscented detergent. No funny spots on the sheets, and SO much easier than the dishwasher.
Dude, do you have the screaming goat? Hilarious!
My mom got the candle warmer lamp as a gift last year. She put it outside on the back patio and uses it for a citronella candle to keep away mosquitoes.
Thank you for teaching me about the shirt extender!! I've *always* been self-conscious about my hips and I've passed on buying some really cute shirts because of the length. I'm ordering my extender today! 😊
Me too!
@@HeirOfNothingInParticular Me three
Same!
I use to use a spaghetti strap tank top & wear it under my shirt like a tube top (essentially just not putting the straps on) that way I could pull it down as far as I needed to lol that was back when things like this didn’t exist. I like the look of the button up shirt tho!
@@ashleyrawlins9365 That's a good idea
I love the Souper cubes. Not only good for soups, stews, etc. it I also use it to make individual portions of rice (I eat brown rice which takes forever to cook) oatmeal, then I just have to take it out and reheat. I also have the bag holder opener, which I love. It can also be used to hold up reusable freeze bags to dry after washing. Can opener, I have one because I can no longer use a manual can opener due to arthritis in my hands.
But can be hard to clean. I have one with 4 sections.
@@Patricia-vm9ys I have quite a number and I don't find them hard to clean. Usually I put them in the dishwasher. But even washing by hand, I don't have any issues.
I laughed out loud at the shirt extender!
Lol yeah they showed that shirt extender on the Today show. I thought it was the silliest thing to be wearing. But to each is own.
Hey Callie. Funny how things you think are silly turn out great😂
Those Souper cubes are amazing! I love to cook but I live alone and have limited freezer space. I tried so many methods to freeze soup, stews, pasta sauces, chili, etc, but none truly worked for me. The cubes solved all my problems. Perfect portions, the food freezes quickly, comes out of the cube easily and into a freezer bag in one or two portions and then stacks neatly in the freezer. Toss in the dishwasher to clean and you're good to go! I've doubled my usable freezer space and have hearty homecooked meals waiting for me on those busy "I don't want to cook" days!
That was fun. I laughed at you using that contraption scooping out the ice cream. When I was young (in the dark ages) ice cream came in a square brick shape. All you had to do was slice it🙂
Very cool!!! That exact can opener I got for my Mom because of her arthritis.
The glass foot buffer is amazing! Stocking stuffers for ALL my friends!
I bought the shirt extenders on your recommendations and love them!! Thanks.
You made me laugh so hard! I have quite a few of these "stupid" things, and some are great! I love the bag holder thing, and also the foot polish thing (it's like a "blob"). I absolutely love the soup ice-cube thing, it's fantastic. I do not have the under waist dickie, but I think I may need one. ASAP. I also have the can opener. I don't think it falls under the "stupid" category though. 🤣
Hahaha. 😂love the foot demo!! Yes these all look very weird and sketchy products. But because they look like they can be time savers in the right household!! I just made a ton of meatballs the other day and I tell ya I would have bought this as a 1 time use. 😂
That t-shirt holder made me think it would be good for holding my kitchen towels BEFORE I saw YOUR towels in it! I need something that is fairly flat against a wall since I would use this in my laundry "closet" (seems too small to call a room) which is big enough to have a washer on one wall, the dryer on the opposite wall, and about 26" of space between them. The "closet" is about 29" deep from the back wall to the doorway, so a wine bottle rack thing I first thought of would take up way too much of that valuable 29". I'll have to look for this "stupid, but genius" item!
Hahaha, your videos are sooo funny. Thanks for the hands on advice.
🎉love the lamp warmer 😃😃😃… I’m notorious for forgetting candles burning 😳😥, thus has solved my problem and the risks 😅 I love a the mild smell in my house…. This is GREAT!!!
I'm actually pretty excited about the candle warmer. I hardly ever light candles in the house because my cats are buttholes and will knock them down and burn my house to the ground.
I've had warmers that warm from underneath but I like these because you still get the nice cozy warm light. Love it! Thanks!
great gadgets! I especially love the ice cream scoop!
I LOVE the ziploc bag holders. I make a lot of freezer meals and they are an absolute life saver.
Thanks! You're the best for mom friendly products!
I love my candle warmer! Use it every single day!
I got that can opener when I had hand surgery. It was great!
I also use the bag filler to dry my bags that I wash for reuse.
I seen this shirt extender and i can't find it.
Now i found it through u 😂
I need that too❤
Great as always!
Oh my meatballs! I love meatballs. There’s always dairy in packaged meatballs and I tend to just suck it up. I make meatballs about twice a year, and am thus reminded why I don’t do it more often. It takes so painfully long. That’s a very wordy way to say that I’m all over the meatball maker. Lol! Thank you for sharing that. 😁
I have a question about the candle lamps. I've debated them for a while. Does the candle run out of scent or does the lamp turn them into forever candles?
I feel like my candle lasts way longer with the candle warmer vs burning and it still has great throw (at least the brand of candle I’ve tried it with).
Awesome! Thank you 😊
The pink egg thing looks like my glass foot file. I love it!
These are all great items. Who knew!!! Thanks 😊
Souper cubes are great because of the shape.
i have the meatball thing. i put it in the freezer, then transfer to vacuum seal bag next day. Also make cookie dough balls.
the scissor knife thing is great. i have weakness and coordination issues with one arm from a stroke. got it after nearly cutting my fingers.
WOW!!! Who would have thought?????
Thank you Kali🎉
I love the automatic can opener! No sharp edges since it unzips the top!
I live in elderly apartment complex. We cannot have any open flames, no lit candles
The Thrifty’s scoop!
Love the extra shirt thing & the clever vutter is great for my autistic daughter - safer than a knife!
Excuse me while I go run to buy the foot skin scraper thing. This is necessary!
Callie, do u do your own nails...? U should do a q & a on them.😊
Shirt extender!! Oh yes! Now I don't have to layer another shirt under a shirt, which sometimes just doesn't work out. I'm off to buy one right now!
FaNtAsTiC video 🎉 ❤ 🎉 Ty!
You enabler, you! Slipping the souper and meatball thing in my amazon cart right this second. Going to have to look into the pedegg and the gel socks. My feet will thank you later :)
I like the slicer for me because I'm disabled and scared of knives.
These look brilliant.
Kimmy from She’s in her apron has the bag opening thing.
I kind of also want to see the duds 😅
The pink foot polisher looks like a fancied-up pumice stone. If it serves to make you nice to your feet then why not. 😁
The foot scrubber thing sounds like a newer version of a pumice stone.
pumice* stone
Thrifty's ice cream used to have a similar scoop.
"Foot scrubby thing" 😂😂 I bought one a few months ago and sent my sisters a video where I said "So I bought this foot scrubby thing" - pan over to my dead skin and I go "sick." My toddler overheard me and now she always wants to watch the foot scrubby thing sick video or will randomly say those lines 😅
I want to try the cutting scissors because they sound so practical. I’ve had them sitting in my Amazon cart for months, and I think I might as well just buy them. I have a hard time cutting even slices and this seems like a great idea for me.
Are they really as easy as they look?
I had "shirt extenders" made years ago. I had three knit blouses that hardly reached my belly button and I couldn't find blouses to buy that gave me the peace of mind that I could reach for the hold on the bus without showing my belly. So I took those three worst offenders to a seamstress. She cut them just under the armpit and added an elastic. I wore them under all my too short blouses and felt much more comfortable. I called them "truque" (trick in Portuguese).
I just bought 3 of these products; strawberry slicer, grape cutter, scissors! I hate cutting up the grapes and strawberries for the grands! Thank you…I think? 🤣
I love to make my own meatballs. My girls help me so it's a family activity. Same with the chopping strawberries, eggs and so on.
Bless u. Thank u
I don’t know if I got it at Amazon or not but I use that knife and cutting board thing a lot I really like it
That meatball gadget might actually convince me to make meatballs. I hate rolling them out.
I bought the can opener. I saw it ar my mom's house. I still need to remember to put batteries in it.😊
The foot polisher thing - there’s one called a PedEgg. Your subconscious somehow remembers 😂 tho that one is a mini grater and looks way more intimidating than the pumice stone ver you showed.
I almost bought one of those meatball makers. I did buy a similar can opener and it completely died after a few uses. I wish you had told us what the products are called on amazon as i would like to take a look at some of them.
Do either the strawberry cutter or the grape cutter work on cherry or grape tomatoes?
Foot smooth egg thing is like a fingernail emery board. They make those for stubble on your legs as well so you don't have to shave right away.
Great video. Real life :)
I was going to comment on how I would never buy any of those things, but after seeing how they worked, I'm not gonna lie...I would get them all.
✨I have the foot polish thing…AMAZING‼️
This was so fun! I'm not convinced enough to buy any of these gadgets but I'm sure my opinion could change after becoming a mom (:
Cool video!
Instead of the bag holder, some of us use the jar lifter (for canning, if you do that, which we do) upside down. One less gadget if you are a home canner.
Thanks!
You look so much like Lisa Aldridge... I'm gonna jump on many of these items
Thoss are awesome, ty 😊
You missed the Gripstic bag sealer which you also have listed.
These items are helpful....to you. And that's fine!!
Why do I want to buy some of these products now? Especially that candle warmer thing. Sounds like a safer way to use candles
Meatball thing is genius
Now that we have candle warmers, I wonder if some places will stop putting wicks in their candles.
This would also be a great way to diy your own custom candles without the hassle of putting the wick in!😀
Yes, they are called wax melts😊 you can also use fragrance oils ( essential oils).
Meatball maker. I wonder it it would work for cookie dough.
As a person who has griffin feet... I am intrigued! I have tried everything
Also, the meatball thing does look good
I just checked 1⭐️ reviews of the glass heel scraper on Amazon (I always start with those). Quite disconcerting. Several reviews mentioned cut and sliced skin, even when used gently, bleeding, and heel pain lasting a week. Just a caveat.
I use a foot file. I swear it's just sandpaper on it! Seems to work like the one Kallie shows but I would think less potential for harm. I use it when my feet are dry. Really gets of dry, crusty skin.
8:40 our house burned down several years ago and I asked the inspector what is the number one cause of house fires. , he said. CANDLES left burning.