(MoneyWatch) Companies are debuting their home product offerings at the 2013 International Home a Housewares Show in Chicago this week. And the following new gadgets might just change how you plant, how you eat, even how you plunge the toilet.
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Why can't this be an article instead of a series of slides?
The first item, a big plastic container that keeps herbs fresher for 3 weeks might be useful to some. But the verbiage in the paragraph makes the entire slide more of a sales presentation, which in turn makes me think "it's junk" as well. But the herb life extended gadget itself is reasonable.
The 'click and grow' gimmick in the next slide is just that. All it does is promote laziness - you know, the very issue some claim people as being... This one truly is a waste of plastic, batteries, oil, and everything else involved, directly or indirectly.
The ceramic cookware in the following slide reeks "overpriced", so I'd find a cheaper alternative that does the same thing. Forget keeping up with the Jones, whose noses are so high up in the air...
The scale merely contains a database and it looks like you have to tell it what you analyze, so be sure to carve the fat off the chicken or else the readings will be a load of bunkum. This one I'd pass on as well, there is no breakthrough as claimed.
The body fat scale is another ye olde gimmick that's been done to death plenty of times in the past. Don't buy a scale, just eat right and exercise once in a while. Simple.
Hey cool, a trash bin that you press down. You'll save on trips but I'm sure there's a hernia risk for some. I'll stick with the old fashioned method, especially as bags are spherical and squishing everything into a box shape also means - you guessed it - wasted space. Once again, a gimmicky piece of junk is being sold as a must-have we apparently need.
For the toilet plunger replacement, are people REALLY so shallow? Good grief... grow up, people... there are places far more gross than the toilet bowl that you don't know about either... the difference is, it's about the perception...
Assuming it works, the Mighty Mug could be the real deal.
The T-Fal grill has a sensor, but I prefer not to be addled. I'll keep an eye on a far older and more useful invention that we call "clock". People figured out relative cooking temperatures and times long ago, and it's junk like this that has people forgetting about the proverbial wheel and called 'uneducated' in turn...
And another stupid crappuccino maker???
In not buying *half* this garbage, one can ALMOST afford one college credit! One down, a couple hundred to go...
And it's funny - apply the same "live and let live" to other categories, such as GLBT rights, and the same rightwingers currently saying "chill" and "just because" will instantly do a 180. They want it both ways... ;)
Bring the price down to $20 and I'm in.
How else does the company make a profit?
High wages are not the cause of an ability to profit, but high prices, combined with the amount of customers.
More junk for the wealthy that don't have anything better to spend their money on.
Why can't this be an article instead of a series of slides?
The first item, a big plastic container that keeps herbs fresher for 3 weeks might be useful to some. But the verbiage in the paragraph makes the entire slide more of a sales presentation, which in turn makes me think "it's junk" as well. But the herb life extended gadget itself is reasonable.
The 'click and grow' gimmick in the next slide is just that. All it does is promote laziness - you know, the very issue some claim people as being... This one truly is a waste of plastic, batteries, oil, and everything else involved, directly or indirectly.
The ceramic cookware in the following slide reeks "overpriced", so I'd find a cheaper alternative that does the same thing. Forget keeping up with the Jones, whose noses are so high up in the air...
The scale merely contains a database and it looks like you have to tell it what you analyze, so be sure to carve the fat off the chicken or else the readings will be a load of bunkum. This one I'd pass on as well, there is no breakthrough as claimed.
The body fat scale is another ye olde gimmick that's been done to death plenty of times in the past. Don't buy a scale, just eat right and exercise once in a while. Simple.
Hey cool, a trash bin that you press down. You'll save on trips but I'm sure there's a hernia risk for some. I'll stick with the old fashioned method, especially as bags are spherical and squishing everything into a box shape also means - you guessed it - wasted space. Once again, a gimmicky piece of junk is being sold as a must-have we apparently need.
For the toilet plunger replacement, are people REALLY so shallow? Good grief... grow up, people... there are places far more gross than the toilet bowl that you don't know about either... the difference is, it's about the perception...
Assuming it works, the Mighty Mug could be the real deal.
The T-Fal grill has a sensor, but I prefer not to be addled. I'll keep an eye on a far older and more useful invention that we call "clock". People figured out relative cooking temperatures and times long ago, and it's junk like this that has people forgetting about the proverbial wheel and called 'uneducated' in turn...
And another stupid crappuccino maker???
In not buying *half* this garbage, one can ALMOST afford one college credit! One down, a couple hundred to go...
And it's funny - apply the same "live and let live" to other categories, such as GLBT rights, and the same rightwingers currently saying "chill" and "just because" will instantly do a 180. They want it both ways... ;)
A couple have fair uses, but a lot of them do engender the laziness Americans are known for...
And nobody, in the 5 responses I'd read so far, even tried to defend "innovation" or anything else. Which means there is none worth mentioning...