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Do Those Infomercial Products Really Work?

It's a $20 billion industry known for selling products people never new they needed. You know them -- and you've certainly seenl them: TV informercials.

Stay up late tonight, rub your TV remote, and the informercial genie will save the day.

Consumer Reports' has reviews of 15 infomercial products in its February issue.

Editor in Chief Kim Kleman discussed several of them with "Early Show" co-anchor Maggie Rodriguez.

For buying tips and reviews of the products, click here.

Watch Rodriguez try on a Snuggie and put some infomercial products to the test:


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