5 New Gadgets From "Shark Tank" Tested By Design Expert | Well Equipped | Epicurious
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- čas přidán 22. 05. 2024
- Design and usability guru Dan Formosa returns to evaluate and improve upon 5 more gadgets that first appeared on “Shark Tank.” Watch as he tests the devices, putting each through his critical gauntlet while commenting on what works, what doesn't, and what he'd do to improve their design.
Producer/Director: Jen Osaki
Talent: Dan Formosa
Director of Photography: Aaron Snell
Editor: Kris Knight
Sr. Culinary Director: Kelly Janke
Culinary Producers: Sara Hormi, Mallary Santucci
Culinary Assistant: Lawrence Wang
Line Producer: Jennifer McGinity
Production Manager: Janine Dispensa
Production Coordinator: Elizabeth Hymes
Camera Operator: Kyle LeClaire
Production Assistants: Rachel Karp, Sophie Pulver
Audio: Nick Dalessio
Post Production Supervisor: Andrea Farr
Post Production Coordinator: Scott Alter
Supervising Editor: Eduardo Araújo
Assistant Editor: Andy Morell
Graphics Supervisor: Léa Donenberg
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0:00 “Hello, Sharks…”
0:32 Banana Loca
5:18 Snactiv
8:14 Fizz Cup
11:13 Turbo Trusser
14:28 Pizza Pack
19:03 Sink or Swim?
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"Maybe bananas are not meant to be filled"
Words to live by
I agree. Slice into a dish, add jam, nutella etc cream and ice cream and some nuts and enjoy. No need for fiddling. Or just dip the banana in nutella, cur out the fiddly bits.
Learned that the hard way
You could literally spread jam or Nutella on top of your banana in a tenth of the time. . . Useless device.
The Snactive is a great example of accessibility tools hiding in plain sight!
And one that would actually work for someone with hindered dexterity.
@Jonn J - A roaring success!
Exactly. When I saw it, I thought it was something that would help me out. When I'm eating chopstickable foods, I have to switch to western cutlery fairly quickly because my hands cramp. This would absolutely fix that problem.
And before you ask, no, it's not a problem with technique, I've been using chopsticks since childhood.
@@floopyboo I had the same thought. I've had surgery on my dominant hand which makes it very difficult to grip and hold chopsticks with adequate strength and dexterity.
Plus the original purpose of multitasking, I think it was CERTAINLY the best one featured here. May take some practice, but might be faster than picking up and putting down chopsticks while typing or something
Didn't realize it was a shark fin at first. I thought Dan was an angel.
Apparently some angels have shark fins
Dan is an angel
same here, I was like....Why is Dan wearing suspenders?
It's a baby shark!
he's a landweilling Angelshark
i think my favorite part about this series is the fact you subtly highlight why a lot of these products exist -- that is, for people with different abilities -- I feel like a lot of people who aren't disabled see them as ridiculous or lazy sometimes but the reality is there are people who struggle to do tasks like peeling the shell off a hardboiled egg and having a device that makes that easier is valuable to someone, just maybe not you.
Yeah but even when an able bodied human struggles how is it gonna be helpful for someone trying to use it to help them?
@Angelicwings1 how annoying would it be to have to depend on everyone else when all you want to do is eat some chips or peel an egg? Caregivers get tired. And disabled folks like to be as independent as they can.
They are not meant for that. Most of these are not even easily usable by normal people, forget disabled person.
@@Aelffwynn this response makes no sense with what angelica said
It's incredible how many useless things are produced and bought every day.
Manufactured garbage
I'm shocked too. You can do almost everything with the usual kitchen appliances. And in what situation would you ever stuff a banana??
Such a waste of plastic - makes me lose faith in humanity knowing that the people that invent, fund, manufacture, and market this crap that that thought never even crosses their mind.
Yes it's very sad...
Useless to you but useful to some. Don’t forget people have disabilities.
It's a great day when Dan drops a new Well Equipped! Was starting to get worried the series had ended.
Same!! I'd watch him weekly!
@@davidmyers-wakeman5515 Daily! :D
Yeah, it seems like forever since Well Equipped dropped a new video. For a awhile, there seemed to be one like every other month or so.
I was worried he had ended.
Same!! I missed him
Seeing that the hooks on the turkey holder are removable, maybe having it have multiple hooks with different lengths would be good idea so that it could be used for different sized turkeys or even different species.
its already going to be a nuisance to store, that sounds like a nightmare. Maybe if they added some way to extend the length in the hooks themselves instead would be better. Like a pipe withen a smaller pipe and put little extension divots similar to a belt that you can just lock into place. And for the hooks, maybe use the hooks to pierce the wing instead of just hold it so that way when it shrinks while cooking, it doenst slip out. That might ruin the presentation for some though, but it wouldnt bother me. Then again, I would never use it.
@TheSpencer1000 You're also introducing more points of failure and increasing the difficulty to clean with that method though. I think I'd personally prefer just having multiple length hooks as originally suggested, it wouldn't be that difficult to throw them into a drawer as you would any other utensil. I just don't foresee some flat objects being bothersome enough to warrant introducing a potential hygiene problem.
I think those hooks are meant to pierce through the tip of the wing, or to whatever part of the wing it can reach.
that was my thought too.
Why not have a spring coil with just the metal hook part at the end?
Keeping a straight face every time he said the phrase "Stuff your banana" deserves some kind of award lol.
I will always love by Alton Brown's advice of "Never buy a kitchen tool that only has one specific function." words to live by.
Alton went back on that because he felt like people misinterpreted what he meant. He only meant removing things that were inefficient or things you only used once. Gadgets that help with disability or make a task you do every day easier are absolutely justified in his book. Unitaskers have their place but not when it's a fad product.
Fire extinguisher
Garlic press if we're talking about a kitchen item
*kitchen tool
unitaskers
The proposed advantage of the snactive over regular chop sticks is that you can use them while playing video games without putting down the snactive whereas chopsticks you'd have to put down to pick up the controller or mouse etc
But that will still get dust onto your controller
You would have to put that thing down as well, do you play video games? No way you'd want to wear those things while handling a controller, mouse or keyboard.
@@PlaySA depends on the game. If you were playing something like the sims or chess, there really wouldn't be a need to put them down. For super active games, yeh, you'd put them down, but you also wouldn't want to be eating while playing, cause you'll lose in the process. This tool is clearly only for games where you can take a little time out to eat/pick things up with your hands during the game & with those, there should be no reason not to leave it clipped onto your fingers & sitting there above your fingers while playing
@@PlaySAI do it while playing with a controller just fine... but I see your confusion because he was actually using them upside down... holding it correctly, it takes up as much space on the controller as wearing jewelery
There are also people who just don't know how to use chopsticks.
For the second item, adding a curve would create a gap which would cause it to be less effective at holding foods anywhere but the tip. Some texture could be a good idea.
Yes! He lost all credibility to me after suggesting a curve
@@nopegregggala he did say he wanted to experiment with it and I think it would be more effective if it was shaped like that but with a wider end
"Time to release the prisoner" I just laughed at the fact that this dude was able to say that with a straight face LOL.
I can't understate my appreciation for this man's dedication to throwing stealth puns every chance he gets
That alone has made me an instant fan!!
You will make a great dad if you aren't already. Lol
The control in the first experiment may be flawed.
The time to fill the piping bag is not accounted for (non bakers may require some time). However, the time required to fill the gadget plunger is included in the time count.
took me nearly the entire banana loca segment to realize dans wearing a dorsal fin. because sharks. love this cute old man and his silly doohickeys and thingamabobs. keep testing, dan!
Dan was BRUTAL on the Banana Loca... But it was well deserved
There should be a thing where they make his concepts and see if it's better
I was just about to comment that lmfaoo!!!!
patents are probably the reason they haven't done it yet
@@avidcollector869 yea that's the exact thing I thought of lol
They wouldn't be better. If they were, he would have already made them. This guy is a hack that got popular for making handles larger.
@Johan Van der Pants
Patents are a thing, so if he were to mimic an existing product, he'd be opening himself up to lawsuits.
we need a tour of Dan's home kitchen to see what type of gadgets he actually uses on a regular basis
The world doesn't deserve the wonderfulness of this man. Dan, you're a global treasure.
Right? I wonder if he knows how much he's cherished
That’s crazy , i find him extremely boring and Unlikeable
global treasure?! lmao hes not that amazing
I’m siding with Unabonger on this one.
I think Snactiv and Pizza Pack are good ideas. Snactiv seems good if you’re on the computer or using your hands. Pizza Pack seems like a sustainable (instead of using a plastic bag) way to store pizza in less space than a box.
aluminum foil is a good alternative for storing pizza too. And when you're done, you can rinse the foil and recycle it.
A box is very flat though. It's much easier to find space in a refrigerator for a wide flat container (since you can just put it on top of other things) than a wide, almost spherical thing that takes up a lot of shelf space. Also, microwaving pizza is gross. Much better to put it in a toaster oven or eat it cold as Italian Breakfast Toast, in my opinion.
Sure! Recycling metals require transport and energy. Just clean your tray.
The original pizza packaging is flat, however I could not put it on my fridge, since it has trays and jar with different sizes, giving no flat surface for the box.
@@liambohl while I don't think there's clear evidence yet as to how dangerous the silicone/plastic this is made of is to health, it is well studied & confirmed that aluminium causes Alzheimer's. The more aluminium you ingest, the more your risk is increased. Rinsing & reusing is therefore a really bad idea, as the older it is, the more aluminium pieces will flake off it & be ingested. Cooking with it is also a really bad idea because heating also causes some to merge with the food. Aluminium's melting point is well below the heat of a pizza oven
I mean you can reuse a Ziploc bag
Snactiv is genius.
noshing while on the keyboard and/or mouse; you wouldn't skip too much of a beat as opposed to chopsticks if you keep it on.
Man, this series will never get old.
The Snacktiv thing is actually more specifically designed for gaming. So you don’t get a nasty controller or keyboard, so dexterity isn’t really an issue there.
It’s a specific product solving a specific issue and it works great for what it does!
That’s a food point! It would also be good for people like me who eat in front of my laptop while watching Well Equipped on repeat!! 😊
@@ashleyjustice3008 Yup. It’s just meant to keep your fingers clean while you do another task while staying on your fingers so you don’t have to keep picking up chopsticks or whatever…
I actually own and use one for when I knit and do paracord while watching tv… it keeps me from getting my yarn and cordage all gross.. I’ve literally eaten veggies and hummus with mine before! Hahaha
I love that he's wearing a little shark fin😂 this is my favorite series
I've had the snacktiv for a while and my friends loved it and got it for themselves too! It's much easier than putting down chopsticks while doing things, and it's pretty compact which is great!
I must say that the snactive came in super helpful when I broke both my thumbs at once last year. I couldn’t eat with chopsticks for a while and my friends gifted me two of them 😂
How does one break not just one, but BOTH their thumbs at the same time? Were you giving a double thumbs up to someone and they didn't like it?
The Banana Loco was doomed to fail just due to the shape of a standard banana. A straight corer will never go all the way through without a breach.
I can see a use of the pizza pack. It has niche usage, and I wouldn't recommend it to everyone, but it looked it stored pizza a lot neater than cramming slices in a container. There's also a bit of playfulness of having a pizza slice shaped container.
I remember seeing the snactive episode and thought it was a great idea even then. Glad to see Dan test it out. I might actually buy for Christmas this year.
i bought it for my fiancée for christmas last year and its been a hit.
I got them last year and have used them extensively. Especially useful while gaming or working on the computer, as the prongs keep my fingers clean and if its over the hand it doesnt get in the way of my mouse or typing at all.
suprized a pair of tiny tongs weren't considered as an alternative
i will say tho that the time section for banana loca is a biiiiiiiiit misleading. who has a pastry bag with filling already ready
Thank you for pointing out plastic waste! ❤
Your shark fin wasn't though. That was pure class.
Twist is that wasn’t plastic; it was a real shark fin! Dun dun dunnnn.
I could see the Snactiv being really popular with gamers. You want to snack while playing games and you don't want to get Dorito/Cheeto dust on your controller so the Snactiv is an easy way to do that. It also fills the need better than chopsticks does because you're not constantly picking up and putting down the Snactiv like you would chopsticks - keeping you focused on your gaming instead of fumbling with chopsticks (also a lot of people struggle to use chopsticks).
Cool idea.
I use a large kitchen tweezers to eat snacks. It doesn't solve the problem of having to put it down and pick it up again, but it's a lot faster than chop sticks and pretty easy for everyone.
dan is the only reason im watching this channel. protect this man at all costs
The turbo tresser might also benefit from longer hooks for the larger turkeys. Maybe have one set for a larger turkey and a smaller set for a smaller turkey? I'm just throwing that out there.
Or some spring mechanism so they can fit any bird
Do you ever hear back from the designers that have watched your videos and explain if they considered any of the improvements that you mention in their initial design process?
Just realized that he is wearing a shark fin! 😅 That banana gadget is cool but looks like pain to clean! Plus I feel I would not be using it much or forget what it is used for! 😅
4:01 😂how is he able make jokes with a straight face
DAN IS THE MAN ! feels like Christmas every time an episode with him drops ! Awesome video guys. Cheers from your biggest fan in Colombia amigos!
there’s something so satisfying about watching this gentleman review random items
The best thing in the pizza pack being collapsible is that it takes up less space in the cupboard when it's not being used. The plastic boxes usually take up as much space empty than when they are full, and usually not stackable at all.
And the only drawback of the Snactiv over a pair of chopsticks is, that eventually the plastic will give out and not open properly, or even break.
INCREDIBLE! HE DOESNT BLINK UNTIL 3:43! Thats almost 4 min of open eyes!
I love Dan, and it's also do unusual for any review on CZcams to not like something and be truly openly critical. Keep it up, please!
I never knew i missed Dan as much as I did until I saw his face again
Chopsticks can be hard for people with dexterity issues so I love snactiv as an option
Dan, you’re the best. we need more of Dan in this channel.
Welcome back Dan! I was hoping this series hadn't been dropped!
Dan is easily one of Epicurious' most fun people to watch. :)
I love the shark fin. Adorable.
I love Dan he's so effortlessly funny 😂
I actually have some of those Snactiv chopstick thingies! had them for about 6 months, no complaints for anything really but I agree with the redesign--a bit more texture at the ends would be helpful and would make no appreciable difference in washing/maintanence. Thanks for the vid!
Love your improvements and advice!
I have a couple of different types of the Snactiv. With bad arthritis in my hands I can’t use chopsticks very well. Using cheaters helps.
Love these videos! Absolutely love them, more please and thank you.
The second gadget is chopsticks with training wheels and training wheels on those training wheels
They are also wearable so you don't have to put them down and pick them back up like you would with chopsticks.
@@anthonymiele4320 I will admit that i bought them after watching the episode and i really do love them. i use them for snacking while working so i can still use my keyboard mess-free and i dont have to set it down like you would for chopsticks. certainly not a necessary product by any means, but they do exactly what they say they will and it is easy and intuitive to use.
@@RachelMaryB You bought them after watching a video that came out an hour ago and you are already using them? That's a bit sus
@@anthropomorphicpeanut6160 lol i guess its possible that they rushed to a store, bought the gadget, rushed back, and started using it, all in the one hour since the video came out, but this does seem sus indeed
@@anthropomorphicpeanut6160 I think she referred to the shark tank episode, not this youtube video.
That Baby Shark ending 😆
Baby Shark with the Snacktiv was hilarious! 😂
The cheeto chopsticks meme actually made it to market as a pair of finger tweezers. What a world we live in.
Still would use chopsticks over the snactiv. Cheaper and more versatile.
Dan! You were missed! Live long and prosper! \\//
i think that pizza pack would look good hanging in the frozen food section next to the pizzas. also i back when i worked in a factory people would reguarly stuff pizzas in a plastic container and could definatly see them using the trays in that container as a plate instead of a paper towels and they could get to the microwave quicker as there would always be a line
Always love seeing a new Dan video! They kept him caged for quite some time this time. 99/100! Minus one point for baby shark at the end
I fully agree with subtracting that point.
hey, I love seeing Dan's videos! great to see him again
It is a bit strange that just yesterday I looked to see if any new gadget videos came out.
The one factor that the Pizza Pack _does_ solve, at least, is that you won't have the problem of stacked pizza slices fusing together in the fridge. Not something I'm rushing to buy something like this to solve, but it is at least a function it's serving beyond being a storage container.
I love when he is brutal on the useless gadgets.
He's actually pretty calm and reasonable. About that banana thingy, I'd look whoever invented it and punch tehm in the face just for not keeping that stupid idea to themselves.
he needs more episodes.....i click on these so fast. i would love to buy a product he designed..
He did design work for the oxo good grips product line.
Well this was just the most delightful thing I've seen in ages.
Id love to see this guy in a video improving a product tested that he thinks is worth while
Any day with a Dan video is a good day. I rate him a 5 ... times 100!
On the turkey leg holder thing, keep the general shape, have the outsides pivot and the wing prong slides through locking the pivot in place and slides in to hook into the wing, either a spirial to hook multilple spots or hook it more
Lmao doin Dan dirty with that thumbnail 💀
I love gadgets that try to solve problems that don't exist! 😂 I wonder how many of these, he keeps for himself!
I missed Dan!! Continue this series!!
Yes 🙌🏼 😊DAN’s Back!!!
Gonna be a good video!
This is such a fun video! I don't know why, I was smiling the whole time
another great delivery, the snactiv looks pretty good, much more practical than chopsticks, you need to be a lot more dexterous to use chopsticks, and if you're doing other stuff, you don't need to put down the snactiv at all
Seeing Dan wearing a Shark fin is everything I needed to heal my depression
Please don't make fun of depression.
I like the concept of the Pizza Pack because it saves having to waste a ton of aluminum foil and/or parchment paper to keep the slices fresh and not sticking to each other. I don't know about other people, but in our house there's never enough room in the fridge for a pizza box. I'd consider actually buying the Pizza Pack - it's actually less wasteful than what we do now. Oh, and here's a bonus tip: if you don't want steamed pizza, reheat it in the oven. 🍕😉
Or toaster oven/air fryer.
@@WookieWoman Exactly - that's how we do it. 😎
Trick for Root Beer floats, stir the root beer before adding the ice cream. It won't fizz as much.
Banana Injector, replace banana with bratwurst and the nutella with cheese.
I love that he wore the shark fin on his back the whole time lol
I hit the like and subscribe button when i laughed out loud when you brought out the NY Pizza, or as you like to call it.... pizza. I like the style of how you go through the testing and your process overall.
ITS BEEN 3 MONTHS I THOUHT YOU WERE GONE DAN IM SO EXCITED!!!
BAH!! The ENDING!! I'll be singing that refrain endlessly for, probably days. Bay bee shark do do doo doo . . .
The whole point of the little Chopstix that go on your finger is that you’re able to type and grab things while still eating. If you have regular chopsticks in your hands you can’t grab anything.
Yay! My day is made because Dan is on. You are amazing sir!
The banana loca vs. piping bag test wasn't totally fair, because you didn't count the time to fill the piping bag. That said, there's a lot less to wash with the piping bag, which would save time. I can't imagine the loca contraption would clean easily.
Even less time and cleaning required when you simply spread your condiment onto the banana with a spoon or knife.
Daaaaan is BACK ...🎉
This guy should be on Shark Tank, gadgets edition, as a shark.
I love how he redesigned it into standard tongs. Just buy tongs lol
Been missing Dan for so long!
I was waiting for a redesign which involved throwing the widget in the trash. Dan did not disappoint.
the little shark fin on Dan's back 😄❤
The turbo trusser thing should of had springs I think is the thing I’m talking about but it’s able to be stretched out and then when take off back to its original shape!
Add "crisper" surfaces to the pizza treys each slightly different in size, small to larger to fit on the edges of the expandable container.
I love dan omg 🤣 and the star trek reference was on point
I believe that the turbo tresser's benefit was it can be reused over and over. Which would, hypothetically, cut down on waste in the long run.
I loved the alternate method of stuffing your banana. 😊
The banana filler is worth it only as a dirty, dirty, joke. 😁
Great video, as always, and i was going to give a like regarldess but immediately did after the Spock reference. 😂
I love the Dans on Epicurious!
I might actually buy that pizza conatiner because our go to is a plate and cling film and it could def cut down on our cling film usage!
So, chopsticks with extra steps, am i right.
Nice to see Dan again!