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- Design and usability guru Dan Formosa returns to evaluate and improve upon 5 gadgets designed to help get you out of the kitchen and back to the mimosas during a homemade brunch. Watch as he tests each device, putting them through the gauntlet while commenting on what works, what doesn't, and what he'd do to improve their design.
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Batter Dispenser: amzn.to/3Dxi77G
Bagel Slicer: amzn.to/3iTZwL4
Eggshell Cracker: amzn.to/3DuAkCE
Manual Fruit Juicer: amzn.to/3iTzWpq
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0:00 Introduction
0:39 Egg Scrambler
5:13 Batter Dispenser
9:15 Bagel Slicer
12:19 Eggshell Cracker
15:11 Manual Fruit Juicer
18:02 Final Thoughts
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Egg Scrambler: amzn.to/3v4wtth
Batter Dispenser: amzn.to/3Dxi77G
Bagel Slicer: amzn.to/3iTZwL4
Eggshell Cracker: amzn.to/3DuAkCE
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Shelly and eggbert
The main reason behind an eggshell cracker I can see is because of people missing a hand potentially.
Someone needs to clarify what he meant when he said "signing off" =(
Nobody with any common sense is buying any of these.
For the egg scrambler I would make the handle like a cracked of part of the egg shell it would fit the egg aesthetic
I think Dan should show us some of the gadgets he has designed and show them off and what he could improve on his own designs
If he’s the one behind the Oxo citrus juicer - it sucks. He should definitely redesign it.
YES
@@jasper9808 They mean his old gadgets, the first ones he did when he was not so experienced.
@@anyexrest137 even his newer stuff would be interesting, captain hindsight and all that!
@@melorun6029 I don't think he is, but he has helped design Oxo Good Grips.
On the first one, the agitator ball should probably be a color other than yellow too, just so it's easier to see.
Also it’s kinda gross to reach into your egg maybe a flexible rubber attachment with a bulb on the end (like a drip) attached to the top
It’s to match the egg aesthetic, seems like a pain to clean too. Maybe just use a fork ?😵💫
@@sydneyharp1989 I’m pretty sure the egg separater part was to remove the agitator maybe?
Why does it exist anyways, feels like it only exist as a decor
@@pauladrianordovas7447 The proteins in the egg will stick together in a lump if you just shake them. you need something to bounce around in there to break it up. Same reason you use a whisk or fork to beat eggs, rather than a spoon.
I've watched a few of Dan's reviews, and I think the one BIG test he misses is CLEANING-- all of these gadgets look MUCH harder to clean with grooves, fins, and hinges where food can collect.
Maybe its not possible with studio setup?
Dan mentioned in several episodes that they don’t think particular gadgets would clean effectively, like the hotdog spiraliser for example. They suggested a fix for that one, but they didn’t show them cleaning it.
HE DOESN'T COOK
@@dasbarchen4037 he cooks in many reviews, like the breakfast sandwich maker, the hotdog spiraliser, etc. its just a lot of the time its off-camera. The show is about cooking gadgets, so the focus is on the gadgets and usually not the food.
He cooks some pancakes in this episode from scratch
@@katf9513 we don't know what happens behind the cameras, there could be a cooking sound double, I'm not convinced.
i feel like the egg cracker and the juicer would be great for someone who only had one usable arm/hand.. the juicer is also great for people with weak wrists or have carpal tunnel.
Facts!
Makes sense. And I'm over here wondering why there's gadgets for things that take 30 seconds
That’s what a lot of convenience gadgets were originally made for! Capitalism just doesn’t seem disabled people a sufficiently marketable demographic, despite the fact that we make up roughly 20% of the population.
@@lunarmagpie619 You talk like North Korea or Vietnam has more convenient gadget for disable people
@@_pizzaboy9631 It's literally a fact that often people won't get their idea funded if it's for a specific demographic, so often they have to market to the general public, it ain't a matter of countries it's literally how capitalism is
This man honestly needs his own goddamn channel. Because he does not appear on my feed often enough
Much love from anaheim ca , When im not watching this channel I’m watching Seven Hunnid on CZcams
He has instagram
He seems like a shyster
you know you can just...search him on youtube. there are more videos that just the ones on your feed.
@@jordanbridges he's literally doing the exact opposite of that on these shows, what are you talking about? 🤣🤣
"I'm going to give it a No/5. Wait, that's not a number."
He hated it so much he forgot how the show worked for a second!
I love how they kept it in and edited the video to take his antics into account :-D
I think the people in the uk say null instead of zero, but it's not a no...
@@porcorosso4330 Depends on the context, rarely zero, sometimes null, mostly oh
@@moramento22
I think also sometimes UK use "not" instead of zero as well.
@@porcorosso4330 you mean naught?
That egg cracker is one of the only things shown on this program that wasn't cheap useless plastic trash. It's built well, has a defined purpose, and works as expected. Would be good for someone who has maybe a motor impairment.
"Also I drank a lot so I'm in a friendly mood."
He's a national treasure.
The egg shell cracker is great, I would say it’s perfect for people with disabilities or kids trying to help in the kitchen, if they’re like 4yo, they wouldn’t have the control to not be messy with eggs. I wouldn’t use, and most people can cook wouldn’t need it, but great to attend the needs of those who can’t
Also great for lots of people who seems to just keep messing up.
Oh and keeps your hands completely clean.
I have tremors and grip issues. I have this egg cracker. My only complaint is it breaks the yolk more than I’d like (I like my eggs over-easy)
for me two important things are missing in the tests:
1) ease of cleaning.
2) storage space they occupy in relation to how usable it is.
He does say some objects are bigger than they need to be for how useful they are, but I feel like that's a bit of a case by case basis? Every home is different, and even in the comments here you can see some ppl consider some things more useful than he rated 🤷
Liquids first whenever you go into an agitator style mixer helps tremendously.
I doubt Dan bakes. Almost all the recipes have you add dry ingredients to wet ingredients.
@@knighthawk3749 most i have seen is mix all the dry then add a little liquid then mix then add the rest of the liquid.
I agree. Put milk and egg in first then add flour and that would prevent the flour compacting at the bottom
@@985476246845 Not when using agitator style mixer and not when the recipe calls for more then a little liquid.
To me fair, he does do that in the left handed oil test
I feel like for the time comparison he should do a run after he has figured out how the gadget works. Sometimes it seems like it takes long because he's just fumbling with it for the first time
That's the point because in real life it would be like that
@@qwertyboo it would be like that only for the first time though so it's not accurate
Agreed, the time test is a bit silly
Or just learn how to cook properly instead relying on gadgets
@@tomasu301 Most cooks use gadgets...their gadgets are just very expensive.
Blueberry pancakes: 5/5
Blueberry bagels: No/5
pls explain
Maybe Dan thinks blueberry bagels are a sin
I swear Dan Formosa is the modern INSPECTOR GADGET!
Mimosa*
*INSPECTORofGADGETs
Inspect a gadget
its so great that he take disabilities and dexterity into account the amount of times i see "this is useless just do it the normal way youre being lazy" like if the accommodation doesn't help you, its not for you especially with gadgets like these making sure they are usable for people with low dexterity is so important because many of them are created to make problems we face easier
"I'm focusing on the bright side, be thankful!" 😂
Y'know, I often watch and rewatch these videos and it's always interesting. So many of these kitchen gadgets were designed for disabilities, but not with actual disabilities in mind for some. Some work, but some seem more for show. Like the bagel slicer, or the condiment gun come to mind whenever I think "Who would this really benefit?"
I'm always glad to see Dan bring up the criticism and what changes would be needed to make them more aiding. The whole left hand test being a test with oil or slippery hands helps show off some major issues, and it's always good to see someone try something other than constant control tests. I can't wait for the next vid, and see what gadgets really help, and what don't.
Super agree. We love disabled consideration. He's designed kitchen gadgets for disabilities himself, so that makes sense. Also a degree in ergonomics.
Bagel slicers in general (NOT this particular model) came about in the 90s when bagels became a popular coffee shop food and coffee shop employees kept slicing their hands open using regular knives. There are much better, less goofy looking models that get the job done safely.
I love this series. One of the things Dan has really shown is just how much plastic garbage is manufactured. Look at all the plastic in these defective products. And not one single manufacturer will be held responsible.
A rare Savage Garden reference, Dan surprises me every time.
I legit honestly laughed at "better than eggspected" and now I'm sad
You got sad? I got eggstatic!
Dan Formosa making an out-of-left-field Savage Garden reference is peak content.
That was a very unexpected reference indeed haha
a bizarre you say?
Agree!
The Bagel cutter seems fine though the guillotine style cutters seem more convenient and just as safe.
he tested one of the guillotine style once, he had a problem with the slicer not fitting NY sized bagels. So i believe the advantage in this one is the bigger tolerance with size
Or a knife?
I think you might be wrong about the egg shell cracker, I would have put rubber on the handles to give you better grip and be more comfortable to hold. also it would be really good for people with unsteady hands which it looks like it was designed for.
That would be great! As someone with hand problems I bet that would make a big difference
The man even changed his name to Dan Mimosa by the end. What a commitment to brunch!
Couple thoughts:
1) Better, simpler bagel slicers have been around for decades.
2) I have one of those fruit juicers. It has about 10% better yield than the hand reamer. Wish it was easy to get replacement inserts.
The size of that bagel slicer is my biggest issue. Who has room in their kitchen for a unitasker that large?
@@traviswilson5649 I do, but only for cheesemaking, sausage making, cider and beer brewing, and a couple other things. If you do any of those you need specialized tools. There's just no reasonable way around it.
@@toddellner5283 They aren't "unitaskers" if you can't do the task with normal kitchen utensils.
@@traviswilson5649 The only bagel slicing gadget I've seen with a smaller footprint is the guillotine thing, which often smashes the hell out of the bagel before cutting through it if the bagel is fresh, though the blade works just fine on store-bought ones. I don't know if the slicer tested in the video would be in different.
@@daltigoth3970 Hmm. That's not the definition I've been given by, among others, Alton Brown's spokescritter in an email. It was in response to a statement that "The only unitasker we allow in our kitchens are fire extinguishers." I mentioned that I couldn't make cheese or beer without a number of others, and the allowed as how yes, those were clearly exceptions to the rule.
But that's a minor semantic thing. Point is, that there are some special-purpose tools which only do one thing but which no more general purpose tool can do; some of them are big and clunky. A bagel slicer just doesn't rise to that level of irreplaceability since a bread knife does the trick very well if you follow basic safety procedures.
"Dan Mimosa" sounds like a slightly dodgy but flamboyant nightclub owner from the 80's. I'm all for it.
...That...yes. *Yes.* I need this origin story.
I have one of these fruit juicers from the 1950s So mine is all metal. No plastic. The Great thing about these Is that it will actually juice pomegranates. If you're juicing citrus, the cut side of the citrus should be facing down and towards the handle. If you position it that way you can do a half fruit without quartering it.
To be fair in the first one he included the time it took trying to separate the egg before scrambling it versus the fork method, not that it mattered but still.
4/5 was super generous regardless of how long it actually took to scramble the egg. I wouldn't have ignored the failure to separate the egg, and it would have ended up with a 2/5 at best.
and for the eggshell cracker he cracked 3 eggs with the tool and only 2 normally but still counted the time for the 3rd egg
Can Dan test pumpkin carving gadgets vs a knife and spoon vs power tools?
Halloween gadgets!
This man has the extraordinary ability to cheer anyone up, just by testing random kitchen gadgets. What a legend
Dan is an absolute treasure. He should have his own show that I could binge-watch
I think whoever designed the waffle batter dispenser designed it so the milk would go in first because if the flour goes in first your more likely to have unmixed batter at the bottom even if you use a traditional whisk that's why in my line of work we add the milk first then the waffle mix then eggs
Your line of work can't use a whisk properly..?
@@JokerboyJordan waffle house next time I need your opinion I'll ask you until then don't speak to me again back under a rock where you belong
I’d be so emparrassed watching this as the Egg Scrambler designer
In terms of entertainment, I give this host a 5/5.
Now please do a usability test by oiling up your non-dominant hand...
I've seen the batter dispenser used for Takoyaki/street foods, very efficient when handling a big batch and when time is very important. Guess they could've just ditched the mixing part lol
I love that they even changed his name card at the end. And the hostage look after eggcellent. But it's also refreshing to see a Dan smile in the beginning there (and The Fashion).
I'd love to see a Manual vs. Electric edition
I often think, "If the point of the gadget is to make a task easier, is there an advantage of some kind to keeping the process manual instead of electric/automatic?"
"Mimosa time "" i drank a lot so I am in a friendly mood " gotta love this man
Franks just chilling eating his pudding
Perfecting his gadgets and waiting for his homemade chicken to lay it's egg
"They forced me to say that."
No, you've been waiting for days, ever since they told you what the theme of the next episode would be, for a chance to use that pun. Don't lie to us like that, Dan.
I wonder which device is more effective:
The bagel slicer or the bagel gluittine.
Also, all those egg separators out there, I think the fish is the most effective for separation of the yolks and whites.
The fish is also the cutest in my opinion haha
@@emilycinnamon It's also the easiest to clean, too.
The fish is a wee gem tbh 🐟
Gluittine? You mean Guillotine, i guess.
I want Dan to present an Test the Gadgets he designed in 40 years
I have a similar juicer, but an old fashion one made of heavy metal ( insert too is metal too, so it doesn't budge unless you intentionally lift it out ). It's marvelous. Also the handle on mine operates with a squeeze motion rather than a push down for the actual juicing. Had a juice off with a friend who was pro hand juicer and not only was mine faster, I was able to get a greater yield and even more juice from their discards. Definitely converted my friend. I now have chronic hand pain and still find it less painful to use than a hand juicer.
i feel like people often forget that majority of these gadgets, thought they might seem stupid and pointless to us, actually help out alot of people with disabilities.
That's what the usability test is for. To see if it's easier for people with dexterity issues (using his non dominant hand while it's oily)
I love this series. Please keep uploading
Egg shell cracker seems really good for someone who may not have use of both of their hands. Most times cracking eggs is a two handed job so I bet that would be handy to have for some
Guarantee this is the guy behind the world renowned “napkin”
I love hearing him talk about why a thing is or is not fit for the intended purpose.
And… nooo, don't crack the egg on the rim of a bowl, crack it on a flat surface!
Whew I wasn't the only one bothered by that lol 😆
His face holding that plate of pancakes is priceless!
5:13 Or pour the flour on top of the wet ingredients. Since there's a lid, flour blowout is prevented.
When Dan says “woah” I laugh every time.
After watching this video I'm just saving my money and space in the kitchen.
As someone who has the Batter Dispenser, I would give it a higher rating but that might just be because it specifically caters to a personal issue I have. I'm bad with hand stability so when I try to make pancakes I always spill them when it's time to pour them into the pan. I agree the mixing is not very good but the dispenser part helps me out a lot.
You can buy a batter dispenser without the mixer part. They are commonly available.
Yay! I'd watched all the others. So glad to see a new one.
Things like the egg shell cracker are great for disabled ppl (like me)
I rly like how they always have control tests and usability tests because it shows how adapted the products are for people with low dexterity and even disabled people!
I really love the care that he puts into designing
Thank goodness for Dan. I always love when he's got a video
I love how he signed off as Dan Mimosa and they even credited him as such 😂
Yayyy!! Im so glad there’s a new episode w Dan :)) he’s always so great
I have a similar juicer at home, and I love it. Very useful for fresh squeezed orange juice.
I had a terrible night and was having trouble sleeping until this man not only said "that was better than eggspected" but clarified he was forced to do so.
I'm back to life.
I love this guy’s creativity in his craft but most of all , his humor. I genuinely enjoy watching his program.
The egg scrambler is the epitome of a solution without a problem.
The intro killed me 😂😂😂
This mans energy is so warm. He always boosts my mood.
“I think thats life. Get use to it!”😂😂lol he’s awesome
I easily see a use for the egg shell cracker. People with arthritis, tendinitis, stroke victims, it’s great for people whose dexterity and hand strength has been compromised in some way.
I am immensely impressed that you were able to shake it enough to scramble without the egg flying out of your hands when they were oiled tbh...
I was surprised too. But of you look really closely, I think you can see that he didn't actually scramble it, he just shook it like twice
I could see the eggshell cracker being good for someone who has to keep handling eggs while doing other stuff, and doesn't want to constantly wash their hands. Also, it's great for anyone who just can't quite get the knack of cracking eggs without getting shells in everything.
First thing Dan should do is stop cracking eggs on the edge of the bowl.
Finally something I have, the fruit juicer, it is very handy, 5 out of 5. :) This program could be more often, it is my favorite.
I LOVE this series!
Oh how I love this guy! And the unexpected Savage Garden reference! 👌✨
you are my favorite show on youtube, please never stop!!!
I love Dan's videos, only wish there were more of them :)
Dan Mimosa is the Man! 😂
The ending 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 what a cool dude!
The bagel slicer is the only one of these is even consider buying. Good to know its actually up to snuff.
He reviews a guillotine-style slicer in another video and I think that one is better overall, but they're neat stuff.
I love this series. Dan is like my design teachers, but nicer
I dont think Ive ever seen dan rate so many gadgets so highly in one episode.
I actually like the egg cracker. I like not getting egg ooze on my fingers.
We need more of Dan's videos! Tackle some of those see on tv gadgets, people wonder about!
A Savage Garden reference?! We must protect Dan Mimosa at all costs! 😄
When l was a child we had a chromed crocodile nut cracker that was a thing of both wonder and terror. As a small child, there was always some trepidation and doubt, to whether it would be fingers or nuts being cracked. Was super excited to find one for sale a few decades back as, if you managed to keep fingers from being crushed in its tail, its mouth did a great job with the nuts.
"Just like Savage Garden said, 'Ooh, I want you, I don't know if I need you...'"
These videos are very good, and you have caught my interest.
I like designing things, and so maybe it fits my interest more, not sure, but it is very interesting!
And I love Dan, he's a cool guy.
FYI. It's better to crack eggs on a flat surface then on a rim of a bowl. Rim of the bowl can actually force shell into the egg.
I love this guy! Cheers from Colombia amigos!
I love Dan's sense of humour!
As an Aussie, I salute your Savage Garden reference. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Dan has a really nice sense of humor
Dan is back! I do NOT miss a Dan Formosa video!
I like how the eggshell cracker is a 3/5 because you really don't need it even though you crack eggs every other day, and the bagel slicer, which is super niche, is 4/5.
I have the Bagel Guillotine and i love it, and it works!
The best thing in this video :
To see Dan on his best condition 🤗
Dan hold his laughter while keeping a straight faced joke
Always glad to see Dan Mimosa! Oh wait... Formosa! Yes!
Not gonna lie dan is the only reason I watch this channel we need more dan
Oh. My mom bought something pretty much just like the manual fruit juicer probably in the early 70s. I remember it from when I was a kid. It was just like that except no plastic and it wasn't rose gold.