1 Year Update on 10 Products! (Update 48)
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- Опубліковано 1 чер 2024
- Here are recaps and updates on my 471st through 480th product reviews from February 2023 through March 2023. Below are links to the original reviews.
471. Temu Clock: • Glowing Temu Clock: Wh...
472. Lightboard Go: • Is this LED writing pa...
473. Bionic Blade: • Portable Blender Showd...
474. SnapGrip: • SnapGrip Review: Turn ...
475. Donut Maker: • Testing the Dash Mini ...
476. Keychain Lights: • Mini Flashlight Face-O...
477. Spillnot: • The End of Spilled Dri...
478. Kitchen Gadgets: • 3 Kitchen Gadgets that...
479. Air Up: • Air Up Review: Does it...
480. Shaker Bottles: • Shark Tank vs Amazon: ...
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0:00 Intro
0:19 Temu Clock
2:57 Lightboard Go
5:26 Bionic Blade
7:51 SnapGrip
10:21 Mini Donut Maker
12:39 Keychain Lights
15:06 Spillnot
17:16 Kitchen Gadgets
19:50 Air Up
22:28 Shaker Bottles
24:57 Conclusion
Music by Epidemic Sound
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I bet Air-up was pretty annoyed there was a decent sized content creator who reviewed their product fairly without just shilling it for sponsor money.
I’ve seen a couple others give it honest reviews and they were all pretty bad! It seems like as reviewers go, if your not getting a 10k check from Air-Up then it scores pretty low!
Hipyo's review vid was hilarious
Like a review from someone who went into it with basement floor expectations
I’ve never truly understood the dislike for air up. I got one to try it out and it genuinely has been a good product. I used to only drink fizzy drinks or squash/cordial, but now I’m only on water. The pods work, some better than others, but I’ve had no issues and only positives
@@remus5759 I think most people's annoyance with it is people pretending to like it when in reality very few people actually end up liking it.
Even for people trying to kick a dependence on sugary drinks there's a sea of sugar free drinks that you can try out instead of trying to trick your senses into thinking the drink has flavor.
@@remus5759would you have liked it as much if tou had to pay the full…. What $100 for the kit? Getting one to try out is fine and dandy, having to pay quite a bit of money for one and keep paying for the pods i think is where some of the issues may come from.
Every time I see one of those 1 year updates, I think "Wait, this was already a year?"
You and Project Farm are my go-to channels for field tested items. I've purchased a few items based upon your real-world tests, comparisons, reviews and revisits.
So have I. I bought my husband an Allet wallet after he tried the ones they sent him asking for his thoughts. I think James has said he’s still using his and I know Hubby is. And what’s even better is that Hubby’s doesn’t even look used. I’m very impressed.
We're gonna test that.
The only 2 review channels i watch.
Agreed.
I use my SpillNot multiple times a day since I use a walker. It has been a godsend for me.
Thank you for sharing your experience!
As a tea drinker I WANT the kettle...tired of the whole neighborhood knowing when my water boils🤣
get ones with stainless steel interior and plastic exterior. i had the exact same one he has, it literally shattered with the hot water. but this was after i been using it for years
Get a goose neck kettle trust me!
19:15 Funny to see an electric kettle be called a kitchen gadget.
What else would it be?
@@blockedblock5203for those of us who use them several times a day, they are no more a “gadget” than a refrigerator or oven is.
@@blockedblock5203 A staple in every kitchen built after 1900
I really appreciate your 1 year update reviews. I've made several purchases based off of your reviews, have yet to be let down!
Butter Bell: I've been using one of these for over 20 years. You DO NOT need a utensil to pack the bell. Just peel the paper back from your stick of butter, moving the paper to cover the palm of your hand and just mash the butter into the bell. So easy. You leave it on the counter and you always have nice soft butter for spreading.
I have been doing a series of drawings. you are next in my favorite 100 youtubers. so i am screen shootting a moment in this video and i will be drawing it. I believe your #27.
I have been watching you for years. thank you for doing these videos. And the updates i really like. Thank you! I hope you will like what i will draw.
These recap videos just remind me of how fast the time flies. Still love to watch them, tho. Keep it up!
The light board I could see being used well to write daily specials at a cocktail bar or some type of grocery store, deli, or boutique shop of that sort.
Finally bought a BedJet. Was having issues cooling my back bedroom down and then remembered you reviewing the BedJet years ago. So nice!!! No more temperature dysregulation and I don’t need to add more vents or fans that dry my eyes out!
I appreciate the updates. I feel like it's a nice refresher for videos I have seen and forgot about. (I think I have seen them all.) So many times I say, "I need one of those." so it's of great help to hear your reaction to it well over a year later. Thank you, James, for spending your money so I don't have to spend mine on things that aren't all they are cracked up to be. 😃🙃😊
I got an Amazon Basics kettle a few years ago and it gets lots of use in the fall/winter for tea and hot chocolate. The fact that it automatically turns off is so good.
I am a bit confused - why wouldn't an electric kettle turn off automatically? Even the ones from the last century already had this feature. It just sounds a little bit weird that it is talked about like it is something unheard of and the main selling point, lol
@@horsinaczAmericans, I guess?
I find butter crocks are something that are either invaluable or worthless depending on how much soft butter you go through and how warm your house is. I personally use mine in the summer often, but not the winter. It's so much better than having to microwave sticks of butter for cooking.
I bought the kettle around the same time as you and I use it daily! It's great.
I'm glad you enjoy it as much as I do!
Yaay! Ive officially been watching long enough that I remember watching the original products on one of these!
Hi All I had a stroke not long before you reviewed the spill not the first time on the back of your reveiw I bought one. Thank heaven you can get it in the Uk,I've added a handle through the finger loop to make it more ergonomic for me to hold. I use it every day. My grip is shot my walking is shot. As a person that this might have been aimed at this works definitely worth the money to get one 😊 Thank You so much for pointing me in this direction it's been a blessing in disguise 😊
I bought that exact omelet maker and I use it almost every day. The only caveat is that I don't have a kitchen in my apartment and the only sink is a bathroom sink, so I'm not using that to clean dishes. As a result, having something that I can make eggs in and wipe down a couple times with a damp paper towel to clean is a huge help for my diet.
Upgrade your electric kettle game by getting one that has a base station so you only need to plug it in ONCE 💪😎👌
An electric kettle was one of those items that after getting one I was ." How did I live without this. "
Right? I asked for one for Christmas several years ago (6 maybe?) and it gets used every day.
Same. It reminds me of the years I spent making rice in a pot. Like...why?! 😂 I finally got my act together and bought a $30 Aroma rice and slow cooker. I already have a bigger slow cooker, so it's just used for rice and it does its job beautifully. No more having to baby sit a pot of rice so that it didn't bubble over (which, it almost always did anyways). I could finally multi-task during dinner. I don't know why I allowed myself to suffer for so long 😅
So, there isn't one of these in American homes? Just asking, because over here in Europe, every home has one. They're not even that expensive, you can get one for 10-15 bucks.
Same!!
@@destrojer124 Correct. Although many will have a coffee maker of some sort, electric kettles are a (relatively) new concept in American homes but becoming more prevalent. My British bf introduced me to the electric kettle about 15 yrs ago, but I only started seeing them in the USA more just in the last several years.
Its funny to see an electric Kettle being seen as a "gadget". When here in Germany every Kitchen has one and its seen like a Toster or Something 😂
Love these updates. Brilliant!!!!
Love your updates! ✌️
I love this video series!! Thanks for making them.
I purchased the Mueller kettle based on your recommendation and have been very happy using it throughout the year.
As someone with tremors that can get pretty bad; that spill not is awesome.
Love your one year updates.
James you should really try the Tefal onecup. It has a base and you fill it like a kettle but you press a button and dispenses one cup of boiling water. It's designed to make coffee or tea quickly and it's amazing.
Another great review update. Also, I love your record on display! I'm currently displaying the same one lol, definitely my favorite ELO album!
On the NileRed channel he made cheese donuts by melting cheese and pouring it into donut shaped silicone molds and putting them in his lab fridge. The orange coloured cheese donuts looked really weird and he said it was like taking a big bite of too much cheese :-)
I had a butter bell but I found just having a butter dish, the butter doesn't go bad sitting in my pantry next to the microwave. I didn't like how you have to soften the butter to fill it, it's hard to get all the butter out with a knife. I just prefer slapping a stick on the butter dish and putting on the cover
I love how an electric kettle is considered a gadget in america and it switching off when it boils a feature 😂
Same here 😊
Can't think of a household here that hasn't one and I don't want to miss my own. It has variable temperature and is in use at least 3 times a day.
Kettle gets used 10+ daily here in Ireland.
We’re admittedly slow on the uptake with some things, but I’ve had my electric kettle for about 6 years. I think most Americans think it’s only for tea, but get excited when they realize they can use if for things like instant ramen soup or to preboil water for making pasta.
It definitely depends on how often you make stuff like tea and instant ramen. I own one but only find myself using it once every couple months (USAmerican)
@@soogymoogi How do you make coffee then? Or scald bulgur, couscous, glassnoodles etc? I mean, I guess you need hot/boiling water more often than once every couple of months?
22:27 the only problem I have with my circle is that sometimes the capsules sometimes don’t let the flavor through easily.. or it’ll let it through all quickly.. I don’t like that about it. I’d like the other one you reviewed because I really do slam water when I drink from my circle.
I must have watched the Kitchen Gadgets video because i have the exact same Mueller kettle. And I use it almost daily.
Thanks!
Love these updates! Thanks James.
Agreed, have gotten reminded to try things sitting in my Amazon cart after he does the update. It's much appreciated 😁👍
I've had the Blender Bottle pro for years. It has multiple compartments that you can screw onto the bottom. It comes in handy if you need multiple mixes or supplements with you, or even snacks. It is very sturdy and survived quite a few drops down concrete stairs. The biggest negative IMO is that there is no insulation, so the outside and bottom become covered with condensation, ruining whatever powder you put in the storage, and ice melts quickly. Can coozies don't fit, so I cut a piece of cheap yoga mat and hot glued a sleeve shape. Much more attractive than my previous effort: shoving in an old gym sock.
I’ve had the Blender Bottle for several years, and it’s held up great. I use it all the time. I’m very impressed with it.
I need a Spillnot that holds two cups of coffee
the air up water bottle is just "the placebo water bottle"
lmfao I saw a video about the air up and the dude bashed it so hard, he said the watermelon tastes like straight chemicals and the fact you did too made me bust out laughing XD
Credit to this dude for making videos for the last 48 years ❤
I have a Kodiak cube, the green rubber went hard, then crumbled off and no protection for the charging plug. Also left it on high beam and the plastic lens cracked and split apart from the reforming of melted plastic.
Still works, just covered the outside with Gorilla Tape, to protect the internals, yes I managed to save the flap, and put it under the tape then cut it out with x-acto knife. The lens cracking and splitting was more recent, and I have not sourced a piece of plastic to replace it. The magnet works good and I find myself still using it almost daily.
Always find it strange that Americans dont use kettles regularly in the UK ours is used several times a day but we do also have higher power so our kettles boil faster and use them for alot more than just making drinks
Spilnot is worth its weight in lithium. I've used it every day since your review came out, and not a drop spilled, ever.
Always appreciate the 1 year reviews. Thanks, James! 🤗🤗
Used a butter bell for years. Only salted butter holds up in it. Unsalted butter will mold after 3 days.
19:45 ... I started using an electric kettle (with the same safety features your model has, but I have a stainless steel model, not glass).
I do not know how I lived for over 50 years without an electric kettle. I use it for everything from heating water for Ramen noodles to tea and if I simply need boiling water for some cleaning uses. Everyone should have an electric kettle as long as it has all those safety features.
I bought my Kettle right after I saw your initial review. I use it several times a week and it works as fast now as day 1. Just wish the opening was a bit larger to get my hand in to dry it. ❤Thanks for the review! 👍🏻
Thank you for the updates. 😊😊
For me, the air up was effective with flavour but because of the way it works with taking in so much air with the water every time you drink I found that after less than 24 hours of use I had such awful bloating and painful trapped wind that I had to stopped using the bottle.
I do have some health issues that include digestive issues, but I would say that digestive health issues (such as irritable bowel syndrome, etc) are not uncommon at all, yet when I contacted the company they seemed to never have heard of anyone ever having had an issue like mine before, which seems strange as I can't be completely unique. It felt like they didn't want to admit that it might be a real issue in case I was going to demand some kind of compensation, which I wasn't, I just wanted to report an issue I had experienced and see if there was any possible way to resolve the issue so I could keep using the bottle as I really wanted to like it (and I was very clear in my message to them that this was my aim in messaging them).
I did try the bottle a couple more times with the same results and ended up giving it away to a friend's daughter
i loved the same kettle been using it for years. but it broke eventually. literally glass shatter all over my floor. heating element is fine though. so instead of glass i got myself a stainless steel interior and plastic exterior kettle. works perfectly without fear of glass and hot water all over me
I appreciate your honest and frank reviews. I'm always interested if it really was useful in the long run because a lot of products look fun to use. You use them once and then never again. I wish you'd have told us why the person who liked the nonspilling carry thing, liked it. It seemed useless to me.
Im a big fan of the water boiler. I take it on vaca to use in hotels for coffee and tea.
I have an Epica kettle that I have used at least a few times a week for the last ten years.
I don't understand what those shaker bottles are supposed to do. Do people often shake their drinks while drinking?
It's to mix protein powder/pre-workout in with your water or milk.
There is not enough money in the whole world that would cause me to make any purchase from TEMU!
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I have essential tremor, so I think the Spillnot would be useful for me, but not for $18.95 on Amazon! If the price comes down (LOL) or my tremor gets worse, I may try it.
Great review as usual. I noticed you have the same problem we have here in Pahrump - Weeds!!. Can you do a review of some kind to address this. Thank you
Elbow grease works great.
Anyone else find it a bit ironic that a company whose product relies on the sense of smell rose to popularity during an ongoing health crisis that strips the target audience of said smell?
Never speak of the dark times, it’s asking for trouble
Did you like the butter container in the water thing?
Put butter on a covered dish. Don’t need water. Lasts at least two months on my counter. Often longer. Been doing it for decades.
I like the ELO album you got in the background
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15:38 Dont own one, but if you moved the glass closer to the vertical support, the balance would of kept the liquid more level
would have
Have you done safety keychains there are so many brands to choose from that are pricey vs pepper spray or other safety items to carry.
These updates are the best
Great content, as always. PS: James, if you didn't use a kettle before .... what DID you use? :)
Microwave? Stove top?
There are kettles that are not electrical.
Memories of our elderly babysitter who drank tea twice daily. Used a saucepan on the stove for thirty years to boil water….I used all my Christmas money to buy her Mirro Copper kettle she had until she moved into assisted living…thirty years later. That’s easily a fifty five year old memory.
So what Gadget have you found that you've used the most❤
Hey James can you please review the quad lock for iphones when you have a chance,great videos as always cheers
only android
@@harrygregory6227sorry to inform you but i have an Iphone 11 and works
I love these follow up videos. The record keeping and spreadsheets of James must be so massive.
The products that claim to have you taste something you smell never think about people with allergies. I never smell them and i had to scream into the void about it.😂
Oh god. I just re-commented like the other day about your review of the air up and lo and behold. The update is here. Lmao
Everyone in europe; switching to instant hot water tools after using kettles for decades.
USA: whoah, kettles.
Haha.
I'm honestly surprised by this mans dedication to honestly keep these products for a year. Most reviewers will throw away these products a week later. So, I appreciate the update videos!
15:47 not if you know what you’re doing you don’t. 😏
I didn’t stay but did watch the Beatles Love and it just doesn’t make any sense in my brain that the Hard Rock Cafe won’t keep that show going!
Every time I watch one of these videos I think of how many 1 year review videos I've seen the originals of and feel old.
Why would you want something that makes your butter wet or drips
OMG! You discovered that a kettle is useful!!! Welcome to the UK!
I'm over here in America shilling my electric kettle to everyone who'll sit still long enough. You don't even need to drink tea. Everyone needs boiling water for SOMETHING.
Electric kettles are a bit more useful in the UK. They take twice as long to bring water to boil in the US because of the lower mains voltage (US: 110V max 15A. UK: 230V, 13A).
Still weirds me out how rare kettles are over the in US. Wouldnt have a household in Australia without one.
@@goose-lw6js only partially true.
Many kettles arround here in Europe are also only 1800W (just like in the US) and the stronger ones are capped at 2300W
That is barely noticeable in boiling time.
Until my Keurig came along, I used a HotPot Express kettle to boil water for my Ramen.
The beard looks great
Thanks for the look back, it just reinforces my desire to not buy any of those things.
The best way to do icing.Wash your hands and just put your fingers in and drizzle all over your fingers.Work well good night
I just bought a Kettle today, nothing fancy cuz we use it a lot thus we buy a couple every year. Apparently, kettles are not so popular in the States compared to Canada.
They’re getting more popular here as people figure out that they’re good for stuff like ramen and not just tea. I’ve had mine for about 6 years. I do use it daily.
The Light Board with its smudges, fingerprints, hard to find replacement pen, and kitchen light, is not worth the cost, the clock was too cheaply made, the blade of the blender was too sensitive. Overall, the blender will most likely be hit and miss. Anything that attaches to my phone, worries me, as the magnet may fail at some point, the charging feature is handy though, but is too expensive. The doughnut maker is a fail, and in comparison, making them in an Air Fryer is a bit like apples and oranges, and it will probably end up at the back of a cupboard soon. The Spill Not is chancey, and do we need to pay for an item so as to make it handy to carry a drink around? Well, if a person had two arthritic hands, it may be useful?! The omelet maker costs money and takes up space. However, we can use a frying pan just as easy. I missed your original test of the bottle, but again, it appears to be too gimmicky. Also, unlike turning on the tap, a person would need to keep spending money to buy replacement pods. 😢 I would love to see your stash of ‘dud items’; bet it is large.
Over 6 minutes to boil a kettle seems extremely long. I'm in the UK where everyone has electric kettles, I wonder if it takes so much longer than I'm used to because it's not a very good kettle or because of the voltage difference between the US and UK.
Your 230 volts versus our 120!
@@sziltner UK has 240V coming out of their sockets.
I use the spillnot to bring my hot chocolate from the kitchen to the couch. Like you I would have preferred for it to have accommodated tall glasses. I then could have used it for my morning coffee as well.
The "Spill Not" is based on an item that's been used in Germany for a hundred years or more.
@@OriginalShroomWhat is this item called?
I'm guessing the weird butter container just went unused the rest of the time? You said you didn't use it as much, but didn't really say if you used it at all 🤣
I wish BlendJet would send the replacement base for my recalled base. It’s been months.
hey! i drink tea, too.. ☺️
Air up and those like it is nothing more than a placebo effect.
That electric kettle experience is not rare. It happens even here in Argentina where regular kettles are used daily (most of us drink mate instead of coffee or tea). You think you have no need for an electric kettle until you get one and then you don't know how to managed without one all those years. Lol
james is the ice shaker bottle all allumnum
It's stainless steel, except for the cap and the base.
Glad you said my last name correctly 😀
I like your update videos.
If you have any nasal issue, like Chronic Sinusitis (like I do), hayfever allergies, chronic congestion etc. anything 'retro nasal' is unlikely to work for you.
I hate acceories that would be too glue something to my phone.
I've never understood how people believe Donuts, pancakes and waffles taste different.
If the donuts are deep fried they definitely taste different. But the donut maker just bakes circular waffles. You even have to turn them. Very basic.
Would love for you to review some of the bed cooling machine's!
Anyone else still waiting for their Blendjet replacement?