5 Strange Products from Amazon That Actually Work

This is James White, with frequent reviews giving you what you see on TV. Product reviews, device reviews and more. Today I have five

strange

products

from Amazon that have pretty good reviews. I want to test them myself to see if they really

work

. I'm making five

products

in one video. This won't be as long as some of the videos I make, but I'll check them out and see if they really

work

without further delay, let's get right to the point. This is a shirt folding board. by box legend now i admit that i have been practicing with this for a while to make sure i get it right.

I think I need to do it justice by doing it properly, so you've probably seen this before they made it. has been around, but if you haven't, it's supposed to be something that will help you fold laundry quickly. Now my dear friend Kathy from Tucson Chicks reviewed a similar article in 2018. Now Kathy and my other friend Carrie are kind of laundry geeks. You're a little pickier than me about how shirts should be folded correctly, so I'll link Kathy's review in the description below. I think she's very accurate, but she has a slightly higher standard than me for folding shirts, so here we go.

I'm going to start with a few different types of shirts and see how they work. Now the way this is supposed to be done is by laying the shirt upside down and you want to flatten it out like that if it hangs down. You're supposed to fold the bottom like this, but if it sticks out a little I just make it hang down an even amount, then all you do is fold one side, fold the other side, fold the bottom up and there we go with a guy like me, that's perfect, it's done, some people won't like this, they won't be happy with it and for those people something like this may not be a good idea, I don't think they will come true. some people's high standards which are huge cars and efficient in washing, but for some people maybe we try a different shirt.

Here's a much larger shirt and as you can see it hangs very far from the bottom which is why they say it's supposed to. flatten it out and then fold the bottom up like this okay, this is going to drive some people here crazy, let me try it one more time because the sleeves are hanging down, I'll bring them this time, right now, here we go, boom. boom, that looks pretty good to me, there aren't even any weird wrinkles or anything, look at that perfect, it's

actually

a lot better than what I would do. I have kind of a one type low end folding technique and you can see it's fast, but no.

Just as effective, check it first thing in the morning. I use these fingers to pull the sleeves. It's not very good, but it works. I don't usually fold my shirts, I hang them, so it's not something I do very often, but I do. Use low-end type folding technique. I might try this board for a while, because it has a much smoother look. I'm going to fold all these shirts and put them in a single pile and see how they look good. Let's try a collared shirt now, a lot of your success at this will be based on how flat you make it when you first put it on, this shirt is usually pretty hard to fold so let's see if this can work, it's got some wrinkles in there , but this is like I said, this is a very difficult shirt to fold.

I'm going to give him a pass. Long-sleeve shirt. I think it looks pretty good. I'm going to redo this one now. A button-down shirt. See how it works. Part of the trick is just making sure the shirt is flat and there's plenty to do, but if you have a hard time folding shirts, foaming may be worth it and here we go, do you think it's acceptable? In fact, I think it looks pretty good, let's look at these one more time collared shirt t-shirt long sleeve shirt polo shirt another t-shirt by the way, this folds up pretty well and I really think how well it works will depend on how picky you are. with the way your clothes look when they are folded.

Some people will think this is completely unacceptable because it has some wrinkles and some people will think it is much better than what they can do. I tend to lean a little. a bit towards the ladder, my friend Kathy probably leans a bit towards the first option of those again, it's one of those, your mileage may vary and what you expect from it will largely determine how happy you are with a product like this , there are many of these. There they vary between 10 and 30 dollars. This is the legend of the box and I will link it in the description below.

I think it works and I think the next time I need to fold a bunch of shirts I probably will. Use it, what do you think? This is not Apple's latest airpod. It is

actually

a reusable straw. This neat little case with a magnetic lid contains a foldable straw and this even flimsier brush. I don't know if the word brush can be applied. this, but this is it, it comes in several colors, by the way, I already washed it, but it comes in several colors, let's see how another one looks, I haven't opened this one yet, well, we have white, a nice pink and it looks like dark blue, but today I'm going to use the green straw, so let's try it in different types of glasses and see how it works.

First, I got my sassy plug from my hometown hockey team. golden knights let me see how it works here it looks like the ends are a little bit bigger let's see how it goes in this cup it's okay it's a little flexible let me try it well luckily it doesn't taste like rubber I think it's It's supposed to be BPA free I think I don't know why I keep doing this right. I mean it works pretty well on this one, let me try some different drinks and some different tapas and see how it works with those.

The easy cup test was a success, but I won't stop there, let's go in and have a good old big American fountain drink, see how it works with that, here we go, the big American fountain drink versus the reusable straw, let's see how works. it actually works, someone in one of the comments said that this type of lid was problematic, so let me figure out the flexible noodles, insert them into the drink hmm, ooh, okay, it wasn't as smooth as silk, oh, and it's like it keeps going because it's so loose at the bottom it doesn't really hit it doesn't stop at the bottom now let's see if it works um come on I had it too low there it's a little hard to tell where the bottom is when you're pushing there it goes on because it starts to bend, but if it's not against the background it works fine, I guess for those who are environmentally conscious, this is probably a very good option, but I have a few more to try, let me see. how it works in a smaller drink with this type of lid where there is a lot more straw sticking out.

I will say it's not as efficient to insert and remove as a normal straw, but it's certainly more environmentally friendly, so that's something about Let's try the next one and see how it works, so I'm here at Starbucks and I have my large drink, which is a smaller Starbucks drink. You know, I was going to go to the drive-thru. I thought it would be a little better on video, but there were like 10 cars in line, so I looked inside, there was a guy there, so I got in line, the guy was asking questions for about five minutes, it's like how many questions do you have? to do at Starbucks, but I digress, let's see if my bendy straw and my Starbucks Grande drink can get along together once again.

It's not like a normal plastic straw that you can just stick in there. This one is a little flexible. It's okay, it's in everyone. True, I'm towards the bottom here, I don't think it's that bad, it's just that it's so bad, what do you think? Don't know. I like that it is flexible. Actually, it's like when you are a child eating. your cereal in the morning you have the bendy straw this can certainly work as a bendy straw you know what I'm going to say as far as the large one goes it works better than I thought it actually works it's a bit A bit of a different experience than a normal straw but once you get used to it I spilled some tea on my mirror but it's a bit of a different experience but once you get used to it it's actually not that bad.

Now one more test. Think of a very different type of drink that follows right now for the big test tropical shake. This is a thick drink just for comparison. Here is a normal straw going towards the green island. No problem. Let's see if this flexible straw can arrive. the background of the island is green I can't do the one finger technique no, but it works it works well I'm going to give it credit I'm going to say that this straw is a success it's not perfect it requires some time to get used to it it's a different experience than a regular straw, but I think if you're someone who has a problem with old school plastic straws, this is a viable option that comes in these cool containers that you can put on your keychain.

I like it, what's next? It's a mini bag sealer with no battery included, well it's very small, very small, if there were no instructions on this, oh wait, yes, they are nice and microscopic, cool, two double A batteries. It says to only use 12V batteries. high quality. I have a pair. Duracells here, that's the best I'm going to get, okay, the batteries are there, let me grab some bags to seal, how about some chips? I have small, medium and large. It feels a little cheap. Place the plastic bag between the heater. plate and the end of the roof is at that point I slide the sealant along the edge at a constant speed which doesn't seem right, now I notice the hook comes off, that was the cutter side, it's not wonder it wasn't working well, let me.

Try this again Try this again now that I have the sealant part correct. Well, this makes a lot more sense now. Now hold it for three to five seconds and now slide it in there, come on, come on, come on, come on, hey, it's actually sealed. That's a sealed bag, very good, okay, let's try another one, how about some classics? Which is better baked necklaces or classic frosting? Guys tell me this is a very important poll that has no relation to this video, baking vs. classic, anyway, I digress, hey mom, no I don't want this after all oh no, well I have my sealer.

The problem with doing half the other half is that you may not line up these lines, but on the other hand it's pretty sealed. It's pretty sealed. I think we are. two for two right now I'm getting used to the big boy here do you guys like the regular doritos or the uh spicy or the cool ranch which is better? I like the original. I'm old school, but there are a lot of people. They say they like other exercises better, I don't know, okay, let's see if we can do it in this big bag here, okay, maybe starting from the edge is better than the center, let me try it right, I didn't.

It didn't work very well now I'm getting there I'm getting it oh yeah I think I made it it's dirty but I like it it's actually pretty good now let's try the cutter side there's a cutter right here let's try to make one of the smaller bags that wasn't a very good cut, what happens if I tear this part off? Oh, let me try to cut it into the smallest bag, try this cutter here, oh, the cutter. it feels like it's breaking it the cutter is breaking it i don't know about the cutter man uh let me try the cutter on the big one again i think the cutter is just the cutter not that good cutter cut forget the cutter is ready but look this, this bag, I tore this bag, so let me try a real world situation here, I have to reseal this bag, okay, we have half a bag left.

I'm going to seal this thing in five seconds, okay, resealed. I know what I like, let's see if this actually works on a bag of cereal, that could be interesting, okay, it's doing something, this part caused a little problem, but otherwise let's see and it's not that bad, actually it worked bailey is around so she listens because she listens food bailey you can't eat cereal bailey it's a little uncomfortable it's a bit of a cheap feeling but I really think it actually works it's not too expensive it's not too big it has this clip where you can hang, so despite it being a bit cheap, small and a bit awkward, and the cutter doesn't work very well, other than that it's perfect.

This is not an old school panel that directors used to use with children. This is the Flexit 2.0 flashlight. Well, the features of this light are that it has multiple modes, one, two, three, four, it can be folded into any position. Look at this, it also has magnets, so it can be placed on any type of metal surface, on the side of a car refrigerator, and it comes with three double A batteries included, you can set it up like this, you can connect it to things. I read some of the reviews on Amazon, they were mostly positive, some people said they didn't like the battery case, which I didn't feel there was.

There is a lot wrong with it being a standard battery box. Some people said the magnets would last a week. I'll check it out, but let's stick with this and see how it works. I saw a video of a guy with this on his refrigerator and he said it was sliding down so let's see how it works for me oh yeah it's sliding down let's try a different angle here. What happens if I put it like this without sliding down? I'll make it completely flat and it will slide down. I guess it just dependsFrom the angle and the configuration that you have, if it's going to stay on something like this, this is a nice smooth surface that might also have something to do with it, it depends on how you're going to use it.

I think some people will have problems with those magnets, others won't be fine, so the flex is supposed to stick to the side of your car says you're changing the tire at night, let's try it well, the magnets keep the lights nice and shiny, you know what I think, I like that, very good, how about on the side? It's

strange

because on the refrigerator the magnets seem pretty weak, but here it seems to hold up pretty well and would certainly do the job. I should also point out that you can bend it like this in a circle around a pipe which is cool, it looks like kind of one of those bracelets in the 80s that Judas Priest used to wear, they also show that it has a danger mode, like you're broken down in the side of the street, you can put it next to your car like that, okay, we got it. high medium low strobe and off you want to put the high against how about the tack light? my as seen on tv flashlight the touch light is fine its not as bright as the attack light the attack flight destroys it deflects the attack light even in low conditions its still brighter im going to go out and show you some others , Bell Howell light bar, flex it, not a big difference, the flex might even be a little brighter, atomic beam flashlight and atomic beam flashlight flex it, flex atomic beam headlight, flex it. and there's bailey bailey, there's belly here now, what the flexi can do and none of the others can do is wrap, which is actually pretty useful.

This one also has magnets. The atomic beam flashlight also has magnets on the bottom, so it's also useful, but. It doesn't have the cool wrap feature, bending is not without problems, I think the magnets can be weak, especially on a really smooth surface, but otherwise I think it's a very good idea, it's not that expensive either, does it? what do you think this is? Rocket Book Everlast, let's open it, this is not an ordinary notebook, it looks like an ordinary notebook, doesn't it? But no, it is not an ordinary notebook and this is not an ordinary paper.

Notice that the bottom of each page has a QR code and very slightly if. You can see that there are points on each page. Each page can be written, scanned and uploaded through the app and then erased and used again. I'm going to read these instructions carefully and then get started. I should also mention that there is a friction. pin included and there it is, doesn't work with other pens, doesn't work with dry erase markers, as I understand it, just these, there are other pens like this available, but they include one to get you started, I'm just going to get started, that's what I'll do it right now, okay, let's try the everlast rocket book and the friction pin.

Now, what the rocket book is is a reusable notebook. When you're right on the page, you then use the Rocketbook app and you can send it. to any of these destinations, then clear the pages and start again. The good thing is that after 15 seconds the ink stays on the page until you wipe it off, it won't smear after about 15 seconds, you can do the same. As with a normal notebook, just scan the pages and throw the notebook away when you're done, but you have to keep buying them. You always have this one, it's reusable and it also has another interesting feature if you see these symbols here. very faint at the bottom of each page, you mark which symbol you want and you can assign a symbol to a different cloud service so that throughout the day you can have notes destined for Dropbox Email OneDrive, so let's try it and see how.

It works fine, I wrote the page that says wait 15 seconds and it won't smear and yeah, I said today is going to be a big day because I have this weird notebook, so what I'm going to do now is I don't know if you can see this, but I'm going to mark one of these symbols, the second one, the diamond, that you're supposed to write what you've assigned here, which I don't have the diamond that I've assigned to Dropbox. so I'm just checking that right now, get my Rocketbook app, aha, got it, boom, there it was, now I can check it out right here, change the name and you'll notice it has the diamond symbol at the bottom because you spotted it. it was marked very good press send now it goes to my Dropbox I don't have to configure anything else because I marked that symbol so you can mark all these symbols and choose the service you want them to go to automatically very very very cool pages that don't feel like paper such maybe a little in between like plastic and paper but it certainly has the feel of a notebook it has 18 pages it's not as big as a normal notebook it's a little smaller than you can I see it next to a phone, it's not the size of a computer full size laptop, but I think for most people it would work.

This one has dots on the page that are very, very small and hard to read, and they don't really. they show up on the scan because they are so weak they sell different colored pens but this is the one that comes with it which is just a normal black pen. When I was a kid, we used to do this, we would draw the word boy. and then and then turn him into a boy, which looks absolutely atrocious, but you realize we used to make ones a little less appropriate for family entertainment, but that's what I used to do as a boy, maybe I should have . a real artist, come here and try something.

Let's see it now. What I need to do is clean it and, by the way, without staining or staining. Put this in your backpack or briefcase. Take it home and it will still look good, but come on. you take the cloth they say to wet half the cloth so you wipe it with that and then you dry it with the other side well and my rocket book is ready to use another day so for me the eternal rocket book is definitely something that people would use people would enjoy I think it has a place so for me this is a good product what do you think?

There you have it. I think these five products were pretty good. I think of the five. that I used I will probably use the flexible flashlight more. My son said he wanted to use the folding board to wash clothes because it's sick and I like it. My daughter will probably use the rocket book forever, so everyone will get a lot out of it. of use around here now, how long they work over time remains to be seen, but I will post updates on my social media accounts if anything changes and speaking of social media, I will be giving away two of these products, one on Twitter and one. on instagram all you have to do is comment on this video post which product you would like to have and on February 1st I will choose a winner in each one, the one you choose is the one you will get if you are watching this after February 1st , you missed it but I'm giving away a lot of products this year so stay tuned for future giveaways so that's all I have guys I'll see you next time.