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"As Seen on TV" Product Mania

mrmojoflying — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 18:26:24 -0800

Do you order, or have you ever considered ordering, or are you curious about the quality of "As Seen on TV" exclusively marketed items? Here's the deal. I was brought up to be very critical of television, particularly "home shopping." After much resistance, I bought my wife a Ped-Egg that she had talked about wanting (because I found it in Wal-Mart) and it turns out to be a very useful product that, in both of our opinions, was well worth the money.

Obviously, most of these products are junk that I've seen new at fleamarkets for 1/3 the price, but I'm wondering now if there are any other "As Seen on TV" products that people have bought and are happy with?

Or conversely, have you purchased an "As Seen on TV" product and been sorely disappointed that it didn't perform as advertised?

I've been thinking about this academically for a while, and I'm interested in hearing first-hand experiences...and also if there's a great and wacky product that I'm missing out on.

Amazing Dryer Balls!

tpl1212 — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 17:28:01 -0800

"Amazing Dryer Balls"...anyone use them? Do they work (as a replacement for chemical-y dryer sheets)? Because these dryer balls are an "as seen on TV" thing, all the warning flags for "useless, over hyped, under performing product" are up. I'm skeptical? If you need to say a product is "amazing," i'm tempted to believe it is not-so-amazing.

That said, i'm curious about using these to replace dryer sheets. We don't use dryer sheets in the loads of laundry we do that contain baby clothes (to avoid chemicals), and I think i'd just as soon avoid the chemicals of dryer sheets all together. Is a product like a "dryer ball" a good alternative (or would I be better served simply not using dryer sheets)?

The only discussions i've found about them tend to be fairly neutral/across-the-board (from total waste to wow!...from what i've read, the "reduced drying time" claim is pretty bogus (or at least hard to judge)

Does Urine-Gone (or similar products) work? If not, what does?

Shoeburyness — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 13:37:45 -0800

AsSeenOnTVFilter: I have a lot of pee stains/smells that I need to remove from carpet and mattresses. I've looked up other threads, but what I specifically want to know is: Is Urine-Gone (or it's apparent twin, Urine-Off) worth buying? (Not from me personally, but from kid's accidents, dog's accidents, and men's/teenage boy's inabilty to frickin' AIM in our carpeted bathrooms. Who the hell thought carpeting bathrooms was a good idea?) I've used something called "Out!" in the past for pet urine on carpet, but it smelled awful (as in heavy perfume awful) until it dried. I don't really want to wait for something to be delivered, I'd like something I can go out and buy. (I've seen the Urine-Gone at the local Bedsheets & Kitchen Stuff type stores.) If it's not worth buying, what is?

Also, how do I get blood stains out of a feather bed? I tried Oxi-Clean and it just took things from bad (large dark stain identifiable as blood) to worse (larger, somewhat lighter stain that is not identifiable as blood, but now looks like something really, really gross.) Of course, I'm not in the habit of showing my uncovered feather bed to all and sundry, and *I* know what the stain is, but it would be nice to get it out if I could.