As you know, I have a weakness for the infomercial.
Pajama Jeans, anyone?
So, when I saw the infomercial for the Robo Stir, I couldn’t help myself:
The Robo Stirâ„¢ is the new way to make kitchen work quick and easy. It’s the tool that let’s you stir your food without actually having to stir.
Stirring food is such a chore! Obviously I need a Robo Stir.
The commercial for Robo Stir really makes it look like it is something that rotates in a whisk-like motion, so I was a little surprised when I got my Robo Stir in the mail and found that it really just vibrates.
Vibrates in a circular motion.
I was sure that it would be MUCH better in a pan and solve all my stirring needs, so I gathered a little help (Jana & Andrea) and we prepared to make white sauce to test out the Robo Stir.
We melted the butter.
We added the flour.
We set the Robo Stir in the pan to relieve us from the strenuous stirring duties.
I grabbed my camera and took the picture above and then grabbed my video camera to accurately demonstrate the rotational component:
Yes, if you watched the video to the very last moments of the Robo Stir’s first minute of use, you saw that the stirring mechanism fell off.
Despite the missing ability to stir, the Robo Stir continued to jiggle and jump in one portion of my pan for a few more moments until…
…all three of the Robo Stir feet fell off as well.
So, if you are satisfied with a product that will give you 45 seconds of marginally helpful use, then Robo Stir is for you.
As for us, we have found a better use for the Robo Stir.
Haha wow. That is an even greater fail than I would have expected. We have a lot of infomercial products over here. Most are barely worth their retail value (if that) but the one gem is the Ninja Kitchen Prep. Before that we had & loved the Magic Bullet – Those ones are actually pretty great and get a lot of use.
Epic fail, but at least you found a good use for what was left…
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Is stirring really that hard?? Haha
This is hilarious! I always wondered if that really worked! My Mom always buys stuff like this….I better tell her not to this time!
That is truly hilarious. I just saw the commercial for this a week ago and thought has anyone really ordered that. Now I know!
Thanks for sharing, you made my day! Most I’ve smiled all week!
I almost bought a Robo Stir. I’m glad I didn’t. Epic Fail!
American ingenuity at its finest!! So much for the Robo-Wonk.
I was ALMOST sucked in by this informercial too! I am so glad I had the will power to resist!
You made a good thing out of a bad thing!
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Haha wow. That is an even greater fail than I would have expected. We have a lot of infomercial products over here. Most are barely worth their retail value (if that) but the one gem is the Ninja Kitchen Prep. Before that we had & loved the Magic Bullet – Those ones are actually pretty great and get a lot of use.