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 Stirรขโ€žยข 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.
Robo StirStirring 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.

Robo Stir stirring part falls offDespite 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…

Robo Stir Completely falls apart…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.

Robo Stir as a back massagerIt delivers a mildly effective back massage.



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  1. Good to know – good to know. I wa equally disappointed with the microwave pasta thing. It took 20 minutes to microwave pasta – hello – I could have done that with a pot!!!! My ultimate brownie maker is, however, one of the single best inventions – EVER.

  2. WOW! I can’t imagine the robo stir fell apart in your sauce, when you buy such a high quality as seen on tv image, you expect it to be perfect. LOL.

    THANKS for sharing
    Michele

  3. Really? I can’t believe it just fell apart like that. But at least I know now so that I don’t fall to infomercial temptation!

  4. Too, too funny! My little sisters saw an infomercial one night and ever since they have been trying to stay up late to catch another one. They keep insisting that I need all these random things they see so that I will not have to carry the sewing kit to make repairs on the go or can protect my purse from thousands of germs and bugs.

  5. I wonder if those sellers really try and check the quality of the product before putting it on sale; I’m not sure. But anyway, you found a much more helpful way to use it ๐Ÿ˜€

  6. oh man! just 45 seconds?! you’d think they’d last at least one use haha ๐Ÿ™‚ funny that you mentioned pajama jeans, i just saw that infomercial again last night…have you seen the hoodie footie?

  7. Infomercials are amazing that way. I always start of thinking “this is so stupid” and by the end I’m on the phone saying, “My credit card number is…” =)