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My mom loves the concept of Quirky, so I always find one or two products from Quirky in my stocking. I have never found any of them remotely useful. Perhaps th
by ClintEhrlich 11y ago
My mom loves the concept of Quirky, so I always find one or two products from Quirky in my stocking. I have never found any of them remotely useful.
Perhaps that speaks to my mom's taste in gifts. But I suspect that the real problem is that Quirky offered expensive products for solving trivial problems. None of the items I received solved any pressing needs in my life.
For something like Quirky to succeed, it probably needs to use crowd-sourcing to identify a few A+ ideas for products and then manufacture them at a scale sufficient to make prices competitive. Instead, it seemed to offer a ton of different cute, kinda useful items.
That doesn't seem like a business model destined to take over the world.
- snake117 11y agoCan you give an example or two of what you got? I'm just curious to see some examples of what Quirky made, especially the more trivial items, like you described.
- evan_ 11y agoOne example is the "egg minder", a battery-powered, zigbee-enabled egg carton. http://www.amazon.com/Quirky-Egg-Minder-Enabled-Smart/dp/B00GN92KQ4 http://www.amazon.com/Quirky-Egg-Minder-Enabled-Smart/dp/B00...
- ClintEhrlich 11y agoI'm actually struggling to remember the specific examples, precisely because I used the items so infrequently. One product was a spray cap mounted on a spike, which you were supposed to insert into citrus fruits so that you could spritz things with them. Another was a silicone cap for placing over citrus after you slice it in half so that the remaining fruit would stay fresher. There was a square block that you could insert the top of a wine bottle into, so the bottle would not roll when stored on its side. The only product I actually use is an octopus-like hybrid between an extension chord and a power strip, which works well for providing quick access to electrical outlets all along the couch in my den.
- mattress 11y agoSounds like you are describing SkyMall. R.I.P.
- arthurfm 11y ago> I have never found any of them remotely useful The only Quirky product I own is the Pivot Power [1][2] and that has been useful. [1] http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00E62X9WO http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00E62X9WO [2] https://www.quirky.com/invent/243418 https://www.quirky.com/invent/243418