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I feel like I'm looking at a Sharper Image catalog. Lots of neat, expensive, completely useless things (for the everyday person) that I'm surprised anybody buys

• askafriend 10y ago
  Wow what a fantastic analogy. I remember going into a Sharper Image back when they were more popular and you're right, that's the same feeling I get when I look through this. Of course, there's nothing wrong with that, but eerily spot on.
• nilkn 10y ago
  And the few things here that seem legitimately useful (the sous-vide circulator, for instance) are competing with proven, solid, reliable products (e.g., the Anova precision cooker: 4.5 stars on Amazon with 1100+ reviews).
  • salgernon 10y ago
    It made me remember that I as considering buying a sous-vide circulator as a gift. So I clicked through, found that this one in particular was out of stock, and ordered the Anova instead at half the price. So, +1 for advertising, -1 for fulfillment execution :(
• mundo 10y ago
  Exactly the same feeling I got. Kind of unfortunate effect of making a catalog like this - the "we invented something truly new that we think every home in America can use" products do not benefit from being in the same list as "here's something rich people might get a kick out of" products.