Incredibly useless products

[sizzle949]

Was going through Failblog when I came across this little number:

Which got me to thinking about more and more about the random crap that companies are coming out with that no one in their right mind would think "I need me one of these!". In terms of pet stuff I always thought the Snuggie for dogs was ridiculous. This takes it to a whole new level.

What is the most useless or obscure product you've ever seen while strolling through a store or in a TV commercial?

 

[loc978]

...this one speaks for itself:

 

[beniki]

[link]http://www.dvdrewinder.com/[/link]

Saves you time, especially if you rent a lot of videos.

Edit: Damn, a few seconds ninja'd.

 

[antidonkey]

Let's see.

Pretty much everything located on this web page. The funniest being a chocolate hat for your junk.

http://damncoolpics.blogspot.com/2009/12/25-useless-products.html

 

[Queen Michael]

Placebo! Apply directly to the forehead! Placebo! Apply directly to the forehead! Placebo! Apply directly to the forehead! Placebo! Apply directly to the forehead! (You know what I'm talking about)

 

[Jillyjally]

Ive been waiting for a thread like this..
Fucking "I-renew"
and fushigi

What do you mean? Fushigi is the 19.99 mirror ball available!

Uh, I mean, magic ball.

 

[Anarchemitis]

Before people mention it, the Snuggie blanket with sleeves was designed as a blanket for people who have a hard time using them eg: people in wheelchairs. The commercials famously mismarketed them.

 

[zfactor]

Salt grinder.

Totally useless. Peper grinder, useful. Peper is a seed that loses its flavor over time. It tastes best when freshly ground. Salt is mined from million year old deposits of dried up lakes. It never goes bad. And don't post anything about sea salt as being fresher or better or whatever. Because it happens to be salty by eroding said million year old deposits (or other rocks) and dissolving it into the water. So sea salt is as old as normal salt.

 

[tomtom94]

Placebo! Apply directly to the forehead! Placebo! Apply directly to the forehead! Placebo! Apply directly to the forehead! Placebo! Apply directly to the forehead! (You know what I'm talking about)

Yes, but what would directly applying an alternative rock band to one's forehead accomplish exactly?

OT: £1000 audio cables which are less effective than ones that cost £10.

 

[KiKiweaky]

useless plastic crap >.< got a plastic pint thats labelled beer fund. It makes a number of rubbish comments when you put money into it, and broke after a few days.

 

[MetaKnight19]

A couple of things from Japan spring to mind, like the:

Spoiler: All-day tissue dispenser

Spoiler: Portable Zebra Crossing

Stuff like this is called Chindogu, which translates as 'unuseless' since it solves one problem, but either causes another problem or makes the user look really stupid

 

[Wintermoot]

Before people mention it, the Snuggie blanket with sleeves was designed as a blanket for people who have a hard time using them eg: people in wheelchairs. The commercials famously mismarketed them.

but what,s wrong with a regular blanket or a nice sweater?
OT
99% of the things marketed on homeshopping channels

 

[badgersprite]

The sock with a pocket in it. Yes, keeping my valuables somewhere they're going to be crushed by tight shoes and trodden on and I have to take my shoes off every time I want to use said valuable is totally convenient...

 

[Mr. Omega]

I think the Snuggie is a great product. Now the Snuggie for you DOG...

 

[TheRightToArmBears]

The sock with a pocket in it. Yes, keeping my valuables somewhere they're going to be crushed by tight shoes and trodden on and I have to take my shoes off every time I want to use said valuable is totally convenient...

I have been known to keep my phone or money tucked into my socks sometimes.

I vote for those stupid fucking rubber bands with a picture on them that give you positive energy or some such shit.

 

[Ickorus]

The Dettol no-touch soap pump.

http://www.dettol.co.uk/no-touch-handwash-system/index.php

It's slogan is "Never touch a germy soap pump again"

Spoiler: Here is why it is useless if you haven't already worked it out.

Soap pumps dispense soap for cleaning hands meaning that moments after touching the pump you will be cleaning your hands of the germs on the pump.

Unless you have some wierd urge to lick your hand as soon as you use the pump then this product is totally useless.

 

[Wolfenbarg]

Salt grinder.

Totally useless. Peper grinder, useful. Peper is a seed that loses its flavor over time. It tastes best when freshly ground. Salt is mined from million year old deposits of dried up lakes. It never goes bad. And don't post anything about sea salt as being fresher or better or whatever. Because it happens to be salty by eroding said million year old deposits (or other rocks) and dissolving it into the water. So sea salt is as old as normal salt.

It's hard to find unbleached salt in a crushed form. When you buy a bag of sea salt, it's typically a bag of rocks. Therefore, the grinder is completely necessary.

It's not really a product, but pennies. Because of inflation over the last few decades, there is nothing you can buy with them, and the metal in them won't have any inherent value unless society as we know it crumbles around us. It should be some kind of trading standard that all prices end in a five or a zero (barring digits that are above cents).

 

[zfactor]

Salt grinder.

Totally useless. Peper grinder, useful. Peper is a seed that loses its flavor over time. It tastes best when freshly ground. Salt is mined from million year old deposits of dried up lakes. It never goes bad. And don't post anything about sea salt as being fresher or better or whatever. Because it happens to be salty by eroding said million year old deposits (or other rocks) and dissolving it into the water. So sea salt is as old as normal salt.

It's hard to find unbleached salt in a crushed form. When you buy a bag of sea salt, it's typically a bag of rocks. Therefore, the grinder is completely necessary.

It's not really a product, but pennies. Because of inflation over the last few decades, there is nothing you can buy with them, and the metal in them won't have any inherent value unless society as we know it crumbles around us. It should be some kind of trading standard that all prices end in a five or a zero (barring digits that are above cents).

Pennies cost about 1.7 cents in zinc and copper to make. I have bunches in a jar because nobody else bothers to pick up change anymore. Without pennies I wouldn't have an extra $5 lying around. And I dislike the 5 or 0 ending thing for other reasons...