- Are Amazon bestsellers really the best?
- Let's talk about that.
(lively music)
Good Mythical morning.
- The amount of things sold on Amazon
is completely overwhelming.
I mean, even when you're looking for just one thing,
every different version of that one thing
is immediately available to you.
So I've noticed, maybe you have too,
that Bezos provides you with these little helpful flags
to make certain items stand out.
- I've noticed Bezos.
- Yeah, you've, and you've probably seen these.
You got the Best Seller flag.
You got the Amazon's Choice flag.
Now, are you more of a best seller man
or an Amazon's Choice man?
- I don't like to be manipulated.
I'm a Rhett's choice man.
That's my own system.
- Okay, well today, we're gonna check
out some trendy products sold on Amazon to see
if the Amazon best seller truly stands out from the crowd,
or if they're really no better than the rest.
It's time for, "Can We Tell-er The Best Seller
From The Rest, Feller?"
- Okay, each round, we're gonna be given three products.
They're all the same version of the same product,
but they have different categories.
One is the best seller.
One is Amazon's Choice.
And the other is just randomly plucked
from the many options available.
And our job is to try 'em out and then guess which one
is the best seller.
- Yeah, whoever can correctly guess the best selling product
is gonna get a point.
And we can also get an extra point if we're able
to correctly identify Amazon's Choice.
- Now, you might be wondering what is Amazon's Choice?
- What is Amazon's Choice?
- Well actually, it's a little bit dark and mysterious
when you start looking into it because Amazon hasn't
been completely forthright about exactly how
they determine this, but based on our research,
our best guess is that a product is deemed Amazon's Choice
when it's prime eligible,
in stock and available to ship immediately.
It also has a low return rate compared to similar products,
is highly rated, and it is a popular item.
So it is something that people like.
- And sometimes, Amazon's Choice is them choosing the thing
that is an Amazon branded product.
- Well, you got to ask Bezos about that.
- So that's part of it.
Okay, in the end, whoever loses has to say what
their favorite product was from the episode
and then get all jelly when they have to watch
the winner take it home.
- Oh, okay.
Bring on that Bezos booty.
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- [Stevie] If there ever was a product for curing the blues,
it would be a weighted blanket.
These were invented to help calm anxiety
and sold like crazy on Amazon in 2020, for obvious reasons.
But which of the weighted blankets before you
is the Amazon best seller?
- Okay, so I'm gonna trust you to be the-
- As someone- - Weighted blanket.
- Who doesn't understand this phenomenon,
can someone help me understand?
- Oh, I can help you.
It's like you're being just squeezed
by a friend or a loved one.
- Okay.
- Doesn't just make you feel so secure?
- Well, I can't really feel the blanket
for the person that is doing it to me.
- I mean, but- - Let go a little bit.
Let go a little bit.
- Just describe how you feel?
You don't have one of these?
- No, I feel, I am burdened.
There's something that's in the way.
I can't get up and fight an intruder quickly.
I mean, I could throw a blanket on him, maybe.
- All right, so just note how that one feels.
- You also just pulled my hair out.
- Sorry, man. - Oh gosh.
- Sorry, buddy. - He's a little rough.
- Sorry, buddy.
All right.
- I feel like the,
what did Lennie kill in "The Mice Of Men?"
- Now we have one of these at home.
- A puppy, it was a puppy. - I have like a furry one.
It's not like this.
Whoops, was that your cup?
- Well, this one is distinctly,
this is not as good as the first one.
- It's lighter?
- As someone who feels that this,
it feels like less of a burden.
And I think that that makes it not as good.
- See, I think that- - This one has a,
this one's thinner and it feels like it's gripping better.
Like it's folding in better, a better material.
So this one's better than this one.
- I think this one's the heaviest.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
- Ooh, okay. - I think this is
the heaviest, isn't it? - Okay.
This is very nice.
It's a nice combination of heaviness and also thinness,
which makes it grip better.
Which again, as a person who has no point of reference
for this, I'm assuming that you want it to grip you.
- Well, you want it, you want it to weigh you down
so you can- - Okay, all right.
I have my guess.
- I can't explain, if you don't like it, I can't explain it.
- [Stevie] You guys have a guess?
Three, two, one.
- I mean, I'm gonna trust you on this.
It's definitely the heaviest.
- I think this is the best seller.
- [Stevie] The best-selling weighted blanket
has over 25,000 ratings and 4.5 stars
and was purchased for 49.90.
And it's the blanket in the middle.
(buzzer buzzing)
- Oh, the worst one?
- [Stevie] It's from YNM.
- Guys, this is- - I think.
- I'm shook 'cause that is clearly
the lightest weighted blanket.
- Well, maybe that's what people look for
in a weighted blanket.
Again, I don't know.
- So now we're going for Amazon's Choice?
- [Stevie] Yeah, for an additional point,
can you guess which blanket is Amazon's Choice,
now that you know what the best seller is?
Here we go.
- I'm going against instinct.
- [Stevie] Three, two, one.
- The one that was- - I'm gonna go with this one.
- The one that was over here that currently is-
- I'm trusting Amazon.
- [Stevie] Amazon's Choice blanket's a little cheaper
at 39.99 but it was on Rhett's side.
- Yeah! - Okay.
(bell dinging)
- Okay, my whole world of weighted blankets,
which I'm not a part of,
is the opposite of what people want in weighted blankets,
which confirms that I'm not a weighted blanket man.
- But here's the thing. - How much is this one?
- [Stevie] The one that you guys thought was the heaviest,
like nicest one, - Yeah.
- [Stevie] It is the most expensive one,
- Oh. - At 55.90.
- Oh. - But it only
has 11,000 ratings and 4.6 stars.
- Maybe it came on the scene later.
- It is the best one.
It is the best one.
But you get what you pay for.
It's just not the best seller.
- This one's the best one.
- I mean, that one.
(laughing) I give up.
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- [Stevie] Next up, we've got selfie ring lights
because when you're stuck at home
and the only thing you can take photos of is yourself,
they might as well be nicely lit.
- Yeah! - Which selfie light ring
in front of you is the Amazon best seller?
- Boof, look at that! - Okay, so yours
is distinctly different than these two.
- Yeah, this one's shorter, but it's got the phone-
- In the middle. - Which is what you want.
- Which is what you want - From a ring light, right?
- What ya, what ya, what ya, what ya want.
- [Rhett] Yeah, it is.
- Let's look- - I've already connected
via Bluetooth. - Let's fully explore this.
- Good gosh, that's hard. - Now, does it have
different colors of light?
Like if you hit that round and round button in the middle,
does it change the temperature?
Yes, it does. - Oh yeah!
- Okay. - Oh, so you got
some warm light.
- Now I'm warm. - Super warm.
(camera flashing)
- I'm liking this one.
I mean, there's a lot of adjustability.
The Bluetooth connection was pretty easy.
- All right, so this one- - The camera's
in the right place.
- As you can see, the camera is in a different place.
- And what about the other?
Is there other adjustments?
- Yeah, it's all here.
It's all the same stuff.
So we can do color temperature.
I think that's as many options.
- Okay, take a photo.
- Oh, see, I'm looking through the ring.
- There's nothing in the ring.
- See, that's what I did.
I was like, aw- - Look at the camera.
- I'm gonna look at the ring. - Look at the camera.
- But you gotta look at the camera.
- Look at the camera. (camera flashing)
- Okay, and then, this one is the smallest light,
the smallest light,
but it works exactly the same as that one.
We've got the different temperature.
Let's take it, let's go blue light.
Let's go- - Okay.
- Super blue and be sad. (camera flashing)
- Again, I think this is just a preference between
do you want tabletop or not.
I'm gonna take that out of the equation.
- I don't know.
Yeah, the thing about- - I like this one the most.
- The perfect product would be one that you could extend
and make higher and put on different places like the floor,
but then had the camera in the middle of the thing.
So I'm sort of flummoxed.
- [Stevie] I'm gonna need you put your hand
over what you think is the best seller in three, two, one.
- I actually think it's the middle one.
- [Stevie] The best selling selfie light
has over 38,000 ratings
and 4.4 stars and was purchased for 34.99.
It's the one on Rhett's side.
- Oh, so it's- - Neither one of us.
It's the smallest light.
- Yoube size. - Oh, Yoube size.
- [Stevie] Yoube size.
But, for an additional point, can you guess Amazon's Choice?
- Is Amazon sending - Selfie light?
- People in the right direction?
Oh, it's the same brand.
Yoube size, it's the same brand.
Oh, so they make a different kind of thing.
- Hmm, okay. - Here we go.
Amazon's Choice in three, two, one.
- I think this is Amazon's. - No, yeah.
- Choice. - I think.
- They want you to do the same thing, but different.
- I think this is an outlier, yep.
- [Stevie] Amazon's Choice is a little cheaper at 23.99.
It's the ring light on Link's side.
- Oh dang, really? - Oh snap!
- [Stevie] Only 800 ratings, but 4.7 stars.
And then, the third product costs 21.95, the cheapest one.
It has 6,000 ratings and 4.4 stars.
- So I'm, at the end of second round,
I'm really starting to give credence to Amazon's Choice.
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- All right, what are we dealing with here, Stevie?
- [Stevie] There's no better feeling than when your buns
are perfectly swaddled in soft, wedgie-free cotton.
Which one of these wedgie-free underwears
is the Amazon best seller?
- Maybe you go for the first one, and I'll...
- So this is basically to keep underwear
riding up your butt crack.
- Not to keep somebody from giving you-
- A successful wedgie. - A wedgie.
Now, if you were just, if we were just walking,
we're just walking, would we wedge?
(laughing)
Is it wedging? - I don't think so.
How do you, how do you wedge it?
How do you get it to roll up in there?
- You just- - Even if you want it to.
- You just- - First of all,
I don't think it usually is worn
on the outside of the pants.
I think that's this- - Yeah.
- One case.
- We're not...
- [Rhett] I think they basically work the same.
- Really gotta get naked.
And then you got these.
I'm gonna go with the same color.
- [Rhett] You think these are just gonna be the same deal?
- Yeah, the interesting thing about these
is they're inside out now.
See, there's a, what is this additional seam here?
- That's the wedge free.
That's the wedge free. - Now that goes in the front.
- [Rhett] These are so utilitarian.
I mean, look at that band on the top.
- See the butt part on this one is a little narrower.
- [Rhett] All right.
- [Stevie] Which one seems like the highest quality?
- Those. - These do.
They have, like, no one's gonna take
these underwear off of you.
I mean that's- (laughing)
Unless you want 'em to, I mean, these are staying on.
- [Stevie] Okay, you guys ready to guess-
- Yup. - The best seller?
Here we go, in three, two, one.
- Oh, nope.
I'm gonna go for the highest quality.
- I think the simple is best.
- [Stevie] The best seller has over 10,000 ratings
and 4.6 stars and was purchased for 27.99.
It's the underwear on Rhett's side.
- Oh, boo. - Okay.
- [Stevie] They're called POKARLA women's high-waisted
cotton underwear.
- Yeah, they're very high waisted.
Those are nice.
Can't get it in your crack.
- [Stevie] So for this round,
your additional point is gonna come in the form of a,
what you think the sponsored product is,
not the Amazon's Choice. - Okay.
- [Stevie] So basically like the brand that paid
for essentially an ad to pop up when you're searching
for what you- - And that comes up
at the top, usually.
- [Stevie] Three, two, one.
- I think if you spend money on lace,
you spend money on ads.
- Yup. - The sponsored product
was slightly cheaper at 24.99
and it's the underwear on Link's side.
- Oh wow, two points Link! - Yes!
- [Stevie] And the third product costs 25.99,
4,000 ratings, 4.4 stars.
- Well, it's my favorite.
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- [Stevie] Last up, we've got the product that finally stops
your dogs from barking, electric callous removers.
Which one is the best, Amazon best seller?
- You threw me with the dogs barking, 'cause you mean feet.
- [Stevie] I threw myself.
- Well, your dog would probably bark at this.
- Oh yeah.
Yes, she would.
Okay, so here we go.
Now that one.
- [Rhett] I don't have any calluses,
but I'll go with number two here.
Oh, can I get that?
- Oh, this one's shiny.
Oh my gosh.
- That was really turning.
- And loud, boy.
- That's got some serious sandage going on.
I mean, look at that. - Ooh, ooh.
(whirring loudly)
- It feels kinda nice.
- Oh, oh.
Oh, I see dust coming off.
(laughing)
Look at all that dust.
- That's the problem. - Is that my foot dust?
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh.
- No, I think that's from the device itself.
- You're gonna hurt yourself.
- [Link] Look what it's doing to my toes.
- It's got a lot more power.
Actually, look, look, look, look at that.
Loo, loo, loo, look.
(yelling)
Look at the rhythm, look at the rhythm of mine.
- Let's switch this up, 'cause this,
that one is really gonna do it.
(whirring loudly)
- Whoa-ho-ho-ho. - Yeah, I'm telling you.
- [Rhett] hat's gonna eat my toe up, woah.
I think I can get my toenail.
- This one's weak sauce, man, compared...
- [Rhett] Oh, look at the dust come off my toenail.
Look, look at that!
Oh God!
- Well, don't do your toe nail.
(laughing)
Oh dang, why you doing your toe nail?
- I left toe nail marks on there.
- All right, so now we both, now this one plugs in.
- Oh, that's got super powers.
- This one's better for you.
- [Stevie] Wait, those two were now swapped,
I believe, right?
- Yes. - Yeah.
- That's right.
That was a test, Stevie.
(whirring loudly)
Don't go over your toe, 'cause then it grabs your toe
and brings it back in.
That's what this is all about.
Toe bounce.
(whirring loudly) (laughing)
- Why, why, why?
Here, bounce your toe with it.
- All right, here.
(whirring loudly)
I gotta find a rough spot.
(whirring loudly)
Oh, there it is.
- I mean, this one, this one is definitely...
- What in the world?
I love that.
- This one's stronger than the one that's plugged in.
- But, here's the thing.
People like things that plug in
because they don't have to worry about charging them.
- What if I looked down there and my nail was totally gone?
- I'm torn.
I'm really torn on the plug in.
- [Link] You're not torn, you're buffed.
- [Stevie] Okay, guys, I need you to put your hand over
what you think is the Amazon best seller,
in three, two, one.
- Ironically, I'm going with this one.
- I think this one's the best seller.
- I think it's either of those, but I think the convenience-
- You know what, I'm changing my mind.
It has to be battery powered.
- The convenience of this one.
- [Stevie] The best seller has over 2000 ratings
and 4.7 stars and was purchased for 29.99.
It's in the center.
(bell dings)
- Aww, dang it!
- And it is the best one.
- It is the best one.
So, best seller.
- It's definitely the strongest one.
- [Stevie] What about the Amazon's Choice product?
- See, why can't you Amazon's Choice ever
be the best seller?
- It can be, sometimes, maybe.
- That's what messes me up.
- [Stevie] They need more labels.
Three, two, one.
- I guess it's this one.
- I don't think this one is markedly better than this one.
I'm going with the hang, son.
- [Stevie] Amazon's Choice costs 23.95.
And it's on Link's side. (bell dings)
- Okay. - All right.
I'll give you a point there, but I think I've still won.
- You definitely won.
- And I think we know what our favorite product is.
I thought it was the weighted blanket for me.
- Well hold on, but that's now how it works.
- But it's not.
- I tell you what my favorite product is.
- I know.
I know what you- - Then you get
to take it home.
- Both of our favorite products are this.
- Yeah, and it's this one because of the-
- And I'm taking it home.
- Let me toe bounce it one last time.
- No, no, no, no.
- Okay, I'll just do it with this.
- No, you can't.
You lost! - You can't!
- I'll bounce your toe.
- Okay. - But it's mine.
- Okay, yeah.
Yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah.
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