- [Barry] It's designed to fit into different pans.
It will adjust.
(Barry laughs) Ha!
It's barbaric.
Mate look, that's rubbish.
Oh my God, that feels so cheap.
I've always, always wanted one of these.
(punchy music)
(three pops)
Hello everybody, it's Barry here.
Hope you are well,
welcome to our kitchen, wherever you are in the world.
Today's video is actually based
on the results of a shopping trip
that Mrs. Barry took with some kids.
Some kids? Our kids.
They went and bought some random stuff for the house,
and whilst there, my eldest daughter, Phoebe,
we'll try and reenact this right now as I summon her.
Haaaaa.
(plastic bag banging)
Brilliant.
So you spotted these gadgets,
I say gadgets in the loosest term,
when you were at a shop called The Range.
So how much were they?
- One pound each.
- Yeah.
- Okay, (indistinct) one pound.
There's actually six in there.
They're all made by this company called,
(bag rustling) what are they called?
They, I hope this isn't something,
you're not sponsored by them, are you Phoebe?
(item clattering) Oh my gosh,
I just dropped one.
They're all called Apollo.
They've all got some like pretty random packaging,
that's a knife sharpener.
Do you wanna help me with it?
- Okay.
- Yes mate. High five.
(hands clap together)
So this is the one pound kitchen gadget testing special.
Let's go.
(items clatter on to the surface)
Oh what's this?
(Phoebe laughs)
Huh?
- Alittle snack?
- I think we're going to have to start with some steaming.
Wanna do that?
It's called a steamer, right?
So we're gonna be able to steam with it,
but why is it like this?
It's because it folds together
to fit a variety of pans, and to save space.
Also works as a colander
for cleaning the vegetables before steaming.
Getting some broccoli and carrots ready,
and, are they?
Has it come out?
Alright now, open that up, because there's no instruct-
How do you think you do that?
I don't actually know.
This is, this is what's throwing-
There's no instructions on these.
(gadget rattles)
Oh, it opened then a bit.
Look. (rattles)
(Barry laughs)
Oh.
What?
Okay, so that's-
Phoebe, that's a colander, okay?
(thumps on the surface top)
You just broke it. (Phoebe laughs)
All right, (Phoebe chops in background)
so I've just taken the little tops off my carrots,
and Phoebe is auditioning for the Psycho movie.
Nice.
- That's what a tree looks like with no leaves.
- Yes. Leaf it there.
- Feel Like it's gonna tilt.
(water pours)
- [Barry] You're holding it wrong, mate,
you gotta hold it with your little thing there.
- But it tilts.
- [Barry] Does it?
Oh, is it 'cause of the weight?
- Yeah.
- [Barry] All right, okay.
Let's get-
Oh my gosh, don't do that.
And it's designed to fit into different pans, it'll adjust.
(Barry laughs)
The main thing of steaming mate
is that it's kind of sat above it.
Oh, that's better.
- Yeah.
- Now here is the other thing.
We're gonna need an egg for later on.
- Yeah.
- So what we're going to do
is we're going to steam the veg,
but cook eggs underneath with an Elvis egg timer.
All right?
(upbeat whimsical music)
(stove flickers)
So this, is it working as a colander?
- Yes. - [Barry] It did.
Is it going to work as a steamer?
- Maybe.
- Catch! (Phoebe yelps)
What is that in your hands?
- Um, a tea bag squeezer.
- Brilliant.
Ooh, Elvis has beeped.
He's gonna beep throughout this.
Tea bag squeezer,
which looks more like a nostril hair plucker.
Feel this, Pheebs, (indistinct).
Feel how sharp that is.
It's barbaric.
You bought me a mediaeval weapon.
Can you explain the high quality instructions
to this teabag squeezer?
What do they say?
- Wash thoroughly before first use.
- Wash thoroughly.
Yes.
So we will wash, we always do wash, in general,
we do wash don't we?
We shower.
- Yes.
- A bit personal, but yeah, (both laugh)
we always wash the gadgets before first use.
I am not a lover of tea. Do you like tea?
- Not really.
- So we are the most English people ever.
So we're experts,
but luckily I have picked some flavoured ones and I, we can,
we can do this. All right? - Yeah.
- We have got four clear mugs.
We've got two teas.
So for each tea, we're just gonna put the tea bag in,
give it a little stir, let it steep as we would normally.
But for the other one,
we're gonna do our proper squeezy teabag,
squeezy thing on it, as we remove it too,
to see if that imparts more flavour, I think it will.
(kettle boiling in the background)
So just as this kettle boils,
did you wash thoroughly before first use?
- Yeah. - Yeah.
Well, it works!
(hands clap together)
That's the instructions.
It works!
Blackberry and blueberry infusion tea, okay.
I got this because when I was ill, which I often was,
I had a very unhealthy upbringing,
especially when I was your age Phoebe,
I had loads of colds.
There's a thing called Lemsip, yeah?
You know what Lemsip is? - Yeah.
- Like a lemon paracetamol, right?
Generally for adults,
but they did a kid's version,
and there was a blackcurrant one as well,
and my backup plan is that I hope that this,
as a tea, tastes like that.
And the other one I got was mango and pineapple,
which sounded very tropical,
and I thought, yes, let's go for that.
(faint beeping)
You probably just heard the last note there.
Elvis has just gone off.
Now this is going to be quite dangerous.
Right, so we need to get this out,
but the vegetables aren't steamed yet.
Oh my gosh.
Any advice Pheebes?
(faint beeping)
I can hear you Elvis.
We're coming for you mate.
(beeping continues melodically)
Right, we're going one handed here,
right hand into the cold water, there we go.
And then this back on there like that.
Oh, wow.
So here's how we're going to remember it.
Spoon on the right, tool on the left.
- I'm not singing that.
- Now what I want you to do
is stir both of them.
And look, can you see the difference where you stirred it?
And the other one is just, kind of, like seeping slowly,
like a wound.
- Its smells so nice.
- [Barry] It does smell nice don't it?
- Yeah.
- Imagine if we could both be converted to tea in one video.
So the one on the right,
the spoon on the right, tool on the left, right?
The spoon on the right
is just going to be stirred with a spoon, okay?
As we would normally.
And then the other one,
we're going to squeeze the extra flavour out
with the incredibly sharp,
what is that on there?
Oh, it's just some broccoli dust.
- The older people in our family like tea,
but then all the youngsters like coffee.
- Do you know why that is?
One word, answer.
- Age.
- (whispers) Starbucks.
Spoon your tea bag out.
Stick it on that plate there.
Nice one, mate.
Now we use the tool,
and as you grab the teabag,
pinch it together to get out any,
I mean, some people tend to do this
with a spoon anyway don't they, press it against the side?
- Out of the water.
- Yeah, right out.
Squeeze the teabag.
Get right in the corner.
Go for a double dip.
There you go.
So hopefully that's-
(laughs) Is that even squeezing it?
Oh yeah, so you are getting a little bit-
(laughs) Has that got a tail?
So we're going to try and get some of the leaves,
and push it.
No, no it's-
(Barry laughs)
Mate look, that's rubbish.
Squeeze it, look, squeeze, and it opens.
It's actually tighter by not squeezing it,
just grabbing it like that.
When you squeeze.
(Barry laughs)
We gonna have a very quick taste test of this,
I don't think that's worked.
It's sharp as well. That is really sharp.
Pheebs, how do you remember which one was which?
- The spoon on the right, and the tool on the left.
- Spoon on the right, the tool on the left.
How's that?
- It just tastes of boiled water with herbs in.
- Exactly.
Not even herbs for me, just boiled, coloured water.
Right, now taste the other one as a comparison.
- I got more favour, but it just doesn't-
- That's fine.
- Taste nice.
- That's fine, the taste if you don't like it,
but did you generally get more flavour?
- I think I had a bigger sip, that's why
(Barry and Phoebe both laugh)
- Spoon on the right.
(slurps)
(gags)
Oh, it's just water, mate.
It's just water.
Right, should be a little bit more flavorful.
(slurps)
Yeah.
That is actually more flavorful.
- Disgusting.
- Right, now try the other one.
- I got more flavour in that actually.
- That's actually okay.
- Don't recommend the tea though.
- I would say the tool worked a teeny bit.
- Yeah.
- But if you've got your spoon on the right,
and no tool on the left,
just press your spoon against the side of your mug
and make sure you get all that flavour in there, right?
- Yeah.
- And as for you.
- Yeah?
- Back to coffee.
I think this has failed.
(water boiling aggressively)
Look, it's gone from being a colander and a steam basket
into a boiling pot.
It's actually in the water now.
We want it up there,
so it's not really sat in the water,
but the weight of it is pulling it down
and going in like that.
Anyhow. - Yes.
- [Barry] We boiled some eggs earlier, didn't we?
- Yes.
- It's time to test out this thing.
This an egg slicer, but it seems like a double egg slicer.
Must admit, I'm feeling very sophisticated
being able to drink tea.
- Double egg slicer.
Oh, look, it's got a security tag on it.
- There isn't anymore.
- There isn't? What, did you rip it off?
No, that's it there.
- Oh.
- I'm an expert in, in, or not.
Use for hardboard egg to make slices or wedges,
wash thoroughly before first use.
Of course there's many ways of peeling a boiled egg.
You'd use a spoon and go round the side,
or just peel it, which we're very nearly close to doing.
But with Phoebe being a teenager,
she might want to have a go at this.
It'd be quite fun.
Right, what you want to do,
is you go (blows into egg) through there, okay?
Just hold the egg shell,
and blow on that white part of the white
as hard as you can,
and the egg white should shoot away from the shell.
Ready?
(blowing noise)
(Barry and Phoebe both laugh)
- Disgusting!
- Go!
Stop yolking around.
Come on.
(blowing noise)
(egg plops into water)
(Barry and Phoebe both laugh)
See?
Come on, surely you wanna try that?
- No, I'm not.
- Gonna give her a pep talk off camera,
and I reckon in a minute the next thing you'll see,
is her doing this.
- (Barry) Let's get the clap going.
(claps)
- No. Don't.
(clapping continues)
(blowing noise)
(egg plops)
(Barry and Phoebe both laugh)
- It went everywhere.
- [Barry] Yes mate.
- Ugh!
- Oh my God. That feels so cheap.
So wedge it in.
Nice.
So take a segment away.
Oh, look at that.
Did that work? Has it gone all the way through?
Yeah, you've gone all-
Surely.
There you go.
Just try this one,
that does look like some sort of game.
Yeah, just push it down mate.
- That's so satisfying.
- Oh, you've gone all the way through.
Let's just try and pick the whole egg up
as one and then go like.
(grunting)
(Phoebe gasps)
- That's pretty cool.
- Yeah.
- So I think it's fair to say that that one is-
- Egg-cellent.
- Puns.
- Cheap. - This is just
a really cheap and nasty plastic tub.
That is horrendous.
This is a knife sharpener,
which for a quid could be amazing.
And then not only is it a knife sharpener,
it is a knife sharpener with instructions.
Pour a little water into the slot
to lubricate the ceramic wheels,
place knife into slot and pull about eight to 10 times.
Take care.
The blade could be sharper
than you imagined it was possible.
(Phoebe gasps)
This sharpener comes with a magnet
for easy storage on a fridge or other metallic surface.
(fridge whirring)
Oh my gosh.
- [Phoebe] Why would you (indistinct) like?
- It's got a magnet, look.
I'd probably want more of those than you have.
(laughs)
Pour a little water into the slot.
That slot is tiny.
Firstly, folks, this is really throwing me.
Look, do we pour through this tiny little hole there,
into the high heel,
which will ultimately probably go somewhere
and maybe fill up underneath it,
but it needs to go in quite a lot.
I think we do pour it in here, okay?
- I got that.
(Barry and Phoebe laugh)
- It's okay. - Okay.
No, not in there mate.
That's the hinge.
I think we go down here.
Okay, are we ready folks?
- Where?
- Like into this.
- Well then, you just spilled it.
- Yeah, look, look, look, look.
And I get a little bit on the wheel as well.
- Oh, you put it in there?
- Yeah, I think so.
Oh my gosh, it's spilling over.
Ugh! (Phoebe and Barry both laugh)
Lock that in, right, that is locked in place, mate, okay?
- Okay.
- Now let's do the ultimate test.
(Barry grunts laughing)
This knife here, is quite blunt. Okay?
- Yeah.
- Okay. That's-
- It didn't feel. - Quite good.
(chopping noise)
- As smooth as I'd like it.
- A little bit of friction there.
(knife chops and celery crunches)
Ooh.
Let's bring in the one pound knife sharpener.
Yes.
(Barry laughs)
Something just chipped off it.
I'm not sure if you saw that,
but there was a bit of plastic there.
- Oh no, it's snapping.
- Is it snapping?
- It's like a chunk coming out.
- Right, you really want to be holding it with that hand.
And to be fair, that wheel is rolling
in absolutely no water whatsoever.
(knife grazes as it sharpens)
- (Phoebe) Yeah.
(knife slicing)
- Oh my gosh, that feels so much better.
- Really? It sounds better as well.
Alright. - It just feels smoother.
It goes down easier without having to like, like that.
- Yeah. That's exactly it. That's what you want.
You want it to just work through it.
Wow.
For a quid.
- That's quite good.
- You get a free high heel that you have the lubricate.
There's no water in that whatsoever.
The one pound knife sharpener.
Oh my gosh.
It's actually pretty good.
- Yeah.
- Happy?
(hand clap)
Nice.
- Nice.
- The two gadgets we've got left are both whisks,
but one of them is called the Magic Whisk
and it, ergonomically is horrendous.
It feels, I don't know, like it should be a shoe horn.
It's got a foamy handle,
which you sometimes see in is like electronic milk frothers,
and the instructions to top it all off
are wash thoroughly before first use.
Again, that is it.
So why is it called the Magic Whisk?
Well, Phoebe, instead of playing on candy birds,
she actually found out what the Magic Whisk was.
- The whisk that really is quite magical,
(romantic music plays) (Barry laughs)
(indistinct) the Magic Whisk for its unmistakable ease
in smoothing sauces, whisking eggs, egg whites,
cream, and vinaigrettes.
- Vinaigrettes. Nice.
So what we think we do is go for a classic,
well this is the only idea I had,
when we've got this Magic Whisk.
Just feel that.
That feels so light.
I mean, look, you could probably, yeah,
I mean you could bend that look.
- Well you just did.
- Sorry.
But what I thought we would do
is take the classic egg white.
Pheebs? - Yeah?
- If you'd like to whisk the egg white
with the electric whisk right now,
and let me set a timer.
We want stiff peaks.
Are you ready?
- Yeah.
- Three, two, one, go.
(upbeat music)
(whisk whirs)
Boom. Stiff peaks.
Just over one minute and 34 seconds.
So let's see how magic this whisk really is.
Three, two, one.
Let's give her something to do.
Oh, look at that speed. (Barry laughs)
You can see the magic happening.
Just no pressure, but you've got 80 seconds left.
(whisk hits the bowl as it mixes)
Let me know anytime you want to tag over,
like a tag team wrestling stable.
She's at the foamy stage,
and almost foaming at the mouth as well.
Come on Phoebe.
You are pretty much at the point
where the electric whisk was done.
- I'm like halfway.
- That's good, let me take over.
(hands clap)
Alright.
(upbeat music continues as the whisking sounds quickens)
My arm's tired, come back in here.
(Phoebe and Barry laugh)
One minute 50.
(heavy breathing)
It's building up,
it's landscaping architectural, mountainous curves
(whisking noises)
(upbeat music)
Eight and a half minutes.
(music stops)
Oh!
(heavy breathing)
Eight minutes, 58 sec-
Basically nine minutes.
- Yeah.
- That ain't magic.
I mean, it's, it's done it. - That's effort.
- That was, my arm is so sore.
- We don't do effort.
- So.
(Barry laughs)
If you think our whisking was over,
this is the other one that you got me.
I always, always wanted one of these,
and they are so nastily like sharp on the side there.
Egg beaters.
Stainless steel eggbeaters, wash before first use.
Perfect for scrambled eggs, making sauces and mayonnaise,
but also for doing our whisking egg whites competition,
but I think we will make a bonus omelette
with that horrendously steamed veg as well.
- Yeah. - How about that?
Do we think that this will beat nine minutes of that?
It's got two beaters and you can wind it.
- Um, let's do a bet.
How many minutes do you think it'll take?
- I think it will take seven. - I think six.
- And a half.
Really? - Uh huh.
- All right,
well let's see if this can defeat the Magic Whisk.
- Its on.
Three, two, one. - Three.
(whisking sound)
Wow.
That is fast.
I'm actually really, really impressed by that.
(whisking sound continues)
Yeah. Like this is so much nicer than the other one.
We're getting close now.
(gasps)
Stop the clock.
Yes!
That was six minutes and five seconds.
What are you thinking?
- I think this is worth it for one pound.
- I am so surprised that that held itself together.
That is brilliant, I've always wanted to have one of those.
It's quite fun isn't it?
- Yeah.
- Wow, that was a workout.
I think we have certainly found the winner out of these,
but they're both a pound.
Babes in your opinion, which was the worst today?
- The worst?
- Yeah, you don't even need to tell me do you?
The steam basket that ended up being a saucepan basically.
- Yeah. - That is horrendous.
- What's your favourite one?
- The knife sharpener.
- The knife sharpener, that was really really good.
- And I also liked this one. - Yeah,
I think for me, it was that.
Or the egg one was cool too,
but I think this was just- - Yeah.
- There's something quite fun about doing that cross
between an electrical and manual tool,
which obviously the full manual,
whereas this, you got a little bit there,
and the amount of speed you're driving into that.
Awesome. - Yes.
- Well, thanks Pheebs, for your six pound forage
and journey along this kitchen gadget journey.
Don't forget,
check out both the kitchen gadget testing playlists,
I've got ones where we've bopped together.
Anything you'd like to add?
- Thank you for having me.
You are welcome to be hosted on the internet.
Thanks Pheebs.
Cheers guys for the support as always,
and we'll see you very soon.
- Bye! - Bye.
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(Barry laughs)
(Phoebe laughs too)
- Ugh! - What is this thumbnail?
- (laughing) You dropped the-