- $80!
- [Both} 4.7 stars.
- You're crooks and you're bad business people.
And I'm calling the cops.
Y'all remember The Sharper Image,
that awesome store at the mall?
Well, turns out they're still around.
And they have a whole section dedicated
to futuristic life changing car stuff.
Today, we are gonna test
some of those products
and figure out once and for all,
if they are as life changing
and futuristic as they claim.
I'm joined by fellow YouTuber
and tester of weird crap
from the internet,
Austin Evans.
I'm James
and this ship is called-
- [Announcer] "The D-List."
- Are you tired of seeing so many junk cars
then buy this shirt
and wear it every day
so junk car owners know we buy junk cars.
Hi, I'm Junk Car Jimmy.
I want you to gimme a call.
Look at this car, junk.
Ooh! Now that's junk.
Yeah, best I can do is 50 bucks.
So get it at donutmedia.com today.
I'm Junk Car Jimmy.
And we'll pay you a lot of money
for that junk car.
Depending on the year though.
Nothing too new, nothing too old.
It's gotta be just right.
- What is the biggest problem with old cars?
- They break a lot.
- Exactly. They don't have security systems.
(Austin and crew laugh)
- They get broken into a lot.
I'm sorry.
They get broken into a lot.
- Luckily, The Sharper Image
has an answer for that.
The you universal mobile and auto alarm TX 100,
designed and engineered in Germany.
- Oh, I didn't know that the 100 came out.
- Well, I mean that's the German version.
- The motion detector car alarm is a cost effective
safety device that easily installs
in the cigarette lighter to ward off potential thieves
with its 110 decibel built-in siren.
(car alarm rings)
- That's pretty loud.
- Definitely not annoying at all.
(Austin laughs)
Quality?
- No.
- Well, let's go see if it works.
All we gotta do,
okay, then arm it.
(device beeps)
- Oh! So, okay, so it's red.
Wait, it's still red.
It goes red and blue,
but what's the difference?
Should we've read the manual?
- Yeah. Oh!
Oh my God, dude!
- Is that it? Wait.
- Yeah. (car alarm rings quietly)
- If you close the door, you can't hear it.
What's the point of that alarm?
It's not even that loud? - No.
(device beeps)
- The fact also like,
no one's gonna be fooled by like,
where is this alarm?
There's a bright red light,
like on your cigarette lighter.
Oh, cool. Pop. You're done.
- Yeah, you're like just like, what is this thing?
Yonk!
Alright, that thing stinks.
Not very good. Don't buy that.
Oh my God.
- No, no, no!
- A 360-Degree Swivel Cushion.
- What happens when you go spinning around
while you're driving?
What?
- It's so you can talk to your kids.
Dude, there is no way to secure this.
(Austin laughs)
- No. How does this make any sense?
Okay, so you're sitting in your car.
You're like, okay, you know what,
I'm ready to get out.
I'm done with my drive.
I go to stand up and then I swivel my way out.
- Yeah, man, like you don't want to have to like,
move your legs to the side.
And it's in stock now.
60 bucks. You can barely afford not to buy it.
360-Degree Swivel Cushion makes it easier to get in
and out of chairs.
How does it make it easier to get out of chair?
- [Both] 4.7 stars.
- I bought two of these for my mother
and father-in-law to use in their car to get in
and out without stressing their old bodies.
They had actually broken a chair,
trying to get outta it.
(everyone laughs)
Cool, let's go test it in the car.
Put it on the old seat.
Whoa, it's-
- Too high, huh?
- It's way too high.
I'm about three inches higher.
It's reasonably sturdy.
But my butt feels like it's gonna fall off of it.
- Which is probably worse.
- Yeah. So it's not shaped like a car seat at all.
I can't imagine this for a long drive.
- Okay. Yeah.
Let me see maybe in the passenger seat.
Okay. So I'm sitting here.
Wow, that is so much higher!
- So much higher.
- Whoa! Okay.
Alright. Alright.
- You kind of lose a lot of the spin
'cause it just gets all
clenched up on the on the fabric
and the cushion.
- I think it's better in the passenger seat
but I feel like if we're going around to corner,
I mean you've gotta hold on
'cause you're gonna literally be sliding on it.
- Yeah, this is like advertised for injured
and elderly people.
And I feel like it might injure them more.
This thing I would not recommend it for a car.
Again maybe for dining room chairs, sure.
Now we've all been driving at night.
You can't see a thing.
Terrifying.
What if there's a stranger on the road
waiting to ax murder you?
Luckily, Sharper Image has a product
for this very situation
that I like to call nighttime.
- Oh no!
- Yeah!
Ooh, George Clooney's in this ad.
- What? (offscreen crew laughs)
Yo actually though,
that's pretty close.
- $80! Okay, so these are
Sharper Image brand nighttime driving glasses.
- Whoa, those are huge.
- Yeah, these are very stylish.
- Oh. You got quality.
Oh look dude,
the plastic's not even cut right.
You see like the little bits of like,
plastic goo or whatever on the inside.
- From the mold.
- Yeah. For 80 bucks!
- $80 dude.
Night time driving glasses are scientifically engineered .
That's two professions that require degrees.
- These are good words. - Scientist.
And engineer. - Yeah.
- A micro infused yellow filter.
Micro infused, okay.
- Those are words.
- Perfect night glasses.
They fit comfortably,
look and feel great.
Does great job blocking the high beam lights
from other cars,
making driving at night stress free.
I would recommend them to my family and friends.
- Wait, that's not a real,
no one writes a review like that.
"I would recommend this to my family and friends.
Great price!"
- Yeah, Jose from New York wrote it.
- Okay, Jose. Okay.
So is the idea here that it's not so much to help you
see better at night
but to keep the glare from like oncoming headlights
and stuff from being less distracting, I guess.
- Yeah, that's what I would gather.
It's more of a glare blocker.
- So does that mean one of us has to stare at high beams
with these glasses on?
- So to test these bad boys,
we're gonna kill the lights.
I'm gonna shine this flashlight in Austin's face
and see if he can read this vision test.
Science, baby.
- Bad idea. - Science baby.
- First, I've got the glasses off
so we're gonna do the vision test
to see if I can see anything.
Alright, I'm ready to go.
Oh boy, that is hard.
Okay. A Z Y E U W Q.
Now we have a different test
where I'm going to put the glasses on
and see into the future
or the Sharper Image future.
Alright, I'm ready.
T T Z P Z C K.
This actually I think is slightly more annoying
because the windshield is really dirty
and I'm just seeing the dirt
on the windshield highlighted more.
This isn't like,
I can't imagine how this would help.
- So Austin, was it any easier
to read the test with the night vision glasses?
- No, it was maybe a little darker,
so it didn't blind me as much,
but it didn't help me see any better.
It actually made it slightly harder to see.
- Sharper Image really letting us down.
See, this is a panoramic rear view mirror.
So you replace your existing rear view mirror with this?
- I believe so. Yes.
- Oh! - Whoa!
- Okay, that's like four times bigger
than a regular mirror. - Dude.
- Is this really gonna help you see more?
Because I feel like with the mirror
you can generally speaking,
see your whole rear-
- Yeah, you can see a lot. - Window.
- You can see a lot with the mirror.
- Is this for looking at your kids
or something in the back seat?
(James groans) - Not interested.
- Good idea.
- Make driving safer
and less stressful by eliminating potential blind spots
with the super wide Panoramic Rearview Mirror.
Used by police officers
and professional race car drivers.
No, it's not.
This seamless shatterproof convex mirror
offers a super wide field of view
to take the guesswork out of
highway lane changes, merges,
and parking.
Purchased for daughter for Christmas
so she could see the three children.
Her husband loved it so much
he said he wished he had one for his truck.
So I purchased two more
for both my sons for their trucks, but not him.
(everyone laughs)
- Wait, is it a coincidence that all these reviews
are five stars from exactly 19 days ago.
- No!
No!
Dude, Sharper Image,
you guys are crooks
and I am calling the federal government on you.
Let's go check it out.
To test this,
we have our stock mirror right here
and we've added a couple kids
because apparently that is one thing
that a lot of people like
about this product is you can check out your kids.
- Okay, so.
- Whoa! That is a lot more field of vision.
- Here, I'll just hold it for you.
We'll just pretend
that this is the way it's permanently mounted.
- That is huge.
I can definitely see a lot more of us.
- Yeah. Yeah. Oh yeah.
- And I can see my kids in the back
and even though I can see more,
I think I can see too much.
- Yeah also, doesn't it get in your way
'cause it's almost
all the way in front of your vision right there, right?
- Right in my line of vision is my big face.
I don't want that on a road trip.
- You wanna check out yourself
while you're driving all this time.
- Dude, it's like so self-conscious the whole time.
I hate this.
I thought I would love it, but I hate it.
This is my least favorite product so far.
- You would need to like mount to like,
all the way to the side or something.
- Now all I can see is you.
(James and Austin laugh)
- I don't like this. - I don't like it at all.
- This is not good.
- I do not to look at myself that much.
We've all been there,
the needles past empty.
And then you end up on the side of the road.
So you gotta fill your car up with a gas can,
a jerry can. - Of some kind.
- You know, luckily The Sharper Image has a product
that claims to help with that.
The easy, no spill fuel pump.
- So it's for gas, oil, water,
and non-corrosive liquids.
They even say it's good for like aquariums and whatnot.
But they call it a fuel pump on Sharper Image.
- Easy, no spill fuel pump.
- For 79.99.
- It's $80.
Well, this one should be cheaper because-
- Oh! - It's blemished.
Battery operated? - No!
- Oh! I just gotta, cool.
(crew laughs)
I don't have to pump or nothing.
- Are those Ds?
- Yeah.
- That's the worst one.
Simply insert the suction end into the source
and the discharge hose into the receptacle
and turn it on.
Wow, that is surprisingly heavy.
It's all just the D batteries though.
- They're very heavy, yeah.
Without the batteries,
it's very light.
- I mean it's simple, right?
I mean it's like,
literally a couple pieces of plastic, a hose,
and some Ds.
- Yeah. - What could go wrong?
- I don't think this one's stupid.
- Expensive but- - Very expensive.
- Actually useful.
- Yeah, I'll tell you what,
I am not impressed by the build quality,
but I do think it'll work as claimed.
So let's go test it
on one of the most dangerous liquids on Earth.
Alright, so the Jetta, outta gas.
We had a big race this weekend,
so we're gonna put some gas in it.
First, with a traditional gas can.
I hate these.
Like I hate that little valve thing.
Then we're gonna use the pump to see if it's any easier
with this traditional very dirty Jimmy,
very dirty gas can.
By the way,
this is the last video that we are shooting with the Jetta.
We are giving it back to our friend, Andrew
and gonna reveal the all new D-list car
in an episode coming up real soon guys.
So make sure you don't miss that.
Give us some suggestions in the comments down below.
What should we get for the D-list car?
Alright, so first traditional.
- Okay. - Then we do this.
I hate these.
- I do too, man.
- [Jimmy] 3, 2, 1.
- Well, first it takes a while to figure out
if you're doing it right.
- Oh, well it's pouring on the side,
oh, okay, it's definitely pouring out.
I would stop. I would stop.
Okay.
There we go.
- Alright. - That's pretty fast.
- [Jimmy] It's going pretty good.
- Satisfying sound.
- Yeah.
It's going right now.
- Yeah.
Stop. - Yeah. Okay.
- I'm gonna call it.
- [Jimmy] Okay, so including the time
dealing with the top.
- Wait!
- You can't do that.
- That's not fair.
- [Jimmy] From the start of pouring to finish,
little over a minute.
- It's not bad. - Okay.
- It's not bad.
- A little closer.
- Okay.
- I am concerned about this-
- Yeah, not.
- Wearing out like, pretty quickly.
Like, pushing the door.
- Look how kinked it is right outta the box.
- Push it in there.
- [Jimmy] I'm gonna start it. Ready?
- I'm scared of this.
- [Jimmy] One.
- [James] Okay.
- Oh, that's pretty quick.
- It's going. - Okay.
Alright.
You have like some bugs floating inside the gas can.
- Jimmy, it's incredibly dirty.
- It's an antique.
- Oh, is it?
- Are we done?
- [Jimmy] Stop. That's it.
23 seconds.
- That's pretty fast.
- That's over twice as fast.
It was only like 30 seconds longer.
- Yeah.
- You finish, you undo this.
This goes back in here.
It's a self-contained unit.
You can put it trunk.
With this guy-
- D batteries.
- You have D batteries
and a stick covered in gasoline,
in your trunk.
- What are you gonna do with that?
- What are you gonna do with a stick covered in gas?
I mean, I think it worked.
I wouldn't recommend it as a product.
- I think even the stupid neck filler is still better.
- Yeah.
We have one more product to review.
One of the most dangerous problems on the road.
You're driving late at night
maybe you're a long haul trucker.
You're hogging through the night.
You fall asleep.
You roll your truck.
- Oh.
- They write a country song about you.
Luckily, Sharper Image has a product for that.
- Ooh, 200 bucks!
- Ooh, very expensive.
Nice packaging.
We have here a $200
driver fatigue monitor.
- It has integrated GPS.
- Ooh.
- Infrared LEDs to ensure it works in night
and low light conditions.
So it's highly sensitive, sophisticated sensors
monitor your pupils
and blinking patterns to alert you
that you should begin to doze off while driving.
I mean, this seems like it would be very sensitive to
where you place it.
Like it almost needs to be like right in front of you
or off to the side, right?
- Yeah.
- Wouldn't that be in the way
and distract you while you're driving?
- Well, maybe you calibrate it.
The driver fatigue monitor
has been a great addition to my car.
It was easy to install on the windshield
and gives me peace of mind when my teenager
or I am driving.
Whoa, this is actually,
I mean, I don't wanna say nice.
- Not terrible. - No.
I still think it's stupid.
- I mostly agree.
I mean, it's plastic
and then I'm guessing you mount this kind of, oh.
(plastic cracks)
Yeah, that's a little bit.
So it's like,
it's either off to the left or off to the right.
- Cool. Let's go see if it works.
Because of safety,
we have to go to 10 to 15 miles per hour
and I don't want pretend to fall asleep while doing that.
We're gonna install this on the passenger side
to see if it registers Austin's face.
- [AI] Please watch the road ahead
and be ready for facial reading.
- Alright, I'm ready. Read my face.
- [AI] Facial reading successful.
- Nice. Nice!
- Alright.
- Right.
- 10 to 15 miles an hour.
- Well at least at least.
- At least.
- Yeah, it only works up to 15.
- Yeah.
(alarm sounds)
- [AI] Drive carefully
- Okay, we're up and running.
It knows we're driving.
- Excellent.
So I'm gonna look down
and not look at the road.
- [AI] Please watch the road ahead.
- Oh.
- Dude, watch the road ahead, dude.
- Okay, I mean, it seems like it takes a couple seconds
but if you're looking down at your phone or anything
that definitely seems to be catching it.
- Right.
- I'm gonna take a nap now.
- Okay.
(alarm sounds)
- [AI] Drive carefully.
(alarm sounds)
Drive carefully.
- You've been asleep for a while.
- I'm dead already. (alarm sounds)
We're dead. - [AI] Drive carefully.
- It's funny, it didn't actually do the higher alert.
It just kept saying like drive carefully.
'Cause it should say a bunch of other things
that are a lot more dramatic sounding.
- Although it does work.
It's very inconsistent.
- Yeah.
- And I wouldn't feel great relying on it.
(alarm sounds) Okay.
- [AI] Drive carefully.
- What? I'm staring at the road.
- The thing is too bossy.
(alarm sounds)
- [AI] Drive carefully.
- Okay. - I'm looking at the road.
- I don't like it even more now.
(alarm sounds) - Dude.
- [AI] Drive carefully.
I knew this was gonna be the most annoying product
and it is very annoying.
- [AI] Please watch the road ahead.
- Dude also, I just wanna say-
(alarm sounds)
- [AI] Drive carefully.
- $200!
$200! - Drive carefully!
- [AI] Please watch the road ahead.
I think this is one of the first goose eggs ever.
Sharper Image,
we wouldn't buy any of it.
- No, literally nothing.
- Nothing.
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Austin, thank you so much for being on the show.
I had a lot of fun.
I know the people loved watching you.
Where can they see more of you?
- On YouTube, youtube.com/AustinEvans.
Thank you for having me.
- And I put a link to his channel
in the description or you can like click right here.
Check out this good video that he made.
- Wow, that one's great.
I love that one.
- Yeah, that one's one of my favorite ones right there.
Alright, I love you.
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