- Billy Mays here.
(screaming)
He added a fart on the infomercial.
Glue (slowed down speech) never works.
- Don't ever buy one of these things.
We test a lot of tools around here
and some of the craziest ones we found on infomercials.
So today we bought five
of the wildest infomercial tools
to see if they're really gonna change our lives.
- Are they as miraculous as they say?
There's gotta be a better way.
- He's James I'm Jeremiah.
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(jingle melody)
- First up, Tiger Wrench (snarls)
48 in one multipurpose wrench.
Dude, epic.
- [Commercial narrator] There's a powerful new tool
that combines 48 tools into one.
Introducing Tiger Wrench.
- (snarls)
- (growls)
- Oh, look at this hot beefcake.
- That dude is a (groans)
- What do we got?
Okay, here it is, the Tiger Wrench.
- (snarls)
Multifunction wrench.
Good toughness.
- Not great.
- But good.
- No more struggling to find the right size socket head.
No more luggin' around heavy toolboxes.
One wrench, take the guesswork out of your projects.
God bless You, And God bless the United States of America.
It feels ridiculous to be honest.
- So here's the initial thought about this
is the depth of this thing.
This way doesn't allow for like great tight space work.
- I can't imagine this replacing 48 tools
but let's put it to the test.
All right, so this thing's big claim to fame
is how fast you can switch between different wrench heads.
So let's see
- All right, great - (clock ticking)
- Bartender flip.
Nice.
- Great.
- Now it's getting back down, it's a little smaller.
No more struggling to find the right size socket head.
No more luggin' around heavy toolboxes.
I think it performed exactly
how we thought it would perform.
Does it spin a bolt?
- Yes.
Is it anywhere near as useful
as a regular wrench or a socket wrench?
- Absolutely not.
- No. Are you gonna save time
not looking through all kinds of drawers?
- Yeah. You're making up on the time finding the tool,
but you're using the tool is very extended.
- [James] Yeah. - [Jeremiah] Yeah.
- So, Jeremiah stash it or trash it?
- Trash it, in the bin.
- Don't buy this, and if you have
a mechanically inclined person in your life
don't buy it for them.
- Yeah.
- They don't want stuff like this.
It's not a fun thing.
Next up.
We've got Lazer Bond liquid plastic.
- Uh oh. All right.
- Sounds pretty sweet if you ask me.
- [Commercial narrator] The amazing liquid plastic
that fixes, fills, fastens, and seals
virtually anything in as little as three seconds.
Lazer Bond is not a glue or epoxy,
but a unique liquid plastic that only hardens
with a UV light.
Watch, we cut a boat in half.
- Should I cut a boat in half?
- We're cutting a boat in half?
- [Man off camera] There's no boat.
(Jeremiah laughs)
- Whoa. That's way too small.
- That is way smaller.
- It's like a pen
- Only bonds when you activate it using the UV light.
- Ah, don't make eye contact with it.
(laughs)
- No way this thing puts a boat back together.
- No fricking way.
Okay. It says windshield cracks and then body panel.
But let's go see, we'll give it a fair shake.
- For science.
- All right, James, we have a plastic battery shroud.
We've got a wrench that I guess we cut in half.
- You definitely broke this on another video.
- Yep.
- It is plastic and metal.
- Can we start with plastic?
- Yeah, let's do it.
(slowed down) Glue never works. Never.
It's been about a minute.
- It's been about 60 seconds.
Here.
- It fell apart. This product is a liar.
- All right. Okay. I might put this on my, oh.
(everyone laughs)
One problem with this product is it's totally dependent
on the light, and when you're gluing two things together
there's the inside that doesn't get light on it.
- Yeah. That's the gap. Ready?
(laughs)
Don't ever buy one of these things.
- Don't.
- Stash it or trash it, James?
- Trash it.
Next up we got the Tool Band dash it magnetic arm band.
- Oh, that's cool. Sounds cool.
- Billy Mays here.
- When two hands just aren't enough
reach for the Tool Band-it.
It's a lightweight magnetic band
that provides a safe, secure place
to hold all your tools and parts.
- [James] Whoa. - [Jeremiah] Like a hammer.
- The Tool Band-it uses powerful neo-magnet technology.
The Tool Band-it is your
- Tool Band-it.
- (laughs)
- It even has the power to hold this 25 pound weight.
- 25 pound weight.
- Toolbox, when the Tool Band-it saves you time,
- Did he put a whole toolbox up to his arm?
- I don't think it really can.
I think that was just like a visual.
You don't need this.
- You can do this.
- We did get two.
When two hands are not enough.
- If you have a pacemaker or other implanted device
please consult your physician before using.
- I have a stint.
- Uh oh.
- (groans)
- Now this, I like this for the cell phone.
- That's pretty good.
What would be really cool is if charged your phone.
- Hey, name's Maya.
- Name's Maya.
- Why don't you go ahead and put your number in my phone?
I think it'll work, but I don't think it's gonna work great.
- It's just not comfortable. It's not convenient.
And I don't see how this is better
than just having a bunch of crap on the ground.
All right. Let's get tested out.
- Let's go.
Let's see if this thing can hold a hammer,
and more importantly, hold 25 pounds.
♪ Get up, down, go in the toolbox. ♪
(funk music)
- I mean, do you feel like you could be climbing under a car
and like working, and like
would this be useful to you at all?
- Okay. To be honest, it's making this hand
I'm having to position my arms
so that I'm balancing it so it doesn't fall.
Now you have, instead of three, as promised,
you have one, this thing takes a hand away from you.
- Yeah, but we have one more test
that they told us not to do.
- All right, James, see if you can pick it up.
All right, so Billy Mays told us
that this thing could hold 25 pounds.
We're not gonna put it on Jeremiah's arm
because it would drop it on our feet.
Here's the 25 pound
- Make a little cradle. All right, here we go, James.
- Not even close, dude.
- Gotta go this side. You ready?
- Yeah.
Not even close.
- I would say trash it, yeah?
- Trash. We're throwing everything away.
All right, next up we have maybe
my favorite named product, the Rescue Me.
- [Commercial narrator] A two in one emergency tool,
which breaks windows and cuts seat belts
- [Commercial] quickly and - [James] What the (beep)?
- easily in case of an emergency.
This quick, powerful and easy to use tool.
- That lady looked like a sociopath.
Oh my God. Look at her face.
(laughs)
I think it'll work.
- Yeah. I think this is gonna work.
- I can't imagine them selling this
and it not working, but you know what?
If it didn't work, how are you gonna know?
You'll be dead.
- No negative reviews.
- Let's go try.
- All right, so it's late night on the tube.
You took a corner a little too hot
and you ended up in a river.
You got 10 seconds to rip it off the key ring,
cut your seatbelt and smash the window,
or this will be the last trip of your life.
- Go? [Man off Camera] Go.
(clock ticking)
(fart noises)
(glass breaking)
- All right. I mean, it worked.
- [Man off camera] 13 seconds. You're dead.
- [James] You're dead.
- I'm dead?
- 13 seconds. You're dead.
- ♪ And we'll take with me the memories ♪
♪ to be my sunshine after the rain. ♪
- I wanna do it again.
- Do it in 10 seconds, but 13's pretty good.
But you know what?
I'd rather have this than not have this
- For sure.
- Cut the belt really quick.
Like just one once I got it tight enough (cutting sound)
Poop, poop. poop. Yeah, man, I'd say that's a win.
Poop, poop, poop. That's a win
- Stash it, baby.
- This next one I've been told is a little crazy.
Jeremiah, let me introduce you to Car Cane.
Car Cane.
(both vocalizing guitar sounds)
- [Commercial narrator] Have you ever struggled
to get out of the car? (fart noise)
Does backward knee
- Did it just play a fart?
It just played a fart, right?
- No it didn't, shut up.
- It played a fart.
- That poor old man.
- Listen to this. Listen carefully.
- [Commercial narrator] Have you ever struggled
to get out of the car? (fart noise)
(both laugh)
Does back or knee pain
- Added a fart on the infomercial? Is this real?
- He's so excited. He's 80 years old,
and he finally booked a gig.
Gathers his whole family around, it's midnight.
'cause that's when they air these things.
- Right. Check it out. Check what grandpa did.
- Grandkids stay up late. They're eatin' popcorn.
They see, oh there he is. (blows raspberry)
- [Commercial narrator] With the incredible new Car Cane.
Now you can get in and out of your car with ease.
This new portable handle locks instantly
into the door latches of any car.
In fact, Car Cane's forged steel construction
can hold 350 pounds. Amazing.
It has a built-in flashlight.
These super bright LEDs can last 100,000 hours.
- (both) 100,000 hours?
- How many years is 100,000 hours?
- Siri, set timer for 11 years.
All right, Car Cane.
- Let's see the Car Cane.
- Says it fits any car.
- Well, we're about to find out. Give it a good whiff.
Car Cane bonus features: LED flashlight,
seatbelt cutter, window breaker.
Yeah. I mean it looks pretty standard.
(both laugh)
James can't help but to shine lights in his eyes.
Oh this is a piece of (beep).
- (laughs)
- Sorry.
This is a piece of junk.
- I thought it would be solid.
I thought it'd be heavy.
- Yeah.
(bangs on table)
- Nah, man. This thing is,
I do think like that'll break a window, 100%.
1000%. That'll break.
- AlL right, Shall we go test it?
- Yeah, let's go.
- Okay. So James is an old, gaseous man,
and I'm his caretaker and I'm not doing a good job.
So he's gonna test this handle to see if it works.
- I like my independence.
You don't touch me.
- (laughs) Should I get the door?
- I got the door.
- Okay, this is why I'm a bad caretaker,
'cause he doesn't want help
- Maintain my independence.
I can do it.
Ah, ah.
- (makes fart noise)
- (groans)
And just like that I'm out of the car.
- Was it actually easier to get out?
Can I see you get out without it?
All right.
- It's easier to get out without it.
- Oh yeah, that was great.
- All right, James, so you can rest your hands on this,
but can you put your whole body weight on it?
- Yeah. I think one of that is a concern to me
because this thing does feel a lot cheaper
than I thought it would.
It's hollow. It's essentially a flashlight
and it's claimed 350 pound weight.
I weigh buck 50.
So it shouldn't be a problem.
- Yeah. Okay, come get the keys, James.
I'm gonna make you get 'em.
- Dude, it is not stable.
- Aw.
It's hard to balance on it.
- Come on. Yeah.
- Works. It works.
- Jump off it.
- Oh. Yeah, it broke. Just the grip.
I mean, I guess if you had like problems,
or if you were old or something, this could help.
Doesn't work in every car.
- Yeah, that's true. We couldn't use it in the Buick.
Couldn't use it in the E36, had to come to a third car.
So if your car doesn't have that hook
in the door hinge or in the door jam.
- And one of the things that they claimed very clearly
is that it can be used in any car.
which is not the case at all.
- So what do you say stash it or trash it?
Trash it, this thing's dumb.
Get yourself a caregiver that you don't mind touching you.
Real mechanic stuff.
Really excited about these shirts.
I love the design.
They're now available at donutmedia.com.
Just get one if you wanna look cool.
Don't worry, dude. I got you.
Real mechanic stuff.
We tried one good product today and a bunch of stinkers.
Be careful before you buy.
None of this stuff really works.
Thank you for watching this video and everything else
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Follow Jeremiah on social media, @JeremiahBurton.
Follow me, @JamesPumphrey.
Pick up a camera, go talk to your friends,
make a video, fix a car, or break it.
I don't think I've ever fixed a car.
Broken a lot of 'em though.
Cut a hole in that one.
All right. Bye.