What did not work for me was the Toucan can opener. What did work was the Hurricane mop.

Sue

Eggies! I didn't buy them, someone gave my daughter about a dozen sets and she passed them out. Garbage. So many pieces just to make a few boiled eggs and remember, you have to clean each piece. Much simpler just to boil 'em in a pot.

never have cared to BUY gizmos, but dearly love them...read before buying almost anything.. I depend more on friends or family than tv...the latest thing is that "dump" dinner/cake lady...that looks fun! but if I dared buy one more cookbook dh would shoot me, lol....

The coiled garden hose. An absolute nightmare!

That hose that expands (not the coiled one) has been good. The earliest ones weren't durable enough, but the new improved version is very good.

Ped Egg is good (not sure if it's a TV product).

I agree with you susan, now I read as many reviews as I can find before I try a product.....

An As Seen On GardenWeb product I really like is the Pederno spiralizer with the four blades. :)

Someone gave me one of those battery operated can openers that cut the side rather than the top. It worked okay when it worked, but didn't do little cans like tomato paste, and those are the hard ones to open with a hand crank. The batteries died fast and it had started to corrode, so I abandoned it. Joseph Joseph makes a compact hand crank one that cuts the sides.

I like OxyClean. It's not the be all that the TV guy who shouted said, but it's a good product. I think it's better than borax, and doesn't abrade the fabric. I have a gonzo kind, too, which is much more concentrated (different brand, same chemical)..

"Set it and forget it!" Love ours.

I didn't see them on TV, but the box says "As seen on TV". The glass watering globes for house plants. I used to put them to use when gone on week long trips.

Meow Mix, the food cats ask for by name. He loves it! Buuuuut....he's eating Taste of The Wild when he eats dry. Better for him.

Soft scrub, love it!

Grandma Bonnie, thanks for that review!

I forgot to add to my opening post that I bought everything at a store, didn't order them from the TV, most came from Bed Bath & Beyond because you can return items. Thanks for everyone's input too!

Years ago I bought my foodsaver after seeing it on TV. Best purchase I ever made!

Grandma_Bonnie, I haven't seen any good reviews about those magnetic screens, I'm glad yours is working for you!

We have a store that often sells some of the As Seen on TV. They mostly look like junk, but I was interested in those stretchy silicone covers for bowls, etc. They had them but couldn't keep them in stock; they flew off the shelves as soon as they came in. They're not getting any more.

I'm looking to get a counter-top oven.

Undercover cat toy. It's a battery operated gizmo that is under a cover and spins randomly to generate interest and get the cat to play. It worked great! until destructo cat decided he had to pick the whole thing up and tear it apart. My stepmother bought it for them.

My sister gave me a set of "Eggies" (a thrift store find, I'm sure). The best use for them I found was to hard-cook reconstituted powdered eggs (or OvaEasy egg crystals). When your primary egg source is from a powdered/crystal version, the one thing you miss are hard-cooked eggs. You mix the powdered whole egg powder/crystals with water and place it in the Eggies cups and cook them until the mixture is hard-cooked. You can use them chopped, sliced, mashed, grated - just like you would hard-cooked eggs in potato salad, egg salad, topping for a dinner salad, etc. They are completely yellow.

One more - necessity being the mother of invention - moment. ;-)

Wen hair care. Very expensive and did nothing special.

As a requested gift the most expensive hair brush ever. It was junk. It was supposed to go through any hair untangle and prevent breakage. It did nothing said it would.

Just to "ditto" that screen for the patio sliding door. It worked for me and grand-dog when she was living here for a year. We could leave her in the house in winter rainy weather and do errands as well as use it all the time in good weather..

Tried the Undercover Cat Toy - Lasted about 10 minutes until boredom set in.

I despise commercials. Because of this I am loathe to do anything to encourage commercial makers to make more commercials, such a buying some product they are touting. Furthermore I convinced that anything that needs that much of a hard sell, is in all likelihood, crap. Even when they assert satisfaction guaranteed or your money back, they include weasel words saying "less shipping and handling", which to me means the handling fee is that amount of profit they'd like to earn for the transaction, and whether you keep the item or return it, they get their profit and go away happy and then make more crap and advertise it.

I did find a mostly new Ninja blender at a yard sale, which I am happy with for the price I paid: $10, but if I had been duped into paying full price through some late night infomercial, I'd be quite a bit less happy.

I have considered the magnetic screen door a few times, but as others have said, the reviews are pretty horrible...maybe I will give it a try come Spring.

To cacocobird - I ADORE Wen hair products! My sister hates it as well. I think it works best for me because my hair is very dry & we have hard water to boot. Just wish I could afford it more than a couple times a year...( I buy it on Amazon so I don't have to "subscribe" to auto shipping)

Grandma Bonnie, my DD has one of those screens, also. It may not be the best option, but for her, does the job she needs it to do. I get tangled in it, but then, I usually have my hands full when I go in and out of it!

I absolutely love the Comfy (Comfort?) Cushion they advertise. I bought one before going to an indoor music festival a couple of years ago. Those stackable cushioned convention chairs are only comfortable for about an hour. Especially after riding in the car for 3 hours to get there. I bought it to try there. I still wiggled, but only because I was tired of sitting, and my knees give me fits if I sit too long, but I wasn't wiggling because my back and bottom hurt. When I bought it at Bed Bath & Beyond, the cashier asked if it was a gift or for me. She had purchased one for her DH for Christmas and he loved it, and usually has a very poor opinion of the As Seen on TV items. I went back and bought a second one for DH to use. We take them every time we go to that music festival, held twice a year. And I used my coupon at BB&B. They are the same price at Walmart or BB&B, otherwise.

I never buy them from tv but I do have a couple of the as seen on tv items bought at stores. One I really like is the pasta boat microwave cooker. It can cook more than just pasta but it is convenient and easy for me to use. One reason I like it so much is that it is very light weight so I can handle it much easier than I can a heavy pot of water and the lid snaps on to act as a strainer. It is also good at steaming veggies and stuff.

We also like the little metal wallets that are supposed to protect your credit cards. They come in lots of cute colors and prints and they don't take up much room in a purse.

pasta boat

Eggies are not good, they stick. The coiled garden hose is a nightmare!!! It blew a hole in less then 3 minutes! I am using the "Yes" its pretty good, not great for leg hair, its best for the face. The metal wallets are fine, I buy them on ebay for about

$1 -2.00. Keep your eyes on the Dollar tree, you can find many of these items there.

I also have the aluma-wallet too keep my credit cards in.

Wen is the same thing as using a conditioner to wash your hair. Save a lot of money and buy Suave Conditioner to "wash" your hair. It works GREAT!

I've purchased a Cordless Swivel Sweeper years ago. I think, it was their 2nd version model and they were offering buy one get one free, something like $30 or $35 for 2. It worked great on hard floor. With that deal, I even purchased some for my sisters. A few months ago, my sister-in-law mentioned how much she loved it and hers just broke. Fortunately, I had a spare one and sent it to her.

I looked it up online and Amazon has a listing on it (below link). Wow, price sure have gone up. I'm sure the current model has improved since.

http://www.amazon.com/Cordless-Swivel-Sweeper-Original-Seen/dp/B0007MWZEK

I now have a Dyson V6, a cordless vacuum, which I love using it. It does more than the Cordless Swivel Sweeper.

I bought and still love the ronco rotisserie, have had it for years now. Would watch the infomercial and think I want one, then finally my father in law bought me one as a surprise. I make chickens, turkeys, roasts, fish all kinds of things in it. I can throw it on back porch set it and let it go and it works wonderfully.

;-) Aprile, my feelings exactly, including the back porch scenario!