I'm a bit of a gadget addict when it comes to kitchen stuff, but usually pick up and try things via yard sale finds. If something ia CLEAN, in working order, has all part and preferably a manual... price tag of $1-2 gets me. Have one of those "spiralizer" things and know I didn't spend more than a few $ for it. Saw different kinds of veggie "noodles" at supermarket for $7.99/b... YIKES! For me, have a feeling a lot of the gadgets on that site would be a one-hit-wonder... either so so in how they worked or too much WORK in set=up/clean-up? That's what a perfectly good, originally high end, juicer ended up beiing. Worked great but hardly worth the clean up time. BUT in a prefect world with no storage issues, I'd probably want every single one of them!

Well, I picked a few out for myself. No, I did not order! I went to Amazon, and looked, and all where available there too. Just without that neat video. I put those few items on my wish-list. Next time I order from amazon I won't have a hard time to come up with the amount for free shipping. ;)

Moni

Where's the video?

KLSEIVERD the video is at the link at the top post.

I'd like to see the video that you saw on Facebook. The link is only to Sur La Table's website and unless I missed seeing it, I didn't see a link to a video there.

Oh, gosh, darn it... yes, the video... I am so sorry. I don't know, how to link a facebook video here. But, the items in the video are all on the website, linked above.

Again, sorry.

Moni

PS, just went back to facebook, and the video, and am trying to link it here:

https://www.facebook.com/1795596537325123/videos/vb.1795596537325123/1834824290069014/?type=2&theater&notif_t=comment_mention&notif_id=1481433534746518

Don't be sorry, Moni:) I LOVE kitchen items. On Friday I went to the outlets with a couple of friends and was so disappointed because I could not find a thing to buy from Kitchen Collections. LOL I either had it or didn't need it/wouldn't use it. Last year I picked up an apple green silicone spatula and really enjoy using it. So it's not that something needs to be expensive or clever, just that it makes cooking fun.

I'm just...not a gadget person. Too many nooks to clean, items to store, etc. I'm already cooking for 6- and add MORE to clean? A good knife and a cutting board and I'm happy. I do admit to an apple peeler/slicer thing I have on a sawhorse in the backyard the kids use to spiral and eat apples.

am making the 6 weeks muffin recipe I got from Judy a long time ago. Realized, I truly miss my tupperware measuring cups and spoons. I may have to go to the outlet store too. I just searched on Amazon, and don't think I want to pay the price for some like I used to have.

My rule for gadgets is that a new one has to do something I can't do with what I already have or does the task so significantly better that it provides benefit. It cuts down the clutter. With many of the items in the video, a sharp knife and practice using it makes the gadget unnecessary.

There is a long running thread on the home decorating forum about useful gadgets and products. There's some great ones. I have several of them. I love enabling posts lol.

I am a gadget lover. To be honest though, I donate a lot of them to Goodwill because either I can no longer remember what they were for or I just don't have space to keep so many of them.

Here you go some good ones. I have to say that I would definitely try that window cleaner! Genius.

http://odditymall.com

Moni here's one for you.

http://odditymall.com/tracer360-illuminated-running-vest

Not for the kitchen lol

Now this is a puzzle!

http://odditymall.com/fractal-jigsaw-puzzle

re: the illuminated running vest. I'd be afraid that to those who drink & drive it might be more like an illuminated target LOL

I have good lights, told to me by people that passed me. Otherwise, the vest would be a consideration. :)

We love Sur la Table and there's one not too far from us... Another favorite (but I have to order online because I don't think there's a retail store near me) is Joseph Joseph.

I have lots of Joseph Joseph kitchen stuff.

There are 3 of these stores within 15 miles of where I live. Awesome stores.

http://www.qvc.com/Automatic-Fruit-and-Vegetable-Express-Peeler-by-MarkCharles-Misilli.product.K41591.html?sc=K41591-Targeted&cm_sp=VIEWPOSITION--29--K41591&catentryImage=http://images.qvc.com/is/image/k/91/k41591.001?$uslarge$#

I have this peeler and spiral maker

I love checking out gadgets at Sur la Table, Williams-Sonoma and Container Store. It's fun to see what has been invented, needed or not.

Talk about cluttering up ones kitchen with useless stuff! I love my dimple strawberry " plucker", I do have some marvelous old bone handled with stainless corn holders (very useful), an apple corer/divider, and two micro plane graters (beats grating ones knuckles). There are a few more oddities accumulated over the past 50 years, but I'm very careful about what I buy.

Needs change ! Now that my hands are getting much worse I need more and different tools . I can't hold a knife well enough to peel anything so a device that can do it for me is a needed tool. Jar opener device same idea. My husband now has a new place in the kitchen , he has to do the things I can't , peel , chop, slice , pick up heavy items and pots etc. I like the Joseph Joseph kitchen utensils because of the handles that are easier for me to hold and they are made to set down without touching the counter with the messy part . I have a hanging spinning carousel that they hang on . I really like it .

raven, age makes sense, I'm not there yet so didn't consider it! I think I'd be more inclined to try much of this if I didn't know I also had tons of other dishes to wash- and the kids do a good job cleaning up after themselves, but cooking 3-4 meals a day for 6+ people adds up...

This is another thing I love now because I don't have to hold it or worry about a bowl type flipping or spilling . It's nice and big and easily extends across the sink. I use it for draining pasta , washing fruits and vegetables , as a drain board for small items , it is versatile . Mine is purple love it and I flatten it and stow it in the drawer.

The snap on pot drainer in Moni's link looked interesting for those times when not taking out a colander. I have a hand held one that can be awkward when using a large heavy pot and have only one hand remaining for the pot itself.

This is one of my often used kitchen gadgets. It reminds me of some of the Joseph Joseph things, but is Norpro and Oh! so handy... I have three that fit closed, stacked in the front of my utensil drawer.

OMG I have enough to keep the two of us taken care of ! Whew girl that's a lot of work.

I have been clearing out a lot of my kitchen stuff ! I seriously could not believe how much silverware and cooking utensils I own . As I unpacked box after box labeled kitchen and had it all laid out to wash it all I said to myself this is crazy ! I grabbed an empty box and started loading it up for donations . I just donated about 30 boxes of good stuff from our belongings to salvation army. They were happy to come get it and I was happy to be rid of it lol.

I look for ergonomics over gadgetry also. Corn holders yes. A corn stripper??? Whatever for? I am in the process of decluttering as we remodel. Love my microplanes. I bought my extra fine one as a hardware item, not a kitchen gadget. I also will not give up my Zyliss ice cream scoops and vegetable peelers. I have a Cuisinart pizza wheel that is the best I've found and I also like my jar popper and my lid puller. I have Tupperware measuring cups, spoons and other baking gear going back decades. Will never part with them.

I wish someone made a good old fashioned pancake turner/spatula like the old Robinson ones. I have one small spatula and I reach for it all the time. They make retro looking utensils but the thickness doesn't allow for flexibility in the spatulas. I don't use non stick cookware so I have little use for plastic utensils.

I lean towards specialty hand tools, over gadgets. Although I sometimes end up with tools that don't work for what I want them to do. Such as the time I bought a ricer, to try to use it as a giant press for roasted garlic. (Some of my recipes require 4 heads worth, so yeah!) Unfortunately, it didn't work as I'd hoped for that. So now I have a ricer I don't use, because a simple masher works fine for making potatoes.

I decluttered a lot before my move to Florida. Then decluttered there, and thinned out Dales stuff.

But, as things did not work out, and I came back to Oklahoma I realize what I truly miss more and more items I would love to use again.

I am ready for some new gadgets/replace some missing gadgets. Need new measuring cups and spoons. I don't think I will go back to finding Tupperware ones I loved... I think, I will go stainless steel instead. I do like nesting ones, and plan to hit the outlet mall sometime this week.

Moni

Gyr_Falcon, I too thought I had to have a ricer. Everything I've read say that it makes the fluffiest mashed potatoes. I do use it on occasion, and the potatoes are nice and fluffy, but I hate the mess it makes on the bottom of the plunger, and that part isn't nice and fluffy anyway. :-)

I love kitchen gadgets/tools too. More and more people use the ricer-style gadget for squeezing lemons. I don't know if I could squeeze it. I just use a wooden reamer, or tongs and squeeze the lemon/lime with the tongs.

I use one of those tracer 360 illulminated vests and LOVE it. I won't run at dusk/dark without it. I also wear a headlamp. It's a fairly cheap one from Lowe's I think, made by Energizer. Not too expensive and works great. I use it for other things around the house too when I need a light and need both hands. I love my old Tupperware measuring cups and have a couple of Pampered Chef silicone spatulas that I really like too.

Can't say that I saw one item there that intrigued me enough to want to get it. I like to go with multi-function whenever possible. I bought a lot of gadgets when I was starting out on my own but finding I use fewer and fewer as time goes on. People told me I "needed" an electric kettle. But I have a coffeemaker. That replaces an electric kettle and for that matter an instant hot water dispenser. I can wait a couple minutes to get a couple cups of hot water. I bought a ricer but the only time I use it is for making lefse and not always then either. I have a potato masher that does the same job, often better and cleans up much more easily. Don't need special jar openers (though an electric one is interesting...) since I keep a strap wrench on the refrigerator that works pretty much the same.

No, I don't think you're alone. I bought a ricer after hearing of its reputation to produce light and fluffy mashed potatoes and I'll say it's true. We don't have MP often, but I like them sometimes one way, sometimes a different way. For me, the flavor matters more than the consistency - a little butter, salt and pepper of course, whole milk sour cream or Greek yogurt, and sometimes a hint of onion powder. Not enough to discern the taste but to provide a subtle flavor backnote.

I love my Vidalia Chopper. It is great for onions, bell pepper, or celery.

https://www.amazon.com/Vidalia-Chop-Wizard-VOWR-2/dp/B000I6JZWA/ref=sr_1_1_m?s=kitchen&ie=UTF8&qid=1481646988&sr=1-1&keywords=vidalia+chop+wizard

For those that enjoy a little kick, a bit of horseradish along with a bit of sour cream added to mashed potatoes is good also. Not much, maybe a tablespoon or so to about a 1/2 cup of sour cream. I don't really measure these things.