5 Fruit Kitchen Gadgets Tested by Design Expert | Well Equipped | Epicurious 

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The funny thing is that the watermelon slicer is a better cake cutting gadget than all of the gadgets in the cake episode.

Boyfriend: “What are you doing?” Me: “It’s time for the left-handed oil test!”

"Plus you get a tube of watermellon your family could fight over" this man has true wisdom 😂

That banana core peeler is one of the most American things I‘ve ever seen.

“I just don’t know how to shake it and drink it at the same time” *Proceeds to jump and drink at the same time*

When you design a gadget for something as niche as coring bananas and _still_ fail at it to a metal straw

The great thing about the watermellon slicer is that it frees up the knives for fighting over the watermellon tube.

I'd argue that the lemon sprayer shouldn't be compared to just juicing a lemon like that since the intention (for whatever reason) is to get a fine spray. So the comparison would be to juice the lemon first and then put that into a spray bottle.

Happy gadget making anniversary Dan. Previous videos you were doing and 39 years. Now 40 years congrats on a successful career my friend

I chuckled when he said bananas need a little more care and understanding . And I laughed whole way through the watermelon part that was comedy gold

Forget family board game night, we're fighting over watermelon tubes now.

The lemon sprayer I think is more of a bartending thing or salad where you just need a slight spray of lemon juice vs a lot of juice. Still loses out to just having a mini spray bottle.

"I got it in my eye but it's OK. I think I'll just get comments about it" That's commitment

I think Dan needs a back massage. It must put quite a strain, carrying the entire Epicurious channel

The strawberry slicer looks like it might be good for kids helping in the kitchen as it would be safer than a knife. The lemon spritzer would be fine for spritzing on a salad or something else you want only a light amount of the juice and then cutting the lemon for other use. The watermelon cutter looked the best of all, though. The one who did the cutting should get the core :-) or you could slice the core for watermelon 'coins' which would look nice in a fruit salad beside the wedges.

"who doesn't want to grab a little banana?" "Time to eat the tube" "I got it in my eye" Uhhhh...

The citrus sprayer is a great cocktail tool, it's not really for getting ALL the juice. The spray function is the point.

One of the things most of these gadgets fall short of a regular knife is that they're a pain to wash. Most gadgets that tie or come close to a tie in the effectiveness test have actually failed miserably when you account for how much work it'll be to wash them.

"It's good for a couple pumps and then it runs dry." I heard that before ...

Would love a show where you pick some of your favorite gadgets and explain how they were well designed.

The lemon/lime sprayer isn’t to get all the juice out. It’s for like cocktails, salads, just if you need a little lemon. I kind of like it lol

I feel like cleaning time needs to be included in the “vs kitchen knife” test. If the tool saves you 2 seconds, but needs a minute to be properly cleaned, it is a fail.

At this point I just want Dan to tell me my purpose in life

I like a few kitchen gadgets in my kitchen to let kids safely help with small cooking chores when they aren't trusted with a full chef's knife yet; and to let elderly and disabled adults help out. I'm glad I get quality reviews of products for people with poor coordination like kids and seniors to help me better understand what my kitchen helpers need.

I keep wanting to see if the watermelon slicer would work as effectively (if not more) if the watermelon half was put on the flat side? That way, the outermost 'peel' would get cut all the way through right in the beginning :)

I love how he starts talking about each product by saying what “it’s purpose in life” is

The lemon sprayer is perfect for me, I love mine. When I don't want my apples to go brown in any dish, yet not overly taste like lemon - I use that. I haven't found anything else quite that good at making such a light spritz- and I use the leftover lemon for things I like to have the lemon taste in.

I work at an açaí bowl place, and I use the strawberry slicer every day. It’s super convenient and it works fine with my smaller hands, but in every one of the slicers after about a week it breaks somehow. The top part doesn’t spring back up so you have to manually put it up every time you slice, or the blades become crooked so it doesn’t slice all the way through. Usually i make fun of the kitchen gadgets because I don’t know what anyone would by them since doing it by hand only takes a couple more seconds, but in the case of restaurants the gadgets really come in handy! (even if they break most of the time)

I love how he introduces himself, staring at the camera as he says in a sort of direct way "I'm Dan and I've been designing kitchen gadgets for 40 years".

I have a huge urge to eat the middle piece of the watermelon

11:29 "And it looks like you're doing something important" 🤣

Mr. Formosa gets funnier and funnier with each episode. What a delight he is!

that strawberry slicer is actually what my fast food place i work at used when we had strawberries lol. who knew.

I like the lemon sprayer. It can be useful as a self defence mechanism. Pepper sprays are illegal in some states. 😄

Dan’s definitely my favorite part of this channel. He’s funny but also super informative! It helps me appreciate all the work that goes into product design.

"Who doesn't like grabbing a small banana?" - Dan Formosa, 2021

“It’s alive!!!! It’s aLLLLIVEE!!!” *frantic watermelon bouncing* 4:25

I'm pretty sure the coconut just needed another small hole at the top, its basically a vacuum with it.

"Plus you get a tube of watermelon your family can fight over" 😭

Any designer out there trying to invent or do something new learn from him it's not just entertaining but also helpful and useful for those who are studying now, thank you for giving us free tips and advice we now can improve alot

please never stop making these videos. Dan is effortlessly funny and entertaining

8:41 “go girl, give us nothing!”

"Best watermelon tube I've ever had." He said that with such a straight face 🤣.

I have the watermelon slicer and have had it for a few years. It's fantastic. Ours has a base with a slightly curled up center with a hole in it and another base that it sits on. Takes a little bit of strength but completely cuts it open evenly. Love it.. I wouldn't serrate the blades as it would be pretty dangerous at that point especially to clean. Sooo, uh nooo. The handles could use better grips even though they're not to bad. And yes the heart (tube) is the BEST part..

These comments aren't ripe enough yet I'll come back later ✌🏾

These have been flooding my recommendations. Not complaining though. This guy is great!

I like how he doesnt say the gadgets are outright bad, he genuinely finds the ideas of the gadgets useful and interesting.

"Its purpose in life is...."

I love that he's been doing this for so long and still discovering new things - specifically, that he likes watermelon tubes a lot

why is no one talking about the coconut jumping 😭😭😭 he’s hilarious

As long as people continue making kitchen gadgets, these videos with Dan best continue!, I love him so much!

I never thought about putting something in to a banana. But now I want to make a banana unsplit sundae with a "stuffed" banana

I am obsessed with these videos and with this lovely man

My favourite sass master is back roasting products! Heck yeah!

i use a egg slicer for slicing mushooms or strawberry..works great so no need for this strawberryslicer :-)

The best part about the lemon squirter is that you can blind your friends

I’d love to see him review some of his own creations he designed!

I feel like juicing the lemon and spritzing the lemon are two entirely different acts. Yes, it's faster to juice the lemon, but sometimes you don't need that much at once

I would make the watermelon tube smaller so I could stuff if into a banana.

I'm pretty sure the citrus spray is for cooking and sprays evenly.

i've always wanted one of those watermelon cutters but for cake.

The way he went down on that watermelon tube....and his comment on small bananas. Are you free Sunday?

“Best watermelon tube I’ve ever had” is a beautiful sentence. Great episode.

I like how he says "its purpose in life is,,

"who doesn't like holding a small banana" Should've worded that differently

For the coconut tool, I would instead like it to have the same shape as a syringe. I think the trick to that would be a quick stab and not a crank. Maybe a tool that has a safety guard and you smash one end with a mallet to drive in the syringe-shaped tube and quickly pierce the coconut. As for the lemon spritzer... just buy a spritzer at the dollar store and fill it after crushing the juice out of the lemon. This is solving a problem that doesn't exist.

I've really only seen 2 episodes of this rn but I gotta say: I love you, Dan.

When I was growing up we had a coconut opener somewhat like that... The handle was like a corkscrew, just like he mentioned would be better, but the opening tip was a lot like that, it was wide and dented. I remember my grandmother using it without much difficulty, and she preferred it over the knife for safety reasons. It didn't have the whole bottle cap though. After opened we drank it. Coconuts don't have all that water in order to keep it for later after opening.

Getting pinched and lemon juice in the eye... this has been your most dangerous video yet lol

You know what’s crazy, one day you’ll see a video on RU-vid that was made 40 years ago and it was just now recommended to you

I like how he uses this twisting juicer for the lemon rather than if you were going to have a tool at all, you’d get the juicer that crushes the whole lemon to get as much juice as possible

YES. ONE OF THE BEST SERIES ON EPICURIOUS, I LOVE DAN!!!

I'd get the watermelon slicer. As for the center core, nobody gets it, it's going in a pitcher of water with cucumber, and mint. I was thinking larger curved teeth for the coconut tap, something more akin to a tiger shark tooth that is both curved and serrated. As the the lime, damn strait you put the lime in the coconut and drink em all up. I've got a citrus juicer that bores in and allows you to pour out the juice. Rolling and squeezing the fruit first helps, as does pulling out that boring core. Then when I can't pour more, I remove the tap and just squeeze. I could see using that sprayer. Come strawberry season and I'm making jam, that'll slicer would be useful. Though I can't see using it unless I'm working with a lot of strawberries.

A master blacksmith from the 12th century: I have crafted the perfect utensil for opening any fruit Dan: K let's think about a redesign

This is my absolute favorite series on youtube. This guy is amazing at his job.

Wow. Biiiiggg difference from the last one of these I watched (cake cutters?) where he gave almost everything a 0-1 rating, lol. That watermelon slicer was actually pretty cool.

Yay! I’m obsessed with these videos lol

I really would like to see an episode, where they bring gadgets that was redesigned by him, to check whether it would work better or not.

Always love seeing these pop up in my feed! Dan is such a nice and funny guy, and I really enjoy these videos!

The most impressive thing I have seen in this video is how clean all the fruits are, it's bloody beautiful, how can that banana be so clean.

I would give another rating: how fast can you wash it.

I want the lemon one because if you’re not going to use all of it it’s great! You can store it in the fridge without it getting dry lmao

PRobably already mentioned on this older video; but you should really be cutting the bottom bit of the watermelon off to stop it from moving around while you use the watermelon slicer. It's something you would do with a knife anyway and it would stop it from fumbling around which might allow it to cut all the way through. You always want to make every surface of anything you cut flat if you're working on a flat surface to stop it from rolling around. Be safe while cutting, y'all.

If you cut the base of the watermelon before slicing it, it would help stabilize it and make it easier to break off the pieces after slicing

I Sense a Lot of sexual energy in this episode

To would be great to see the price so we can see if it is actually worth being and is value for money

it’s cool to watch him quickly sketch the design and color code the lines

Thank you for making everybody's days brighter and filled with fun, Gadget Grandpa Dan, and happy gadgeting anniversary

2:33 You could say that lefty or righty it still has the same _core_ problem XD

"Just a personal advice, keep this away from your eyes" I love this guy.

I was cackling when he was jump-drinking from that coconut 🤭

"I'll have two number 9s, a number 9 large, a number 6 with extra dip, a number 7, two number 45s, one with cheese, and a large soda."

I wonder if the designers of the tested products make the suggested changes. I would.

I love watching people who are great at their craft.

I love this Guy because his job is also to think about People with disabilities. And for someone like me who have those problem I'm blessed to have that guy working to make my life easier

3:33 you know dan your right, "who doesn't like grabbing a small banana?"

Skip intro 0:33 0:38 Banana Core-er (corer? core-r??) 3:50 Watermelon Slicer 6:25 Coconut Tapper 9:55 Citrus Sprayer 13:57 Strawberry Slicer

The Melon slicer only works on "soft" melons. The blades also bend, so maybe stronger blades or something to add stability would work better.

God I love this guy, my fav Epicurious series hands down