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

This guy is so savage. “I’d only buy this onion peeler to show to a design class as a bad design that was not fully thought out”

Mom: Why the hell are all our kitchen tools out? Me: ITS TIME FOR THE LEFT HANDED OIL TEST

My brain when studying: strong, dominant right hand. Mr brain during a quiz: LeFt HanDeD OIl TeSt

Dammmmmm. He just said "I would buy this for someone I don't like, but only if it's on sale." My man Dan just baked those potato mitts.

I appreciate that he helps people be more thoughtful about functionality and disabilities

Someone turn the "not great" deadpan for the onion peeler into a GIF so the world can benefit from this man's genius.

As a youngish person who cooks but also has arthritis this was lovely to see

Girl: show me what you’re into *okay let’s try the left handed oil test*

I’m convinced Dan Formosa is one of the greatest men to ever grace this earth

The left handed oil test has improved my love life immensely.

I’m in tears laughing at the garlic shaker speed test. On the right, he just smacks it with a knife and peels in 7 seconds. On the left he’s sitting there just looking around at the camera crew shaking this weird cylinder around for 30 seconds.

I find so heartwarming the fact that he designs gadgets for a living and actually takes the time to think if they will be suitable with people with arthritis and other issues alike.

I lost it at the "Not great" & "Still not great"

"The purpose in life is to peel onions" Shrek cant be happier

"Uhm, we can't seem to sell all these fisherman's gloves, what do we do?" "Remarket as potato-peelers"

Dan: I would improve it by People who made the product: write that down, write that down

Not sure if Dan Formosa will see this but for that potato/ apple peeler my wife and I have it and my wife does large scale canning of apples each year around 4-5 bushels of apples so about 160-200 pounds every years and it has held up for about 5 years. I do agree that it can be sturdier and the tweak on the adjuster would be nice but it is more durable than it was given credit.

"And it kind of make me wanna cry, and it wasn't the onion, it was actually the design of the peeler." SAVAGE.

I've had the Potato Express for two years since I lost strength and dexterity in my left hand in an accident, I use it to peel potatoes and apples, and it's awesome!

the gloves are pretty awesome though! not really for peeling potatoes, but most definitely for petting the cat! it catches ALL of the loose hair, and the cat loves it! it also works wonders, cleaning the couch from cat hair!!! ALL fluffy animal owners should have these potato peeling gloves!

That gloves disturbs me so much in a way I can't even explain

HOW DOES ANYONE HAVE A STRAIGHT FACE WHEN SHAKING THAT ROUND THING

As a disabled person with a degree in Industrial Design, I like his left handed oil test. I had some sharp words for employers over the years about how they utterly failed to consider anyone who wasn’t 20-50 and perfectly free of any and all visual or physical difficulties. I can no longer work and miss it terribly.

If only they’d design a single object with a sharp edge that could perform all of these tasks

This man had to be born this era because otherwise he would invent everything we have today

That last peeler, I've had it for about 3 years now. It peels around 10lbs of potatoes a month and hasn't dulled or broken yet. It's super handy! Saves a lot of prep time. Just pop it on while you are cutting up something else and repeat. You can also just keep running the same potato through over and over and it makes good and consistant potato latkes.

You know as an engineer if I ever wanted to design something I’d love that oil test it sounds incredibly useful to figure out if your product is good for everyone. I love the idea to be honest it’s a good way to make sure products can be used by anyone specially the older groups and people with certain disabilities

“It’s purpose in life is too peel shrimp.” Ah yes, like me.

imagine waiting 5-7 days to dry a garlic just for the purpose of peeling.

I don't know why, but watching him shake the garlic shaker with a look of absolute apathy was the best thing to happen to me today.

"Not great" "Kinda made me want to cry" Dude's a straight savage

That garlic peeler is what happens when a Fleshlight and a Shake Weight have an illegitimate child.

"There's a lot of finger-action going on." -Dan Formosa 2019 10:07

Garlic shaker? How about a glass jar with a lid on. Just shake it around like your sibling's toddler, works perfectly!

This is quickly becoming my favorite series from Epicurious!!

this guy just has the most passive aggressive roasts 🙂 I love it

I think the potato peeler gloves would be much more effective under running water

This show would be better if they actually prototyped his improvements.

Asian student: gets a B instead of an A+ His parents: 1:11 After he gets an A: 2:27

Dan makes me wanna stop whatever i'm doing and start professionally my design product career

When you wanna spice up things in the bed room Left handed oil test

Why peel garlic with that shaker when you can just smash it with the side of the knife to peel?

Teacher: Okay you’re up for your presentation Me: “I am presenting my project: *T H E L E F T H A N D E D O I L T E S T”*

I'm so happy he says "not great" instead of "bad", I love it

Most of these I wouldn’t even redesign since not using them is actually easier.

That's a speculum. Who gave him a speculum and told him it was a shrimp peeler.

"It kinda made me wanna cry, and it wasn't the onions, it was the design" Damn

My rotato express is going strong after 2.5 years (purchased on amazon in June 2017). While I agree that repositioning the blade is very difficult it has absolutely stood the test of time and I enthusiastically recommend it.

I love his humor and sarcasm especially when he tries to not make it obvious when its totally obvious

I wanna see this gentleman get together with Barry Lewis and create a whole host of *truely* useful kitchen gadgets.

I have been watching Dan test kitchen gadgets for the past 2 days. His videos are now part of my bedtime routine :)

I don't know why RU-vid recommended this to me, but I am glad

I always think of butter bot What is my purpose in life You pass butter

"what is my purpose in life?" "you peel onions" ......

Spot on about the issues with adjusting the Potato express. You get a little used to it after a while, but there were some really simple ergonomic adjustments that wouldn't have altered the sleek appearance, and would have greatly improved usability. It does *feel* a little cheaper than you'd like, but we've been using ours for a while, and we haven't even had to replace the blade yet. It does come with a little tool for extracting the eyes, and shaving/cutting off the top and bottom skin does take a few extra seconds - But it you need to peel MANY potatoes, you can do that after loading the next one, and it can save a lot of time in the long run. Plus if you want to use the skins in anything (fried potato skins, vegetable spaghetti) - it's a nice fairly even strip that it shaves off.

5:20 why one shrimp took him 30 seconds😂😂😂 im peeling in 3 seconds LITERALLY

This dude is like modern Da Vinci

Him shaking that garlic peeler looking is dead in the eye

I've had the Rotato Express for over a year now. We love it!! It feels really cheap (as he says in the video), but it's very effective. If mine ever breaks, I'll definitely be replacing it immediately.

I also like to use the left handed oil technique. Usually when I’m by myself.

When you’re early and there’s no funny comments yet

"Gifts for someone you don't like" I love it

His face while shaking those garlic thing tho XD

I think the potato peeler would be a much more effective jar opener. Put on those mitts and I bet you could open any jar big or small.

For some reason this guy always brightens my day

"It kinda made me wanna cry. And it wasn't the onion. " Damn.

“I would buy this for someone I don’t like.... if it were on sale”

Onion Peeler: What is my purpose in life? Dan: You peel onions. Onion Peeler: Oh my god!

This series is great! Mr. Formosa is so likeable. Could you please do this as a permanent show on your channel?

The shadiest senior citizen in the internet.

10:50 There actually is a peeler/grater design similar to this! Usually sold as ginger graters and rather small, they do use the same concept.

The potato mitts are supposed to be used under running water, with fresh potatoes. Similar to the big tumbler peeling machine.

When he put those gloves on, I finally figured out who he reminds me of; THE DAD FROM HOLES

Love my Potato Express, especially when I have a ton of potatoes to peel. Also with toss the peels afterward with a bit of olive oil and salt into the air fryer for a krispy fry treat, also great with apples and their peelings. If you have a hard time with hand mobility this bit of equipment is a game changer in meal preps.

The pans to his face with a blank expression followed by “still not great” killed me. 2:27

Me : rub oil in my left hand before using the blender My home economic teacher : what the hell are you doing ? Me : sir, the thought that you didn't know this technique has left me disappointed

The designers of the products are probably here taking notes so they can redesign the product 😂😂😂

‘There’s a lot of finger action going on here’ wow

As someone who loves to cook, but has disabilities, and is gradually losing functioning of my hands, taking the care to think about what a person with hand/dexterity issues would require is a breath of fresh air.

9:12 That's certainly a way to peel a potato with a knife.

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I dont cook much, I'm not a gadget kind of guy. But i cant stop watching this guy. He's so nice!

This man is so wholesome and so thoughtful

Love this guy keep bringing him back!

I love this series and this man! 😊 Dan Formosa has such great humor and intellect. 😊😊😊😊

In Northern Europe it's really common to use potato peeling gloves for new potatoes in early summer. They are really small potatoes that have a really thin papery skin that's difficult to remove with a knife or a peeler without sacrificing too much of the potato itself, so rubbing them with something coarse is the optimal way to go. You're not supposed to use them for already cooked bigger potatoes.

It's Saturday night and I'm watching a design expert peeling a shrimp... My life can't go better

it kinda made me want to cry and it wasn't the onion. THE BURNN😂

Damn that onion skin peeler was so rubbish🤣 I’m gonna *cry* with laughter

I like how he super casually says: “its purpose in life is to **blank** ”

OMG I love this guy

"At this point, I wonder why I'm not using a potato piller" Hahaha we all been there xDDD!!!

"it's not as magical /instant as you hope" 😅

Seeing him test for people with dexterity problems made me feel good, I feel heard!

I've worked in food for a long time and for me it takes about 5 seconds to peel an onion, chop off the ends, cut the onion in half and then peel the first layer of onion off

"Still not great." Well that s what I keep telling myself

The actual product designers are watching his suggestions thinking "Yeah, we thought of that, but it'd add to production costs, and this shit is produced cheap for a reason."

I have a rotato express, and for me it is great! The biggest tip I can give for using it is: When in operation rest a finger on the top arm with just a little pressure to keep the spike from backing out.

I've used the Potato Express before (my sister in law has one) and it works reasonably well. I don't think I'd get one though because it would take up way too much of my limited cabinet space.

Love this series! It's soothing yet engaging. Hope it keeps up!