The Most Useful and Least Useful Gadget Bought

DutchmenSport wrote:

NYCgrrl wrote:
I'm tired of buying potato peelers that rust, lose their sharpness in a nanosecond and have loose rivets. Got a recommendation for a former Woolworth purchaser?:D

They use to make good potato peelers, like the picture above, but then in the last 15 years or so, they just don't make them good any more. I fussed and complained to my wife when she tossed out the only good old-style potato peeler we had and replaced it with a new-fangled one. Oh was I disappointed. After using it, even she didn't like it either. So we attempted to buy a normal old-style peeler that actually worked! ... you know? It took us 10 years to find one, and we tried many, many, and threw many, many away!

Finally, one day at the local grocery store they had one on an end-cap. Not very noticeable, but it caught my attention, and after try three-thousand six hundred, I thought, "Oh well, what's one more!" It had a red rubber coated handle, but still was old style.

Got it home and ... OMG! It worked!

I immediately drove back to the store (right there on the spot), and bought all they had left hanging! I got 4 more! Put 2 in the trailer, put 3 in the house! I even made a tube they fit in with an plastic (long) prescription pill bottle, stuffed with tissue paper, in a sleeve. None of them get washed with the regular dishes. They all get washed by hand and put up immediately in their makeshift sleeve. We do the same in the trailer.

We had these for about 4 years now, still sharp, still working good, no rust, and I treat them like gold and honey! A bit over-protective here? Yep... sure am! But I know I'll never find another one like it again. They just don't make them like this any more. Really sharp and really last, and the blades are angled just right!

Most used in our camper? Yea... it's definitely the potato peeler.

Potato peeler?

Yeah, you NEED to step up to higher quality brand.

Perhaps try one of these..



By RADA Cutlery..

Can buy from HERE for $6.41

RADA was the only Cutlery that my MOM ever liked, good quality stainless steel blades that take and hold a sharp edge and aluminum handles (don't run these through a dishwasher as that will mess up the aluminum handles)..

Carry on of those RADA peelers in my TT along with several at my sticks and bricks..

Least useful gadget is the mountain pie iron, used once, goes with us every year in the TT for 15 yrs now, made black toast with cold filling.. :M

The best thing we ever bough is the Automatic Chef. We cook over the campfire. I've tried a lot of different tripods and other gizmos to cook on but none come close to this.

I think the worst thing was a cooking tripod. Really a pain to use.

The single best peeler we've ever bought was an Oxo Good Grips. At $8-$9, pricey but worth it. We just replaced one that lasted about 10 years.

Here's our favorite peeler. American-made, has never rusted. Rada has an entire line of knives and utensils. We like them better than any other brand, even the most expensive. Their prices are very reasonable to boot.

DutchmenSport wrote:

NYCgrrl wrote:
I'm tired of buying potato peelers that rust, lose their sharpness in a nanosecond and have loose rivets. Got a recommendation for a former Woolworth purchaser?:D

They use to make good potato peelers, like the picture above, but then in the last 15 years or so, they just don't make them good any more. I fussed and complained to my wife when she tossed out the only good old-style potato peeler we had and replaced it with a new-fangled one. Oh was I disappointed. After using it, even she didn't like it either. So we attempted to buy a normal old-style peeler that actually worked! ... you know? It took us 10 years to find one, and we tried many, many, and threw many, many away!

Finally, one day at the local grocery store they had one on an end-cap. Not very noticeable, but it caught my attention, and after try three-thousand six hundred, I thought, "Oh well, what's one more!" It had a red rubber coated handle, but still was old style.

Got it home and ... OMG! It worked!

I immediately drove back to the store (right there on the spot), and bought all they had left hanging! I got 4 more! Put 2 in the trailer, put 3 in the house! I even made a tube they fit in with an plastic (long) prescription pill bottle, stuffed with tissue paper, in a sleeve. None of them get washed with the regular dishes. They all get washed by hand and put up immediately in their makeshift sleeve. We do the same in the trailer.

We had these for about 4 years now, still sharp, still working good, no rust, and I treat them like gold and honey! A bit over-protective here? Yep... sure am! But I know I'll never find another one like it again. They just don't make them like this any more. Really sharp and really last, and the blades are angled just right!

Most used in our camper? Yea... it's definitely the potato peeler.

potato peeler.

Here I thought I was the only one!

The little 89 cent ones from Wally peel, but don't last very long before something snaps.
Every peeler I've seen that's beyond that level of fancyness won't peel a spud worth squat.

Naw, it's just that one ounce is not enough to help me remember. Everywhere I ask for a margarita, they forget to add the tequila, THAT'S the reason for the flask. And, since I'm the driver, one ounce is my limit.

NYCgrrl wrote:
I'm tired of buying potato peelers that rust, lose their sharpness in a nanosecond and have loose rivets. Got a recommendation for a former Woolworth purchaser?:D

They use to make good potato peelers, like the picture above, but then in the last 15 years or so, they just don't make them good any more. I fussed and complained to my wife when she tossed out the only good old-style potato peeler we had and replaced it with a new-fangled one. Oh was I disappointed. After using it, even she didn't like it either. So we attempted to buy a normal old-style peeler that actually worked! ... you know? It took us 10 years to find one, and we tried many, many, and threw many, many away!

Finally, one day at the local grocery store they had one on an end-cap. Not very noticeable, but it caught my attention, and after try three-thousand six hundred, I thought, "Oh well, what's one more!" It had a red rubber coated handle, but still was old style.

Got it home and ... OMG! It worked!

I immediately drove back to the store (right there on the spot), and bought all they had left hanging! I got 4 more! Put 2 in the trailer, put 3 in the house! I even made a tube they fit in with an plastic (long) prescription pill bottle, stuffed with tissue paper, in a sleeve. None of them get washed with the regular dishes. They all get washed by hand and put up immediately in their makeshift sleeve. We do the same in the trailer.

We had these for about 4 years now, still sharp, still working good, no rust, and I treat them like gold and honey! A bit over-protective here? Yep... sure am! But I know I'll never find another one like it again. They just don't make them like this any more. Really sharp and really last, and the blades are angled just right!

Most used in our camper? Yea... it's definitely the potato peeler.

....too many refills of the flask caused ya to "disremember"?:B....

Most: one ounce stainless steel flask
Least: don't remember

I'm tired of buying potato peelers that rust, lose their sharpness in a nanosecond and have loose rivets. Got a recommendation for a former Woolworth purchaser?:D

Most: A potato peeler (Yea, I'm still on that band-wagon!)





Least: Step jack support. Never used the thing but sitll drag it along, why? I don't know: