Useful Gadgets I Found At The Summer Media Showcase Here In NYC.

Every Hear Of A Luggage Scale That Works Without Needing Batteries?

You have heard of one now.

This Taylor innovative luggage scale generates its own power through kinetic energy!

Simply push the button before use to activate it – no need to carry or ever replace batteries while traveling!

You’ll see it work on this week’s show.

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It’s Time To Hang Your Bananas.

This is a great design! It looks exactly a real banana, but when you “peel” it, it opens to a full sized banana stand. The company says it keeps bananas fresher and prevents bruising. It can hold up to 5 lbs and as you’ll see in my video on this week’s show, it can hold very big bananas. Chad liked it because if you have no bananas, just fold it up and store it anywhere, unlike other bananas stands that take up a lot of room, even if you’re not using it. MSRP: $19.99. 4.4 stars out of 5 stars from 29 reviews.

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On the show we played “What The Heck Is It?” with these helpful kitchen gadgets.

Here’s my video: Giz Wiz Video: https://youtu.be/zPLZVrE7A34

The first was a 2-in-1 gadget for corn lovers.

It’s the Chef’n 2-in-1 Corn Silk Remover and Cob Stripper

Check the latest price on Amazon – Nesting Corn Tool Set: https://amzn.to/4vQ1EWS

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Then I also showed the Chef’n Condiment Strainer Spoon.

It’s great for taking things for bottles while letting the juice drain back into the container. I’m already using mine for capers. Chad said he would use one for olives, or cherries.

And it’s designed to stay on the bottle and lock into place.

Condiment Strainer Spoon: https://amzn.to/44PJWYy Under $10

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Then there was the Chef’n Squeeze n’ Hold Condiment Tongs. 

These are also handy to get things out of jars like mini pickles, or even pickle slices as someone in thec chatroom suggested.

On 7/24/26 the Chef’n Squeeze n’ Hold Condiment Tongs: were not available, but I saw something that work out even better.

It’s the 2-in-1 Chef’n Combo Tongs & Fork

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Chad’s Cheap Gadget Theme for July, as voted on by our loyal Patreons is Cheap Key Chain Gadgets!

Chad’s 4th key chain gadget is the AGLOO Creative Mini Tape Key Chain Recorder.

Chad liked this a lot. It looks exactly like an old time cassette recorder. And even though it fits on key chain, it actually can record. But you can only record for up to 15-seconds. You can play that back as often as you like, but once you record something new, it records over the previous recording. It also comes preloaded with three Chinese songs, which Chad said pretty much all sound alike. Inexpensive too! You get two of them for under $9.00!

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Our email this week is from Uncle LaLa who produces fun warehouse videos for us from time to time! He writes:

Hi Dick and Chad,

I made a video featuring a keychain camera to coincide with Chad’s Crappy Corner theme of keychain gadgets. This was a very popular camera in 2025, and several production runs completely sold out. Supply is plentiful now, and you can get it at many online camera stores and other retailers like Amazon and Walmart.

I do an unboxing since these come in a blind box, and you don’t know which one you get until you open it.

https://youtu.be/gG0OJEg0O-s

I hope you and the viewers like it. 

Cheers, Lawrence a.k.a. Uncle LaLa

From the Giz Wiz:  KODAK CHARMERA Keychain Digital Camera

Blind Box (means there’s no choice of the style you get) $34.99

Single Mini Camera: https://amzn.to/4pFZgk4

Or buy the whole set for $194.95 https://amzn.to/4wkbrWp

These cameras were rated 4.6 stars from almost 4,000 reviews

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Letter of the week.

Wow, more Big Boy Train Video! Andy E. emails me:

Dick, you may have already seen this train but I wanted to share, just in case. I figured we’d go downtown, grab a coffee and fresh baked goods and then walk over the train station to check it out. I’m not a train enthusiast (other than who doesn’t think a steam locomotive is cool) so I figured it would be me and a couple dozen other old guys checking it out. As we got into the downtown area, it seemed busier than usual. A LOT busier.  Like thousands of people lining the railroad track for blocks on end kind of busier.  I put together a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNnvIzNMX9E 

First clip is three stories up and two blocks away as it arrives; second video 25 feet from the track as it leaves the train station; third video (thanks to my friend Marty) about 20 miles out of town after Big Boy had been up some speed. The steam whistle was deafening.

Here is some background on the engine. https://www.up.com/about-us/history/steam/big-boy-4014

Andy Egizi