As Seen On TV Products: Do They Really Work?

You’ve probably seen more than your fair share of infomercials, but have you ever wondered if those products really work? So 23ABC conducted some very unscientific experiments to see if they’d work at home like they do as seen on TV, and gave each product a letter grade for performance.

No matter how cheesy the acting or corny the pitchman, sometimes you just really want to know if the ShamWow can soak up half a bottle of cola.

When trying to re-create a scene from the ShamWow infomercial, soaking soda up out of a carpet square, and it didn’t even do half of the job on two different attempts. So we gave the ShamWow a C, because it while it smells like rotten eggs when wet, it would likely work for most of your household uses. But 23ABC producer Angela Gregory-Gutierrez gave her ShamWow an A.

“I love the ShamWow!” she exclaimed. “I use it around the kitchen, in the bathroom. I actually use it to dry off my car when I wash it at home.”

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