ShaveMate and Fridge Locker Featured on PitchMen Sept. 2

September 2, 2010 – 10:35 am by Savvy Shopper

Fridge Locker

ShaveMate

NOTE: Just got word that PitchMen will not be on Sept. 2. All new episodes will be rescheduled until an unspecified later date. More as we know it. “Bear Market,” the PitchMen episode premiering Thursday, Sept. 2 at 9PM ET/PT on Discovery Channel, features new products ShaveMate and Fridge Locker. ShaveMate is a revolutionary new six-bladed razor for men and women that dispenses real shaving cream right from the handle. Fridge Locker is a plastic container with combination lock that keeps your snacks safe at home or work. In the clip below, watch as a 800 pound Grizzly Bear tries to get inside the Fridge Locker. PitchMen stars Anthony “Sully” Sullivan, who has recently opened his own online Sully Store featuring many of his products.

Buy PitchMen-approved products at the Sully Store

September 2, 2010 – 9:52 am by Savvy Shopper

Anthony Sullivan's Sully Store

Anthony “Sully” Sullivan, star of Discovery Channel’s hit TV reality show PitchMen, has launched the Sully Store, a new webstore featuring products that are “Sully Approved.” According to the website,

“Anthony Sullivan approves only the highest quality, innovative and value-added products available today. Look for the Sully Approved logo to know you are getting the best possible product at the best price.

The Sully Store bills itself as “Your source for the best and most innovative As Seen on TV Products. Offers available at the Sully Store include Cold Fire, Ba’Noodle, Omni DualSaw EZStringer, Fridge Locker, Grill Glove, HexLight, Jupiter Jack, Mighty Thirsty, ShaveMate, Smart Mop and the Tater Tornado. Look for more products to follow.

New Product Tuesday with BarkOff

August 31, 2010 – 10:06 am by Savvy Shopper

OK, so BarkOff is not new. It’s been featured on our website for almost six months. But after another sleepless night, I think it should be introduced to our next door neighbors. They recently adopted a shelter dog (Yay!). It’s been barking all night every night, keeping me awake and cranky (Boo!). Don’t get me wrong, because I love dogs and I want every pooch to have a loving home. But I think it’s the responsibility of pet owners to control their dog’s nuisance barking. BarkOff emits a harmless ultrasonic signal humans can’t hear, but Fido gets the message loud and clear. And BarkOff is safe, humane and pet-friendly. Maybe I can order one and leave it in the neighbor’s mailbox with an anonymous note. What do you think?

Clean Sweep and Identity Stronghold to be Featured on Pitchmen Aug. 26

August 26, 2010 – 2:38 pm by Savvy Shopper

Clean Sweep

Identity Stronghold

With last week’s season two premiere, Anthony Sullivan proved that Discovery Channel’s reality show PitchMen can remain compelling even without Billy Mays. The secret: make the inventors and their products the real stars. Here are two products featured on “Heart Wrench,” the episode premiering on August 26. Clean Sweep is the revamped version of Sully’s very successful Swivel Sweeper. Identity Stronghold Secure Sleeves protect your personal information from fraudsters and ID thieves by blocking the radio signal emitted by RFID chips on your credit cards, passport and other ID documents.

New Product Tuesday with Just Air Laptop Cover

August 24, 2010 – 8:52 am by Savvy Shopper

Your Savvy Shopper has experienced firsthand the sickening sound of a fragile and expensive laptop computer hitting the floor or pavement. You overcome the initial shock, then face the gruesome task of determining the extent of the inevitable damage. And many of us don’t back up our data regularly like we know we should, even though we realize we can lose it all in an instant. The Just Air Laptop Cover is an air-cushioned case for notebook computers that will protect your portable PC and its irreplaceable data from your clumsy carelessness with Air Cushioned Technology. You need this. Really you do.

Mighty Thirsty, Hex Light and Cold Fire Featured on Pitchmen Aug. 19

August 19, 2010 – 5:39 pm by Savvy Shopper

As Seen on TV products featured on the premiere episode of Pitchmen season two:

New Product Tuesday with Rx Locker

August 17, 2010 – 8:34 am by Savvy Shopper

Dr. Drew Pinsky, the celebrity doctor who talks sex on Loveline and helps the Z-list get sober on VH1 Celebrity Rehab, wants you to keep your prescription drugs locked up safely. Not in a locked cabinet, drawer or safe, but in the Rx Locker, a small plastic box with room for four bottles of pills, secured by a combination lock. If you have reason to worry that your kids will access and abuse your medications, is this the product you would choose to secure them? Dr. Drew hopes so. Maybe you’ll be convinced when you see the Rx Locker featured on Pitchmen (September 2).

Will You Be Watching Pitchmen This Thursday?

August 16, 2010 – 7:53 pm by Savvy Shopper

Pitchmen returns with new episodes this Thursday August 19 at 9PM ET/PT on Discovery Channel. Anthony “Sully” Sullivan is still on board, but the looming question is if this reality series can retain its audience without the star power of Billy Mays. At the time of his death in June 2009, Billy was the most famous pitchman in America, and maybe the world. But Sully is a formidable talent in his own right, and has a great supporting cast to back him up (not to mention the inventors and their products – the real stars). So we want to know: Will you be watching?

SlimTs: Men’s Shapewear, or the End of Western Civilization? Discuss.

August 14, 2010 – 5:01 pm by Catherine

SlimTs Men’s Body Shaping Tank Top claims you’ll instantly look pounds thinner and inches smaller without dieting or exercise. Even if you could tighten your waistline and trim down your love handles with this miraculous man girdle, would it be morally right? I mean, what is The American Man coming too? Would Davy, Davy Crockett, King of the wild frontier have worn a SlimT under his buckskin shirt? Would Commander Neil Armstrong have worn a SlimT under his space suit when he took his first step on the lunar surface? Sure, they say that the Spandex-blend SlimT is not constricting, won’t raise body temperature and fits under all your regular clothing, but isn’t it cheating to forego diets, exercise and that yearly gym membership? I suppose you could just say that the twelve firming panels are a support for your back, or maybe a posture helper, but… well, I’m just sayin’.

New Product Tuesday with Magic Crisp

August 10, 2010 – 9:38 am by Savvy Shopper

One thing’s for certain when it comes to As Seen on TV products: what’s old will someday be new again (or presented as such). Back in 1982, my then-girlfriend’s mother gave us her old microwave when she purchased a new one. One of the accessories she included with this generous gift was a round plastic microwave crisping tray with raised ribs and a channel around the perimeter to capture grease. It worked pretty well to cook bacon and reheat pizza. In fact, it was very similar to today’s “new” product, the Magic Crisp. That’s not a bad thing, because useful products are always welcome in the home, even if they’re not newly invented.

BTW, my girlfriend let me keep the hand-me-down nuker when she moved out after our relationship fizzled. It reheated pizza for several more years, until the morning your Savvy Shopper awoke to no clean underwear. I washed a pair in the sink, then wondered how I would get them dry so I could get on the road and not be late for work. You know where this is heading. My bright idea was to dry them in the microwave. This plan probably would have worked, had I stayed in the kitchen and monitored the progress closely. I was in the bathroom brushing my teeth when I heard the sounds of fail. I rushed to the kitchen to discover my tighty whities on fire and a lightning storm taking place inside the microwave. I pulled the plug, opened the door, grabbed the undies with tongs and flung them in the sink. The microwave was fried, but luckily I didn’t set my apartment building on fire.

Disaster averted, I dressed and left for work. I’d be going commando.