Testing Bad Car Tech with Austin Evans

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The Sharper Image: A Blast from the Past?

You're crooks and you're bad business people, and I'm calling the cops. You'll recall The Sharper Image, that awesome store at the mall. Well, turns out they're still around.

And they have a whole section dedicated to futuristic life-changing car stuff. Today, we're going to test some of those products and figure out once and for all if they are as life-changing and futuristic as they claim. I'm joined by fellow YouTuber and tester of weird crap from the internet, Austin Evans.

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WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: en- $80!- [Both} 4.7 stars.- You're crooks and you'rebad business people.And I'm calling the cops.Y'all remember The Sharper Image,that awesome store at the mall?Well, turns out they're still around.And they have a whole section dedicatedto futuristic life changing car stuff.Today, we are gonna testsome of those productsand figure out once and for all,if they are as life changingand futuristic as they claim.I'm joined by fellow YouTuberand tester of weird crapfrom the internet,Austin Evans.I'm Jamesand this ship is called-- "The D-List."- Are you tired ofseeing so many junk carsthen buy this shirtand wear it every dayso junk car owners know we buy junk cars.Hi, I'm Junk Car Jimmy.I want you to gimme a call.Look at this car, junk.Ooh! Now that's junk.Yeah, best I can do is 50 bucks.So get it at donutmedia.com today.I'm Junk Car Jimmy.And we'll pay you a lot of moneyfor that junk car.Depending on the year though.Nothing too new, nothing too old.It's gotta be just right.- What is the biggestproblem with old cars?- They break a lot.- Exactly. They don'thave security systems.(Austin and crew laugh)- They get broken into a lot.I'm sorry.They get broken into a lot.- Luckily, The Sharper Imagehas an answer for that.The you universal mobileand auto alarm TX 100,designed and engineered in Germany.- Oh, I didn't know that the 100 came out.- Well, I mean that's the German version.- The motion detector caralarm is a cost effectivesafety device that easily installsin the cigarette lighter toward off potential thieveswith its 110 decibel built-in siren.(car alarm rings)- That's pretty loud.- Definitely not annoying at all.(Austin laughs)Quality?- No.- Well, let's go see if it works.All we gotta do,okay, then arm it.(device beeps)- Oh! So, okay, so it's red.Wait, it's still red.It goes red and blue,but what's the difference?Should we've read the manual?- Yeah. Oh!Oh my God, dude!- Is that it? Wait.- Yeah.(car alarm rings quietly)- If you close thedoor, you can't hear it.What's the point of that alarm?It's not even that loud?- No.(device beeps)- The fact also like,no one's gonna be fooled by like,where is this alarm?There's a bright red light,like on your cigarette lighter.Oh, cool. Pop. You're done.- Yeah, you're like justlike, what is this thing?Yonk!Alright, that thing stinks.Not very good. Don't buy that.Oh my God.- No, no, no!- A 360-Degree Swivel Cushion.- What happens when you go spinning aroundwhile you're driving?What?- It's so you can talk to your kids.Dude, there is no way to secure this.(Austin laughs)- No. How does this make any sense?Okay, so you're sitting in your car.You're like, okay, you know what,I'm ready to get out.I'm done with my drive.I go to stand up andthen I swivel my way out.- Yeah, man, like youdon't want to have to like,move your legs to the side.And it's in stock now.60 bucks. You can barelyafford not to buy it.360-Degree Swivel Cushionmakes it easier to get inand out of chairs.How does it make it easierto get out of chair?- 4.7 stars.- I bought two of these for my motherand father-in-law to usein their car to get inand out without stressingtheir old bodies.They had actually broken a chair,trying to get outta it.(everyone laughs)Cool, let's go test it in the car.Put it on the old seat.Whoa, it's-- Too high, huh?- It's way too high.I'm about three inches higher.It's reasonably sturdy.But my butt feels likeit's gonna fall off of it.- Which is probably worse.- Yeah. So it's not shapedlike a car seat at all.I can't imagine this for a long drive.- Okay. Yeah.Let me see maybe in the passenger seat.Okay. So I'm sitting here.Wow, that is so much higher!- So much higher.- Whoa! Okay.Alright. Alright.- You kind of lose a lot of the spin'cause it just gets allclenched up on the on the fabricand the cushion.- I think it's betterin the passenger seatbut I feel like if we'regoing around to corner,I mean you've gotta hold on'cause you're gonnaliterally be sliding on it.- Yeah, this is likeadvertised for injuredand elderly people.And I feel like it might injure them more.This thing I would notrecommend it for a car.Again maybe for dining room chairs, sure.Now we've all been driving at night.You can't see a thing.Terrifying.What if there's a stranger on the roadwaiting to ax murder you?Luckily, Sharper Image has a productfor this very situationthat I like to call nighttime.- Oh no!- Yeah!Ooh, George Clooney's in this ad.- What?(offscreen crew laughs)Yo actually though,that's pretty close.- $80! Okay, so these areSharper Image brandnighttime driving glasses.- Whoa, those are huge.- Yeah, these are very stylish.- Oh. You got quality.Oh look dude,the plastic's not even cut right.You see like the little bits of like,plastic goo or whatever on the inside.- From the mold.- Yeah. For 80 bucks!- $80 dude.Night time driving glasses arescientifically engineered .That's two professionsthat require degrees.- These are good words.- Scientist.And engineer.- Yeah.- A micro infused yellow filter.Micro infused, okay.- Those are words.- Perfect night glasses.They fit comfortably,look and feel great.Does great job blockingthe high beam lightsfrom other cars,making driving at night stress free.I would recommend themto my family and friends.- Wait, that's not a real,no one writes a review like that."I would recommend thisto my family and friends.Great price!"- Yeah, Jose from New York wrote it.- Okay, Jose. Okay.So is the idea here thatit's not so much to help yousee better at nightbut to keep the glare fromlike oncoming headlightsand stuff from being lessdistracting, I guess.- Yeah, that's what I would gather.It's more of a glare blocker.- So does that mean one ofus has to stare at high beamswith these glasses on?- So to test these bad boys,we're gonna kill the lights.I'm gonna shine thisflashlight in Austin's faceand see if he can read this vision test.Science, baby.- Bad idea.- Science baby.- First, I've got the glasses offso we're gonna do the vision testto see if I can see anything.Alright, I'm ready to go.Oh boy, that is hard.Okay. A Z Y E U W Q.Now we have a different testwhere I'm going to put the glasses onand see into the futureor the Sharper Image future.Alright, I'm ready.T T Z P Z C K.This actually I think isslightly more annoyingbecause the windshield is really dirtyand I'm just seeing the dirton the windshield highlighted more.This isn't like,I can't imagine how this would help.- So Austin, was it any easierto read the test withthe night vision glasses?- No, it was maybe a little darker,so it didn't blind me as much,but it didn't help me see any better.It actually made itslightly harder to see.- Sharper Image really letting us down.See, this is a panoramic rear view mirror.So you replace your existingrear view mirror with this?- I believe so. Yes.- Oh!- Whoa!- Okay, that's like four times biggerthan a regular mirror.- Dude.- Is this really gonna help you see more?Because I feel like with the mirroryou can generally speaking,see your whole rear-- Yeah, you can see a lot.- Window.- You can see a lot with the mirror.- Is this for looking at your kidsor something in the back seat?(James groans)- Not interested.- Good idea.- Make driving saferand less stressful byeliminating potential blind spotswith the super widePanoramic Rearview Mirror.Used by police officersand professional race car drivers.No, it's not.This seamless shatterproof convex mirroroffers a super wide field of viewto take the guesswork out ofhighway lane changes, merges,and parking.Purchased for daughter for Christmasso she could see the three children.Her husband loved it so muchhe said he wished hehad one for his truck.So I purchased two morefor both my sons fortheir trucks, but not him.(everyone laughs)- Wait, is it a coincidencethat all these reviewsare five stars from exactly 19 days ago.- No!No!Dude, Sharper Image,you guys are crooksand I am calling thefederal government on you.Let's go check it out.To test this,we have our stock mirror right hereand we've added a couple kidsbecause apparently that is one thingthat a lot of people likeabout this product is youcan check out your kids.- Okay, so.- Whoa! That is a lotmore field of vision.- Here, I'll just hold it for you.We'll just pretendthat this is the wayit's permanently mounted.- That is huge.I can definitely see a lot more of us.- Yeah. Yeah. Oh yeah.- And I can see my kids in the backand even though I can see more,I think I can see too much.- Yeah also, doesn't it get in your way'cause it's almostall the way in front of yourvision right there, right?- Right in my line ofvision is my big face.I don't want that on a road trip.- You wanna check out yourselfwhile you're driving all this time.- Dude, it's like soself-conscious the whole time.I hate this.I thought I would love it, but I hate it.This is my least favorite product so far.- You would need to like mount to like,all the way to the side or something.- Now all I can see is you.(James and Austin laugh)- I don't like this.- I don't like it at all.- This is not good.- I do not to look at myself that much.We've all been there,the needles past empty.And then you end up onthe side of the road.So you gotta fill yourcar up with a gas can,a jerry can.- Of some kind.- You know, luckily TheSharper Image has a productthat claims to help with that.The easy, no spill fuel pump.- So it's for gas, oil, water,and non-corrosive liquids.They even say it's good forlike aquariums and whatnot.But they call it a fuelpump on Sharper Image.- Easy, no spill fuel pump.- For 79.99.- It's $80.Well, this one should be cheaper because-- Oh!- It's blemished.Battery operated?- No!- Oh! I just gotta, cool.(crew laughs)I don't have to pump or nothing.- Are those Ds?- Yeah.- That's the worst one.Simply insert the suctionend into the sourceand the discharge hose into the receptacleand turn it on.Wow, that is surprisingly heavy.It's all just the D batteries though.- They're very heavy, yeah.Without the batteries,it's very light.- I mean it's simple, right?I mean it's like,literally a couple piecesof plastic, a hose,and some Ds.- Yeah.- What could go wrong?- I don't think this one's stupid.- Expensive but-- Very expensive.- Actually useful.- Yeah, I'll tell you what,I am not impressed by the build quality,but I do think it'll work as claimed.So let's go test iton one of the mostdangerous liquids on Earth.Alright, so the Jetta, outta gas.We had a big race this weekend,so we're gonna put some gas in it.First, with a traditional gas can.I hate these.Like I hate that little valve thing.Then we're gonna use the pumpto see if it's any easierwith this traditional very dirty Jimmy,very dirty gas can.By the way,this is the last video that weare shooting with the Jetta.We are giving it backto our friend, Andrewand gonna reveal the all new D-list carin an episode coming up real soon guys.So make sure you don't miss that.Give us some suggestionsin the comments down below.What should we get for the D-list car?Alright, so first traditional.- Okay.- Then we do this.I hate these.- I do too, man.- 3, 2, 1.- Well, first it takesa while to figure outif you're doing it right.- Oh, well it's pouring on the side,oh, okay, it's definitely pouring out.I would stop. I would stop.Okay.There we go.- Alright.- That's pretty fast.- It's going pretty good.- Satisfying sound.- Yeah.It's going right now.- Yeah.Stop.- Yeah. Okay.- I'm gonna call it.- Okay, so including the timedealing with the top.- Wait!- You can't do that.- That's not fair.- From the startof pouring to finish,little over a minute.- It's not bad.- Okay.- It's not bad.- A little closer.- Okay.- I am concerned about this-- Yeah, not.- Wearing out like, pretty quickly.Like, pushing the door.- Look how kinked itis right outta the box.- Push it in there.- I'm gonna start it. Ready?- I'm scared of this.- One.- Okay.- Oh, that's pretty quick.- It's going.- Okay.Alright.You have like some bugsfloating inside the gas can.- Jimmy, it's incredibly dirty.- It's an antique.- Oh, is it?- Are we done?- Stop. That's it.23 seconds.- That's pretty fast.- That's over twice as fast.It was only like 30 seconds longer.- Yeah.- You finish, you undo this.This goes back in here.It's a self-contained unit.You can put it trunk.With this guy-- D batteries.- You have D batteriesand a stick covered in gasoline,in your trunk.- What are you gonna do with that?- What are you gonna dowith a stick covered in gas?I mean, I think it worked.I wouldn't recommend it as a product.- I think even the stupidneck filler is still better.- Yeah.We have one more product to review.One of the most dangerousproblems on the road.You're driving late at nightmaybe you're a long haul trucker.You're hogging through the night.You fall asleep.You roll your truck.- Oh.- They write a country song about you.Luckily, Sharper Imagehas a product for that.- Ooh, 200 bucks!- Ooh, very expensive.Nice packaging.We have here a $200driver fatigue monitor.- It has integrated GPS.- Ooh.- Infrared LEDs toensure it works in nightand low light conditions.So it's highly sensitive,sophisticated sensorsmonitor your pupilsand blinking patterns to alert youthat you should begin todoze off while driving.I mean, this seems like itwould be very sensitive towhere you place it.Like it almost needs to belike right in front of youor off to the side, right?- Yeah.- Wouldn't that be in the wayand distract you while you're driving?- Well, maybe you calibrate it.The driver fatigue monitorhas been a great addition to my car.It was easy to install on the windshieldand gives me peace ofmind when my teenageror I am driving.Whoa, this is actually,I mean, I don't wanna say nice.- Not terrible.- No.I still think it's stupid.- I mostly agree.I mean, it's plasticand then I'm guessing youmount this kind of, oh.(plastic cracks)Yeah, that's a little bit.So it's like,it's either off to theleft or off to the right.- Cool. Let's go see if it works.Because of safety,we have to go to 10 to 15 miles per hourand I don't want pretend tofall asleep while doing that.We're gonna install thison the passenger sideto see if it registers Austin's face.- Please watch the road aheadand be ready for facial reading.- Alright, I'm ready. Read my face.- Facial reading successful.- Nice. Nice!- Alright.- Right.- 10 to 15 miles an hour.- Well at least at least.- At least.- Yeah, it only works up to 15.- Yeah.(alarm sounds)- Drive carefully- Okay, we're up and running.It knows we're driving.- Excellent.So I'm gonna look downand not look at the road.- Please watch the road ahead.- Oh.- Dude, watch the road ahead, dude.- Okay, I mean, it seems likeit takes a couple secondsbut if you're looking downat your phone or anythingthat definitely seems to be catching it.- Right.- I'm gonna take a nap now.- Okay.(alarm sounds)- Drive carefully.(alarm sounds)Drive carefully.- You've been asleep for a while.- I'm dead already.(alarm sounds)We're dead.- Drive carefully.- It's funny, it didn'tactually do the higher alert.It just kept saying like drive carefully.'Cause it should say abunch of other thingsthat are a lot more dramatic sounding.- Although it does work.It's very inconsistent.- Yeah.- And I wouldn't feel great relying on it.(alarm sounds)Okay.- Drive carefully.- What? I'm staring at the road.- The thing is too bossy.(alarm sounds)- Drive carefully.- Okay.- I'm looking at the road.- I don't like it even more now.(alarm sounds)- Dude.- Drive carefully.I knew this was gonna bethe most annoying productand it is very annoying.- Please watch the road ahead.- Dude also, I just wanna say-(alarm sounds)- Drive carefully.- $200!$200!- Drive carefully!- Please watch the road ahead.I think this is one ofthe first goose eggs ever.Sharper Image,we wouldn't buy any of it.- No, literally nothing.- Nothing.Thank you guys so muchfor watching this videoand everything else on Donut Media.Hit that subscribe buttonto make sure you don't miss anything.Austin, thank you so muchfor being on the show.I had a lot of fun.I know the people loved watching you.Where can they see more of you?- On YouTube, youtube.com/AustinEvans.Thank you for having me.- And I put a link to his channelin the description or youcan like click right here.Check out this good video that he made.- Wow, that one's great.I love that one.- Yeah, that one's one of myfavorite ones right there.Alright, I love you.(upbeat music)