Target 11 tests ‘As Seen On TV' products

PITTSBURGH,None — You've seen them advertised, but do they really work? Target 11 Consumer Investigator Robin Taylor puts four of the most popular “As Seen on TV” products to the test.

I love testing products. It's so much fun and this time we had good luck. All of the products worked, but some worked better than others, raising the question, are they worth it or not?

SliceOmatic

The SliceOmatic looks easy to use. In the commercial, they just pressed a lever and everything came out in nice, even slices.

When I tried it, the cucumbers came out really well, and so did the sweet potatoes, but it didn't do so well on the onion. The SliceOmatic wasn’t quite as easy to use as it was in the advertisement.

The SliceOmatic, which retails for $19.99, created nice, even slices, but it didn't save a lot of time, and then there were the complicated parts to clean up.

I found it was just as easy to use a knife, so I gave the SliceOmatic a B.

Eggies

A number of Channel 11 viewers had asked me to test Eggies, which are supposed to hard boil eggs without the shell, so I decided to give Eggies a try.

First, you crack the eggs and put them into the containers. Then, they go into warm water, which you bring to a boil. But, the process was far more complicated than I had expected.

I didn't have to peel the shell, but I was left with what felt like a million plastic parts to clean up.

If you really don't like peeling eggs, Eggies is for you. For the rest of us, this product, which sells for $9.99, is way too much work. I gave Eggies a C.

OrGreenic Fry Pan

The fry pan, which sells for $19.99, has a ceramic, non-stick coating so you don't have to use oil. In the commercial, eggs slide right out of the pan, but when I tried cooking an egg sunny side up, it took forever for the yolk to cook.

When it was finally done, the egg slid around just like it did in the advertisement.

I also cooked chicken, which came out well. For once, the clean-up was easy.

I gave the OrGreenic Fry Pan a B.

EzMoves

I've used furniture gliders before and they're awesome, so I was excited to try EzMoves. The gliders are a little bit different from most furniture gliders because they come with a lever to help you lift the furniture.

I found it really easy to put the lever in place, to lift the couch and then put the glider in place under the legs.

In the commercial, the pitchman gives the couch a push and it glides across the floor, and that’s just what happened when I tried it.

EzMoves retail for $19,99, which is more than most furniture gliders, but the lever makes it easy to get the gliders in place. I gave EzMoves an A.

So all of the products worked, but some worked better than others.

For the money, the only product Target 11 tested that I would recommend is EzMoves. It worked as well as it did in the commercial at moving furniture.

WPXI