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Teflon? Self-cleaning ovens? Even the paper towel pales in comparison to the brilliant innovation that is this plastic colander with a trap door release that lets you easily dump its contents into a bowl after it’s completely drained. Can someone get the Nobel Prize people on the phone, they’re gonna want to see this.
Best of all, even though you’d expect to pay hundreds of dollars for such an innovation, you can find this creative colander contraption online for around a tenner. If you’ve ever spilled pasta on the floor, or accidentally poured a colander full of vegetables across the counter, you’ll realise this is the deal of the century.
[Pfaltzgraff via 7Gadgets]
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That’s an insult to Nobel prize.
You don’t have control over the quantity or selective content when dumped from bottom – equal or worse than spilling
At last! Something to combat my crippling inability to tip a bowl.
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Another case of inventing products for problems that don’t really exist.
But if it costs a similar (or only slightly higher price) than the original version … surely it’s a good thing?
Regardless of if it was a problem – it still makes the process easier.
You could say “I’ve been able to type up documents and print them off since Microsoft 98 – what are all these other versions for?!”
Windows 98 had flaws, later versions were a definite improvement. I don’t really think the situations are comparable.
Being able to drop food directly out of the bottom of this thing doesn’t really solve the problem of tipping too much or stuff bouncing out when it falls. In fact i’m not even sure what problem this is trying to solve. It doesn’t really make any process easier, just ‘different’.
But the big issue with this, is that it will cause other problems. You will end up with food trapped in the mechanism, jamming it up, which then goes mouldy, the springs aging, rusting etc. This will likely warp over time in the dishwasher causing more mechanical problems.
A decent stainless steel colander is hygenic, easy to clean, will last a hella long time, and it really won’t cause you any problems.
Hello everyone…..I am the inventor of the trap door colander. Thanks for all your comments whether good or bad
I spilled spaghetti from a traditional colander burning my feet. The spaghetti clumped together and all plopped out at once leaving my feet in a lot of pain!! I decided at that point to design a colander that there was no need to turn over anymore….The product works EXCELLENT!!! Since then I have met one lady that was in a car accident, and lost a lot of muscle strength in her hands, and another one that had a stroke and is unable to turn a colander over anymore. I personally delivered both of them colanders, and they LOVE THEM!!!
Anyway, whether you like it or you don’t I was very excited to find this article, and read all of your feedback
Talk aboutsolving a problem that didn’t exist and over-engineering the solution.
I mean, how did I ever overcome the logistical nightmare of transferring pasta from a colander before this?!
Also, I bet this makes it a bit harder to clean, because of the intricacies of the mechanism.
Such whiny – nasty comments. Perhaps the hype written above is rather exaggerated – perhaps just a little ‘tongue in cheek’. But what matter? I am 65 years old, an avid cook and baker and I think this colander idea is kinda a neat….a lot better than some of the other recent miracle redo of classic items. I’ve dealt with steam while trying to unload my pasta and there have been times some of it landed on the counter instead of where it was supposed to go.
Quite evident that there are so many people without much to do to take the time to trash new things. Don’t like the colander – don’t buy it. I happened on this site by accident while looking for over the sink colanders as a shower gift. what prompted me to write was the seemingly mean spirited comments on someone’s neat idea. Now I am moving on to continue my search for shower gifts.