{"id":14697,"date":"2014-01-15T00:08:43","date_gmt":"2014-01-15T00:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=14697"},"modified":"2023-08-07T15:24:36","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T14:24:36","slug":"jml-turbo-brush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=14697","title":{"rendered":"JML Turbo Brush"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Some time ago I wrote about the JML PediPaws nail trimmer<\/a> for cats and dogs. At the time, it must have rated as the stupidest product ever \u2013 though plenty of Westie owners were clearly enthralled enough to buy it in spite of the obvious drawbacks, judging from the Amazon user reviews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More recently, there was the JML PediPro<\/a>. I didn\u2019t write about this \u2013 I thought I had, but I can\u2019t find it if I did. It\u2019s like an electric razor for feet \u2013 human feet, this time – and the TV ad shows it grinding about a kilo of dead skin off some woman\u2019s foot (I was having my dinner the first time they showed it). The reviews on Amazon reveal that it is a low-quality product that doesn\u2019t appear to either do the job it says it does much of the time, or do it for very long before breaking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And now, we have the JML Turbo Brush<\/a>. You can call me old-fashioned, but to my mind a tool like this would \u2013 if it actually worked \u2013 come with a safety warning. Any footage of it working would see it producing sparks as it contacted a hard surface, and flinging bits of baked-on grease around the room. You see, the Laws of Physics absolutely dictate that it would do all these things if it was anywhere near powerful enough to do what it claims to be able to. And it wouldn\u2019t run off four AA batteries. There\u2019d be a generator out back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As an aside, many years ago there was a TV advert for Spry Crisp\u2019n\u2019dry cooking oil. The ad showed chips (French fries to American readers) being cooked in the stuff and then \u2013 the point being that food was especially crispy when cooked in Spry \u2013 one was broken in half on camera. The chip in question was clearly the softest and least crispy of its kind, but that didn\u2019t stop the sound effects crew dumping a hefty \u201csnick\u201d sound over the top. If you shut your eyes, it sounded like someone had snapped a pencil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, the Turbo Brush must come courtesy of the same ad people. The blurb on JML\u2019s website says:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Zap! Wham! Doktor Power Turbo Brush uses sonic power to make dirt and grime vanish in a flash. This heavy-duty scrubber generates over 12,000 oscillating scrubs per minute and is perfect for cleaning in awkward, hard to reach areas.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

So, the four AA batteries make it vibrate. That seems pretty clear. But \u201cscrubs\u201d? That suggests to me that the brush head moves several centimetres either way – which it doesn\u2019t. Mind you, the video seems to imply that the head oscillates \u2013 though most of the work appears to come from moving your hand around. And could those stains be any more phoney?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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