#Potatoe peeler pop up skin#

Convinced he could fill a housewares gap, Farber and his wife came back to New York and consulted Smart Design, a product development firm whose president, Davin Stowell, was known for cutting-edge thinking. The challenge interested him enough to cut short his retirement back in 1989. And that’s because no consumer had ever said, ‘My goodness, this hurts!’ ” “In my 20 years in housewares, no one had done anything about gadgets. “Kitchen tools had always been terrible, and that’s because manufacturers hadn’t paid any attention to them,” Farber recalled. And he’s a relentless innovator (“Sam’s motto is ‘Never leave well enough alone,’ ” commented a friend.) Farber knew about kitchens and cooking and had a keen interest in design. He hadn’t intended to launch a revolution, just make it easier to fix dinner. “It’s hard to think of a vegetable peeler as radical, but I guess it was,” Farber, 75, said in an interview last week. They have made a measurable improvement in the quality of little everyday things for everyone.” “They have taken this spirit of concern for the consumer and universal access and applied it in one category after another. “I think the consuming public needs to celebrate the success of OXO,” said Kristina Goodrich, executive director of the society. The effect of OXO, now celebrating its 10th anniversary, on the design world was recognized last year when the OXO line, which now includes 500 items including teakettles, garden tools and cleaning brushes, was given a Designs of the Decade award by the Industrial Society of America. “Sam understood the duality of creating-that you need both form and function.” “These were little items that had no batteries, no moving parts, but they provided a model that has been moving up the food chain ever since,” said designer and gerontologist Patricia Moore, who worked on the initial OXO line. Other kitchen brands such as Ecko Housewares and Good Cook offer their versions of ergonomic utensils. Today if you look at just about any housewares product-even a bottle of Tide-the companies are trying to make it easier to hold and use. It was the first to apply universal design considerations to a mundane kitchen tool that had been considered almost disposable. OXO’s influence on the housewares field has been considerable. Farber brought it down to the simplest level with his first peelers and paring knives, which had undergone rigorous testing for usefulness. It was an approach starting to take hold in the 1990s public consciousness, as the Americans With Disabilities Act began mandating design changes in public buildings and transportation. His first line of OXO Good Grip utensils with fat black handles epitomized the principle of universal design-the idea that objects designed for the impaired can benefit the able-bodied as well. So whatcha think? Would you buy it and use it? Had I just seen it on TV, I’d say no but after using it, I really liked it and my Mom said it’s MUCH easier on her hands….it’s not that she’s getting older or anything like that…she just loves gadgets.What he did was create a line of kitchenware that became a touchstone for applying ergonomic design to everyday objects. It sells for around $16 bucks and you can only buy the Prep N’ Pop at QVC.

Finally, you push the top down and it “pops” the potato out! I peeled a lot of taters quickly.

#Potatoe peeler pop up skin#

it takes thin slices of skin off and is SUPER sharp! I peeled in seconds!ģ. Then, you simply take the peeler (that you get separately) and start from the top, peeling down. You stab the potato on one end with the long white poker thingamajig.Ģ. When she first took it out of the package, I wasn’t quite sure how it was gonna work but once she showed me and I peeled, it was so smooth and so easy. My mom insists on the Kuhn Rikon Peelers! She said no others compare to them and they are very budget friendly. This potato peeler, the Prep N’ Pop, is a really fun gadget. Oh my gosh, I’m cracking up at the title because my mother actually uses this and bought me one!! LOL No Mom, I’m not calling you old…cause then that would mean I’m old too.