- Zapped ourselves with electrified fly swatters.
- Dumped a bag of a dozen dead rats and hundreds of maggots in the trash.
- Lit a room on fire.
- Flattened a 12,000-square-foot field with string trimmers.
- Boiled a jump rope.
- Shot BB guns at safety glasses.
- Shoved baseballs into test toilet pipes.
- Tossed waterproof duffle bags into the ocean at Oahu’s North Shore.
- Subjected storage containers to a bear attack.
- Strapped on skis and got pulled by dogs.
- Taught a 6-year-old how to pick locks.
- Numbed our toes in a -3 °F climate-controlled test room.
- Attempted to fool fingerprint readers with play dough and candle wax.
- Concocted a fake sweat spray with a saltwater mixture.
- Made fake poop out of Nutella and oatmeal.
- Hiked more than 1,200 miles.
- Shaved a colleague’s head.
- Had nearly 50 Wirecutter staffers drink margaritas.
- Spent four weeks in the dark New Hampshire woods with 23 flashlights.
- Attended a secret meeting of a lock-picking group in an unmarked room in an unmarked building.
- Dumped hundreds of ping-pong balls into suitcases.
- Burned 40 pounds of charcoal on a New York rooftop.
- Destroyed knife edges with sandpaper.
- Stress-tested a shopping bag (video) with a 44-pound kettlebell.
- Deliberately stepped in a pile of dog poop.
- Bought fabric stained with pig’s blood.
- Poured wine, coffee, and sriracha on ourselves.
- Smashed drinking glasses on wood and marble floors.
- Churned over 40 pints of custard and ice cream.
- Stomped on dozens of kids headphones (with help from kids).
- Simulated the sound and loudness of an airplane and the loudness of a rock concert. (Our neighbors love us.)
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