I Tested 100 Years Of Scam Products

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00:00A tool that massages your eyeballs, spring shoes that make you jump higher, and a little robot that

00:04helps you learn anything. These are just three of the craziest products from the past 100 years

00:09I'll be testing in today's video. My goal? To find out if they're a scam or not. In the 1920s,

00:14the general public believed electricity was magic. So the Fitzgerald Manufacturing Company created

00:19this violet ray machine. It's a high-powered electrical device that claims to heal everything

00:24from skin conditions to joint pain, which is perfect because I've actually been dealing with

00:28a lot of wrist pain lately, so I'm excited to try it out. Here's how it's supposed to work. First,

00:32mild electric currents are generated within the box. The currents are then sent through

00:36this cable and delivered to a glass electrode at the end. Let's plug it in and see what happens.

00:41Whoa! This thing lights up purple! So crazy! Alright, let's glide the purple light filaments

00:46over my wrist and see if it works. Whoa! Once you get past all the shocks, it actually feels

00:52pretty nice, but I can still feel my pain. I wonder what will happen if I do this for 15 minutes.

00:58Let's see. Okay, it's been 15 minutes and honestly, my wrist feels exactly the same, which makes sense

01:04because it turns out the violet ray device was actually banned by the Food and Drug Administration

01:08due to lack of evidence to support its health benefits. I'm going to have to call this one a scam.

01:12Now let's talk about one of the weirdest products on this list, the Nuvita Oculizer. During the 1930s,

01:18the world was going through the Great Depression, so inventors started creating all sorts of strange

01:22products like this eye device with the hopes of making some quick money to survive. This device

01:26uses small plastic eye cups connected to little bulbs. You crank the side to squeeze the bulbs,

01:31which creates pressure and massages your eyelids. Now for the sake of my eyes, I'm a little worried

01:35about using this thing. It looks like a torture device. Here goes nothing. Let's try the crank

01:42out first. Huh, I'm not feeling anything. Alright, let's check out these bulbs. No air, nothing. It's

01:48not doing anything. Well, that makes sense because I just found out that the medical community

01:53actually labeled this a scam. Next are these jumping shoes from the 1940s. The spring shoes

01:58work like this. When your foot hits the ground, the spring compresses and stores energy. Then when

02:02you push off the ground, the energy is released, making you jump higher. So let's head outside to

02:07see if these spring shoes really do make me jump higher. Alright, I'm here at a gym. To test them

02:11out, I'll do two vertical jump tests. First, I'll start with these Air Jordans I had lying around my

02:16closet. Alright, so that vertical jump was 14 inches. 14 inches? I can do better than that.

02:24Let's do it again. One, two, so your first jump was 14 inches and that one was 16 inches. 16 inches,

02:31not bad. But let's see if these spring shoes actually make me jump higher. What the inventors

02:35don't tell you is that after releasing the product, many customers complained about issues like

02:39twisted ankles, which is why they're not very common. Wow, these things feel extremely unstable.

02:44I really hope I don't twist my ankle because we still have a bunch of other products to test in

02:48the video. Oh, so on that one you had an eight inch vertical jump. Alright, so that's way less

02:54than the 14 inches I had on the first jump. Let's do it again. So your first jump was eight inches.

03:00That second jump was one inch higher for a total of nine inches. So nine inches, way less than the

03:05Air Jordans. So this product is unfortunately a scam. Next is a vibrating belt machine that

03:11was released in the 1950s. It was created to help people lose weight without even having to exercise.

03:16The inventors claim that all you have to do is wrap this belt around the part of your body you

03:20want to target, and then it will use heat and vibrations to melt the fat away. I've been eating

03:25a few too many donuts lately, so let's see if this thing works. Here goes nothing. Whoa, it kind of

03:31feels nice. I mean, I don't know, it feels like a weak massage. So I think it's safe to say that

03:36this product's a scam. But with that being said, I have a really good feeling about the next product.

03:41Next is the unbreakable astronaut helmet. Oh look, it says Space Mike on it. It was released in the

03:461960s, around the time when America and NASA were doing everything they could to put a man on the

03:52moon. The main claim, it's unbreakable. Now because this is an astronaut helmet, I thought it'd be fun

03:57if we actually head to NASA to see if it really is unbreakable. We're here at NASA. Man, this helmet

04:02is so cool. Let's test it out to see if it's really indestructible. Just kidding. I'll take it off

04:09first, of course. Now the helmet needs to be extra strong because during a space mission, an astronaut

04:13is only as good as their equipment. Just as a businessman is only as good as the tools he uses,

04:18which is why I recently switched from juggling multiple business softwares to solely using Odoo,

04:22the all-in-one business solution. Wow, it actually held up. There's no cracks or anything on it. This

04:29thing is truly out of this world. Kind of like Odoo, which is completely free if you only use

04:33one app, and a credit card free trial if you want to use multiple apps, making it completely risk-free.

04:37But I wonder if it can survive a flamethrower. For that, we need to go somewhere safe. In the past,

04:42I've used so many different software apps to run my business and YouTube channel. Now I just log

04:46in and have everything I need in one place. My business is now unbreakable, but let's see if

04:50this helmet is really unbreakable. Okay, so it survived the bat, but didn't quite make it through

04:58the flamethrower. But that wasn't really the point, so I'm going to say this one's legit. Oh,

05:02and so is Odoo. To learn more, click the link in the description below. But man, all of this testing

05:06has made me super hungry, so I'm glad the next products we'll be testing from the 1970s involves

05:11eating. In front of me are two products from the 1970s. At the time, microwaves were super popular,

05:17and businesses wanted to cash in on the trend of selling kitchen gadgets that made life easier.

05:21On the left, we've got the Speedy Weeny Hot Dog Maker, which claims to cook perfect hot dogs in

05:26less than two minutes. On the right, we've got the Automatic Ice Cream Cone, which says it will

05:30spin the cone for you so you don't have to keep turning it yourself. First, let's test the Speedy

05:35Weeny. According to the instructions, I just need to place an uncooked wiener on each side of these

05:39spikes, turn it on, close the lid, and in two minutes, I should have perfectly cooked hot dogs.

05:46You can hear that noise. It's cooking. It's sizzling. Wow, look at all that steam. I'm

05:50gonna need some buns for these weenies. All right, let's open this thing up.

05:55Oh man, those definitely look cooked to me though. These actually look pretty good to me. Let's test

06:00it out. Wow, it's hot. Joel, you want a hot dog? I'll take one. These are pretty good. The Speedy

06:09Weeny is definitely not a scam. Now, time for dessert with the Motorized Ice Cream Cone. All I

06:14have to do is place a scoop of ice cream in the cone, then I turn it on, and it will spin for me.

06:18Let's see. Wow, it works perfectly. Definitely not a scam. Next up, we've got this hoverboard

06:30from the 1980s. Back to the Future was one of the most popular movies in the 1980s.

06:35One of the most iconic scenes from the movie is when one of the characters, Marty, uses this

06:40hoverboard, which made it one of the most popular gifts of the time. This one is pretty cool. It's

06:45a perfect replica of the hoverboard from the movie. Whoa, look at this. It's complete with

06:51the bright colors and the metal plates on the bottom. Now, of course, this thing is just made

06:56of plastic and doesn't actually hover, but I was able to get a modern day hoverboard. Let's head

07:00outside and give it a test run. This thing is pretty cool. I like the color. Let's see if I

07:04can make it to the end of the path. Okay, it took me a little while to get my balance at first,

07:17but once I did, it was pretty fun. This thing actually doesn't hover though, so it's a bit of

07:21a scam. Now, I'll be testing these mood rings from the 1990s, which according to the creators,

07:27change color based on your mood. Black means anxious, blue means calm, and red means angry.

07:32First, we're going to test the color black, which shows up when you're feeling anxious.

07:36We're going to a wildlife expert that has a real snake. All right, I got the mood ring. Put the

07:42snake on me. All right, I'm feeling pretty anxious right now and it's not black at all. Let's go to

07:53the color blue, which is calm, which is why I'm sitting in the zen garden. Let's see if meditating

07:58will turn this ring blue. Oh man, still didn't turn blue. All right, let's test one last thing,

08:13anger, which turns the ring red. Okay, think angry thoughts. I know,

08:18I'm so angry I'm not at 10 million subscribers yet.

08:21It still didn't change colors. This thing is a massive scam.

08:28The next product I'm testing is canned oxygen, which was first introduced in the 2000s. It was

08:33marketed as a product that could boost energy levels and help with altitude sickness. These

08:37claims made it popular among athletes, but I'm not so sure about these claims, which is why I'm

08:42going to one of the world's best facilities to test my lung capacity both before and after using

08:47the canned oxygen. I'm here with Dr. Avi Ishaya at his Beverly Hills Clinic. Now tell me, doctor,

08:51what test will we be running today and how will it work? You're doing a pulmonary function test.

08:56It's a series of different breathing maneuvers to try to get an idea of your lung capacity,

09:01whether you have airway obstruction, how well your blood flows into your lungs. And according

09:05to the claims about canned oxygen, using it should improve my results, right? From what we can tell,

09:10it really should not. Oh, all right. Is it possible to get 100% oxygen percentage? Yes.

09:16What is the normal saturation? It could be anywhere from 95 to 100%. And so this could

09:21increase that at least? Yes, it can. Let's see if it does. I will have my technician

09:25come in and administer the test and I will be right back. All right. Okay, Mike, let me just

09:30explain to you how it's done. Okay. First, I'm going to give this to you. You're going to place

09:34this inside your mouth. We're going to start with normal breathing first. So three normal breaths.

09:39Then I'll ask you to take a deep breath in, very deep. And then you're going to blow it out

09:44with force. And you're going to do that continuously for a good five

09:48or six seconds. So that's the first one. Now let me use a canned oxygen. Canned oxygen typically

09:52comes in cans like this that hold four to 10 liters. To use it, you attach a mouthpiece

09:57like I'm doing now and trigger the oxygen when you're ready. Take a deep breath out.

10:06All right, Mike, second test is done. So how did it go? Pretty good. So tell me,

10:10doc, hit me with the results. So looking at your lung function before and after you inhaled the

10:16canned oxygen, there was absolutely no difference. So it didn't improve my results at all. So for me,

10:20this one seems like a scam. Next up is Smell-O-Vision, which is a device that creates

10:25scents that match the scenes you're watching in a movie. To test it, I'll be using my favorite

10:29scene from the movie Titanic. According to the instructions, you connect your device to the Wi-Fi

10:33and TV. Then the Smell-O-Vision sends a copy of what's on the screen to its online service where

10:38AI analyzes the visuals. Based on that, the device releases scents from its built-in cartridges to

10:43match what's happening in the movie. Because I'll be watching the iconic I'm flying scene from

10:47Titanic, I expect to smell ocean and sea salt. But here's the thing. If I show you the actual scene,

10:52my video will be copyright striked. So while I enjoy the real movie, you'll have to settle

10:57for this highly accurate rendition by me and my friend Clark. Step up on the railing.

11:01Hold on. Hold on. Keep your eyes closed. Do you trust me? I trust you.

11:15Now open your eyes. I'm flying, Mike. Oh, man. The scene gets me every time. Wait a second.

11:24Do I smell ocean? Whoa. This thing actually works. Before I start sobbing again,

11:29let's move on to the final product on our list. I'll be testing this little robot called Misa,

11:33which was released in 2020. Misa's creators claim that it can help children develop by having real

11:38conversations, asking questions, and even dancing with them. Let's see if that's true. First,

11:43let's wake this little guy up. Hey, Misa, wake up. Yes, I am listening to you. Please ask me

11:48anything. Cool. I've always wanted a little robot friend. But first, I need to test if you're legit

11:53or just a scam. First question. Hey, Misa, what is a lawyer? Permission of lawyer. A professional

11:59person authorized to practice law. Whoa. All right. So far, so good. Hey, Misa, what does a lawyer do?

12:06Sorry, I missed what you said. Can you say that again? This thing doesn't work sometimes. Who's

12:12the coolest person in the world? You. That's right. I love this thing. Hey, Misa, show me your angry

12:20face. What the heck? That was really creepy. Hey, Misa, open YouTube. Nice. Make sure to subscribe.

12:28Hey, Misa, what does a judge do? Sorry, I missed what you said. Can you say that again? So far,

12:35it's not working too great. It's not really having a real conversation with me. And most of the time,

12:39when I ask it a question, it malfunctions. Let's see if it can do something fun though.

12:43How about a dance battle? Hey, Misa, can you dance?

12:49Yeah, let's go, Misa. Subscribe.

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