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Rossen Reports: TikTok made me buy it, but does it really work?

Rossen Reports: TikTok made me buy it, but does it really work?
Tiktok feeds us the videos, day and night influencers peddling products and guess what we buy it. But do they really work? We're testing them out like this thing. This mini desktop vacuum cleaner is perfect for dusting off your workspace. So my producer Ali bought one. This is the Osar desktop mini vacuum $13 on Amazon and I've seen this come up on my own tiktok for you page *** few times. I bought it. Consider me influenced. It's supposed to be good for things like dust, powder hair, just kind of little messes around your desk. So this is my own desk. We're gonna test this out and see how it does. Let's say I were, you know, doing my makeup at my desk and I spilled it somewhere. So let's spill *** little bit of it here. So let's turn this on, vacuum it up. It sucks the mess right up just as promised. So here's my verdict on this and you can see like it's really, really small little messes and then like dust, for example, I think this is good. Ok? I keep getting served this next product on tiktok for snack time check out the video. You are *** night snacker and you want to be healthy and this silicone popcorn popper is *** must. Ok, let's do it. I'm testing out the pop go popcorn maker. You'll never have to buy *** bag of popcorn again. We bought it. Let's try it out. I found that on Amazon for $12. So, not bad at all. All right. So it comes like this, you just put your fist in there and it becomes *** little bowl. We bought the uh popcorn kernels separate and there's *** little fill line here. It tells you the instructions. I'm gonna pour it down like this now with *** lot of this stuff. All right, you have to put butter in for *** lot of these and then you just put this on top like this, come over to the microwave. You don't have to put any butter in this you can if you want, but you don't have to, which I really like. So you put it in here in the microwave. It goes, we time it out for three minutes. So how did the popcorn turn out? Hello? Hello? Wow. Oh my God. This is awesome. Look at this. Really hot. Huh? It's good. It works. But our favorite find *** viral veggie chopper to save you time in the kitchen. So I'm gonna go ahead and place my tomatoes there. This would make for great PICO de gallos or salsas. So this is the full star Veggie chopper, we found it on Amazon. It's normally $50. We found it marked down by half. So we got it for just 25 bucks. Not *** bad deal. So you have that, but it's not *** bad deal if it works. Of course, let's say you want to cut this size, you put this in like this, you slide it over to lock and then this is locked and it's not gonna come loose. Then let's say we want to chop up an onion, do that. Um Yeah, that works. Not bad. Right. How about the smaller blades? Trying an onion on this size cucumber? It's working beautifully. Let me try to really overwhelm it here. Boom, you're coming over, we're having salad later. It works awesome. I'm gonna share all the products we tested on my website, Rawson reports.com. Check it out back to you.
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Rossen Reports: TikTok made me buy it, but does it really work?
Have you ever bought something because you saw it on TikTok?TikTok tells Rossen Reports it has 170 million active U.S. users, who spend the amount of time on the app that they’d spend watching a movie. Searching the phrase “TikTok Made Me Buy It” will show you hundreds of millions of videos on the platform.We tested out some TikTok viral gadgets to see if they’re worth the hype.Odistar Desktop Vacuum CleanerThis mini vacuum is small and compact – and helps with cleaning up small messes around your desk. We found it works for vacuuming up things like dust, hair, and powder.Popco Silicone Microwave Popcorn PopperWith this dishwasher-safe silicone popcorn popper, you’ll never have to buy bagged popcorn again. Pour popcorn kernels into the fill line, place the lid on top, and then put it in the microwave. We like that you don’t have to add any butter or oil.Fullstar Veggie ChopperThis veggie chopper can save you time prepping your meals. You open the lid, lock in the blade you want, place in your veggies, then push the lid down to dice them up. We found it easy to use – and it sliced through different veggies with ease.Have a question for Jeff Rossen? He’s answering your consumer questions every Friday in the new segment "Rossen Responds." Email your questions to him at RossenResponds@hearst.com.

Have you ever bought something because you saw it on TikTok?

TikTok tells Rossen Reports it has 170 million active U.S. users, who spend the amount of time on the app that they’d spend watching a movie. Searching the phrase “TikTok Made Me Buy It” will show you hundreds of millions of videos on the platform.

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We tested out some TikTok viral gadgets to see if they’re worth the hype.

Odistar Desktop Vacuum Cleaner

is small and compact – and helps with cleaning up small messes around your desk. We found it works for vacuuming up things like dust, hair, and powder.

ODISTAR Desktop Vacuum Cleaner
ODISTAR
amazon.com
$12.98

Popco Silicone Microwave Popcorn Popper

With , you’ll never have to buy bagged popcorn again. Pour popcorn kernels into the fill line, place the lid on top, and then put it in the microwave. We like that you don’t have to add any butter or oil.

The Original Popco Silicone Popcorn Microwave Popper
POPCO
amazon.com
$19.90
$9.99

Fullstar Veggie Chopper

can save you time prepping your meals. You open the lid, lock in the blade you want, place in your veggies, then push the lid down to dice them up. We found it easy to use – and it sliced through different veggies with ease.

Fullstar Vegetable Chopper
fullstar
amazon.com
$49.99
$24.99

Have a question for Jeff Rossen? He’s answering your consumer questions every Friday in the new segment "Rossen Responds." Email your questions to him at RossenResponds@hearst.com.