Is this the best informercial for a knife or the cleverest innovative new knife? Super expensive for sure at $399.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXjbSVt9XNM
I'm not gonna watch the infomercial but I'm intrigued by the idea. I'll give it 5 years and either the fad will pass or the price will go down.
I would love to have the Robot he uses to test the Knives .
Kept waiting for the
BUTT WAIT THERE"S MORE
at the end but it didn't appear .
Very intriguing Concept ,
Thanks for posting it . :d
I didn't watch the entire video.I was on a knife collecting obsession before reels.Anywho,I love technology dont get me wrong,when I cut anything vegetables,meat,or fillet fish the sooner I get done the better,I care more about getting food in my gullet.
Case in point,I have tools to do just about any job I ever need to do. I recently got a hankering for an impact driver,sure its faster but how often do I need to
Unscrew 10-20 screws,not often...If I had a business,maybe. I have cordless drills & screwdrivers that do the same task.I talked myself out of it.
I think some gadgets promote laziness or just for bragging rights...look what just got ::) My mother has every kitchen gadget known to man, I hope she doesn't see this knife ...
Ooooohhh... Interesting - I had to put my web research goggles on and give this one a go.
As infomercials go, not too bad. There is actually some information here. As for utility.... Meh.
Notice that the load test on the tomato shows little difference vs. no ultrasonic once the skin is pierced. (As an aside, that fancy robot arm is not necessary, the scale is measuring you the load. You just need to duplicate the length and angle(s) of the stroke, which should be easily approximated by hand, considering that each test tomato skin is going to be a bit different.)
The companies that sell commercial ultrasound cutters emphasize the ability to get nice clean looking cuts in more difficult materials such as crumbly cheese. And the commercial cutters use titanium blades that are better at propagating the ultrasonic vibrations.
Here is a commercial cutter:
https://www.pwrpack.com/pwr-insights/ultrasonic-food-cutting/ (https://www.pwrpack.com/pwr-insights/ultrasonic-food-cutting/)
Ultrasonic scalpels are now being used for bone surgery in place of the more inexact (and gruesome) chisels/ mallets and pneumatic drills. In addition to more accurate and less traumatic cuts, the ultrasonic scalpels do less damage to surrounding tissue as they do not cut soft tissue easily compared to hard bone. Hmmmm.... Wonder if this is from frequency tuning or a fundamental feature of all ultrasound cutters.
My guess is that this might be a fun $400 toy, but not a revolutionary home kitchen utensil. If you are not good at sharpening knives, a serrated paring knife will do a beautiful job on tomatoes (the Victorinox one is only about $USD 7). I will save the remaining $393 to buy another fly rod that I don't need :D
Thanks for sharing this!
-J
There's quite a good video about the pros and cons of the technology here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNwHDWlA7gE
They can definitely do some things a traditional knife struggles with.