To Switch Or Not To Switch?

This weeks product is in relation to a task that every person on this earth is faced with when living on their own, or if you had good parents, when you lived at home too.

Product: Finish All in 1 Powerball 

Price: $13.97 + Tax

Promotion: 

Finish has quite a large in-store advertisement claiming to be the leading dishwashing detergent. They are promoting the Finish brand itself, not necessarily a specific product due to the fact that the "Powerball" is not displayed anywhere on this large in store ad.

Promise: 

Finish is encouraging people to switch to the Finish brand when running their dishwashers to use a variety of their products. The newest product being the Finish Powerball. They are promising that within 10 washes or more you will be able to see the difference between Finish and a similar competing brand.

To view more about this product, visit the Finish website : Finish Powerball Product

Test Results:

I tested Finish in my dishwasher for the 10 washes as it states it needs, and compared to a competitor brand "pac" as their claim states on the above advertisement. It is a bit crazy to me that it takes 10 or more washes to prove its ability to clean better. If a produt is substantially better, in any persons train of thought it would be able to prove itself within the fist few times at least if not the first.

After the 10 washes, I compared both a plate, wine glass, and a baking sheet to test the real quality and to see if it is just as effective on all types of items that would normally be loaded into my dishwasher.

There was no giant change in how clean the dishes were coming out of the dishwasher. Yes, they were clean. Its a pain when you have to put something in the dishwasher for a second cycle, but hey, its also a giant pain when you have to wash the dishes by hand.

For the fact that the Powerball did clean my dishes, I didn't have to wash them by hand, and it actually kept the surfaces in the dishwasher clean, i'm rating the Finish Powerball 3 shopping bags out of 5.

Until next post,

-BriBri

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MY FIRST POST

In honor of Superbowl Sunday this upcoming weekend, I have dedicated my first post to a Superbowl must have snack theme. Although im not a crazy Football fan myself, my review for this week is on 2 genuine products that accompany almost every male specie while watching the Superbowl (or any sport).

Product #1 -> Pintys NFL Authentic Game Day Chicken Wings

Price: $9.97 + Tax

Description: Inside the box included 12 wings in a bag and 2 small bags of their own bbq wing sauce. Being so close to the Superbowl, this is the time for all those busy-bee mothers to be out grocery shopping and pick up that quick and easy snack for the men on Sunday. The wings were located at the end of an isle on display next to a NFL advertisement (smart choice).

Product #2  -> Franks Red Hot Buffalo Wing Sauce

Price: $3.47 (Reg $4.27) + Tax

Description: Buffalo flavour wing sauce, luckily on sale for almost a dollar less than regular (smart timing with Superbowl weekend) as this item is a hot choice for men that like to feel the heat. Accompanied by many other flavours by Franks.

Naturally, I took the 12 wings, cooked as directed on box, and sauced 6 with the Pintys package of bbq sauce and 6 with the franks buffalo wing sauce. Compared to a no-name brand of boxed wings, the price was only cents difference. Living in a house with 3 men and being the only female, I put the men up to the test as well. We all concluded that the wings were a good decent size for the price. 

 

Left: Franks Buffalo Sauce, Right:Pintys BBQ Sauce

Is it worth it to make wings at home??








In consideration of price, it is nor here or there. By the time I bought the wings and sauce, its just about the same price as getting a 1lb serving of wings from a bar. Although at least they are cooked by someone else and served to you for convenience with blue cheese and celery. Cooking wings at home will make them less crispy of course by the oven bake over the deep fryer at a bar or restaurant.  Pintys did an excellent job in keeping the crisp aspect to the wings with a crispy breaded outer skin. As a group, the consensus was the Franks Buffalo Wing Sauce was muuuuuuch better than the bbq sauce included with the wings. All in all, the snack was quite tasty. The franks really made the wings enjoyable.

For the fact that i put that sh!# on everything, I give these two products the combination rating of 4 shopping bags out of 5.

I leave this post with happiness due to all this Superbowl talk, its getting me excited for the new Superbowl ads to come out! Keep in touch and let me know if you've used these products, what you thought, and what was YOUR favourite Superbowl snack & ad?!

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Until next post, 

-BriBri