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Ventu – A really Quirky Gadget

I have a colander on my wall. No, not calendar, although I have that too. Colanders are used to strain the boiling water from pasta. Some folks also use them to waste fresh produce, but I don't need to wash my produce since 99.9% of the time it arrives in frozen form. Not only are colanders on the big side, they don’t have  much use. And they don't look very techie either. That’s why the new Ventu bowl via the folks at Quirky, changes things big time. It’s a strainer, serving bowl and storage container in one.  It’s quite handsome, crafted from brushed stainless steel with acacia wood handles. It holds up to 20 cups. Here’s how it works. After the pasta is bowling, dump it and the hot water into the Ventu. Then push down on one of the pivoting wood handles. The opens a sliding door at the bottom of the Ventu, and a strainer drains off the hot water. Yes, be sure to do this over the sink!!! Once the water drains from the pasta, lift the handle back up to close the no-leak seal strainer. You are now ready to add your sauce and serve. When this was first presented to Quirky, their staff and the Quirky community voted on it. It got positive reviews, so the next step was to see if 1700 people would “commit” to buying one when and if it was produced. Those folks were eligible to buy it for $49.99 once it was made. The normal price is $54.99. Reaction was very positive and work to produce moved ahead quickly. It's not a real Quirky product. Dimensions: Diameter, handle to handle: 12.3” Diameter of bowl: 9.7” Diameter of base: 5.6” Height: 6.6”. Packaging for the Ventu was almost complete when Dennis Wunderlin and I shot the video for this week's show. The folks there said it will hopefully be on sale by Christmas. There’s more info at the Quirky website below. That's where you can also find about presenting an idea for an invention you might have. You don’t have to be an inventor yourself to participate. You can comment on other people’s invention ideas and also ways to improve them. If your idea is accepted, you share in the profits. The cost to present an invention is tiny, $10. The man who invented Pivot Power (also at the link below) will make a few hundred thousand dollars this years from his invention!! 

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