Chad's Crappy Corner and a brand new theme for January.

Chad emailed our loyal (and much appreciated) Patreon supporters and asked them to pick a January, 2016 theme of the month they would like to see. They voted and picked 'Christmas Gifts'.

Chad showed two gadgets he received as gifts. Open-It was first. Here's some info from Amazon on OpenIt. No other opening tool performs this many tasks. Snip it! Cut it! Unscrew it! Slice it! Pop it! Opens sealed plastic packaging, toy packaging, electronics packaging, boxes, twist and zip ties, shipping tape, duct tape, CDs, DVDs, ribbon, twine, blister packs, plastic wraps, letters, mail pouches and much more. Patented offset jaws for safety and ease of cutting. Retractable utility knife cuts easily through plastic wrapping and paper. Removable double ended mini screwdriver is convenient for opening battery compartments. Even includes bottle opener.

Chad showed us how the offset jaws of the OpenIt let him cut through a blister pack with ease. (That was after a bit of hassle to get the Open-It out its own packaging!) I actually have three Open-Its and they work well. My only compliant is that little plastic latch that keeps the jaws closed break off very easily. All 3 on broken on my Open-Its. Since Chad just opened his tonight, he'll open up later in the month after he gets to use it a little more.

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Chad's second gadget was perfect for the new year. We had both opened a bottle of champagne when we recorded our last show of 2015 on New Year's Eve. Neither one of us finished the bottles of champagne, so Chad had a perfect way to test his second Christmas gift of the night. It's the Winco Champagne Bottle Stopper. (Or as close as Chad could find on Amazon that matched the one he got as a gift. Amazon says their Bar and Wine Series champagne Stopper is great for unfinished bottles of champagne by allowing the champagne to retain its freshness and flavor longer. Chad put it good use right away on his unfinished bottle of champagne from New Year's Eve. Three days later when we recorded our next Giz Wiz show Chad poured champagne from the opened bottle and it looked as fizzy as can be on camera. Looks like the Winco Champagne Bottle Stopper did a really good job. And they're cheap. Under $4 for one, or under $5 for a set of two with free shipping. Not Amazon Prime and the free shipping looks like 3 to 4 weeks. After Chad's demo that you'll see for yourself in this week's show impressed me so much I already bought two.

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