EEVblog #751 - How To Debunk A Product (The Batteriser)

[Ysjoelfir]

While visiting my local supermarket I saw a product which sounded like it is a new product from the Rhoobarb-Bros! Check it out

[Mr.B]

While visiting my local supermarket I saw a product which sounded like it is a new product from the Rhoobarb-Bros! Check it out

LOL...
800% more energy in each bite.

[StillTrying]

They all need locking up, in cells with 5 bars of course. 

[Smokey]

While visiting my local supermarket I saw a product which sounded like it is a new product from the Rhoobarb-Bros! Check it out

LOL...
800% more energy in each bite.

More like "800% more fiber, to really get the shit flowing!"

[Muttley Snickers]

It would appear that you cannot have one without the other, their entire campaign was based around waffle.   

[Halcyon]

So Farid Rooh(parvar) is a "Doctor"? From this point onward you shall all now address me as Professor. 

There are some seriously stupid people on this planet who believe almost anything a stranger tells them. The Roohparvars just seem to be preying on the vulnerable. I'm suprised they aren't peddling their crap on some dodgy TV home shopping channel at 3:00am.

This short sketch from a 1990's television show sums them up nicely:

[wilfred]

That AA Merc video is seriously funny. But does anyone give a shit about Batteroo anymore? I don't even want Dave to waste his time on a video to characterise the converter circuit.

Batteriser was a classic debunk,
We thought the product was junk.
Renaming it Batteroo,
Rhymed it with Poo.
We waited ages to find that it stunk.

Yeah OK i'm no poet but I've been having fun with limericks lately.

[McBryce]

That AA Merc video is seriously funny. But does anyone give a shit about Batteroo anymore? I don't even want Dave to waste his time on a video to characterise the converter circuit.

Batteriser was a classic debunk,
We thought the product was junk.
Renaming it Batteroo,
still smelled it like poo.
We waited ages to find that it stunk.

Yeah OK i'm no poet but I've been having fun with limericks lately.

Wow, you're a poet,
And we didn't even know it.
Do you make things rhyme,
All the time?

McBryce.

[wilfred]

Wow, you're a poet,
And we didn't even know it.
Do you make things rhyme,
All the time?

McBryce.

Whenever the whim may take me,
and prose dost ever forsake me.
If you think that this time,
you're expecting a rhyme.
For a poet you'll surely mistake me.

[amyk]

This is gonna save us hundreds of dollars per year.  No brainer.

  Too funny...I typically have to change the batteries in my Apple keyboard once, maybe twice a year. I have to wonder where Farid is buying his batteries 

"No brainer" --- literally.

(I've always tended to interpret that phrase as "I have no brain." )

[StillTrying]

 
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/batteroo-extend-battery-life-significantly#/comments

[EEVblog]

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/batteroo-extend-battery-life-significantly#/comments

Every question gets this reply now.
Obviously they no longer intend to support IGG, it's done and dusted now it's delivered.

[Halcyon]

You're all doing it wrong.

Please direct any further replies to support@batteroo.com 

[EEVblog]

You're all doing it wrong.
Please direct any further replies to support@batteroo.com 

Maybe all us customers could use this email address to great comedic relief 
Post you best reply!

[drussell]

Auto-reply, you say? 

https://youtu.be/Dceyy0cX6J4?t=310

[EEVblog]

Auto-reply, you say? 

https://youtu.be/Dceyy0cX6J4?t=310

That whole thing is funny!
 

[Fungus]

Auto-reply, you say? 

https://youtu.be/Dceyy0cX6J4?t=310

That whole thing is funny!
 

If you like that sort of thing you should check out a TV show called "Modern Life Is Goodish" by a guy called Dave Gorman.

[FrankBuss]

Auto-reply, you say? 

https://youtu.be/Dceyy0cX6J4?t=310

That whole thing is funny!
 

The sad truth about these spam eMails: if you click the unsubscribe button, they just know that you've read the eMail and your eMail address gets worth more, gets sold more often to other spammers etc. The only right thing to do is to just block the eMail sender, and use a Bayesian spam filter which you can train for these kind of eMails, because usually the sender is faked and different each time. Or even more evil, they use random eMail addresses as senders. Once I got replies of a spam eMail I didn't send, because my eMail address was used as the sender, fortunately only for a couple eMails, was not fun.

[daveake]

It's even more of a family affair now ...

 

http://www.scoop.it/t/battery-extender/?tag=Batteroo+Boost

[amspire]

On the Batteroo technology page (https://www.batteroo.com/technology), they still have this:

Do they mention the FCC test on the Batteroo packaging?

There is a lot wrong with this - only the AA Bateriser was tested, it was running at 1.5MHz and now it runs at 2.5Mhz so a different chip, and it was only tested at 1.5mA. If the Battery was above 1.5V, the switching regulator was not switching at all.

As I understand it, if you are claiming FCC emissions compliance, it has to be on the product:

Source: https://transition.fcc.gov/bureaus/oet/info/documents/bulletins/oet62/oet62rev.pdf

Once the report is on file, a compliance label must be affixed to the device. Also, an
information statement regarding the interference potential of the device and
information about any special accessories needed to ensure FCC compliance must be
included in its instruction manual. The manufacturer (or importer) is responsible for
having the compliance label produced, and for having it affixed to each device that is
marketed or imported. The wording for the compliance label and the information
statement regarding interference problems is included in Part 15. Verified devices
must be uniquely identified. However, they may not be labelled with an FCC ID or in
a manner that could be confused with an FCC ID.

Once the report showing compliance is in the manufacturer's (importer's) files, the
compliance label has been attached to the device, and the information statement has
been included in the instructions, marketing of the device may begin.

If the FCC info is not on the Batteroo shield, it would seem the Batteroo is being marketed with no claim to FCC compliance (in spite of their website) and from my understanding of the FCC rules, it is probably required in the US because the Batteroo/Batteriser cannot claim to be in any one of the exempt categories.

[daveake]

Proof (as if it were needed) that Bob is just trying to silence his customers rather than support them ...

[Blocco]

Farid has made a video where he demonstrates that Batteroo doesn't work...

https://youtu.be/VTkOv1Kph84

He switched it on twice and each time it came on at full brightness for a couple of seconds then flickered and dimmed to an unusable level. He clumsily tried to hide the failure by tilting the mirror away from the camera.

[Kean]

Wow, that is a terrible product demo. 
He also catches his finger on the pointy end when inserting the first one back in and says "Ow!" at 0:51 

[Blocco]

"Ow"

I wonder who will win $500 this month?

[samgab]

Fail so hard!