Review 6. The Boiled Egg Topper

What a quality piece of kit!

I have just unwrapped my new Boiled Egg Topper and am surveying it from all sides, as it lies there glistening in a shiny plastic way.

As usual, I rummage around the cast off packing looking for an instruction book (without success) only to discover that the instructions are printed on the base of the Topper, now that is what I call class (These Chinese can teach us a thing or two you know).

But does it work?

Now I am not the type to fail because I didn't attempt to prepare, and knowing that the post arrives between 7 and 8am I had a series of saucepans (containing boiling water and eggs) on the go - with staggered start times to enable me to have two eggs ready for this very moment. (I can sense you are impressed)

Rather tiresomely the post did not arrive until 9:18am this morning and my eggs are all cooked, cooled off, and impatient.

Still, undeterred, I place one of the earlier cooked eggs into the Topper and smile with anticipation

I turn the Topper upside down to peruse the printed instructions and the egg falls out on to the floor - making a bit of a mess.

Now nobody can call me stupid, and I am certainly not going to fall for that one again, so I look around for some Sellotape to hold the Egg in place whilst I turn it upside down to read the instructions. (smart eh!)

So with the egg securely taped into place I turn the Topper upside down again to peruse the printed instructions - only to be shocked to find that the Sellotape is not strong enough to hold the egg on place (the egg falls out on to the floor - making a bit more of a mess).

Hmmmm!

I think it best to read, and then write down on a separate sheet of paper, the instructions before putting the egg in.

The instructions are as follows:

1. Place Egg in Egg Cup
2. Hover Topper over top of Egg
3. Squeeze both handles together
4. Eat Egg in responsible manner

(It works a bit like a nut cracker)

So here goes!

1. The Egg sits in its Egg Cup (my Egg Cup has a picture of Peter Rabbit on it)
2. I squeeze the handles together tentively
3. I squeeze the handles a bit harder
4. I squeeze the handles until a few droplets of sweat appear on my forehead
5. I squeeze the handles harder still until they break off in my hand

You can image my indignation.

I am not having that, so start working myself up into a belligerent state

After cooling down I start thinking about how I can reclaim my £1.49 and pick the Guarantee Card out of the rubbish bin for inspection.

Unfortunately it is written in Chinese and the only three words I could decipher were Sellotape Invalidate Warranty - what bad luck I think.

Test Result:

It's not much good, and I probably will not buy a replacement

Next Up:

An automatic potatoe peeler (I have to save up for this one so I'll be back in about 2 months)