UPDATE: This Giveaway is now over! Winner announcement has been posted on my homepage. See more Giveaways being dropped on my blog here.
I don’t know about you, but opening a brand new jar of pickles or pasta sauce has always been a pain point for me. If my husband isn’t home and I can’t get it to open, then I usually have to put the jar back. No pickles for you!
I’ve tried different techniques and anecdotal hacks to opening a jar: tapping the jar lid with a spoon, running the lid under hot water, tapping the back of the jar violently hoping to break the vacuum seal, and of course, using brute force. Sometimes I’ll do everything, until the dang jar opens. Usually it works. But sometimes it doesn’t. And I’m usually left in a sweaty mess after wrestling with a jar.
Life is too short to feel frustrated at the sight of a jar.
Enter Robo Twist! My relationship with all vacuum sealed jars has forever changed since I discovered the magical prowess of the Robo Twist. I didn’t think I could love a kitchen gadget as much as I do with this. It’s like having a boyfriend with you in the kitchen at all times, lending “his” strong arms with any jar that tickles your cravings. Big jars or little jars. Square jars or round jars! He can handle it all!
I’m embarrassed to admit that I did learn about it from an infomercial on TV late one night. And I was super skeptical (as one would with such commercials seen on TV). After some digging around, and despite some low star reviews, I ordered one on Amazon (it was cheaper than the TV offer and had free prime shipping).
The rest is history. Opening a jar now is a fun, effortless and satisfying experience that leaves me smiling… and sometimes jiggling at how easy it is. I used it last night, and it made me feel happy.
I made a quick 16-second video for ya when my “boyfriend” opened a jar of pasta sauce. You can watch it here. You can also see their TV commercial in the listing page on Amazon. I know these commercials can feel sleazy and over-promising. I feel the resistance to believe it too. But It really does work as easily as the commercial. Really.
It would also make an inexpensive and useful gift idea. Especially with the holidays just around the corner. Keep this in mind. You can get it here.
(This is a new series of articles on some Fridays called “Favorite Things Friday” where I’ll be sharing some of my favorite things, products & life tips, in hopes that you might find it useful in some way for your family. Join me back here on Fridays. Plus, every Favorite Things Friday article will have a giveaway on it!)
Giveaway Time! Â Win a Robo Twist (5 Winners!)
As usual, I will include a Giveaway to go with each of these Favorite Things Friday articles on Fridays. âşď¸ If I don’t publish a new article on Fridays, I’ll at least do a Giveaway. Check back every Friday for more of my Favorite Things (and if you have some of your favorite things you are open to sharing, send me an email. See end of this article for details).
For today’s giveaway, I’m giving away a FREE Robo Twist to 5 Readers! This giveaway starts on Friday October 5th and will end on Monday October 8th.  Winners will be announced on this blog only on Tuesday 10/9 before 12pm PST. Youâll have 48 hours to claim your prize.
To enter in this giveaway: leave a comment below and tell me about some of your favorite gadgets (doesn’t have to be a kitchen gadget). Or you can tell me a useful tip you use at home or something you recently learned. Or you can tell me about some of your frustrations that you would love help with. And tell me where you’re reading from (city and state). Let me know by leaving a comment on this post.
This post is NOT sponsored. I just really love this product and wanted to share my experience. All prizes are paid for by myself.
 Do You Have a Favorite Product or Life Tip? Want to be published in a future “Favorite Things Friday”? Shoot me an email with your write up and pictures. If I accept your submission and publish your tip, I’ll also send you a $50 Gift Card to the store of your choice. Send an email to tina@FreeStuffFinder.com with subject “Favorite Things Friday Tip”.
I love my apple slicer, so quick when you need to give the kids a snack. And my pampered chef can opener, no more jagged edges around the can and lid. Iâve cut myself so bad from that. Ouch!
Oops from Camarillo, California
I love my electric wine bottle opener! Looking at this gadget though I think this might be my new favorite gadget! From Dallas, Texas
I recently discovered I could use my steamer to take out stains on my sofa. From Kerman, CA.
Wow thanks for sharing this. I have severe arthritis in both hands and I will definitely check this out.
I’d love to get a gadget to open the hard plastic packaging that Costco uses on a lot of their products such as fragrance!
– Susan from Mesa, AZ
Reading from Saxton Pa
Favorite gadget is my avocado slicer, orange peeler and peanut butter measure cup from pampered chef
My favorite gadget is my cordless vacuum. It picks up everything and I never have to fling the cord to the other side. Iâm reading from Long Island, NY
Fav gadget is my nu wave!
Slc, Utah
I buy the Natural peanut butter with the oil floating on top. It needs to be stirred into the peanut butter; which can be messy and slippery. I discovered that if I stick the jar in the freezer for about 5 min. it’s enough to solidify the oil so it can be stirred into the rest of the peanut butter without having the oil slosh all over the outside of the jar and the counter top.