Saturday, November 29, 2014

The Handy Thermometer


Thermometers really come in handy when working at an ice cream shop. It's important to know the temperatures of the ice cream tubs to make sure the refrigerators are freezing properly. The good thing about this product is that it's very simple to use, light weight, and it fits perfectly in any type of hand. It is easy to use because it basically a point and shoot process. While aiming at the center of the ice cream one pulls the trigger, a little laser will hit the ice cream and reveal the temperature of the ice cream on the small screen. Once that's done, the number is ready to put in the records. As shown in the picture, the artifact is quite small and fits perfectly into anyone's hand, a suggestion would be to change the rubber surrounding the thermometer. It allows to have a good grip but it gets slippery when wet, maybe a different material surrounding that section would be better. Another change that would make it better is brightening the numbers when shown on the screen. It's too dim at times it makes it hard to read, by making it brighter the numbers will be more legible and easy to read. Aside from that everything else functions very good. 

Ultra Guard?

Hartz is one of the best brands for dog supplies. The shampoos are very efficient but when it comes to this specific product, one gets doubts. Aesthetically, the product is very good. It is light weight, easy to wear, easy to attach, and very flexible but the only thing it has its whereabouts is in the effectiveness. The dog may where it for a month and maybe more but there is no flea reduction. It'll be better if they worked on flea topicals instead, those are the most effective when it comes to removing fleas. The packaging would need improving as well, once the collar is taken out and there are leftovers to put back, the bag is unsealable making it very difficult to persevere the rest of the collar for another use. Making the bag reusable will help keep the collar fresh and guarantee another use. 

Sunday, November 23, 2014

Husky Indeed

This can actually be one of the strongest blades ever. The brand isn't called husky for nothing. The product is durable, very strong, efficient, and does a very good in cutting any type of material. The problem that's seems to occur with it is that once the blade is taken out into a cutting position, like shown on the picture above, it's very difficult to put it back in. Sometimes one can't put it back in and is forced to put it away like shown in the image. That's very dangerous though because one may grab it wrong and can even cut yourself. Perhaps folding it back in place in a easier way would make it better. This seems to lock in place making it practically impossible to set it back how it was. Changing the way it opens would be much more beneficial and safer as well because this blade is sharp. The form of the handle is good, it forms with the hand very well but it would be best to add a grip around that section. This will allow the consumer to have a better hold of the artifact and would be so harsh when trying to cut something very hard. 

Is it a '1' or a '7'?

The number one thing that cannot go missing at a birthday party is candles. What's a birthday cake with no candles? Either they are numerical, single candles, or questions marks, they are always a good utensil to have. These numerical candles are the most popular item at baskin robbins but the thing that's always confusing customers is the similarity the number one and seven has. They always have to compare carfefully to make sure they buy the correct one.
The candles are a good size, light weight (which is convinient), the quality of the product is good as well doesn't break easily, it's durable because one can light it for more than two times, and it's inexpensive. The only suggestion to make the product better would be to change the typeface. People have had a lot of complications and it has not only happneed once. Maybe changing it to Couriur, Futura, or Helvetica would allow people to distinguish it easily. The number one just needs a bracketed sari or it can just be a san sarif in order to tell the difference. Once that's corrected, this product would be very easy to shop for. 

Sunday, November 16, 2014

Caramel Topping

Carmel Topping, one of Baskin Robbins' favorite topping, aside from hot fudge, is always the most requested. The design of the machine is good, it's electrical, easy to pump out, and it warms up the Carmel very fast. A couple of suggestions would be to change the temperature wheel and the pump valve. The temperature wheel is fine but after a couple uses the wheel starts loosen up and it is difficult to set it at a permanent temperature. Like shown in the picture the only way to keep it from moving is by placing a piece of tape. Now the pump valve should be considered changing as well. After one has pumped out what's needed it begins to leak leaving a mess on the table. Maybe changing it to a bigger valve where one doesn't have to pump a big pump would solve the problem. Other than that the machines heats up well, it would just need those to arrangements to be better. 

Sunday, November 9, 2014

America's Finest

Sold in every 99 cent store, this is truly America's Finest. It removes everything and anything one may think of. The product is great but the label may have a few flaws. The font size it very good, it's legible, solid, and it goes with what they are trying to sell, a strong stain remover. A suggestion would be to remove the 'Caution' statement to the back, it's understandable that they are trying to warn people that this product may be a bit irritating on some areas but these types of warnings are usually seen in the back of the bottle. Aside from that, moving the warning statement for to the back would not only make more sense but it would also allow the rest of the text to have more space because the way it's placed now makes it seem too crowded and it's a bit overwhelming. Removing the heart from the letter 'V' would be good too. It just doesn't fit appropriately, maybe placing it somewhere else would be better or better yet, removing it completely. The colors used for the text are good, but for the red text it'll be better to remove the white outline, a single solid color would work just fine. Lastly, changing the color of the label itself would be ideal, perhaps a white background. This will allow the text to stand out more and catch people's attention. The more attention brought upon, the more purchases. 

Rubber Cement


Elmer's glue, the most popular school supply has been around for decades. Logo might have changed a little over the years but the bull always remains. The colors have been very well selected. The primary blue and intermediate orange create a high contrast allowing to catch people's attention. Using the same colors for the font is very good as well because repetition creates unity. The simpler the design the better and that's what they have achieved here. The only suggestion would be to increase the font size a little bit, seems a little too small and for people with bad vision it's very difficult to read. The bottle shape is convenient but the thing that would be good to change would by the brush it has inside. It's too stiff, difficult to glide one the paper, and always leaves the paper clumpy. Tell be best to change the brush to something smotther so that the texture on the pase isuch softer. Other than that everything else is good. 

Sunday, November 2, 2014

Vicks Vaporub


Vicks is a very highly known product and for most it's even categorized as  multipurpose. The label is nice and the colors are very functional but the only thing that would need changing would be the font size, especially for the one in the red box. Its understandable that the lablel is very small but it's too difficult to read. Maybe expanding the box a little will allow the text to be a bit bigger or even bolding it would help the purchaser see it better. Placing the logo Vicks at the bottom would help as well, it'll allow the text to have more space and it won't look as crowded as it looks now. Lastly would be to remove the gradient because at the bottom of the label where the darkest shade, it bleeds to with the bottle and t begins to blend in; it'll look better just as a solid color like the others.