Snuggie: The Wearable Blanket

[kpenguin]

I recently saw this commercial for a product that is...

You know what, I'll just link to the ad (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xZp-GLMMJ0).

Seriously, who buys this stuff? To whoever invented the snuggie: congratulations, you've invented a backless robe.

[Malotesta]

The sad thing is, you know they are going to get rich off of it...

[Krytha]

I want to join that cult!

Ia! Ia! Cthulhu Fhtagn!

[Haruki-kun]

Not very convincing. Their hands would still be cold. And I think I'd be more comfortable in a blanket. Part of what keeps you warm under plankets is being all curled up, so this sorta ruins it.

[Helanna]

The funny thing is, a few years ago when I was maybe 10, I had plans to make something very similar to that.

I read all the time, and living in a climate where it gets really cold for half the year, I found myself irritated by trying to curl up under a blanket and read at the same time. So I said someone should add arms to a blanket so you could do stuff while wearing it.

Then I realized that that's what bathrobes are.

[Castel]

I want to join that cult!

Ia! Ia! Cthulhu Fhtagn!

My thoughts exactly. Im pretty sure that some big organization busted some cultists and found a huge room of spare robes. Snuggies were the next logical step.

[RTGoodman]

My family is OBSESSED with these things. Like, my mom, dad, and brother have ALL called me into the living room on separate occasions to see this "awesome new thing" that they all want for Christmas. :smallsigh:

I don't usually get cold or anything, but I did say the first time I saw them that I'd LOVE to have one to walk around in in public like some sort of fleece Jedi or something...

[OverdrivePrime]

I am terribly annoyed that someone decided to make a business model out of having people put their bathrobes on backwards, like the Kris-Kross of sleepwear or something.

[Zeful]

The only reason I'd ever buy one is if they stuffed an electric heater in it. As they are as previously mentioned bathrobes worn backward.

[UncleWolf]

The sad thing is, you know they are going to get rich off of it...

Just like goldfish sweaters, dehydrated water and Scientology. :smallbiggrin::smalltongue:

[DraPrime]

The IgNobel comitee must be notified!

[BizzaroStormy]

I don't usually get cold or anything, but I did say the first time I saw them that I'd LOVE to have one to walk around in in public like some sort of fleece Jedi or something...

You DO feel warm and comfortable. *waves hand*

[Zeful]

You DO feel warm and comfortable. *waves hand*

This is not the bathrobe your looking for.

Random Though: It would be kinda cool to get Obi-won's actor to speak every word in the dictionary so we could create audio files of these kinds of things.

[SilentNight]

*Sigh* anything to make a buck. Don't you just love consumer America? :smallsigh:

[UncleWolf]

This is not the bathrobe your looking for.

Random Though: It would be kinda cool to get Obi-won's actor to speak every word in the dictionary so we could create audio files of these kinds of things.

Yes, that would be cool.

[Zeful]

No. Oh, that was a rhetorical question, right?

[Zarrexaij]

...my mom wants to buy me one of those. >.<

[RTGoodman]

Random Though: It would be kinda cool to get Obi-won's actor to speak every word in the dictionary so we could create audio files of these kinds of things.

That would be cool, considering he's been dead for like 8 years... :smalltongue:

[Emperor Tippy]

That would be cool, considering he's been dead for like 8 years... :smalltongue:

So? He has spoken enough lines in starwars to be able to make his voice say anything you are inclined to make it say. His being dead is irrelevant.

[Zeful]

That would be cool, considering he's been dead for like 8 years... :smalltongue:

That would prove he's a Jedi... from a certain point of view.

[Gaelbert]

"Similar products sell for..."

There are similar products? And they actually sell? Shoot me now.
And what's up with that book light? Just weird.

[SurlySeraph]

This ad bothers me. So much.

I mean, is it really that painful to take your arms out from under the blanket for a second to turn the goddamn page? And doesn't not being able to choose how high up the blanket is on your chest and neck cancel out whatever benefit the sleeves give, unless you expect to always be too cold and never become too warm?

And seriously: Snuggie? It makes the Care Bears sound like Rambo. Nothing that cutesy-wutsey can be trusted.

[Nefarion Xid]

No One Expects The Snuggie Inquisition!

[Khosan]

Who gets cold when using a laptop?

Use mine for five minutes and my legs were aflame.

[Zeful]

Who gets cold when using a laptop?

Use mine for five minutes and my legs were aflame.

I sleep next to a leaky window and my arms freeze quickly. but yeah I've learned to remove my keys when working on this thing.

[thubby]

i could see using that on the computer.

[skywalker]

Just like goldfish sweaters, dehydrated water and Scientology. :smallbiggrin::smalltongue:

Man, can you imagine if you inserted Christianity or Islam for that last one?

Good thing Scientology's not a real religion... Oh, wait. :smallmad:

Anyway, on the topic at hand, I actually use a blanket to protect my legs from the heat of my laptop, especially when I'm in jammies.

I actually thought the snuggie was a really cool concept, altho certainly not something I would buy. Here's why I thought it was cool. First off, yes, it looks like an inverted bathrobe, but the problem with wearing a normal robe is, it opens on the same side of you that's open to the air (unless you normally lounge around on your face, which you might :smalltongue:). So when you move around in a loose robe, it can fall open, exposing the softer, more sensitive you underneath to the (presumably cold) air. By contrast, a snuggie, in theory (I have not actually used one), opens onto the chair, couch, or bed you're resting on, and therefore forms a more blanket like situation (with, dare I say, even less chance of exposure due to slippage, because of how the sleeves hold it in place) than a robe. It's advantage over the blanket have already been touched on. If you need to hold the book (for whatever reason) with your hands at all times, the snuggie could be invaluable. Plus, if you're like me and like to switch your positioning around a lot while you read, then having the sleeves there holding the blanket up on you is a significant pro, not a con.

This is the purpose I see a snuggie fulfilling.

[Evil DM Mark3]

The slightly depressing part? It is clear that that book light was their last big product, in a few months some tangentially bed or clothes related product will come with a free Snuggie after the supply of people who will buy one dries up.

[Ninja Chocobo]

I'd buy one if it had a back, and I wasn't in Australia.

[Flame of Anor]

Lord, what fools these consumers be. :smallwink:

[Player_Zero]

Well, if I ever want to look like a suicide cultist, I'll be sure to pick one up.

Also, ads like that are hilarious. In a bad way.

[Quinsar]

You obivously do not see the great genius lord that is Snuggie, praise it and it might not kill you.
Snuggies!
Geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenius!
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>.<
But yeah, it's a pretty stuid idea...

[UncleWolf]

Well, if I ever want to look like a suicide cultist, I'll be sure to pick one up.

Also, ads like that are hilarious. In a bad way.

If you want to see a funny ad, look up The Flaverwave. Mr. T is in it.

[Cristo Meyers]

If you want to see a funny ad, look up The Flaverwave. Mr. T is in it.

Have we forgotten the infamous Head-On?

Rest assured, after a few viewings of that commercial, you'll be laughing.

...your mind will have snapped like a twig and between your bouts of crazed laughter you'll be repeating "Apply directly to the forehead," but you'll be laughing.

[Dallas-Dakota]

Foolish backward bathrobes they are.

Bathrobes ruuuuule!

[captain_entropy]

To whoever invented the snuggie: congratulations, you've invented a backless robe.

HAHAHAH i saw this commercial too and had the same reaction! i'm fine with a normal blanket thanks!

[skywalker]

Have we forgotten the infamous Head-On?

Rest assured, after a few viewings of that commercial, you'll be laughing.

...your mind will have snapped like a twig and between your bouts of crazed laughter you'll be repeating "Apply directly to the forehead," but you'll be laughing.

But they did sell a whole lot of "Head On."

And then the came out with the other commercials, which were "head-on, I hate your commercials, but i LOVE your product!"

Attack advertising really does work sometimes.

[FdL]

1) I thought it was a joke. Please someone who bought it give me proof that it's a real product and not a very well done prank video.

2) Yet another product aimed at and supporting the lifestyle of the "lazy" demographic segment.

3) If I encountered a person looking like that in my house in the middle of the night, it would scare the pajamas out of me :S XD

[Ego Slayer]

Haha. I saw the ad on TV last week and thought something similar to what Zero said. Seriously, guys... wtf. Not only did the ad make me laugh, but c'mon... how many people d'you think actually called up upon seeing it? None! ><

[FdL]

I just ordered the Raistlin Majere model.

[Exachix]

It's a robe!

I want one to convert into a robe!

[FdL]

It's a robe!

I want one to convert into a robe!

Hmmm...At 14 bucks, maybe it IS cheaper than an actual robe. Have no idea really.

[Ash08]

I find it minorly disturbing that people have th eneed for a blanket with arms... just saying:smalltongue:

[Khosan]

Haha. I saw the ad on TV last week and thought something similar to what Zero said. Seriously, guys... wtf. Not only did the ad make me laugh, but c'mon... how many people d'you think actually called up upon seeing it? None! ><

Yea, it's not a sexy thing to wear. It looks sad to be honest, like a night gown that got depressed and gained twenty pounds on Häagen-Dazs.