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Post# 1103980   1/10/2021 at 09:17 (1,173 days old) by MattL (Flushing, MI)        

This gets my vote for a product with little or no usefulness. If you need this you have more problems than this product can solve.

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Post# 1103992 , Reply# 1   1/10/2021 at 12:37 (1,173 days old) by Aquarius1984 (Planet earth)        

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Sorry but what’s your beef?

I quite enjoy an hours soak in a hot bath in winter and I quite often take a drink with me be it alcoholic or non alcoholic. This product would serve me quite a good purpose as somewhere to put my drink while I relax for an hour or so.

And as it happens I’m not a big alcohol drinker at all. I just enjoy an occasional alcoholic drink so quite why you are tarring everyone with a broad statement like that I don’t know.


Post# 1104022 , Reply# 2   1/10/2021 at 16:35 (1,172 days old) by MattL (Flushing, MI)        

My "beef" is "shower beer". The product might be fine for a hot tub or such, but the ad shows beer. If you can't take a shower with out a beer that's an issue in my book. Their marketing division should rethink the marketing.

I enjoy my alcholic beverages as much as anyone, but never felt I needed one in the shower.



Post# 1104025 , Reply# 3   1/10/2021 at 17:30 (1,172 days old) by RP2813 (Sannazay)        

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Expect to see this ridiculous item in dollar and/or thrift stores soon. 

 

Consider the probability that a full can of beer or soda would likely be too heavy for this device even if the surface of the suction cup and the shower surround -- which would have to be perfectly smooth and flat -- were in a state of antiseptic cleanliness.   If someone is so needy as to require a beer in the shower, they might want to think twice about the possibility of having it all go down the drain.

 

Even in a bathtub situation, I suspect this thing would end up throwing the beer out with the bathwater.  I wouldn't chance it, regardless of the type of beverage.

 

Meanwhile, be on the lookout for a phone holder from this same source.  There are far more addicts who would buy one of those.


Post# 1104026 , Reply# 4   1/10/2021 at 17:40 (1,172 days old) by cadman (Cedar Falls, IA)        

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Absolutely silly. Why not use the sliding door support like the rest of us plebs? ; )

Seriously, there's nothing quite like an ice cold shower beer after working all day in the 90F heat. It's not a matter of waiting until after the shower, it's the synergy of the thing!


Post# 1104027 , Reply# 5   1/10/2021 at 18:29 (1,172 days old) by perc-o-prince (Southboro, Mass)        
why you are tarring everyone with a broad statement

I agree that such merchandise is truly silly and about as necessary as t*ts on a bull or b*lls on a heifer! A shower lasts but a few minutes, so unless one is hopelessly alcohol-dependent, or is engaging in aqua gymnastics with another, in which case a beverage is certainly not on the mind of either participant, it's completely unnecessary. 

 

Now, if in a tub, that's a different story. But, the picture for the item shown clearly shows "Shower Beer," so....

 

Chuck


Post# 1104028 , Reply# 6   1/10/2021 at 18:33 (1,172 days old) by RP2813 (Sannazay)        

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I guess those of us who agree that this is useless are living on a different planet.


Post# 1104034 , Reply# 7   1/10/2021 at 19:24 (1,172 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey)        

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for the most part, I think this is more of a gag gift...

well there were benefits to washing your hair with BEER...now imagine washing a fur covered bear with beer.....making your fur, I mean hair soft and shiny!




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Post# 1104425 , Reply# 8   1/13/2021 at 14:30 (1,170 days old) by washerboy (Little Rock Arkansas)        

I've taken my morning coffee in the shower more than once; in fact I did this morning. Why not a beer?

Post# 1104457 , Reply# 9   1/13/2021 at 20:01 (1,169 days old) by latchlock8111 (Sulphur Springs Tx)        
just marketing

Useless product ... I always liked the "Clapper". Clap on, clap off. Great idea but what if you also had one of those "yappy" dogs in the house ??You know the kind, they yap at every little sound. Grandmas house could turn into disco inferno with the push of the door bell ...

Post# 1104948 , Reply# 10   1/18/2021 at 11:29 (1,165 days old) by SudsMaster (SF Bay Area, California)        

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I remember there was a comic strip in the 90's where one of the characters used to drink coffee on the toilet. Might have been Dilbert.

However for health reasons it's apparently not recommended - the toilet and bathroom area not being particularly germ-free.

I have never even considered taking any kind of drink into the shower or tub. Although I do use a Waterpik Water Flosser to cleanse the mouth before brushing teeth. But that doesn't get swallowed. I do keep a covered water glass with filtered water by the sink for taking medication pills.


Post# 1104949 , Reply# 11   1/18/2021 at 11:51 (1,165 days old) by SudsMaster (SF Bay Area, California)        

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For what it's worth, an article against drinking coffee in the toilet... oh, great, something new to worry about ;-):

"Maybe you’re on your way to get a refill or your heading to the kitchen area to wash it out—and nature calls when you’re on your way, so you figure why not make a pit stop. We get it. But you may want to think twice before you do.

Turns out your coffee and mug could pick up “bathroom bugs” aka fecal bacteria, explains Donna M. Duberg, MA, assistant professor, Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science at Saint Louis University in St. Louis, Missouri. “Depending on how many bacteria we ingest and how healthy we are, we could get mildly to very ill with nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea.” Duberg says that it might even lead to catching salmonella, shigella, and listeria, which are all spread through fecal bacteria.

"Think putting on a lid on it will make a difference? Think again. It’s not the liquid inside that cup that’s the problem. (In fact, the hot coffee should keep the growth of bacteria and viruses at bay.) It’s the outside of that lid and mug that could be infested with bacteria. And whatever you do, don’t bring that cup into the stall with you. Duberg warns, “When you flush the toilet there are over 3 million bacteria per square inch of that toilet bowl and the aerosol that flies up can land all over your mug.”"

In my favor:

1) I'm the only one to use the master bath here

2) I run the ceiling exhaust fan when using the commode.

3) The sink where I keep the covered water glass is about 10 feet from the commode.

4) The commode has a bidet seat with a built in sanitizing air filter (supposedly).



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Post# 1104951 , Reply# 12   1/18/2021 at 12:58 (1,165 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)        

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I have a couple times set a cold drink on side of the tub when doing a whirlpool-soak.  Surely not in the shower stall.


Post# 1104953 , Reply# 13   1/18/2021 at 13:13 (1,165 days old) by SudsMaster (SF Bay Area, California)        

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I almost always shower instead of taking a bath. One reason is that I'm really not that fond the 1940's tub here (square, pink, with ridges on the bottom, not deep enough, and set in an alcove). I use a shower massage on a hose to get to places a simple shower doesn't necessarily reach ;-).

However all this talk about baths and such makes me want to take a long hot soak. Thanks for that.

Eventually I'd like to install an old clawfoot style tub here. Those are great for long hot soaks, especially if they have a slanted end opposite the drain/faucet area.


Post# 1104955 , Reply# 14   1/18/2021 at 13:30 (1,165 days old) by eronie (Flushing Michigan)        
Germs

All this germ stuff, without germs we would all be dead. Germs cause our bodies to create antibodies to protect us.
Ever notice that young mothers who Lysol the whole house always have sick kids.
In my younger days when late for work I would eat my breakfast cereal sitting on the toilet! Gross yeah but I'm still alive at 63 and no meds!


Post# 1104965 , Reply# 15   1/18/2021 at 14:46 (1,164 days old) by SudsMaster (SF Bay Area, California)        

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Tony,

Good for you. You remind me of the truism that garbage men rarely get sick, because their immune systems have encountered so many pathogens and worked to overcome them. OTOH, garbage men who didn't have such robust immune systems probably kept on getting sick and quit.

This is also veering into the territory of the benefits of vaccination, such as for horrible diseases like polio. These essentially do the same thing as a live bacterium or virus, elicit an immune response, but without the damage to the body that the pathogen can cause. One of my neighbors had polio as a child. He recovered, but now that he's in his 80's he's got "post-polio" syndrome. Essentially that's where the nerve cells that survived the childhood polio attack have finally worn out, and he can barely walk now. It's unfortunate he's of an age where he got polio before the vaccine was available. Very nice man, BTW.


Post# 1104989 , Reply# 16   1/18/2021 at 17:18 (1,164 days old) by perc-o-prince (Southboro, Mass)        

IMHO, if you can't go the, what, 10 minutes or less it takes to take a shower without sipping coffee, beer, etc., you may want to seek substance dependency assistance. Not saying you don't take one in there and sip as you finish your other duties (shaving et al) but needing a cup holder IN the shower?

 

**If your shower includes *other* activities which means it runs longer, I would gather that one would not be concentrating on said beverages! LOL!

 

That said, I love a nice soak in the pool with a little something- mint julep, cold beer, etc., but that's recreational bathing vs. hygienic bathing! LOL! Rich will sometimes take a little something in with him if he's soaking in a tub, but again, recreational.

 

Chuck


Post# 1105144 , Reply# 17   1/19/2021 at 18:17 (1,163 days old) by vacerator (Macomb, Michigan)        
Often useless is

a matter of prefference.


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