THE WINDSHIELD WONDER

( Alex Garcia, Chicago Tribune / September 19, 2011 )

The Windshield Wonder ($9.88 reduced to $5) is a sort of washcloth on a stick for the inside of your windshield. "You won't know how you lived without it," says the ad hype, and removable handle means "it fits in glove box."

What they don't say on TV: It's bulky and there's no way it's going to fit in your glove box unless there's nothing else in there. It won't be long before you lose the handle and both of those little green absorbent "bonnets" (as the company calls them) that clean the windshield.

Ellen says: Don't bother