The Weed Dragon
This did not turn out as I expected. The Weed Dragon is basically a big propane torch that is used to burn weeds. Perfect for those areas that are brush filled and dry. Is this really the best way to take care of a weed problem? Fire is not the first thing that I think of when I need to control vegetation. But we all know that I wasn’t burning weeds, I was burning ice…or melting it.
The Weed Dragon did several things successfully. It made me squeal like a weasel when lighting it and it almost burned my house down. I stick by my statement that nowhere in the instructions did it say not to light it inside of a garage. After singeing several children’s toys and my wifes car I headed out to melt some ice. Senior Contributor Brian Rice refused to film the process because he feared for my safety, and he is an asshole.
The Weed Dragon may work on weeds, but not ice. At least not 8 inches of ice. It just melted the top layer. I told Brian that it was working to ‘Free Up’ larger sections of ice for him to shovel. Brian was not impressed by the Weed Dragon’s performance. Or my performance.
The Test Lab gives the Weed Dragon 3 stars out of seventeen for use in a situation where it was not designed to be used.
6 responses so far ↓
1 Ed Huddleston // Mar 2, 2008 at 10:52 pm
Holy Shit Brett! You put some hilarious stuff on this site. I can truly appreciate the political content being a fellow Michigander. I also love the idea of product testing crazy stuff like that weed flame thrower! Those bluetooth folks are serious douche bags.
Good job brother!
Ed “Hudman”
2 Dr. Mobey // Mar 3, 2008 at 2:08 am
Thanks Hud!
3 Brian Rice // Mar 3, 2008 at 4:39 am
it WAS worth the mustache ride
but the weed machine generally sucked major ass
4 The Almighty Seabass // Mar 3, 2008 at 10:20 pm
Hey Mister, you’re fat! (sorry, couldn’t resist!!)
You should just get a flame thrower… that would take care of all the ice (and destroy everything in it’s path, leaving no evidence).
When is the application going up goddammit?!?!?
5 The Almighty Seabass // Jun 16, 2008 at 12:45 am
Next product up for evaluation by our bird obsessed friend: http://inventorspot.com/articles/japanese_face_cream_made_from_nightingale_droppings_13368
6 The Almighty Seabass // Sep 3, 2008 at 12:35 am
Dr Mobey, when will you be testing more products? Your viewers are not so patiently waiting for the next review!
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