Wish vs As Seen on TV #5: Real or Counterfeit?

Here is a comparison of five "As Seen on TV" items ordered from Wish.com vs the same products bought in stores to see if they are counterfeit, knockoffs, or the real thing.
Original Reviews and Links for products discussed:
Arctic Hat
• Original Review: • Arctic Hat Review: Doe...
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OnePower Readers
• Original Review: • One Power Readers: Aut...
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Pillow Pad
• Original Review: • Pillow Pad Review: Nex...
• Buy it: bit.ly/2q7ehSm
Lock Wallet
• I never reviewed this one and the real version doesn't appear to be on Amazon. I purchased mine at Walmart.com.
Magic Tap
• Original Review: • Testing 4 Weird Drink ...
• Buy it: geni.us/magictap
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0:00 Introduction
1:03 Arctic Hat
6:55 OnePower Readers
12:33 Pillow Pad
15:54 Lock Wallet
21:21 Magic Tap
26:37 Final Thoughts
#wish #wishvsasseenontv #asseenontv

[@5udimax]

I finally understood the meaning behind the site's name. Wish makes you _wish_ for the original product.

[@gridhop]

😂😭

[@tedlovejesus]

Make a wish and see what you got

[@emilysimons3367]

😂😂😂

[@Juicetheeunuch]

Should be named “Hope”

[@ClutchCalvin]

getting stoned and watching freakin reviews is one of my new favorite things to do.

[@JasonMahipat]

I feel like Wish is from a different dimension where crappy products are actually desirable. That’s the only way I can explain how they can exist.

[@Freakinreviews]

That actually made me laugh out loud. So true.

[@Ryanrulesok]

Not everything is bad from Wish as I have bought slot of decent hoodies and jeans from there which in still wearing to this day. The vast majority is cheap knockoffs though

[@1erinjames]

Prisoners for their faith who are not skilled are the ones forced to make wish products. Its actually horribly sad. Many children and adults are beaten and starved for every complaint for badly made products. Its criminal that China is forcing them make knockoff items.

[@scandisnowgirl3696]

@@1erinjames ugh yeah I try my best to avoid buying from there. Didn't know about the complaint stuff though *shudder*

[@PeachysMom]

It exists because people will always fall for advertising and prices that are too good to be true

[@moisesvelasquez5582]

this man has single handedly kept me sane throughout my senior year.

[@DTG4844]

@Drake VEVO idk about that, they might be a banana

[@maxrobertson2834]

Same tho

[@outrageous-alex]

I mean, that's good. But how?! There are so many other creators with "better" content for the curious.

[@DTG4844]

@@outrageous-alex "better" is subjective

[@outrageous-alex]

@@DTG4844 I agree, which is why I said that that way. My point was, this is more informative about products, there is nothing else here. Its a great channel for what it does, but like "get me through school?" I would be thinking ExtraCredits or something awesome.

[@Najolve]

You know a seller is shady when they've got bots with "promo codes" on youtube comments for a video criticizing them. Wish is the kind of business I wouldn't touch with a 10' pole...and if I did try to buy a 10' pole from them, I'm sure it'd only be about 6'.

[@howyoudurrinhunneh]

But it would come with free shipping

[@SvobodovaEva]

Wish is not a seller, it's a marketplace platform like Amazon or Aliexpress. They don't care what the quality is, it's not their products, they only care about getting a commission from the sale.

[@rebel4466]

You can actually get decent stuff from China. But you have to read very thoroughly and not pick the ones that are supposedly "originals". A counterfeit version of something sold by brand recognition won't have many quality standards.

[@richardstorer-adam7222]

Bet it would be metric....

[@DTG4844]

@@richardstorer-adam7222 10m > 10' You're getting more bang for your buck

[@PeachysMom]

Definitely love my pillow pad for watching KZbin in bed on my iPad. It doesn’t get dirty, luckily because I could tell right away that that cover would be a huge pain to remove and replace

[@laurallewien2165]

I love my Pillow Pad also, amazing little thing it is....

[@christophlindinger2267]

Greetings from Zambia to Las Vegas! Will never ever buy any of the things you test, but still watch pretty much every video...

[@andie_pants]

Hello from Ohio! Just looked and your weather looks beautiful there. Hope you are doing well over there in Africa. I'd love to visit the continent when I have enough money to travel.

[@christophlindinger2267]

@@alyb8058 yep, marvelous indeed. We're working with smallholder farmers here and get actually support from US experts through an organisation called Technoserve, really helpful.

[@christophlindinger2267]

@@andie_pants very well, thanks! We are only 250km from the great Mosi o Tunya or Victoria Falls. Always worh a visit, but I suppose April is probably the best month to travel...

[@TheCzlowiekZagadka]

I've got this tan tint on my personal glasses too, it's purpose is to protect eyes from tiring blue light caused for example by LEDs. It's weird tho, that wish version of glasses has this feature, while original has not.

[@MissPrissKY]

Yes. my glasses have the same blue light protection.

[@rebel4466]

The blue light filter material probably was the only they had on hand when the order dropped lol

[@JoeShopper]

Whenever I want to buy something form Wish, I just add up the tota, throw the money into my toilet and flush it, that way I don't have to wait to be disappointed.

[@bradasstv]

I love this series! I'm not brave enough to buy anything off wish, but a lot of the stuff looks like stuff you find at flea markets from my area. The ones that have a bunch of rows of banana boxes on the floor. 😜👍

[@Freakinreviews]

It's a crapshoot ordering anything from there because you never really know what will arrive.

[@kecola]

I've never bought anything from wish but I've placed over 400 orders on aliexpress and I love it! It's actually kind of fun and believe it or not they have a lot of high quality products. Some which are actual original brands like BuildLife water bottles. You'd be surprised how many American products are just aliexpress products marked up by 40% lol.

[@bradasstv]

@@kecola yeah, I see a lot more reviewers who seem to get really bad products from wish, but not so much for Ali express, so I do assume their stuff is probably better 👍

[@bradasstv]

@@Freakinreviews I have seen that from multiple reviewers. I watch a lot of the Wish reviews to see what they get 😉

[@LongIslandP8ntball]

I heard of wish robbing money out of peoples bank accounts when they order...a guy in front of me at the bank was missing $1,000 from his bank account....wish took out too much money from his account

[@jngobngo]

Great vid as always! Would be interested in a spinoff, like 5 mystery kitchen/cleaning gadgets on wish if ur kids helped pick

[@Freakinreviews]

Good idea!

[@rapmastac1362]

Amazon has started to have these issues too. You see a lot of pages that have photos of the real product and then they send you knock-offs or alter the actual product to include inferior accessories.

[@dannylamberth9038]

Amazon has started to get bad lately. They want more information about customers. I canceled my account.

[@DisillusionedAcronym]

the magic tap (actual) is actually pretty cool. i have it for my mother because she insists on bottled water so i snag gallon jugs for her but they are too heavy for her to pick up. i would not recommend it for anything but water, though. there are and will always be residual liquid in the tube and mechanism so anything else would cause an issue fairly quick.

[@Dexy83]

The only personal experience I have with Wish is ordering a pink, bedazzled paw print keychain for $0.80 with free shipping. 😂😂😂

[@BrittMFH]

@@cddv_5441 Imagine how excited we are to see this, esp after every post. 🙄

[@maryc6189]

@@cddv_5441 will you stop it!!! Scammer!

[@CynthiaPrice79]

So you received a blue cat face made of plastic with no jump ring included, right? 😂

[@3DJapan]

17:23 One thing I hate with wallets is this plastic window. They always get yellowed and cracked and my license sticks to it. With my last wallet I found one that had a mesh window instead of the plastic. It was amazing so I wanted that when I bought a new one a free weeks ago. I looked through every single wallet at Kohls and found ONE that had the mesh.

[@jpizzleforizzle]

I always have a guitar pick in mine. Side benefit is it keeps the plastic from sticking to my ID.

[@drabonlady]

About the blue tint of the wish glasses, every time I buy glasses I add a filter to protect my eyes from the blue rays (this might not be the correct name) produce by computer screens because I work a lot with computers. This type of protection makes the glasses reflect blue lights, so they have a blue tint to them. It also makes the colos a bit dull, so they are not very good when watching movies or playing video games. If you don't mind the color change, they really do help your eyes not get tired as quickly and even help you a little bit during sunny days. I feel like that's wats going on with the Wish glasses.

[@danielch6662]

Pop, you do realize that almost every computer today has this feature built in don't you? You go to the display settings in the control panel, and there is a colour balance thingy to reduce the blue, red, or green. Most monitors have this as well. PS: this blue blocking thing is marketing hype gone out of control. Blue light doesn't harm your eyes. These glasses just make the whole world get a sickly yellow tint, like old faded b&w photos.

[@Paul_Verbruggen24601]

What if the head didn't shrink, but your head grew from all the knowledge, or all the sliders you have been eating 😇

[@imtrash6713]

😐

[@franktrinidad142]

it's because Wish stuff is made for not smart people, they have smaller brain and so, smaller head.. XD

[@franktrinidad142]

but more seriously, obviously the wish thing is probably based on chinese standard, wich are smaller than western people. (my logical side thougths)

[@freethebirds3578]

Thank you, James, for speaking out against IP theft. It is a crime that gets shrugged off or winked at far too often.

[@twilightparanormalresearch186]

But as china doesn’t care about internal law they do what they want. And everyone is to scared to stand up to china and have a trade embargo so blame the UN

[@joeybagodonuts6683]

Having the video in chapters for each item is a really nice feature. Thanks!

[@manoman0]

"Come on, man, you know...the thing!" 🤣

[@jensL.]

The wish glasses look like they have a free built in blue light filter, which is something good. But nevertheless a bad idea to buy them.

[@daan8695]

I have actually ordered some great stuff from Wish. Stationery is pretty much always on point.

[@Chris.Batchelor]

The only thing I ever bought from Wish were a pack of 100 stickers from a brand called RipnDip since the ones I wanted from the official store weren’t on sale anymore. Everything else is absolutely not worth it.

[@raymondjames336]

Another great video from the best product reviewer on youtube keep up the great work James

[@YoursUntruly]

Thank you so much! The slight tint in the counterfeit one reader is actually intentional. It’s so that everyone around you looks just slightly darker skin tone so you don’t feel as bad for wearing a counterfeit, because everyone looks a little on the 3’rd world side.

[@tatchik77]

It would have been interesting to know if the Wish lock wallet actually blocked RFID scanners. Or if the real one did either for that matter.

[@ashhillmodels3801]

Had the same thought, would have been quite important i think

[@IowaKim]

I was wondering that too, as that is the intended purpose.

[@LordBhorak]

Don't expect miracles from wish. 😂 There's 0% chance that it blocks RFID.

[@tatchik77]

@@LordBhorak probably a 100% accurate statement! 😂

[@user-pi5xz5je4y]

They probably both do. Even a layer of aluminium foil does that

[@juliebaker6969]

I have a Pillow Pad that I use almost constantly. And unlike you, I also use the pocket all the time too. I use a tablet usually, but there ARE some games that I have on my phone. That small pocket on the knockoff doesn't look big enough for my phone. The only drawback is that because I use the pocket, I can only use the one angle where the pocket is upright. If I try to use another angle, my phone falls out of the pocket. It didn't look like the knockoff had a strap either. I find the strap helpful since it allows me to easily lift and move the pillow with just my left hand. I slip my hand through the strap and lift it from the bottom. I have a weak left thumb from an old injury, so holding things with it for any length of time is problematic. The strap makes it much easier and more comfortable. But that feature would be lost with the knockoff. I've never messed with the zipper, so I know nothing about how sturdy it is.

[@DerkuiDerkui]

There's some great Father's Day present ideas in this video.

[@John_KCMO]

With the Lock Wallet you could be like George on Seinfeld. 🤣

[@JoeBrommer]

I have a feeling a lot of wish items are more towards "Grey Market" rather than actual counterfeit.

[@mohamedsameertheboss]

For some reason, I find your videos relaxing and therapeutic. ♥️

[@reggiewood5164]

The glasses are what they call blue blockers, mostly used for people who stare at computer screens all day, It dulls down the light so your eyes don't hurt as much.

[@triciaking9709]

Love my pillow pad too!

[@thumbsarehandy.]

Love this idea! I can see why people requested this. The only thing I've compared from Wish is a PopSocket and the Wish version "works" but the PopSocket is so much better in a lot of little ways. So much attention to detail and small engineering differences. Sometimes you DO get what you pay for! Other times...

[@CertifiedWeebist]

I just realized i live in the country the shirt is telling. Yay for me!

[@Kick60]

Thanks for sharing your experiences!

[@j.darekpatterson8609]

I used to order things from wish before I knew of their infamy. That being said, Christmas of 2016 I ordered several wallets as stocking stuffers and every single one of them smelled like polyurethane. Both of my brothers, my cousin, and my son's Godfather had their wallets fell apart within a month, literally in their pockets. I can only imagine that lock wallet doing the same exact thing.

[@munkustrap2]

As usual thank you for the video. You've yet to disappoint me.

[@bingplayz]

been waiting to see it idk why I would never actually buy these products but I just enjoy your video its really entertaining and your personalities keep up!

[@Epicbutton12]

I saw some Instagram ads for dehydrated laundry detergent sheets. Was wondering if you can do a review of those sheets to see how they perform compared to regular liquid laundry detergent

[@RealCleve]

Now I know why called they're called "Wish". Theyll make you WISH you had the real products XD

[@Gransonec]

You'll wish you had your money back .

[@RealCleve]

@@Gransonec You'll wish you never pressed "Add to Cart"

[@nealvance2506]

You'll "WISH" you hadn't bought a cheap knock-off of the original product.

[@Nico42ke]

It's fun to see the original/knock-off comparisons

[@V3N8MOUS]

You are just so thorough in your testing and reviews that it sometimes gets awful for me to watch and you to review....LOL! But you do the best review and I gotta give you props for that...Keep up the good work! 👍

[@OtherThanIntendedPurpose]

I have that same pillow pad ( bought mine on Amazon for $19 with prime shipping) I use it a lot for reading with my kindle. I really like mine.

[@michaelmardling3152]

Pillow pad is sold in our Dollarama's here in Canada, most Real versions As seen on TV products that don't sell well are sold there, or at our Giant Tiger stores.

[@Mystress1980]

Yes! So many As Seen On TV stuff ends up at GT Boutique lol

[@GammaGamma1]

Always a joy when you upload man… Big fan

[@lolwhat5993]

Earliest I've ever been. Keep up the great content, James!

[@pamelaquander8485]

I love As Seen On TV. I bought great items from Kathy Mitchell's Duump Cook books 📚 and her 101 express maker, I still have it to this day. I saw some of your videos a while back. I love the one you've testing different 🔥 dogs items and popcorn machines.

[@Stco23]

I like when you do Wish versions of products, it makes for good comedy!

[@OhLookItsDavid]

Looks like the Mars rover in the reflection on your sunglasses!

[@rhondamastropoalo2237]

Love this series , super fun to watch even though we know the outcome! Lol 😁

[@susanwahl6322]

I have a something like the pillow pad. I love using it with my iPad.

[@CreepyUnicorn]

I enjoy your reviews and I love your dog Bailey. Give her a hug for me.

[@tuckert7883]

Those shades are a trip😎, great video

[@pascalguerandel8181]

Love your reviews 🤩

[@Dave-ip7hs]

Appreciate the honesty

[@solanab]

Love all your videos, best reviewer out there

[@1252PFC]

Thanks for the video

[@nicholi1120]

Artic Hat(and Artic Towel) do work in Florida, not as well but they do cool you off. I have lived almost all my life in Florida so I know how hot and humid it is here, but yes they do work.

[@sherryworkman7949]

I love this series

[@jed-henrywitkowski6470]

I bought a Bushnell red dot sight from Wish. You aptly described shipping when you called it "glacially slow," however, when it came, it came in a generic box. I thought to myself, I knew it. Yet when I opened it up... It was a legit Bushnell red dot sight!

[@latoyathomas6544]

Hi James! Have you, or would you review(ed) the Pillow Cube? Love you & your channel!

[@JessicaFEREM]

BTW, there's this product called the Logitech K480 that has a phone/laptop stand built into it, though you can't use a case or use a thick phone, so there's both pros and cons to it, though the pillow pad could be used for more than just in bed, since you could easily just plop it on a table if you want a tablet stand

[@tbone8713]

Favorite reviewer!

[@nothingmuch6666]

The Wish version of the OnePower Readers have a blue light filter on the lenses by the look of it, hence why they look blue/purple at the right angle and why there appears to be a slight tint to the lenses when there actually isn't, its just that less blue light is reaching your eyes.

[@AliP1970]

The only things I've ordered off WISH is a couple of face masks (that I washed in bleach before wearing them) and also a couple of contact containers. I've had to submit for my money back on every item. It took 2 months longer than they said it would take. 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@jonlucchristian1254]

Happy birthday ! Wishing you many more !

[@traceynomatterwhat383]

Thanks for another comparison video. Greatly appreciated. Sending virtual hugs 🤗 from Canada 🇨🇦, James.

[@SolidSpadesIsANerd]

The wish glasses are blue light filtering. You can tell by the blue reflect and it'a the reason behind the tint. I'd argue, for some people, that might be a bonus.

[@kithorton7114]

I have bought, Crochet hooks, yarn needles and a few packs of dice and surprisingly all of the stuff came in a resealable amount of time and all of them are in good shape(I look at the reviews and store ratings) and I actually really like my crochet hooks.... I guess I'm just lucky

[@ItsKaiju]

The man, the legend himself !

[@Montak545]

I believe the tint on the Wish glasses is there as a blue light filter, if you're reading something on a computer screen/ phone etc...

[@Fireskull50]

If you're interested in growing your Arctic product collection I ran across the Arctic Air Tower fan at my local Home Depot

[@barcham]

Whenever a notice that there is a new Freakin' Reviews video posted, I know I will have a big smile on my face when I watch it. This one was no different! By the way... a girlfriend said that the end of the Magic Tap looked like a tampon inserter. Now I can't get that image out of my mind! I'm sorry, but I had to share that! 😋

[@therealding221]

That wallet is the George Constanza special.

[@tdata545]

I use a large business card holder as a wallet and then attached an acrylic ID badge holder to the front and then a rubber phone wallet to the back for quick access for most used credit cards. NOT AS BULKY AS IT SEEMS. 10-12 cards internally, 2 cards in the ID pouch (DL and ECC License) and then 4 cards in the silicone adhesive on the back. Only issue is that the aluminum used deforms easily, but that could be fixed with shims. Though did upgrade to a mini briefcase style that can do 12 cards is much thicker walled, and has two briefcase latches and a handle on it for similar thickness.

[@TrollFaceTheMan]

The tan tint probably isn't actually a tint, it's an effect cuased by the blue reflective coating on the glasses. Less blue light means things look warmer.

[@lucyalderman422]

Very good idea and program

[@staceyl3365]

Can you do a review on the forged in fire knives. Love you videos

[@termitepj]

I have 3 pairs of the one readers from Qvc. all three pair broke by screw. So i glued them. They still work but the frame is not made good .

[@Dunkinthetrunk]

One difference I noticed in the glasses is that the wish glasses seemed to have more of a reflection in the camera where a the one power didn't

[@wandathefam621]

Awesome video James 👍🏻👍🏻

[@bethgrundon3978]

Love your videos!

[@Bionicbabyy]

Great review.

[@madizzle90]

I bought a knock-off version of the Magic Tap from Amazon last March. Both dispensers died on me after a short while even with fresh batteries. I just went ahead and bought the actual Magic Tap, which I’m happy with. My only issue is that milk seems to go sour quicker than usual, even though I have the dispenser firmly covering the opening of the milk bottle.

[@the1only17]

Your camera and stand looks like a buff robot through your sunglasses!

[@bellababooska4181]

I thought that too! Lol

[@Donlee.h]

Love your videos so much

[@chandlerdavis952]

Looks like the wish glasses have a blue blocking. Coating. Used for computers screens , helps milage headaches from long seasions

[@pinkysistamb]

I had Wish's version of the Tac Sunglasses and the Antiglare Night glasses. They worked and were about $1 a piece with $2 shipping on each. The problem with them was that they didn't come with packaging and when reodered the inevitable damaged while shipping happened because there was no packaging. The ones I got that worked didn't last long and cracked easily in less than 2 months. I later got the real deal in a 2 pack that had a Sunglasses pair and a antiglare night pair. You get real high definition visual with the real deal. Like you could spot light reflection and refraction you normally wouldn't see at high noon. Like I spotted rainbows in full detail in the sky that were super faint without the glasses on. They came packaged well with sleeves for each and a glasses cleaning cloth and I got the double pack for 9.99 at Wal-Mart. Normally 19.99. And I am still using the same pair of glasses for a whole year. Never broke. The real deal is way better than the knock off and like you pointed out, the real deal wasn't expensive.

[@Juicetheeunuch]

I feel like lock wallet is for membership cards: gym, supermarket, autozone, blockbuster, library. Put barcode on outside so you don’t have to remove from sleeve. Leave in car. Take when you’re going to certain businesses.

[@vikkiallan5605]

I saw an expensive dish soap push down dispenser online, found one on wish and it is amazing and about 1/5 the price

[@justfly60482]

Charging handle for ar 15 has worked well. 308 muzzle break did great. Everything else was crap.

[@sandraleask6144]

The pillow pad I got from wish works great. Your were not judging them right because all the original Pillow Pad does is hold a cell phone or tablet just like the Wish ones do.

[@ShojoBakunyu]

I loved my lock wallet. It lasted many years.

[@Jexorz86]

Lol i bought a bendy foam chair thing on amazon when my recliner broke, and while i rather like how good of makeshift bed it can be, it's a terrible chair. I recently had to wash the cover and let me tell you, trying to squeeze cushions that are half the size of a twin mattress into a very thin very tight cover was just a nightmare.. it took 2 people close to half an hour too do. and im not sure it would survive that more than a couple times.

[@ken3923]

Hey do a test on that brella shade that you use inside your car to cool it off

[@proudamerican6846]

James of Freakin' Reviews...The reason why I never purchased anything from Wish or Ali Baba and tread cautiously on Amazon but more importantly, why I try to buy "MADE IN USA" whenever possible. Who remembers all the Wish hustlers trying to sell you cheap electronics for top dollar when Wish first hit the scene?

[@TomMaynard--TCM--]

Just want to say 'thanks' to James for pumping out these vids. It really makes my day when a new Freakin' Review pops into my feed. Thank you, James!

[@rolandjones7277]

Agreed

[@sentient.ball.of.stardust]

I think the reason why you'd have a fake of something already affordable is accessibility. Not everything is available worldwide, and most of the times when they are the prices skyrocket and not to mention shipping costs.

[@kokopuppy57342]

You can see with the wish glasses they have a blue light filter. You can see the blue reflection when you look at the lenses. It’s weird they didn’t advertise that feature