The Kitchen Safe - time lock for treats and other goodies!

MelodyandBarbells

@jgnatca posted this link in another topic

http://www.dudeiwantthat.com/gear/gadgets/the-kitchen-safe-time-lock-vice-guard.asp

I must say I'm intrigued! Would you buy this, or use it if given one as a gift?

callsitlikeiseeit

h-e-double-hockey-sticks to the no.

kshama2001

I want one for the freezer, so I can again have pints of Ben & Jerry's in the house.

MelodyandBarbells

kshama2001 wrote: »

I want one for the freezer, so I can again have pints of Ben & Jerry's in the house.

I know, right?? :laugh: That was my first question when I saw this. I read the Q&A section on Amazon where an owner said the device was not rated for use in the freezer. So he bought a normal plastic padlock container and locks the key in the kitchen safe . That almost had me sold. But it's still 60 bucks on Amazon and I've bought so much crap this year already!

Ninkyou

I would never buy one. I know my limits. Plus having a time-locked safe is kind of pointless. It's like enforcing meal-timing, which is completely irrelevant. I might want a cookie mid-morning one day and then the next day want it at night. So yeah... wouldn't work for me.

determined24girl

I think i would actually use that. I have the horrible habit of saying "oh I'll just have one and be fine" then keep going back with various justifications as to why I should have "just one more".

kdcomstock89

I like the idea of being able to lock up a teenager's cell phone or game system controller when they're grounded but my kids are little so I've got some time before I have to worry about that!

MelodyandBarbells

Ninkyou wrote: »

I would never buy one. I know my limits. Plus having a time-locked safe is kind of pointless. It's like enforcing meal-timing, which is completely irrelevant. I might want a cookie mid-morning one day and then the next day want it at night. So yeah... wouldn't work for me.

I think the target customer is more like the person who would have seven cookies mid morning today, and tomorrow at night go "oh, *kitten*, what happened"

crb426

I would be staring at that safe and convince myself I MUST have whatever's inside. It's the challenge of it all. Like, you always want what you can't have.

If I want it, I will make it fit into my day. Like the homemade cinnamon rolls I have rising right now...

frantzcr

I can see how this could be a helpful stepping stone to decrease sugar intake gradually but for long term success a person must develop the will power to say no to certain foods

Kamikazeflutterby

If I need that, then I'm not ready to change how I eat. If I'm not ready, the food safe won't help.

The point (for me at least) is that I could have that second slice of pizza, or piece of cake, or even cheese and apple, but I choose not to. I'd go nutso if some person, gadget, or diet told me I couldn't have ____.

kshama2001

Kamikazeflutterby wrote: »

If I need that, then I'm not ready to change how I eat. If I'm not ready, the food safe won't help.

The point (for me at least) is that I could have that second slice of pizza, or piece of cake, or even cheese and apple, but I choose not to. I'd go nutso if some person, gadget, or diet told me I couldn't have ____.

I changed how I eat by not having trigger foods in the house.

kshama2001

Ninkyou wrote: »

I would never buy one. I know my limits. Plus having a time-locked safe is kind of pointless. It's like enforcing meal-timing, which is completely irrelevant. I might want a cookie mid-morning one day and then the next day want it at night. So yeah... wouldn't work for me.

If I have goodies during the day, I'm doomed. But I can have them after dinner without the same effect.

I would have loved this for the gift basket my coworkers sent me. After a few days of failing to moderate, I had to give the rest of it to my brother to get it out of the house.

Kamikazeflutterby

kshama2001 wrote: »

Kamikazeflutterby wrote: »

If I need that, then I'm not ready to change how I eat. If I'm not ready, the food safe won't help.

The point (for me at least) is that I could have that second slice of pizza, or piece of cake, or even cheese and apple, but I choose not to. I'd go nutso if some person, gadget, or diet told me I couldn't have ____.

I changed how I eat by not having trigger foods in the house.

So you made the choice not to have them. You're still the one making a choice every time you buy groceries, not some device, and someday you'll probably be able to have those "trigger" foods in the house again. Hell, to use your Ben 'n Jerry's example, you could buy the single serving cups, and see if that satisfied you and worked with your goals.

strong_curves

No. I guess this would be good for a "binger" maybe. Or maybe it wouldn't since once it's unlocked you can pull out all the cookies in that allotted time it's open.

clin71funyika

strong_curves wrote: »

No. I guess this would be good for a "binger" maybe. Or maybe it wouldn't since once it's unlocked you can pull out all the cookies in that allotted time it's open.

That's true I think this myth has been busted

MelodyandBarbells

Kamikazeflutterby wrote: »

kshama2001 wrote: »

Kamikazeflutterby wrote: »

If I need that, then I'm not ready to change how I eat. If I'm not ready, the food safe won't help.

The point (for me at least) is that I could have that second slice of pizza, or piece of cake, or even cheese and apple, but I choose not to. I'd go nutso if some person, gadget, or diet told me I couldn't have ____.

I changed how I eat by not having trigger foods in the house.

So you made the choice not to have them. You're still the one making a choice every time you buy groceries, not some device, and someday you'll probably be able to have those "trigger" foods in the house again. Hell, to use your Ben 'n Jerry's example, you could buy the single serving cups, and see if that satisfied you and worked with your goals.

To me, that's like saying the remote control turned off the TV. And the single serving icecream? That's a product somebody designed and packaged onto those shelves, they didn't get there all by themselves. I would give those products and processes some of the credit, but I still have a hand in selecting them and using them to my advantage and success.

And when the 24 hour timer (or whatever - it goes from one minute to ten days) goes ding, there's no saying one couldn't just ignore it and go about their day

MelodyandBarbells

strong_curves wrote: »

No. I guess this would be good for a "binger" maybe. Or maybe it wouldn't since once it's unlocked you can pull out all the cookies in that allotted time it's open.

Owners are reporting success, since they just have to have will power whenever they interact with the device. Like that first scoop of ice cream I have, at that instant in time, I truly just want the one. They call it "pre-commitment", or some such. You just have to have enough will power to set it up, not resist it all the time

But I don't own one at all and fully understand that it may not work for everyone

Francl27

I don't see the point, as nothing prevents you from taking 10 cookies out at a time or something.

vivmom2014

No way for me. No, no, no.

callsitlikeiseeit

now i want cookies

ritzbits190

This would be good for me for cookies. I don't bring cookies in the house cause I always overeat them. With this I would take like 1-2 cookies and set it to open in 24 hours lol. That's the only think I can think of that I could use it for. Still won't buy it though.

MommyL2015

No way. The thought of having something in the house that I can't have until such and such a time would make me want that something really bad, then I'd constantly think about it and end up completely overindulging in it.

Having whatever I have in the house, knowing I can eat it whenever I want and knowing I can limit myself because I can have them whenever I want works just fine. There are currently two one-pound Hershey bars in my refrigerator. They are right there when I open the door and I have had a total of ZERO of them. There are always cookies, chips, ice cream and various forms of chocolate in the house and I do have some, sometimes. Not always and they are not ever forbidden. My brain doesn't do forbidden. It's why I was an unruly teenager.

tns56364

I remember these from shark tank. Personally, I don't need them.

_Terrapin_

JaneiR36 wrote: »

@jgnatca posted this link in another topic

http://www.dudeiwantthat.com/gear/gadgets/the-kitchen-safe-time-lock-vice-guard.asp

I must say I'm intrigued! Would you buy this, or use it if given one as a gift?

Thanks. Now all I can envision is cookies. Soft, warm, gooey...chocolate pieces melting in my hand. Why eat six when you can eat more?!? Self control where art thou?!?

Okay, seriously. I don't need it. I can take a Boston Cream Donut, perform a donutectomy on it, let it sit for a whole day and then throw it out.

CooCooPuff

kdcomstock89 wrote: »

I like the idea of being able to lock up a teenager's cell phone or game system controller when they're grounded but my kids are little so I've got some time before I have to worry about that!

That's a good idea.

CaffeinatedConfectionist

I used to joke years ago about how I needed something like this. Now that it's actually for sale, meh. I don't need or want it. I guess my mindset, self-control and relationship to food has changed over the last few years. But if some people find it helpful as a tool, why not?

Lounmoun

JaneiR36 wrote: »

Would you buy this, or use it if given one as a gift?

No, I would not use this. I don't really have an issue with willpower or moderation.
It seems like something that might be fun/useful for teaching a younger child to wait for something they want since they could watch the timer count down.

ElizabethOakes2

I sleep walk when I'm really stressed. I've woken up with half-eaten cinnamon rolls in the bed before. That's the only reason I can think of to get something like this. When I'm awake, my self-control is really good. (Currently, not overly-stressed, and am sleeping well, too!)

snikkins

I think it's a short term solution for a long term problem.

I think it would work, like apparently it is for the people leaving reviews of the product, until they get sick of it. I think it's that they're choosing self-control on a more subconscious level by having purchased it because as others have mentioned, what's from taking the entire thing out when the timer goes off?

MelodyandBarbells

newmeadow wrote: »

The least they could do is make the safe opaque so you can't see the cookies. Or maybe they did that on purpose. It would make the likelihood of smashing it so you could get to the cookies more likely. Then you'd have to go out and buy another one. And then it would happen again and again. And by the end of the year, you've bought, like, five. A moneymaker.

They have opaque ones!!

There are actually quite a few color choices. I myself favor the clear case, red lid