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Irelandpenguinz0 calls the Pongtu sticker plunger an "overengineered abomination"
Charlie's case for the old stick plunger rests on a spear comparison, a clip of a sticker bursting and a closing word for doors.
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Why Would Anybody Make This
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- 1:18A clip shows the yellow Pongtu sticker being pressed onto a toilet to clear a blockage.
- 1:45Charlie objects that the design forces users to get uncomfortably close to the waste.
- 3:07He compares the stick plunger to a spear: the distance it gives you is the point.
- 5:51CrazyRussianHacker demonstrates another plastic sticker plunger.
- 7:19A viral clip shows an adhesive plunger bursting. Charlie then explains the infection risk from splashing wastewater.
- 9:14His conclusion: like the door, the standard plunger is a design that does not need reinventing.
The Pongtu is a yellow plastic sheet, sold in packaging that promises a "NEW Innovative Korea Plastic Plunger." You seal it over the toilet bowl and press down on it with your hands. Charlie White, the man behind penguinz0, has a short review: "This is an overengineered abomination here."
"Why Would Anybody Make This" has drawn about 1.7 million views since yesterday. That has already carried it past his Wildwood review and his Snoopy cup video from the days before.
His objection is not that the sticker cannot work. It is where it puts your hands. "So the plunger, you've got some distance, it's like a spear," he says, and the whole argument grows from that image. The handle is not a leftover from a cruder age. It is the reason you can stand back.
He plays a clip of Taras Kulakov, better known as CrazyRussianHacker, trying another version of the plastic sticker. Then comes the clip the title is really about: someone presses down on an adhesive plunger and it bursts. Charlie allows that it may be staged, "but this is a very real problem that can happen," and he walks through the infection risk of contaminated water splashing back at the person kneeling over the bowl.
The comments move fast. People who say they are plumbers weigh in with one-word verdicts. Others call the sticker technology running in reverse, picture plunging becoming a subscription service, or ask what was ever wrong with the old tool. The description gives the sticker his usual crown: "the greatest toilet plunger sticker of All Time."
His final verdict puts the plunger in good company. "Doors do exactly what they need to do optimally," he says. In his view, the stick plunger belongs on the same short list of things nobody needs to reinvent.
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Plumber here,
No.@kronos963See it on YouTubeSolving a problem❌
Probleming a solution ✅@Davethecamel738See it on YouTubeI have one at home and it broke and I fell into the toilet
@DuesdoggoSee it on YouTube
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Charlie you forget that we are living in a "Landfillmaxxing" world now.
@tysimpso1448See it on YouTubeThe worst part about this is that there is absolutely zero way for this to get comically stuck on Donald Duck's butt
@wadedevinney9681See it on YouTubeImagine you show up to work, boss tells you the toilet is clogged, and hands you this instead of a plunger.
@monkeyeattailSee it on YouTubeif it ain't broke, don't fix it. gimme the stick
@SkySkytheScienceGuySee it on YouTubeThey wanted a plunger subscription service.
@HexPaladin1233See it on YouTubeAh, they finally found a solution to the plunger... What was wrong with the plunger again?
@Down_KatSee it on YouTubePersonally i just replace my toilet with a new one when it gets clogged
@kittyroxsSee it on YouTube
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💡 Test your knowledge
Which creator, known for gadget and life-hack videos, demonstrates a sticker plunger in a clip Charlie plays?
The video includes a clip of Taras Kulakov, known as CrazyRussianHacker, trying another version of the plastic toilet sticker.