Top 30 Worst Product FAILS of All Time

you know why it's AED around welcome to watch Mojo and today we're looking at some of the most memorable product failures in history sweeter Bolder better you're insane number 30 Harley-Davidson cologne all my life I wanted a harleydavidson and with the $10,000 I'm saving on that wedding I can get the hog of Life who do you think of when you think of perfum human colognes Dior Calvin Klein yes what about Harley-Davidson no probably not beginning in the mid 1990s Harley-Davidson expanded into the perfume and cologne industry introducing a number of fragrances with the help of L'Oreal these scents included hot rod which had notes of wood and tobacco and Destiny man which smelt of cinnamon and Cedar Wood what have I told you there once was a fragrance that was inspired by burning rubber exhaust fumes and knife fights they failed to catch on with their audience however who were just much more interested in the whole motorcycle aspect of the brand the perfumes and colognes faded quickly and were discontinued within a decade on the market it's a formidable scent stings the nostrils number 29 Blockbuster Total Access the Blockbuster versus Netflix war is one for the ages and towards the end Blockbuster was just too slow playing catch up against the streaming giant I've been doing Netflix you know like everybody there was a time in 2006 however that Blockbuster looked like they might overtake their rival with the introduction of Total Access this new scheme copied what Netflix was doing but with a Twist if online customers returned their rentals to a physical store they could receive another rental for free Blockbuster initially saw great success with this but it cost them around $2 a pop eventually the cost caught up with them and when that was compounded by legal issues from Netflix and a reluctance from store franchises to embrace the Total Access Project the initiative ultimately ended up being a big part of why Blockbuster toppled am I supposed to be the next Tarantino if I don't work in a video store number 28 Friendster ah yes another social media casualty thanks largely in part to yes you guessed it the popularity of Facebook since we left school all my friends have ended up doing different things but frster actually found success a year before Facebook even launched hitting the ground running in 2003 and earning itself millions of subscribers in its first year its downfall was partially due to the rise of Facebook but the company also failed to scale up quickly enough to meet subscriber spikes which in turn resulted in slow sight performance frster also failed to keep up with Trends and what competitors like Myspace and Facebook were doing and it saw a gradual decline before finally closing up shop in 2015 regardless frster was still one of the very first big mainstream social media sites but with Friendster on my maxus mobile I can stay in touch with everyone number 27 Philips CDI player this is CDI compact dis interactive a new world standard in multimedia home entertainment from Phillips Electronics released in 1991 and discontinued just 7 years later the Philips CDI player was well a disaster the device was a multimedia home entertainment system able to read and play compact disk interactive a digital optical dis data storage format upon which media like video games interactive Museum tours and internet access could be accessed what are you going to use it for games and stuff and man was technology expensive back then the first commercial CDI was released in 1991 and retailed for $800 which is the modern equivalent of about $1,800 this high price tag was a major detriment to the device as it was forced to compete with much cheaper multimedia PCS furthermore the tech was considered outdated even at the time of release and it received bad reviews from major Outlets the CDI only sold about 400,000 units before it was quietly discontinued in 1998 awesome awesome is Right awesome sound awesome pictures awesome choices number 26 Microsoft Kin marketing experts will probably tell you a thousand reasons why Microsoft's range of kin smartphones failed in 2010 in reality though it's very very simple the kin 1 and two were aimed at the youth Market but they didn't support apps like what is that about if you wanted to check in and update your social media streams on your kin you had to go through a browser this is in the era of the app happy iPhone oh and by the way it was really expensive to buy as well Microsoft's kin range was discontinued about a year later thir in the ocean number 25 Cosmopolitan yogurt oh this is terrible fit oh it stinks mine too we got one more day I can't eat this if we learn anything from this list it's that established companies should probably stay in their own Lanes enter Cosmopolitan yogurt a special yogurt made by the popular fashion magazine why we really don't know released in 1999 Cosmopolitan yogurt was not the first thing that people reached for in the dairy aisle probably because they like us were thinking why is Cosmo making yogurt hello hello magazine interview Cosmo can't flake twice well I think this is a little bit more important than Cosmo don't you the brand was handily outsold by competitors and the magazine company left the yogurt market after about a year and a half and somehow this isn't even the only yogurt themed failure in 1979 plol released Touch of yogurt shampoo which some confused buyers even ingested tou of yogurt number 24 Windows Vista Vista launched in 2007 and was a replacement for the wellth thought of Windows XP people were excited but that didn't last long from the moment it launched people everywhere were pulling out their hair due to incompatibility issues with their current computers despite promises from Windows that that wouldn't happen so Windows 95 was key to its era and Windows Vista is key uh to the era we have today users were forced to upgrade due to increased Hardware requirements and the general Speed and Performance of Vista was well not good loads of Windows users remained on the XP system and refused to switch waiting for things to get better thankfully they did when Windows 7 launched in 2009 no this is the glorified Windows system number 23 lawn darts frivolous lawsuits are chasing good people out of business people who sell propane people who manufacture flu vaccine and people who make lawn darts in hindsight making a metal tipped toy that kids throw in the air maybe wasn't the greatest idea A variation on horseshoes lawn darts are tossed or thrown towards the target sitting a number of feet away while modern lawn darts are quite safe this wasn't the case back in the day like real darts they were pointed and Incredibly sharp and thousands of miners were hospitalized after injuring themselves with the toys do you have any idea what could happen if you play around with one of these the FDA designated lawn darts as a mechanical hazard in 1970 and banned them from toy stores but it wasn't until 1987 when a California girl tragically lost her life that they were banned entirely in both the United States and Canada rope shovel bag of lime and some lawn darts number 22 Nintendo Wii U what oh it is time for Wii U the Wii U is a great Innovative console with an awesome games library and it's bookended by the super successful Nintendo Wii and Nintendo switch so what gives well Nintendo's marketing of the Wii U when it was launched in 2012 was just confusing it carried a similar name to the Wii but it wasn't merely an accessory for the Wii it was a separate console and the controller was also a screen so you could play it handheld but you could also connect it to a TV it was kind of like an early iteration of the switch but it didn't seem like the gaming world was ready for it the high price tag did not help its cause either losing isn't Fun is it number 21 3D TV Samsung 3D TV the world's first 3D LED TV Samsung LG Sony take your pick there were tons of major Tech brands that dipped their toe into the 3D TV market and ultimately came out wondering where it all went wrong the 3D TV hype peaked around 2012 just a few years after James Cameron Unleashed avatar on the world people were enjoying 3D movies and live sports events from the comfort of their living rooms thanks to the use of specific displays and glasses but it didn't take long for The Fad to fizzle many got bored of it fast or just couldn't be bothered to fiddle with 3D glasses especially with the rising popularity of ultra clear 4K TVs and curved displays which enhance the viewing experience with no extra effort maybe they'll make a comeback so how smart is your 3D number 20 the dmc2 this one may come as a surprise considering it has unending popularity a rabid fan base and pop culture cred courtesy of its use and Back to the Future [Music] but Marty McFly saddled up in 1985 by which point the car had been deemed an abject failure beautifully crafted for long life the DeLorean is one of the most awaited automobiles in automotive history on the market for a scant three model years before DMC was shuttered amid multiple forms of controversy the DeLorean as it later came to be known never performed as well as it looked disappointing drivers and turning off wouldbe owners the first production car was completed in January of ' 81 but by December of ' 82 the game was over with DMC itself following suit soon after number 19 Apple Maps when Apple Maps launched in 2012 it was riddled with issues boldly the company made Apple Maps the default Maps application on iPhones and boy did people hate it Tim Cook even issued a public apology for all of the problems the application had some of these problems included misspelled place names and locations being placed miles from where they actually were since then Apple has improved some features but its reputation hasn't fully recovered and in terms of users Google Maps remains way ahead don't tell me this is zoom bad I'm sorry Gavin it's Apple Maps bad number 18 segue this is the world's first self-balancing human transporter the segue has certainly fallen from Grace since it was first introduced back in 2001 to the excitement of local dads and M cops everywhere the problem was the astronomical hopes of the Segway Creator the intention was to have the product completely revolutionize how humans got around in urban areas f takeway f but there was just something undeniably dorky about it and it wasn't adopted nearly as fervently as its producer had hoped in an unfortunate turn of events the product's viability died with the company owner Jimmy heselden who was killed when he fell off a cliff while riding his Segway scooter through the English Countryside number 17 Colgate kitchen Entre in the 1980s frozen meals were popular and prevalent so that's perhaps why Colgate best known for their line of toothpastes decided to get into the market because why not but there's something distinctly unappetizing about the name Colgate kitchen Entre what a cool taste let me try no one wants to be slumming it with a half Frozen half overcooked plate of GRL and be reminded of fluoride enhanced mint flavored grit cream anyone who's ever had a glass of OJ after brushing their teeth knows toothpaste and food do not mix sorry but we will pass on this one number 16 K's Rocky Mountain sparkling water you will start to notice a trend on our list that many of the entries involve companies leaving their comfort zones in an attempt to Branch out into new markets K's Rocky Mountain sparkling water is a prime example of this it's the right in 1990 when the product was released Kors was one of the most successful Brewing companies in America and while their beer was popular across many demographics one they were not hitting was the sparkling water crowd but people didn't want to drink bubbly water that perhaps tasted like ultra light beer and the trademark expired a few years after launch number 15 Virtual Boy in the mid90s Nintendo was thriving their Super Nintendo released in 1990 was a massive success but a few short years later they delivered a serious flop the virtual boy was marketed as the first 3D gaming console and there were many issues in development causing it to be released before it was properly finished I know they're really really bad for your eyes so you could only play them 20 minutes at a time the company had decided to shift its focus onto their next idea the N64 and they were right to do so the virtual boy was a big disappointment with poor 3D effects and a big price tag not to mention concerns of it affecting the health of users number 14 Microsoft Bob back in 1995 the masses weren't exactly computer savvy so we could understand the thinking behind the launch of the Microsoft Bob this was an operating system interface that made your desktop look like a house with each application corresponding to a regular household item the whole point is that you don't have to find the clock application somewhere in your computer you can just think hey look there's a clock click on it the idea wasn't a terrible one but it used a ton of processing power which most home computers didn't have an excess in 1995 it was discontinued shortly after launch to make matters even worse it gave the world clippy and perhaps worse still comic sanss was actually invented for use in Microsoft Bob even though they didn't end up using it on the interface number 13 HD DVD remember back in the late aots when people had to decide whether to commit to HD DVDs or Blu-ray there was a race to replace or at least improve upon the DVD and Toshiba threw their hat into the ring with the HD DVD high def DVD is is really an improvement over old DVD it's the same technology that's why they didn't change the name there wasn't anything wrong with the HD DVD per se but it simply lost the war against Blu-ray and two years after its release it was discontinued unfortunately for consumers many had invested in HD DVD players which were essentially made obsolete or at least of limited use although some may now say the same about physical media in general so is there a real winner here number 12 the arch Deluxe over the years McDonald's has introduced dozens of new menu items some are hits and some are definite misses the arch Deluxe was marketed as a burger with a grown-up taste in the ad campaign focused on getting adults with sophisticated pallettes to try it the soft comforting potato roll I'm in the zone all layered together in one Symphony of taste the company spent over $300 million on development and marketing for the arch Deluxe and yet it didn't meet sales expectations there was nothing in particular wrong with the burger which was pretty standard with additions like peppered bacon leaf lettuce and a special mayo and mustard sauce Arch Arch darl um the new Arch Deluxe yeah I was going to say that but consumers just weren't biting and the arch Deluxe went MC byby soon after number 11 zoon back in the mids it was tough to compete with Apple's hugely successful iPod but some companies tried anyway to varying results Microsoft produced its own MP3 player called the zoom which was released in 2006 and managed to stick around until 2012 12 though in the latter years it was definitely not selling much the performance of the zoon never quite matched up to that of its competitors and in an embarrassing instance in 2008 most of the 30 GB zoons completely stopped working on New Year's Eve because they forgot to account for the extra day in the leap year I stood in front of a case of iPods and I bought a zoom what's a zoom yep exactly number 10 easy squirt colored ketchup kids historically love ketchup so it makes sense that Hines the world's best know maker of ketchup decided to Market ketchup directly to children with its easy squirt line the squeezable containers were easy for kids to use but not only that the product was made available in a variety of fun and dare we say it rad colors other than the standard red who wouldn't want to squirt something purple and toxic looking onto their french fries while the novel idea may have had some kids begging their parents to put it in their grocery carts by 2006 production was Stu number nine Cheetos lip balm some products on this list were good ideas that just weren't well executed or didn't catch on but this is absolutely not one of them sure we all loved soda flavored chapstick but when Fredo Lei introduced Cheetos flavored lip balm it was obviously a step too far we acknowledge that Cheetos are incredible but not every snack food belongs in our makeup case we can't even imagine what the marketing pitch was for this product and we wouldn't be surprised if someone was fired for creating this monstrosity number eight the Newton the Apple Newton was the product for which the term personal digital assistant was created and at the time of its release in 1993 it seemed like the height of new technology Newton is the first product from Apple to have a button labeled assist tap it and you open a whole new world of possibilities but the price of the product was very steep making it a difficult sell for consumers another factor in its failure was that the highly anticipated handwriting feature ended up being a disappointment at least if you didn't want to eat up Martha hey Dolph take a membo on your Newton beat up Martin the Palm Pilot ended up overtaking it and when Steve Jobs came back to Apple in 1997 he ordered the Newton line to be discontinued I just point this to another Newton and zap the information is transferred no wires or anything it's really cool it's way cool yeah number seven the Galaxy Note 7 one of the more recent flops we'll be discussing was one of the most explosive launches in Tech History but in all seriousness the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 started literally catching on fire shortly after its release this fablet was actually pretty well reviewed when it first launched in August of 2016 but those positive critiques didn't count for much when the phones began smoking and setting a flame through measurement and observation it was found that the negative electrodes were damaged because the design of the cell pouch did not provide enough room in one much publicized instance this even happened on a flight which had to be evacuated prompting Airlines to ban the Note 7 Samsung discontinued the phone in October of 2016 and reportedly lost billions of dollars because of the debacle I call it exploding because this did shoot pieces of whatever it was inside the phone out number six betamax remember VHS meet its older brother released in 1975 just a year before the VHS tape came out the betamax arguably had better technology than its competitor the resolution and sound were considered to be superior to those of the VHS but because Sony made a major misstep with its licensing VHS soared past it to quickly grab a larger market share providing more consumer options and lower price points that is why '90s kids will all remember having their Disney movies on VHS and not betamax everything you want in home video from those awfully nice Sony people who's a clever little Sony then I am number five Google Glass in so many works of Science Fiction that imagine the future of humanity we had where technology that looked a whole lot like Google Glass in fact theoretically it seemed like an incredibly futuristic invention that could completely change the way we viewed the world you can tap on any card to see more swipe down anywhere to go back to the timeline but despite its lofty goals Google Glass was mired with criticism and was prohibitively expensive for many Chief among the concerns were issues of privacy because the glass could easily record people without their consent as well as safety number four wow chips consumers should probably be smart enough to be wary of lowfat potato chips but when WOW chips were released by LS in 1998 no one could have imagined The Fallout you see they were made with a fat alternative called olestra which caused well let's just say gastrointestinal distress that is visits to the bathroom it seems the folks who make krisco had come up with Olene an oil that fries up snacks without adding any fat or calories how this was not discovered during the development phase we'll never know but the end result was that LS was forced to put a warning on all bags reading this product contains olestra olestra may cause abdominal cramping and loose stools now that is not exactly great marketing material number three Premier smokeless cigarettes long before peeps were vaping or using ecigarettes companies were trying to come up with a safer way to smoke in 1988 for tobacco company RJ Reynolds this meant introducing a line of smokeless cigarettes the problem was smokers didn't get the same satisfaction from it because of the lack of actual smoke not to mention there was a chemical taste associated with it that didn't improve things in the end the non-smoking smokes were only around for a few months before they were removed from the market and after RJ Reynolds invested hundreds of millions of dollars into them number two edil the most memorable product failures are usually the ones that were the most heavily hyped this is true now and it was true all the way back in the 1950s as well that's right driving the 1958 Edsel is as easy as flicking a light switch the Ford Motor Company came out with the etel after a year-long marketing campaign leading up to its release which branded it as the car of the future with so much anticipation it was almost destined to fall short of what people had expected like this speedometer that glows red when you exceed the safe maximum speed you set it for but this was an even more colossal failure than anyone could have imagined people thought they were too expensive ensive ugly and suffered from being overhyped in short the etel never picked up traction before we continue be sure to subscribe to our Channel and ring the bell to get notified about our latest videos you have the option to be notified for occasional videos or all of them if you're on your phone make sure you go into your settings and switch on notifications number one New Coke if it ain't broke don't fix it this was a lesson that the Coca-Cola Company clearly did not internalize when they came up with the idea for New Coke in the 80s it tastes like the 80s there you go so there you go we're not sure why they decided to mess with a good thing but when they reformulated their popular Cola beverage to more closely align with popular tastes at the time the reaction was overwhelmingly negative several years later Pepsi tried a similar tactic with Crystal Pepsi which was clear and caffeine-free and was similarly unsuccessful curious parties and late comers got a second chance to try new Coke in 2019 however when it was released as a cross promotion with stranger things you're [Music] 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Length: 24min 7sec (1447 seconds)

Published: Sun May 12 2024