dumbest invention ever

The SmudgeGuard is a pseudo-glove for left-handers to wear to prevent smudges when writing with a pen or pencil or drawing with pastels, graphite or the like.

I am a left-handed artist and I think the SmudgeGuard is the dumbest invention ever. I wear smudge marks on my hand as a badge of honor that I’m left-handed.

A selling point on the site is “no more dry, chapped hands from washing smudges off repeatedly”. How often does a lefty have to wash their hands as a result of getting pencil smudge on them? Maybe once or twice a day. Oh no! The hands of all lefties must be drying up at an uncontrollable pace! Does the inventor of the SmudgeGuard not wash their hands after going to the bathroom? What’s their solution for that? A glove to wear while in the bathroom? I see no advantage for this SmudgeGuard. Preventing dry hands is a terrible reason to get this thing.

Nowhere on their site do they mention how you clean the SmudgeGuard. Can it go in the washing machine? I wouldn’t want to use the SmudgeGuard simply because you need to clean the stupid thing after each use. I don’t want to use The SmudgeGuard one day and then start a new drawing the next day only to find out that the dirty SmudgeGuard is leaving residue on my drawing. This invention is completely counter-productive.

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Tom Saaristo
16 years ago

That invention is almost insulting as well as being really really stupid.

Mark R
Mark R
16 years ago

It would be a great product addition to Ned Flanders’s store for Left Handed people on the Simpsons.

Matt Maldre
Admin
16 years ago

lefties… haha. SUCKERS!

Sam
Sam
16 years ago

I think this is brilliant product! I’m left-handed and proud to be one too – but I wouldn’t want to wear the smudges on like a badge of honor. That’s the main reason why my work gets all smudged in the first place! My hand tends to sweat while I write and this glove could actually keep my sweat intact since ink or graphite is so attracted to sweat. And I checked out the website, you can see the washing care instructions in the instructions page. Also, for those who wear smudge marks like a badge of honor, wouldn’t it… Read more »

Sam
Sam
16 years ago

Many artists wear a glove to keep the SWEAT from their hand from ruining their artwork. That’s why I buy cheap white archivast’s gloves and cut the fingers off so that it prevents smudges. It works but I don’t like that it’s too big and loose on my hand. It also covers the majority of my hand which is not necessary. And worse, it looks cheap that I have to cut it up! I buy gloves and then I have to cut it up. Does it make sense? But I do that only because I don’t have any other choice.… Read more »

Josie
Josie
16 years ago

The glove is very cool looking! Shows alot of skin which makes it totally sexy!

bee
bee
16 years ago

Sounds to me like Sam and Cindy are hired spokespeople.. but that’s just how I read it. Now, as a disclaimer, I am neither a lefty, nor one of those people that leaves the restroom in a less than sanitary state. I was looking into these to use with my new Wacom graphic tablet. I’m trying to get used to it, but the problem is that despite my hands not being particularly sweaty, they seem to stick when in contact with the surface of the tablet. I’m rather avoiding purchasing the SmudgeGuard glove because A) the name is stupid, B)… Read more »

Matt Maldre
Admin
14 years ago

Obama needs this. He’s left-handed.

Luis Elamned
Luis Elamned
7 years ago

It’s not just for left-handed people. And it’s also made mainly for digital artists, where it helps their hands slide easily on the tablet surface, and to prevent smudging on said tablet. as a RIGHT-HANDED person, this product has helped me greatly on my digital paintings.

Did you guys even click the link?