Speaker 1: Hey there, everybody. It is Wednesday, December third, and it
Speaker 1: is day three of our holiday gift Guide. We are
Speaker 1: sharing with you some gift popular holiday gift items, some
Speaker 1: hot gifts that our producers sent to our apartment and
Speaker 1: said check them out, see what you think, and let
Speaker 1: everyone know if you would recommend purchasing this gift. And so, yes,
Speaker 1: we're all creating our holiday gift lifts. We're all trying
Speaker 1: gift lists. Say gift lift, I did. I'd like a
Speaker 1: gift lift, but I'm instead trying to check off a
Speaker 1: gift list. How you doing on your shopping?
Speaker 2: I am way ahead. I am far far ahead that
Speaker 2: I am used to And maybe that has something to
Speaker 2: do with you, and it really might be the case.
Speaker 2: There are a lot of people and a lot of
Speaker 2: things and a lot to you know what, It's a
Speaker 2: lot to get done. We have such a busy rest
Speaker 2: of the year that's just not going to have time
Speaker 2: for this and to enjoy the rest of it. I
Speaker 2: want to have this off my plane.
Speaker 1: Yes, So hopefully this list helps you all at least
Speaker 1: decide what you want to buy, maybe what you don't
Speaker 1: want to buy. And by the way, we are not
Speaker 1: getting paid by any of these products, but we're going
Speaker 1: to post each one each day on our Instagram account
Speaker 1: at Amy and TJ Podcast, so you can check it
Speaker 1: out and there'll be a link to buy it if
Speaker 1: you so choose. I think everyone has someone in their
Speaker 1: lives who is well traveled, who's a traveler who jumps
Speaker 1: on planes and trains and vehicles. I would say we
Speaker 1: are among those. Yes, So how well do you sleep
Speaker 1: on planes, trains and vehicles?
Speaker 2: You're asking me, but I'm asking you know the answer
Speaker 2: to that, Yeah, I don't. I usually just don't sleep,
Speaker 2: not because I'm uncomfortable, I can't get comfortable. I just
Speaker 2: I'm off. I'm enjoying the experience, I'm doing something, so
Speaker 2: I just don't sleep necessarily.
Speaker 1: I consider it a blessing. If by chance, I happen
Speaker 1: to sleep on a plane, which is rare, we have
Speaker 1: to be dead tired, exactly, And guess what, we're not
Speaker 1: alone because this is according to this is the product
Speaker 1: we're about to announce. But according to the company's website
Speaker 1: and National Sleep survey of over two thousand US adults
Speaker 1: found that sixty five percent of people have difficulties sleeping
Speaker 1: while traveling. I would even think that number might be higher,
Speaker 1: but more than fifty percent of those who were asked
Speaker 1: agreed that their ability to enjoy an adventure was then
Speaker 1: compromised by that jet lag or by travel fatigue.
Speaker 2: So this is not just a matter of let me
Speaker 2: get some sleep, it is it can impact your vacation.
Speaker 1: Correct exactly. So enter gift number three, the Pluto Pod
Speaker 1: Travel pillow Okay.
Speaker 2: Pluto Pod Travel.
Speaker 1: Pillow o correct Okay. Here is the product description Arrive
Speaker 1: Rested not Wrecked. The patented Pluto Pod is one of
Speaker 1: the most complete and customizable travel pillows ever made, created
Speaker 1: using feedback from everyday travelers, flight attendants, sleep researchers, researchers,
Speaker 1: and a design from IDEO. The structured next support keeps
Speaker 1: your head supported no matter how you sleep, while the
Speaker 1: pillowy side padding ads comfort from every angle. You control
Speaker 1: your environment. You can wear the hood up for privacy
Speaker 1: or down for airflow, and you can pull a built
Speaker 1: in eye mask over your eyes for darkness, or you
Speaker 1: can keep it up if you want to stay alert.
Speaker 1: So they say it creates a sensory deprivation feel and
Speaker 1: even helps you get real rest in noisy, cramped airplane seats.
Speaker 2: So hiory deprivation feel they want you to experience.
Speaker 1: Yes, because if you have all this noise and chaos
Speaker 1: and crying babies and bright lights and someone's got their
Speaker 1: computer screen on, you can kind of shut it all
Speaker 1: out with this neck pillow with a hood.
Speaker 2: Okay, two things first, What is there something did I
Speaker 2: miss in your description? You said block things out as
Speaker 2: a sound deafening element to this.
Speaker 1: No, I think they're just assuming you can put air
Speaker 1: pods in. So it's true. So I you saw me.
Speaker 1: I took it out of the box. It was actually
Speaker 1: packaged very nicely and neatly, and that's one of their
Speaker 1: big pluses. Oh, go ahead.
Speaker 2: I had two questions.
Speaker 1: Oh, I'm so sorry.
Speaker 2: My second one is what many people might be asking,
Speaker 2: how is this different? Oh better than my neck pillow?
Speaker 2: Because I have it right. This is a neck pillow
Speaker 2: for the most part, isn't it?
Speaker 1: Yes? But it's very different. So we're used to seeing
Speaker 1: those bananas shaped or U shaped neck pillows. In fact,
Speaker 1: we always kind of chuckle when we see people walking
Speaker 1: around the airport with them on a bash. They may
Speaker 1: look silly and ridiculous, but they don't think so well.
Speaker 2: It's they look silly and ridiculous, even if you're sleeping
Speaker 2: on the plane, correct, But when you're walking through the
Speaker 2: terminal wearing your neck pillow, and not because you're close
Speaker 2: to your gate. I mean, these are people who are
Speaker 2: in restaurants and just walking through. It is we get
Speaker 2: a kick out of it. But hey, do you think it's.
Speaker 1: One of our fun people watching moments where we get
Speaker 1: to see all the folks walking in with neck pillows,
Speaker 1: even people walking on the plane. When you get seated
Speaker 1: and you walk, people watch people walk in with their
Speaker 1: neck pillows. I always laugh, like, who's doing it? Everyone?
Speaker 1: There's not even one type of person who does it.
Speaker 1: It's very funny, kind.
Speaker 2: Of big, right, it's the best way to carry it
Speaker 2: that's not going to get in the way. I get it.
Speaker 1: People love their neck pillows. This one is different though,
Speaker 1: and actually the company on the website points out how
Speaker 1: silly people look walking around. The company even says it yes,
Speaker 1: because they say theirs is designed to look sleek and different.
Speaker 1: And also they have a way that you can connect
Speaker 1: it to your luggage so you don't have to wear
Speaker 1: it around your neck. You can wear it actually, or
Speaker 1: you can just like basically fasten it around your luggage
Speaker 1: so you don't have to look silly. They actually point
Speaker 1: that out. But this one, I have to say. I
Speaker 1: looked at the models on their website looked way cooler
Speaker 1: than I did. You saw me put it on.
Speaker 2: I didn't see them models on the website.
Speaker 1: Though they look there. They're wearing it a little bit
Speaker 1: more weakly. Yes, the website is is it plutopillow dot
Speaker 1: com And you'll see, like I want to get more
Speaker 1: take on it. So anyway, when I pulled it out,
Speaker 1: it was in a really nice packaging, like it's all
Speaker 1: and they said that was a big part of their
Speaker 1: design to make it so that you could wrap it
Speaker 1: up and put it either in your carry on or
Speaker 1: attach it to your bag. But they claim that it
Speaker 1: has a hood with it, so you put the hood.
Speaker 1: You're laughing at the fixtures. They look cooler than I did. Really,
Speaker 1: they kind of look like astronauts. So you you actually
Speaker 1: put it on and you vel crow it around your neck.
Speaker 1: I have a thing about things around my neck, so
Speaker 1: you you clearly have to be somebody who loves turtlenecks,
Speaker 1: so like, I can't wear turtlenecks even a cowl neck
Speaker 1: will get me. So this probably is not a design
Speaker 1: for me, but a lot of people don't have issues
Speaker 1: with things around their neck. But then it has a hood,
Speaker 1: and I will say you pull the hood over and
Speaker 1: then you can pull down a built in eyemask and
Speaker 1: you really don't know where you are. And for people
Speaker 1: who would like to just disappear on a plane, I
Speaker 1: would say this is probably for you.
Speaker 2: And when you say disappear, what do you mean?
Speaker 1: You think you're disappeared? Like you basically feel like you're
Speaker 1: in another space and time.
Speaker 2: And here's I thought you were saying, you disappear because
Speaker 2: nobody can see or recognize you once you put this
Speaker 2: thing on.
Speaker 1: That is true, That is absolutely true. And if you
Speaker 1: put air pods or any sort of you know, oh man,
Speaker 1: any sort of listening device, you will completely not even
Speaker 1: know you're on a plane. Yes, oh yeah, yes, this wait,
Speaker 1: this is funny. I want to actually read what they
Speaker 1: say about other people's pillows. We knew that after dedicating
Speaker 1: years on improving the pillow in the bedroom, and that's
Speaker 1: what they're known for, Pluto pillows, it was time for
Speaker 1: us to try our hand at the pillow you take
Speaker 1: with you on trips. We were tired of seeing the
Speaker 1: same horse shoe you shape design or the tacky ones
Speaker 1: that make you look ridiculous. So they think that this
Speaker 1: design makes you look sleek, stylish, stylish. I think you
Speaker 1: kind of look like an astronaut. There's also a guarantee
Speaker 1: on their website. They say, get amazing sleep on your trip,
Speaker 1: or get your money back.
Speaker 2: Okay, how are you going to confirm or how are
Speaker 2: you going to do that? How does that work?
Speaker 1: You just say I didn't sleep.
Speaker 2: And then give me my money back.
Speaker 1: That's what they claim. And they also claim that yes,
Speaker 1: they have the hygienic, hygienic way to transport it. Either
Speaker 1: you wear it around your neck or they you roll
Speaker 1: it up into a small burrito shape.
Speaker 2: Now that part is good, that's very cool.
Speaker 1: You can really make it into this small little shape.
Speaker 1: And they say in that small little shape, and they
Speaker 1: give you a little sack to put it in that
Speaker 1: it actually can work as a back cushion or lumbar
Speaker 1: support or a mini mini pillow. My mom has a
Speaker 1: bad back, and so when she sits in cars even
Speaker 1: or in any sort of seat, she actually gets like
Speaker 1: water bottles and puts them on her back, so she
Speaker 1: would actually probably use this neck pillow more for that
Speaker 1: than she would even on her head. But anyway, there
Speaker 1: are lots of ways to wear this useful travel pillow
Speaker 1: for the traveler in your life. Initial thoughts of when
Speaker 1: you saw me put it.
Speaker 2: On, you look nuts. There's no way you're going out
Speaker 2: in public like that on your own, and you certainly
Speaker 2: certainly are not going to be a companion of mine
Speaker 2: if you're wearing that. There is no way. And I
Speaker 2: think for most people this will prevent them from having
Speaker 2: this product before, because folks, we are not joking. When
Speaker 2: you put this thing on, fully think moon landing. It
Speaker 2: looks like an astronaut's helmet the way it covers you,
Speaker 2: and it just doesn't have that mask on the front.
Speaker 2: But you can pull a mask down that's black and
Speaker 2: it pretty much does ful. I'm telling you you will.
Speaker 2: If you see anybody out in public with this on,
Speaker 2: you're gonna like, what the hell is going on? I'm
Speaker 2: not talking. You said it was effective. It works, and
Speaker 2: it might, but you're gonna have to overcome what you're
Speaker 2: gonna look like.
Speaker 1: All right, when we come back, I'm going to give
Speaker 1: my thoughts on, putting it on, wearing it, tried it,
Speaker 1: you saw me, I was rolling my yourself, and I
Speaker 1: did look in the mirror. And then we'll tell you
Speaker 1: where to buy it, how much it is, and we'll.
Speaker 2: Cost you.
Speaker 1: We'll be right back. Welcome back to our holiday gift guide.
Speaker 1: We are in day three and we are talking about
Speaker 1: the Pluto Pod travel pillow and I tried it on
Speaker 1: this morning. DJ has given you his thoughts on what
Speaker 1: I looked like. I can tell you what I felt like.
Speaker 1: So I did look in the mirror. I did think
Speaker 1: I looked a little silly. I think I believe I
Speaker 1: did describe myself as a astronaut. Now, I will say
Speaker 1: the color that they sent us was like a gray
Speaker 1: and then when you pull down the imask, it is black,
Speaker 1: and so that does create a helmet looking like a
Speaker 1: space helmet looking look. But they do have it in
Speaker 1: all black. So I wonder if it were black on black,
Speaker 1: if it would look less like an astronaut's helmet, maybe
Speaker 1: more like a motorcycle helmet.
Speaker 2: I'm looking at it now. In the mask that comes down,
Speaker 2: you look like one of the guards on Squid Game.
Speaker 2: Almost the way the mask comes down, this is bizarre.
Speaker 2: You said it worked and it's cool.
Speaker 1: But Rhodes, come on, mate, he took a picture of me.
Speaker 1: You know what, we should put this on our story.
Speaker 1: We will, We'll put it on our I will put
Speaker 1: it on our story. I absolutely will. I will say this.
Speaker 1: The fabric is like really high quality. You can feel it.
Speaker 1: You can tell it's really really well done. But as
Speaker 1: I said, he's showing me the picture, I looked a
Speaker 1: little bit like an astronaut. I will say, it does
Speaker 1: feel like you're on your own planet. And there are
Speaker 1: people who want to feel like they're on their own
Speaker 1: planet and look like it. You literally fade away and disappear. Now,
Speaker 1: I do want to point out for me the neck
Speaker 1: phrase was a little uncomfortable. But I am not a
Speaker 1: neck person. But it does give you nex support.
Speaker 2: But I'm asking it was uncomfortable because of you. It
Speaker 2: wasn't designed.
Speaker 1: It's because of me. I have a thing. I don't
Speaker 1: like things around my neck at all, like even when
Speaker 1: and this was such an amazing luxury. Anytime I get
Speaker 1: to be in a hair salon or anyone's doing my hair,
Speaker 1: they always like to put those capes on you getting
Speaker 1: a haircut I'm like, please don't, please don't, and I
Speaker 1: have to unsnap it. I can't have anything up against
Speaker 1: my neck. So I want to say that that is me.
Speaker 1: That's a me thing. I don't know you have it too, though, Yeah.
Speaker 2: That's weird. Oh maybe a lot of people do we
Speaker 2: just maybe it? Yes?
Speaker 1: Maybe, yes, yes, I don't like smocks. I would say,
Speaker 1: I don't care if you get makeup on my clothes.
Speaker 1: I don't want that smock on me. I can't take it.
Speaker 1: So yes, I'm not the right person to ask about that.
Speaker 1: So I need an open design. So I'm looking at
Speaker 1: this picture. I even tried to pretend like I was asleep.
Speaker 2: That's what you're gonna look like on a plane. You
Speaker 2: almost look like a superhero because you can only see
Speaker 2: your mouth. It's like you're hiding your identity.
Speaker 1: It almost looks like with the design again, we have
Speaker 1: to put this picture up. It almost looks like I
Speaker 1: am a monster in an alien movie, not even an astronaut.
Speaker 1: I think I'm on the other side. I'm playing for
Speaker 1: the other team.
Speaker 2: Right, clearly, folks, we are not. This is not a
Speaker 2: criticism of the function of this and maybe it's not
Speaker 2: even a criticism. It's an observation. I think about the appearance.
Speaker 1: I think some people might think that appearance looks really cool,
Speaker 1: like you're kind of in a futuristic spa experience and
Speaker 1: you're looking at something. It looks like you're almost watching
Speaker 1: something with the cover over your eyes.
Speaker 2: If that were all black, right, is what you said.
Speaker 1: That's what I was thinking it would look a little
Speaker 1: And there is a picture of a woman who has
Speaker 1: it in all black on a plane. So again, I
Speaker 1: highly encourage you to go to plutopillow dot com if
Speaker 1: you're considering this first, just to see the pictures and
Speaker 1: see what they look like, and see if your loved
Speaker 1: one or if you wouldn't mind looking like that on
Speaker 1: a plane or walking through an airport. So the retail price,
Speaker 1: it is not better.
Speaker 2: I see the all black.
Speaker 1: It's not better. Okaytail it is pricey. It's one hundred
Speaker 1: and twenty dollars. But I do think it would be
Speaker 1: very effective if you are looking for sensory deprivation one
Speaker 1: hundred percent this and some comfort with your neck or
Speaker 1: your head. This is uh, this could be a really
Speaker 1: good purchase for you or for someone else. So that
Speaker 1: is where I stand on it. I understand I am
Speaker 1: not going to isn't bad? See?
Speaker 2: Yes, okay I didn't see this one. Yes, if you're
Speaker 2: wearing it around your neck and the hood isn't on it,
Speaker 2: I think it does look better than a regular neck
Speaker 2: put does it not?
Speaker 1: It? Absolutely? It looks sleeker it It looks much sleeker
Speaker 1: than a puffy you know U shaped.
Speaker 2: It without the hood on. It does look better.
Speaker 1: You know what I would say, It's a sophisticated neckpillow.
Speaker 2: I'm sorry I didn't lead with the Oh now we're
Speaker 2: back to these other pictures.
Speaker 1: With the hood. Yeah. So if you keep the hood
Speaker 1: down when you're walking through, you get on the plane,
Speaker 1: you put the hood on. Who cares what people say
Speaker 1: or think? DJ just raised his hand. All right, I
Speaker 1: won't be purchasing this for you, but again, please check
Speaker 1: out all the details on this. I think very well
Speaker 1: designed neckpillow for the traveler in your life. All right, Tomorrow,
Speaker 1: we've got our gift number four. And I'm actually super
Speaker 1: excited about tomorrow's gift because it's a fun way to
Speaker 1: get to know your partner, your friends, or even some
Speaker 1: relatives on a much deeper level. It's time to get
Speaker 1: really honest, and we're going to try it out on
Speaker 1: tomorrow's episode of our Holiday Gift Guide. But until then, everyone,
Speaker 1: we hope you enjoyed listening to our thoughts on the
Speaker 1: travel pod Pillow I made me Robot alongside DJ Holmes.
Speaker 1: We'll talk to you soon.