Can this weird gadget really stop your drinks from spilling?

Can the ‘SpillNot’ drink carrier actually prevent ALL spills?

Video Transcript

- Every day, 12 people spill a drink on themselves while trying to multitask.

KATIE MATHER: I just made that up. But the SpillNot drink carrier wants to eliminate that from happening to anyone, anywhere with any sort of beverage.

Basically, this weird little contraption thing uses science-- very exciting-- to prevent any mug, bowl, cup of any liquid or food from spilling while you're in movement. So this drink career costs a little under $20 on Amazon, and people really love it. But I want to push this gadget to its limits. I really want to see what this thing can do with a very full glass of water.

So I filled my glass up to the very brim with water, and then I added some blue food dye, because I want you guys to know that I'm not using an empty cup at any point during this. This is all real science, gravity, motion at work here during my four tests.

I'm going to be testing the drink carrier out in four different ways. So the first one, I'm going to be testing to see if I can eat a plate of salad, my lunch while walking around and my drink remaining intact. Second, I'm going to be running up and down the stairs outside of my apartment with, again, a very full glass of water.

Third, I'm going to try to drink it while sitting down on my IKEA couch. Finally, I'm going to be testing out whether or not I can move my arm in a windmill circle, a giant circle and flip this cup upside down and see if any water comes out, because allegedly, nothing will.

OK, so test one, eating a full meal while holding it. This was fine. It was actually very manageable. I was a little unfamiliar with the sensation of just not holding the cup and using a strap instead. So I was a little nervous and moving kind of slowly. But ultimately, nothing spilled.

The second test was running up and down the stairs. This is, like, the complete opposite of what I was just doing with the lunch. And unfortunately, some of the water did fall out. I hate to deduct a point here, but it did not pass that second test.

Third test was trying to drink it while sitting down on my couch. That went out fine. So really, stairs is the only problem so far. So a point there. Finally, I swung my arm around in a windmill motion to see if I could flip this upside down without spilling any water. And surprisingly, this was really-- this really held its own. Some water came out, whatever, but it frickin' went upside down multiple times. How cool is that? So I'm going to give it a point.

So the drink carrier scored a pretty good three out of four in terms of my test. And I've watched the YouTube video to figure out how the science behind this worked to maybe give you guys some insight. But I majored in English. I haven't taken a science class in years. I don't understand the physics behind this. So let's just say, science made this possible.

And while I have a lot of fun doing all of these extreme challenges with the drink carrier, I will say that this is a really good item for people with limb differences, and it can make certain tasks way easier and more accessible for more people. So in that case, this is actually a really cool gadget.