‘Shark Tank’ review: Drive Suits, Ice Chips Candy, Revestor, and PC Classes

The internet played a major role on this week’s new episode of “Shark Tank.” Ironically, most of the products related to the web were not very good, and neither one of them got an offer. Instead, the products that actually succeeded here were a costume business that surprisingly got an offer, and some candy that could not have been sweeter to watch.

Drive Suits – Who wants to become a real-life transformer? This is an idea that is in some ways pretty cool, because we could see teenagers or young kids really enjoying playing dress-up in these costumes that can also ride around on. There’s really not anything like it, and that has to be commended.

As for the weaknesses with this product, there are many, namely that there are no patents, no manufacturing, and really nothing other than a prototype and development. We like the idea of this as a portable toy you can wear and its founder Drew, but it was a surprise to see the Sharks give any money to someone who is just a shot in the dark. Nonetheless, Drew did get an offer from both Mark Cuban and Kevin O’Leary, and he surprisingly went with Kevin despite his deal being conditional on getting a toy buyer on board.

PC Classes Online – Just the name itself here is great. Unfortunately, that’s where the praise ends here. If this was 1985 and the “…For Dummies” series was not already out there, this would be great to teach older consumers to use technology. Here’s our biggest issue with the product in the 21st century: if you are someone who is looking for help on the computer, are you really going to want to look for that help by using the same thing you’re struggling with? This is why books and calling up your technology-friendly pals work better.

Revestor -This is not the first time that this show has highlighted a product designed to make real estate easier, but none of them ever work. The real issue here is that there is no fundamental replacement for just having an agent who actually knows all of the information that is not available online. We’d much rather trust an expert in the field than a website without a face, even if it tries to predict the future.

Ice Chips Candy – This product was really charming all over: a healthy, tasty candy created by two grandmas who are very smart and very savvy about their business. They also came in with a great pitch, a solid evaluation, and knowledge of their consumers and their markets. It was really the perfect “Shark Tank” pitch!

Pretty much every shark was interested here (save for Robert Herjavec), and Barbara Corcoran teamed up with Mark Cuban for an impressive offer. Then, Daymond and Kevin teamed up briefly … but then Daymond dropped him to make an offer on his own. The ladies still ended up going with Barbara, and for what they are trying to do this is the right choice.

Were there any products on the show this week that caught your eye?