Posted on 16 April 2009, at 10:20 am, by Michael Anderson

From the ‘interesting idea turned into a product that costs too much and does too little’ department, Wired reports on a new product called ‘Drop Stop’ that … well, let’s just read what the site claims:
Never Search Under Your Seats Again!
Drop Stop® prevents keys, phones, change, jewelry, makeup, bottle caps, pens, gum, and more from falling down the car seat crack.* Easily fits between your car seat and console
* Moves with the seat and is attached via the seat belt catch
* Drop Stop® prevents anything from falling down the crack
* One Size Fits All – Trucks And Cars!
* One Time Installation
* Drop Stop® is made using high grade neoprene
* Durable And Easy To Clean!Beware of cheap knock-offs and imitations using lesser quality materials. They will fall apart and degrade!
This seems like one of those silly little things that you’d use as a stocking stuffer until you see that they are $20 for a pair! For me that is a pretty lousy value proposition – I don’t like dropping stuff but have never felt $20 worth of frustration. Have you? If so head on over to Drop Stop and pick up a pair – they even have a discount code right on the site!
Source: Wired
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April 16th, 2009 at 11:58 am
Hmm — thinking on this one. I so have this problem.
April 16th, 2009 at 7:50 pm
I was once dropped a penny down my crack and it got trapped in the track to where I couldn't move my seat back and forth anymore. The car repair guys had to remove my entire seat which if I remember cost me over $300!!!
I needed this back then for sure and will surely pay $20 now to never deal with this issue again.
April 17th, 2009 at 5:21 am
I'm in field sales. I use a piece of black foam rubber to fill the seat/console gap. Much like this solution but free.
April 17th, 2009 at 8:39 am
Love to hear the different views – I thought it was a waste, but I have only a 15 minute commute (after 18 years of ~1 hour!) and don't live in my car, so …