Save the banana with a Banana Saver

Last week, Dad, Oscar, George, our friend Ian and I went on a day tramp to Moa Park in Abel Tasman National Park. Being little, we teddies got to ride in Dad’s day pack which was fantastic, of course. Little did we know that Dad had packed a banana and we sat on it the whole way to Moa Park where we had our lunch break.

George, Oscar and me at Moa Park.

Oh dear, Dad wasn’t happy when he unpacked the banana—half of it was quite badly squashed and juice was dripping from the popped skin—yuck! Anyway, Dad said, when you’re in the wilderness you don’t fuss over a partly dissolved banana; you just eat it (and lick up the juice I might add!).

Then, the day before yesterday, something funny happened: We were all back home and had forgotten about the banana drama, when Dad’s partner turned up with a bright yellow plastic banana:

What on earth is that? We would never have guessed: It’s a Banana Saver!

Right, let's give this a go!

Open the Banana Saver…

…and put a ripe banana into it.

Here we go. Let's shut the lid…

…c'mon George! One more jump!

C'mon guys, let's put as much weight on it as we can—squash it, squash it!

Have a look at this: Miraculously the banana is still intact! Long live the Banana Saver!

It’s obviously quite strong and weighs just 60 grams. What a practical gizmo! From now on, our bananas won’t go anywhere without it! Thank you, Marc!