i like this!!

this won a design contest? were regular plugs not working well enough? I mean, it's ok looking, but i already have a plug. I don't need to buy a fancy one and throw more shit in a landfill. I kept waiting to find out that this did something miraculous- but it's just a fancy looking plug...

No gimmick, this-- an elegant stopper with a useful handle that happens to look like a Harold Edgerton high-speed image.

hmmmmm.... I bought a plug that is almost exactly the same, the only difference is that instead of the water drop as a handle there is a tiny hand reaching out as if a tiny little person is being washed down the drain. I thought it was hilarious, and it was available in fun colors too (I chose neon pink for my otherwise all black/white bathroom). I bought that one in a design store in Shanghai, in either 2006 or 2007, don't remember which year it was. I wonder who came up with this first?

The plug works like a charm, I used to have one of those "click-up, click-down" plugs, it cost me a fortune and it always got stuck till it eventually broke.

pretty! Though I'd totally pick the little man being washed down the drain kaaber

Cute...though I think I'd like the one kaaber bought better.

Stoppers like this are really easy to knock out of place while doing dishes or bathing...
...some things, like the old-fashioned rubber stopper on a chain, don't need updating.

My love of this particular piece depends on its price.

$10 - OK

$20 - No longer lovin' it.

I guess if you were in a position of needing to buy a new stopper for some reason, this would be kinda cute, but if you already have a stopper, why bother? If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Obviously depends on 3 things: how easy it is to get, what it costs, and whether I needed a new one

No matter how 'nice' it is, i wouldn't go out of my way to get one. its a stopper, not shoes :P