Seven Wacky Consumer Products

Is underwear for your hands on your holiday shopping list this year? How about a golf club that doubles as a weed whacker or a Snuggie … for your dog?

This holiday season, even as consumers say they're pulling back on spending, experts like Tod Marks, senior editor at Consumer Reports magazine, expect that purchases of unusual products will stay strong.

"A lot of people laugh at them but a lot more consumers actually pay attention to these things," he said. "There's some either underlying curiosity or promise or implied performance that underlies these things … it's putting a piece of bait on a hook and dangling it in front of some very hungry consumers."

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For the most part, strange products come at relatively low price points and that too, of course, is appealing to shoppers, Marks said.

"At best, these products maybe do something useful," he said. "At worst, you're not out a lot of money and you get something to talk about."

ABCNews.com took a look at some unusual merchandise available in the last few years. Are these products more than just conversation pieces? Decide for yourself.

Handerpants

"Talk about sexy. You'll have to hold the ladies back after they get a glimpse of these tighty-whities."

So goes the infomercial for Handerpants, the "underpants for your hands."

The sales pitch for the $11.95 product -- which looks like fingerless gloves made in the same design of traditional men's briefs -- may be tongue-in-cheek, but the Handerpants Web site and infomercial also list specific uses for the product, including as a liner for gloves that might prevent chafing.

Courtesy Archie McPhee

Handerpants manufacturer Archie McPhee & Co. said thousands of Handerpants have been sold since the product debuted in August.