Meanwhile my buddy tried putting yoga mats under his carpet and the whole place smelled like a gym for six months, what a disaster.

Wet hair is a total trap with those things, it never dries right and just gets stringy. But here's my real question - did you let it dry completely before you took them out? I left mine in overnight once and woke up to damp spots still in the middle, so the curls never set. What kind of hair do you have too, because I've got thick coarse hair and I'm starting to think these only work for people with fine hair. The marketing photos definitely don't show the dent situation you're talking about, that part drove me crazy.

Bought a used pickup last summer from a dealer who swore up and down it had a fresh transmission. Three months later it starts slipping and I take it to my mechanic. He pops the dipstick and the fluid smells like burnt toast. Turns out they just flushed it and threw in some thickener to mask the noise. Now I'm out $4,000 for a rebuild and the dealer won't even return my calls. Management never crawled under that truck either, they just trusted the lot guy who said it 'felt fine' on a test drive.