Backyard Inventors

Doug Hall meets some heavily invested inventors, who have put in cold hard cash or a whole chunk of time.

Engineer Robert De Jong has put a whole lot of work into his impressive hydraulic bike system, Doug is shell shocked when he hears the retail price of this invention.

Knowing when to stop and move on is one of the key lessons. Doug is hoping to teach as he travels across the backyards of Canada.

This week will see Doug cleaning boots, rotating shelves and folding clothes in his mission to find the next invention to take to Eureka! Ranch.

This week Doug is faced with everything from the rake that saves you time, the lunchbox that expands as you see fit and the tricky skateboard that might just take off.

Doug’s journey across the backyards of Canada results in him meeting Les Bubik, a lifelong inventor who believes he is a visionary when it comes to the next big thing.

Doug comes face to face with a serial inventor, a husband and wife team and two Montreal brothers who have reimagined the traditional umbrella.

Doug Hall lounges around in the name of innovation this week as he tests out the World’s Greatest Hammock and a pillow that is said to make you look younger.

This week sees Doug play a love themed board game, try on a hat made from plastic bags, and make wontons at breakneck speed.

This week Doug chooses between a 360 degree headlamp, a secure dog feeding solution and a handy leaf gathering contraption.

This week Doug has to decide between a floating fire pit, a different way to keep your water ice cold, and an innovative gas pump cleaning fixture.

Doug hopes to find something meaningful, unique and worth taking to Eureka! Ranch among a child’s reading game, a portable massaging device and a new window blind fitting system.

Doug shall be choosing between a young inventor whose mind is on bike safety, a mould making beer loving dad of two and a woman on a crusade against slipping bra straps.