bottle opener

lancslass43

Does anyone know of a gadget that will open bleach bottles, of which I use a lot! I'm sure my neighbours are fed up of me wandering round the estate looking for someone to open them.

frogmorton

I don't lancslass

I tend to get someone to open them and then not shut them 100% after that so they are closed, but not 'clicked' closed if you know what I mean.

Only of any use if you don't have small kids though :?

love

Toni xx

Nicchick

I use my 'old lady grip mat' to do almost everything - originally bought two for my ma after she had to keep getting the chief of police in Cyprus to open all her jars! She then gave one back to me after watching me struggle.

Mine came from Lakeland and is purple, I keep it in my handbag! You can get them in all kinds of cheap shops, I bought OH one even though he is very strong and *ahem* butch, he doesn't keep it in his handbag.

Other than that I do what Toni does and leave everything slightly open, my Boy is 18 though...

Ironically I had to request that methotrexate be put in an easy to open container when the prescription was filled.

Nic x

frogmorton

[Other than that I do what Toni does and leave everything slightly open, my Boy is 18 though...


Nic x[/quote]


Mine are girls and 2 @ 17 one 14

Just about sensible now - well maybe

dreamdaisy

I would decant the bleach into an old four pint milk container - but label it VERY CLEARLY. (I don't have any children but I do have an OH with poor eyesight.) DD

julie47

I am another who once someone has opened it doesn't close it properly. (no children in the household now)

For other bottles I can not open I use what is called a babyboa strap wrench....it can be found on Ama**n

Juliepf x

Soretoe2

I have several kitchen aids for opening jars and bottles.
The two I got from Amazon are the Easi Twist jar and bottle opener and Kitchen Craft jar and bottle opener. They were both about a fiver when I bought them last year.
I use them a lot and they can open bleach bottles if you squeeze when turning with no problems.
My problem is keeping hold of the bottle in the first place...

deedeeitsme

This thread made me smile....I have been having the same problem but as yet still not got into the thing and didn't really think I had much wrong with my hands apart from a few electric shocks now and again but I have been woken in the night on a couple of occasions lately with my fingers locked :? . Something else to add to the growing list of ailments and gadgets needed

Dee x

dreamdaisy

I dislike the squeeze then twist lids that you find on bleach bottles etc. I can either squeeze OR turn, but both at the same time? Dream on, Daisy. DD

stickywicket

Soretoe2 wrote:

My problem is keeping hold of the bottle in the first place...

I'm with you there, Soretoe2. I've tried knees and drawers (the kitchen type, not the ones we put on in the morning and take off at night ) and I've tried cradling them in the crook of my arm like a baby I was trying to get off to sleep. Nothing works except accepting I'm a weak little woman and going cap in hand to Mr SW then, like the others, ensuring the tops don't go on too tightly.

RitaW

I too have problems with bleach bottles.I have a jar opener but no good for those press and turn type tops.Also pop bottles,I use a pair of nutcrackers to open them with. Even with a jar opener,I still struggle though. :roll:

stickywicket

For all jar tops I have an electric opener. It never fails. What always defeated me (apart from bleach bottles) were fruit juice cartons with a small knob. However, a very good mate gave me a Power Grip. It has a plastic handle and a long piece of thick rubber which is pulled into a tight loop round the top. Even I can get them off easily.

RitaW

My milk cartons are like that Sticky.I'm ok when my husband is about and he can open things for me,but when I have got up during the night and fancied something to eat or drink,it is so frustrating not being able to open a jar or bottle.I think I will invest in an electric jar opener.

lancslass43

Thanks everyone for your help. I'll start by pouring the bleach into a large milk container and see how I go with that. My thumbs are so damaged that I have problems squeezing the dish cloth out so it's impossible to squeeze a bleach bottle top! ....... I've got my milk container ready and my bottle of bleach, I'm off now to find someone to open it.

stickywicket

To wring a dishcloth - wrap it round the stem of the tap, take one end in each hand and twist them over and over. Not ideal but better than nothing

Soretoe2

Hello stickywicket, thanks for making me laugh.. about the drawers. Much appreciated.

stickywicket

Soretoe2 wrote:

Hello stickywicket, thanks for making me laugh.. about the drawers. Much appreciated.

lancslass43

Thanks stickywicket, what a good idea. I'll no longer have work surfaces dripping with water!!! It makes me wonder why I didn't think of that myself.. such a simple solution! Has old age and poverty taken it's toll?

stickywicket

It's always the simple things that cause the most bother and often the solution is equally simple but our simple brains don't quite figure it out I think it was an OT who taught me that very early on. Maybe I should put it on the 'Simple Ideas' thread.