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OXO brings great design to syringes
- die_sekte 17y agoI didn't even know that 'designed' syringes could exist. I think those could help me with my fear of needles.
- rjurney 17y agoRepetition cures that in no time.
- lallysingh 17y agoChicken, meet Egg. Egg, this is Chicken.
- rjurney 17y agoIf you're injecting for fun, maybe. I don't have a choice. Medical necessity, meet Chicken ;)
- cperciva 17y agoI don't have a choice. Medical necessity, meet Chicken ;) Indeed. I discovered that my fear of needles was exceeded by my dislike of hospitals -- so when it came down to "inject insulin 5-7 times a day or end up in hospital", the choice was easy.
- rjurney 17y agoYeah, they're like the most simple, convenient medicine delivery mechanism since... the pill? :)
- rjurney 17y agoIts definitely more ergonomic for the inexperienced user, but if you regularly inject yourself you don't find the existing design lacking whatsoever. I take a shot a week and its a thoughtless, effortless act at this point. It is a great design, and maybe it would offer a lot of value for older people with less agile hands? Cost is the other issue - I bought 200 single-use disposables for like $20 shipped. That will last me almost 4 years.
- lallysingh 17y agoSo, how much would these be to produce versus the traditional? It's a pretty big single-use product.
- timr 17y agoYeah, it also looks incredibly wasteful. I would hope that the non-sterile bits like that gigantic thumb-pad are removable and re-usable.
- mhb 17y agoThe worst can opener I've ever used was made by OXO. And their current can opener designs look like they have the same inexplicably unergonomic handle shape on the part you turn that mine did. Terrible.
- kragen 17y agoIs this the really big convex handle? I think that might be designed for people who can kind of wrap their hands around things but can't really grasp anything very tightly.
- jamesbritt 17y agoI have that one and I love it. My wife, for whom I bought it, never uses it, and prefers the rickety bare-metal thing that routinely mocks me.
- mhb 17y agoYes. Intuitively I would have guessed that a better shape would be for the sides to be convex to keep your fingers from slipping off the handle. And, based on my experience that is true. The actual functional opening cutter and gear don't work well either. The original, cheap non-"ergonomic", all metal ones are far superior. But based on the reviews at Amazon, many people are delighted with the OXO. Go figure.
- dinkumthinkum 17y agoSo, this really gives new meaning to "Heroin Chic."