I can’t undo…

I've got a rubber circle, they're brilliant and I don't actually have any problem with them, but with the arthritis in my hands I can't always grip! If it's a jar and my hubby is out I have to hammer and small nail in the lid to free the air to get the lid off!

There are four of the squeeze things in a row on my grandsons life vest when we take him out in the boat, I’ve given up trying to unfasten them and hand him over to grandads big hands to release them.

Spuddy, that’s a great idea, I never thought of doing that, does it work every time? Pasta sauce jars are really hard to open.

I'm with you on this Spuddy. I find it really hard to open out the plastic bubble/foil covering on paracetamol packs.

I can sympathise with most of these despite kidding myself that my hands are still quite strong!
Thank goodness washing capsule containers have now been changed to cardboard boxes, rather than the very awkward plastic ones.

With recalcitrant pasta sauce jars, I invert them in a few inches of hot water for a couple of minutes. The lid expands enough to make removal easier.
(NB use a towel to remove because the lid will be hot!!)

Bottle /jar whatever straight in the door jamb hold tight and twist works every time

There are bespoke dog harness makers, no idea if they can help. I struggle with my dog's harness too. I think you can get one with just one clip on the top, which may at least reduce the struggle. There is also a company that makes them with industrial velcro but l think I'd struggle with that, plus she's bit of an escape artist (I don't have arthritis, just weak hands). I can't see a tool helping to release the plastic clips without potentially hurting the dog, fingers or breaking the clip. For me it's not a question of grip but rather strength.

I understand the manufacturers have to make things safe and ''child-proof'' but ...!

My daughter as a child was watching me struggling with a pill bottle one day.
Eventually she said kindly, "Would you like me to do it for you Mummy?" 😅

I had this problem in my twenties .
I had to buy a super duper can opener .

Now , I can't get the mayonnaise out of those squeezy bottles and open a bottle of Listerine .

I also find the wording on shampoo and conditioner bottles difficult to read when I’m in the shower and not wearing my glasses !
So many times I’ve squeezed the conditioner first instead of the shampoo - if only they could make the wording bigger.

Aha! Not just me then.

The latest “improvement” - designed to save the planet is tops on plastic pop bottles such as coke, lemonade. The top is designed to stay attached to the collar of the bottle even when the seal has been broken while opening, therefore both get recycled together.
Problem is they are sharp and nasty and difficult to refasten.

Many products are contained in very sharp edged packaging eg tubes of toothpaste/creams medicines in foil.
I think it is to save money as the containers are definitely thinner and flimsier than ever.

Pop bottles and large milk containers are sometimes so thin that they bend over and the contents spew out in unexpected directions.
Information/ directions printed in ridiculous coloured print that can barely be made out without a spot light and magnifier
So many containers have a foil seal under the cap now too which requires a sharp object to break into it.

Squeeze tops and squeeze bottles drive me mad! I have attempted to cut the latter to get the last remains out, but neither the scissors nor knives go through. I hate waste, and I can’t understand why the monstrous bottles haven’t been banned - they must last for ever.I

The container for my rheumatoid medication has a cap with a special grip to make it easy to open. That is someone thinking outside the box!

I support Franbern's recommendation of the use of nut crackers. I find then absolutely invaluable, not only for 'safety' lids that require you to squeeze the sides but also the kind of tops you get on cordial bottles and mouthwash where the top is connected to a safety ring that needs to have the contacts broken.

A rubber band wrapped round lid until tight....and then twist the band instead of the lid

I agree have very painful hands cant do these things too hurts just doing everything huckily i have a husband for such things

I have a plastic thing, bought from Amazon, I can open bleach jars and similar with that... I have to get a ring pull on cans thingy next to open them..

and then banning plastic? thinking of re cycling dictats... why can manufacturers have to make things easy, and no plastic, instead of it all falling on us consumers!

The packaging that most annoys me is the plastic on eg bacon, cold meats, that supposedly has a corner for you to peel back to open. Open here it says, no way! Attack with a knife or scissors.

The silly thing about the squeeze told us that they were introduced as being childproof. Ha! Children apart from
Toddlers find them very easy to open. Granproof more likely 😂

Squeeze TOPS…

I have a 'ladies' (8" long but does most things) adjustable spanner in my handbag for just such jobs.

I complained to M & S about difficulty in completely removing the film on many of their products. It says on the label that the tray should be recycled, but not the film. I suspect that the trays will go into the recycling with film attached round the edges due to the difficulty of removing it all.
I have lost my cool with the bleach tops, and ended up using pliers, which causes bits of the top to break off!

Susiewong65, my daughter was complaining about dry, flaky skin. She wears glasses, but not in the shower, obviously. It turned out that she'd been washing her body with Dove shampoo.

My biggest problem is different attachments for the vacuum cleaner, it need to b squeexed from both sides at once and is virtually impossible.