Gransnet forums

House and home

Will somebody please invent…….?

(132 Posts)
RosiesMaw Thu 25-Jan-24 20:33:33

What would you like to see invented?
You know how Colourcatchers can go in the wash to stop your entire white wash going PINK because there is one red sock in there?
Well will somebody please market a gizmo that goes in with dark or coloured clothes and catches all those pesky shreds of the tissue you left up your sleeve please?
And why does it only happen with coloureds anyway?

What else would you like to see invented?
Dragons Den awaits!

MamaB247 Thu 01-Feb-24 16:53:58

For OP: They have invented something like this, there's little gizmo silicone type things that you throw in the wash which catch residue, hair, tissue, lint etc. I use them regularly from temu I do think they'd are marketed as pet hair removal though. But they are great for this exact reason. I have also thrown in a static-y (not sure if that's the word) micro fibre cloth with my washing which has also done the same. Dr Beekman do a pet hair in wash dissolver too that helps with this.

Auntieflo Thu 01-Feb-24 16:57:46

Gwenisgreat, I've wanted one of those for years.
Didn't they have one in one of the Bond films?

notgoneyet Thu 01-Feb-24 17:37:10

Yvettehartland1

Seatbelts that fit a 5’3 person, all seatbelts strangle me!

Yvettehartland you can get a little thing that fits onto the seatbelt so it pulls the seatbelt further down and doesn't strangle you. I had one when I still had my car, but sorry, can't remember what they were called.
Try Halfords or Amazon I should think

notgoneyet Thu 01-Feb-24 17:42:50

Yvettehartland1 here's a link:
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/334976747559?chn=ps&_ul=GB&_trkparms=ispr%3D1&amdata=enc%3A1cjfIPBzjQLaFcOUHJtqIfA31&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=710-134428-41853-0&mkcid=2&mkscid=101&itemid=334976747559&targetid=1816181029419&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=9045873&poi=&campaignid=19090194174&mkgroupid=147009364227&rlsatarget=aud-1162782600416:pla-1816181029419&abcId=9303860&merchantid=742977434&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAn-2tBhDVARIsAGmStVlzeCnssXEksg25Y2GnJlinoKYyfGvPsI46wQkqhri7xBfMx9OkBYsaAgmLEALw_wcB

Suzique Thu 01-Feb-24 18:12:10

I would like an automatic ‘umbrella’ that opens over the rotary washing line at the first raindrop!
We often have to rush out to the garden to get in the washing when it rains unexpectedly!

JennyCee Thu 01-Feb-24 18:12:30

I have got one of these. It fits perfectly on an electric toothbrush. Bought from Amazon with some brush heads. It works well too

Gwenisgreat Thu 01-Feb-24 18:52:05

Can someone invent an email address that will always work? My main on has be off air since Monday, having spoken to Curry's Know How, Apple, Microsoft, and Just Answer - not sure who else I can try!

Twopence Thu 01-Feb-24 19:26:51

A device which will clean out the corners of square preserves jars.

icanhandthemback Thu 01-Feb-24 19:28:45

Gwenisgreat, you have to speak to your email provider. They should talk you through how to get it working again. I had problems with Virgin a few years and I had to delete my account on my Mac and then start again. I was worried I would lose everything but it worked and I had no more problems. Sometimes when your internet drops, your email doesn't realise it is back on again so that is when you speak to your email provider. If nothing online works, you need to speak to your ISP.

Bellsnwhistles Thu 01-Feb-24 19:36:53

Another vote here for a body dryer after showering. I envisage a kind of 'walk through' device blasting hit air from shoulders to feet. Seems logical to me!

Bellsnwhistles Thu 01-Feb-24 19:37:16

Oops HOT

Kiwibird Thu 01-Feb-24 19:39:31

Two things from me. A 'wringer', the sort that used to be attached to old style washing machines, or in my mother's day attached to the concrete tub out in the washhouse. Great for squeezing water out of hand-washed things when own hands are getting less strong. And a pill for taking the night before having a colonoscopy instead of 2 litres of ghastly, awful 'drink'!

Lucyd Thu 01-Feb-24 19:45:34

Gwenisgreat
Our local swimming pool used to have a cubicle that literally blow dried you when you came out of the pool - my boys loved it. I always said if I ever won the premium bonds I would have one in my house - no more wet towels!

Mollygo Thu 01-Feb-24 20:33:26

Kiwi bird, having had to administer that ghastly awful drink I agree totally!

Kiwibird Thu 01-Feb-24 20:44:19

A necessary part of having a colonoscopy but a pill would be better. smile

JudyBloom Thu 01-Feb-24 20:52:03

Rainnsnow, Cambia, and Suzieque, I love the sound of your inventions.

lizzypopbottle Thu 01-Feb-24 20:54:05

I keep my toothbrush in the bathroom cupboard.

lizzypopbottle Thu 01-Feb-24 20:58:24

Car sun visors that adjust for the height of the driver. My hairdresser is five foot nothing and the sun visor doesn't block the sun. My son is six foot four and, with the sun visor down, he can hardly see past the end of the bonnet.

Bath79 Thu 01-Feb-24 21:11:16

Isn't a cover less duvet the same as an old fashioned eiderdown so you are back to sheets and blankets? Just wondering.

SueDonim Thu 01-Feb-24 21:24:31

Bath79

Isn't a cover less duvet the same as an old fashioned eiderdown so you are back to sheets and blankets? Just wondering.

No, it’s not the same as an eiderdown. They couldn’t be laundered whereas coverless duvets just go in the WM and either dry on the line or in a TD and can be back on the bed in two or three hours. Plus you don’t get feathers jabbing you painfully in the middle of the night! grin

Mollygo Thu 01-Feb-24 22:19:10

Coverless duvets. We have one in summer. It came from Lidl and washes perfectly.

If you don’t want to wash a duvet, even a coverless one as often as you wash your bed clothes, especially in winter, then simply put a sheet underneath it. Currently I’m using my fleecy quilt cover as the sheet. It drapes cosily round us and the duvet goes on top a bit like an eiderdown I suppose.

Growing0ldDisgracefully Fri 02-Feb-24 01:42:35

Instant grated orange and lemon peel, as I never seem to be able to grate these without it going soggy on the grater and getting very little out. I don't mind whether it could be frozen or dried.

pooohbear2811 Fri 02-Feb-24 08:13:52

Doodledog

Coverless duvets will help those who have issues with the covers. They aren’t just duvets without a cover on them - they are designed so that they don’t need them.

Here’s one www.finebedding.co.uk/products/night-lark-linen-print-coverless-duvet

so I take it you have to wash the whole quilt every week instead of changing the cover?

bridie54 Fri 02-Feb-24 09:39:35

I would love a device that would even out the sound level of tv/dvd etc. You get the sound at a level to hear all the dialogue then sound effects/ music etc start and you’re deafened.

acornlady Fri 02-Feb-24 09:42:02

Lizziepopbottle I have a sun visor from Amazon, so good that I have one in the passenger seat of my husband's car as well.
www.exceptional.com/travel/try-a-river-cruise-this-summer-and-where-to-go/?utm_source=newsletter4&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NL0152&ctiq=14169457&scid=eml-n|pub|brand|PUBNL0152%20Publishing%20Feb%20wk1%20-%20Test%20A%2001022024|ContentMarketing|Control||cruise|button