Product with a frustrating design flaw

[RedAlert76]

See I tried that... and it just breaks the plastic ring off.... not the plastic top.. just like in the video... I always end up opening it the other end which is a Pita because I have to clip it closed

I have never had that happen. um , insert the spoon end and lift up is how I usually do it.

 

[hollydolly]

I have never had that happen. um , insert the spoon end and lift up is how I usually do it.

I've used a spoon, a knife handle, pliers... it's a horribe design flaw

 

[Marcy Sheiner]

Opening just about anything. I get insanely frustrated. Half the time I destroy the packaging and have to put the food into a container. And half the time I end up shredding my fingers.

 

[Marcy Sheiner]

Bottles of prescription pills with caps that won't unscrew. You have to ask for "regular caps, not childproof,": which goes on your record, and from then on the bottles can be opened. Also, many food bottle caps are put on so tight that you have to use a tool to break the vacuum before you can open them.

Absolutely! I learned this a few years ago and haven't had the problem since.

 

[RedAlert76]

I've used a spoon, a knife handle, pliers... it's a horribe design flaw

yes, the design would be better if you even just had to unscrew the cap and there was just maybe a film to break like on other things.

 

[Nathan]

Products that are wrapped tighly in hard plastic and are impossible to get out of the packaging without making your fingers bleed.

That, or running the risk of destroying the item you're trying to remove from the packaging.

 

[hollydolly]

yes, the design would be better if you even just had to unscrew the cap and there was just maybe a film to break like on other things.

yes exactly that's how it used to be, then they introduced these horrible pull rings... . If they made the rings thicker perhaps, and more rubust , but as it is they're thin and weak, and break easily

 

[hollydolly]

Absolutely! I learned this a few years ago and haven't had the problem since.

here we rarely get any meds bottles now apart from supplements. Most meds here come in blister packs, and they present their own challenges

 

[Rae]

I have a problem with those ring tops on soda cans to pull up to punch in the spout. I now have a bottle top puncher that will fit under the tab so I can lift it up.

 

[hollydolly]

these ...

 

[Jazzy1]

Hand soap pump bottles with the tube that’s not long enough to get out all the soap.

 

[hollydolly]

Hand soap pump bottles with the tube that’s not long enough to get out all the soap.

I agree.. and that is also the same for oil spray bottles.... very irritating...

 

[Fritz]

I don't like bottles and jars that have seals on the outside and the inside that I have to fight with to get into. Why does a bottle of vitamins need two seals?

Some packages that say easy open...LOL! I transfer them into baggies. I always rip the bags.

Depending on the pharmacy I go to, the one I had to use today gave me a bottle of medicine I almost couldn't get into. If I hadn't been in such a hurry I would've asked for an easy open lid. I ended up with antibiotic all over the kitchen. LOL!

 

[Jazzy1]

I understand that battery compartments needed to be made more difficult for small children to open (specifically the type of small children who put everything into their mouths). But was a screw the best idea? A microscopic screw, threaded into plastic, and made of the softest metal available?

 

[Paladin1950]

Anything that has the child protection caps on them. I know why they are made that way, but I hate them. Especially when you get older and have arthritis in your fingers or hands. With my high blood pressure medication, you have to press down and twist the plastic cover. So I take a needlenose pliers and rip out the that little plastic disc on the inside cover.

But the one that infuriates me the most is the heavey plastic gas can containers that you get at Walmart or other places. The "child protection" spouts, make it harder than hell to remove them or use them. First, when I get home, I break off all of the child protection parts, or if that doesn't work, I'll go on Amazon and order the old style spouts, which I recently did.

When I buy laundry detergeant in pods, I cut off that zip close top nonsense. I have no small children in the house, so I don't need all of that crap.

 

[Flarbalard]

Hand soap pump bottles with the tube that’s not long enough to get out all the soap.

There's a real easy fix for that. Go to a hardware store and get a piece of vinyl tubing that is the right size to fit over the original tube and make it the length you want. I should mention that the outer tube should cover most of the original tube for best results.

 

[Jazzy1]

There's a real easy fix for that. Go to a hardware store and get a piece of vinyl tubing that is the right size to fit over the original tube and make it the length you want.

Great idea and thank you!

 

[Flarbalard]

Great idea and thank you!

You're welcome. I had failed to mention that if the extension isn't a super snug fit, make sure it covers most of the original tube.

 

[Michael Z]

My old 03 Kia Rio Cinco, purchased new, had a bunch of design flaws.
1. An outlet for AC condensate also was an outlet for water (and debris) at the windshield. It quickly clogged and then condensate backed up and flooded the car. After several visits to the dealer (and a lot of wet carpet) I finally remedied the problem myself.
2. The linkage for the shifter was under the car exposed to the elements. Eventually the shifter would not move and had to be replaced.
3. The front suspension had the sturdiness of a flimsy toy babydoll carriage. There were multiple expensive repairs and at one point the front tire nearly came off.

Also, if the weather was rainy, it misfired and hesitated, right from brand new.

That garbage car had to be dragged to the scrap yard 7 years ago and was replaced by a 99 Toyota Camry that I still drive! I would never buy a Kia again!