Top 10 Summer LifeHacks

Everyone loves a good life-hack.

Here at Active Hands we’ve scoured through life-hacks for poor hand function and now we can proudly say we stock more than 25 of the best products we’ve come across (as well as our own wonderful gripping aids!).

Back in December we shared with you our top 10 winter disability life-hack products, so 6-months later it must be time for a summer edition!

So here, for you to muse over, are our top 10 summer life-hacks!

Automatic push-down bottle opener by bottle, cap removed - adaptive kitchen equipment. Suitable for reduced hand function: tetra, quad, cerebral palsy, SCI, spinal cord injury, stroke and more.

#1 Automatic Bottle Opener – heading into summer, social occasions can be many and often. With this bottle opener just press down and off pops the cap!

swimming hand paddles to help those who can't make a paddle shape due to weak hands

#2 Swimming Hand Paddles – fancy a swim? These paddles form a cup so you don’t need to! (We no longer stock this product but you can purchase it from Zoggs.)

arm cuff attached to trowel with grip aid

#3 Gardening Tools – love gardening but struggle to grip the tools? We sell trowels and cultivators with right-angled handles to help ease wrist strain! Pair with the arm cuff or our General Purpose aid to get an even stronger grip!

bread knife with right-angled handle for weak hands and wrists. Adaptive kitchen equipment. Suitable for reduced hand function: tetra, quad, cerebral palsy, SCI, spinal cord injury, stroke and more.

#4 Bread Knife – it’s BBQ season! Make slicing those rolls even easier with this handy bread knife! The right-angled handle minimises wrist strain, and you can pair this with our General Purpose gripping aid for a firmer grip.

4 glasses of gin and tonic in a pink muggi - carry drinks for all your friends while keeping spillage to a minimum

#5 Muggi – back in December we loved the Muggi for its tea-carrying capabilities… now it’s warmer it’s equally brilliant for carrying delicious refreshing drinks (you pick: water, fizzy pop, beer, G&T!)

Zubits magnetic laces . Suitable for reduced hand function: tetra, quad, cerebral palsy, SCI, spinal cord injury, stroke and more.

#6 Zubits Magnetic Laces – make heading out even easier! With these magnetic laces you can clip your shoes together with no fuss, AND they come in a variety of colours so they’ll blend in no problem.

deluxe kitchen pack with palm peeler, anti-slip coaster and strip, 5-in-1 opener, all-purpose knife, bread knife, bottle and jar openers, automatic can opener and nimble

#7 Kitchen Pack – if you really want to make the prep for that BBQ easier (and all meals for that matter), then what you really want is our new kitchen pack! This includes: a Nimble, a push whisk, a jar opener, an anti-slip coaster, an all-purpose knife, a one-touch can opener AND cutlery grips! *EDIT: updated kitchen packs now available.

5 storage pouches showing the available colours: black, blue, red, pink and dark green camouflage

#8 Storage Pouch – this handy pouch can be used to carry wheelchair tools on a summer day out, carry around your sun-cream, or just keep your belongings out of the sand on the beach!

Ungrip, phone loop. Suitable for reduced hand function: tetra, quad, cerebral palsy, SCI, spinal cord injury, stroke and more.

#9 Ungrip – not actually designed as a disability product, the Ungrip is great year-round. A handy loop which attaches securely to the back of your phone and helps prevent costly drops. Some designs now on sale!

Push glove on push rim. Suitable for reduced hand function: tetra, quad, cerebral palsy, SCI, spinal cord injury, stroke and more.

#10 Push Gloves – wanting to get out and about as much as possible in the nice weather? The wheelchair push gloves we stock are designed to be more comfortable than most, allow you to use your wrists for braking, and the highly textured rubber palm pad has been positioned to direct your energy where ever you need it most.

Check out these products, and more disability and gripping aid ‘lifehacks’ on our website: www.cookehouse.net/clients/acth19

Get a grip with Active Hands. Helping you live life your way.

Jo Walters