I thought I was being a miser, but in all honesty I cut open the end of my toothpaste tube to get to the last wee bit of paste. Call it conservation or being stingy but that’s what I do. So I totally identify with the Thrift Toothpaste package design and hope someone like Colagte or Crest adopt it! It will save me the trouble of hunting for scissors…I’ll just tear open the rear end!
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yup, been doing that. you just made it easier. nice!
yup, been doing that. you just made it easier. nice!
The next step is a toilet paper that can be used both sides.
Or better yet, design a toilet paper that only has one side!
Pretty easy, that's called a Möbius strip! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%B6bius_strip
damn that whole thought just blew my mind lol
You don't use both sides? what a waste, shame on you!
The next step is a toilet paper that can be used both sides.
Or better yet, design a toilet paper that only has one side!
Pretty easy, that's called a Möbius strip! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%B6bius_strip
damn that whole thought just blew my mind lol
You don't use both sides? what a waste, shame on you!
great idea and nice solution.
design is weak though
great idea and nice solution.
design is weak though
half-baked idea at best, here's why:
-Tubes will be prone to shipping damage
-Not a child friendly design, (squeezing out all the past is already a popular toddler pastime, now they can get it all out at once)
-Wouldn't scissors suffice and in fact be more effective in opening the entire tube if one were to be that frugal?
It's just creating a solution where no problem exist,.sorry to be harsh but I feel it's fair criticism.
Yeah,
isn't it just easier to roll up the tube? With a bit of practice you don't lose that much.
Solving the ketchup bottle problem (in an industrialised way) would make a higher challange.
half-baked idea at best, here's why:
-Tubes will be prone to shipping damage
-Not a child friendly design, (squeezing out all the past is already a popular toddler pastime, now they can get it all out at once)
-Wouldn't scissors suffice and in fact be more effective in opening the entire tube if one were to be that frugal?
It's just creating a solution where no problem exist,.sorry to be harsh but I feel it's fair criticism.
Yeah,
isn't it just easier to roll up the tube? With a bit of practice you don't lose that much.
Solving the ketchup bottle problem (in an industrialised way) would make a higher challange.
http://www.ifdesign.de/beitragsdetails_e.html?off…
http://www.ifdesign.de/beitragsdetails_e.html?off…
colgate*
colgate*
Actually you can unroll the last part of the tube in order to open it… ¬¬ At least you can use it in that way in latinamerica… 🙂
Actually you can unroll the last part of the tube in order to open it… ¬¬ At least you can use it in that way in latinamerica… 🙂
sry to say but i finda lot of ''wacko'' design on yanko!
a lot seems not to be even thought about, that toothpaste thingy is no good
never pressed your toothpaste tube on the side of the counter? works the same
sry to say but i finda lot of ''wacko'' design on yanko!
a lot seems not to be even thought about, that toothpaste thingy is no good
never pressed your toothpaste tube on the side of the counter? works the same
umm me and my mother have been doing this since …Ever?
1st. I wouldn't suggest you do that on a brand new toothpaste. It will just dry out and
2nd. As soon as u notice that it is almost "done" and nothing comes out from the tube no more, then you cut it with scissors to get the last bit.
No waste there 😉 but this? waste the whole thing…..
…it's for when all the toothpaste is gone, not to open it right away..hence the whole point of the design.
umm me and my mother have been doing this since …Ever?
1st. I wouldn't suggest you do that on a brand new toothpaste. It will just dry out and
2nd. As soon as u notice that it is almost “done” and nothing comes out from the tube no more, then you cut it with scissors to get the last bit.
No waste there 😉 but this? waste the whole thing…..
…it's for when all the toothpaste is gone, not to open it right away..hence the whole point of the design.
Pay attention to the typography. I keep reading Fungal instead of Frugal. 😉
Interesting concept but your mock-ups need a little design work…
Pay attention to the typography. I keep reading Fungal instead of Frugal. 😉
Interesting concept but your mock-ups need a little design work…
I don't know why nobody understands that you would rip the end of the toothpaste off when you've already used up as much as you can. This is simply an easier way to get it open without finding scissors. The "frugal" part is finding more toothpaste rather than opening up a brand new tube.
I don't know why nobody understands that you would rip the end of the toothpaste off when you've already used up as much as you can. This is simply an easier way to get it open without finding scissors. The “frugal” part is finding more toothpaste rather than opening up a brand new tube.
we now this idea last 40 years aaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
we now this idea last 40 years aaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
This would make the packaging more expensive to make and to fill. Actually, probably quite a lot. at the moment there is nothing to stop the unfilled tube coming off the die, with this (presuming that the notch is not just a hole for paste to come out) you would have to have the die in a few parts, which is more expensive to make and takes longer to do (costing more). You would also have a smaller opening to fill from. Increased costs will be passed on to the consumer. Therefore: not frugal.
This would make the packaging more expensive to make and to fill. Actually, probably quite a lot. at the moment there is nothing to stop the unfilled tube coming off the die, with this (presuming that the notch is not just a hole for paste to come out) you would have to have the die in a few parts, which is more expensive to make and takes longer to do (costing more). You would also have a smaller opening to fill from. Increased costs will be passed on to the consumer. Therefore: not frugal.
While it's a good idea, no big companies would ever adopt it. They thrive on knowing that you don't even use all of what you bought for, so you just have to go and buy more toothpaste.It won't make them anymore money, and they don't really care about saving yours.
While it's a good idea, no big companies would ever adopt it. They thrive on knowing that you don't even use all of what you bought for, so you just have to go and buy more toothpaste.It won't make them anymore money, and they don't really care about saving yours.
Way overly cynical Kil. What do they care if you use two brushes more of a product you are getting anyway? If they thought for a moment they would sell more tubes in the first place because of this feature, they wouldn't hesitate. How often do you see any kind of product with 10% MORE! on it? Same concept, except they don't have to actually give you anything more. I think production chages to make the tubes this way is a more likely issue.
Way overly cynical Kil. What do they care if you use two brushes more of a product you are getting anyway? If they thought for a moment they would sell more tubes in the first place because of this feature, they wouldn't hesitate. How often do you see any kind of product with 10% MORE! on it? Same concept, except they don't have to actually give you anything more. I think production chages to make the tubes this way is a more likely issue.
To bad no commercial toothpastes will be caught dead doing that because their main objective is to make people keep buying more bottles, not use every last bit of them -__- *sighs**
To bad no commercial toothpastes will be caught dead doing that because their main objective is to make people keep buying more bottles, not use every last bit of them -__- *sighs**
if only wrists were that easy…. fml. :,(
Strikes me as something that would end up ripping off before you want it to. And I know that part of industrial design is finding better ways to do things, but somebody invented the toothpaste key years ago and so far nobody has come up with a more effective solution than that yet.
I cut mine too to get the last drop. But then it gets dry so fast. What they should is make it resealable.
I cut mine too to get the last drop. But then it gets dry so fast. What they should is make it resealable.