Devices for putting on socks: benefits and varieties

2024 Author: Priscilla Miln | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 00:21

A device for putting on socks may seem useless at first glance. What kind of gadget is this? They will come up with who knows what, if only to earn money … Stupid, money down the drain! Is it so? Maybe progress is needed in seemingly small things?

Why do you need a device that allows you to put on socks?

Firstly, this device helps to put on socks for any person simply and quickly, with great comfort. Although it is unlikely that many will want to spend at least some amount for this, if there are no he alth problems. And that's where the "second" comes from. The most useful device for putting on socks will be purchased by those people who have limited physical capabilities. This may be due to disability, pregnancy, injury or disease of the human joints. Of course, if there are relatives who are always ready to help, such a device may seem unnecessary. But relatives may be somewhere far away. And a person with disabilities can be lonely. And not all sick, elderly or pregnant people wantburden their loved ones.

What are these devices?

The most famous device for putting on socks is the Sock Slider. This device is designed and manufactured in the USA. In general, opinions about the convenience and functionality of this gadget differ. Someone is unhappy that the part on which the socks are pulled is too wide. And, as a result, it stretches this element of clothing and quickly renders it unusable. Other users claim that, despite the width of the device, it is convenient in that it allows you to not only pull the sock on your leg, but also remove it.

There are also Chinese analogues of a device for putting on socks for the disabled and other people with limited movements. You can order them in the online stores of the city where you live. The advantage of the outlet operating in your region is the speed of delivery, the minus is the increased cost. A much cheaper device for putting on socks can be bought on the notorious Chinese website Aliexpress. But you will have to wait up to three months for the parcel. Well, the choice here is between how urgently you need to get the device and the price of the issue. In any case, it will be cheaper (but not the fact that the quality does not disappoint) than the American brand device. In addition, consumers claim that Chinese gadgets for putting on socks do not have a function to help them take off their socks.

And then you have to either ask for help or use some helpersmeans to facilitate the reverse process.

Issue price

The cost of the most budgetary device for putting on socks on Aliexpress does not exceed $5 (about 330 rubles). More expensive devices go for about $7 apiece (about 460 rubles). For the most expensive devices, you will have to pay about $15 to $30, if you round up the amount, in rubles this amount will be from 990 to 1,975.

The cost of the original Sock Slider device on the Amazon website is $24.99 (1,645 rubles), but with a discount - $14.99 (988 rubles). Do not forget that you may also have to pay for delivery, and the waiting time for the goods can be quite long.

Make a device for putting on socks with your own hands

The sock assist device can also be assembled by yourself. Of course, it may not look as aesthetically pleasing as the factory model. But it has a number of undeniable advantages.

• The first is the extremely low cost of the device. And in general, if all the necessary parts are found at home in the pantry, then it will turn out to be free.
• The second plus is that you don't have to wait weeks or even months for delivery.

You can build a device for putting on socks in a matter of hours. And the third argument in favor of making the device yourself is the opportunity to take care of a suffering loved one or yourself and enjoy an inexpensive way to solve an existing problem.

Toto make a device for putting on socks for the disabled, we need:

• Cutting board with handle.
• Half (cut lengthwise) plastic sewer pipe (length can be calculated individually).
• Bolts and nuts of various sizes.
• A small piece of rubber.
• Nail polish.
• Rope or wide thick tape (for easy lifting).

One end of the plastic pipe needs to be “beveled” so that the corners are safe and allow you to comfortably pull on the sock. Cut corners must be sanded. Now the pipe needs to be bolted in three places. The bolt that attaches the piece of pipe to the edge of the board without a handle should hold it flush against the board. Between the two bolts with which we fix the center, we attach a piece of thick elastic to get something like a slight rise. Then the sock will be comfortable and easy to put on. So that the design does not constantly unwind, we put the nuts on nail polish. And we have the edge in front of the cutting board handle itself. There we make holes on the sides and attach a rope that will allow us to lift the device with great comfort.

In general, in the modern world there is such an interesting gadget that makes life easier for the disabled, pregnant women and injured people. Which option to choose is everyone's business.