Bottle tops and other problems

[Daisy]

Mimi mentioned in Chat that her arthritis in her hands makes it impossible to open milk bottle caps at the moment.

I don't know which I dislike more - the ones with a seal under the cap, or those with a little plastic collar which you are suppose to lightly strip off. We have milk delivered in glass bottles with foil caps which are easy, but so many other things are almost impossible to open.

Juice caps with a plastic inner cap and a tiny plastic ring pull.

Ditto with some brands of washing liquid, but on a bigger scale.

Bleach and other cleaning materials where you have to squeeze and turn in one movement.

Mineral water bottles with 'sports' tops where, dying of thirst you have to yank off the plastic top and then pull up the drinking spout.

Sauces and other things where the plastic cap is perforated and you have to break the perforations somehow.

Plastic squeezy bottles which you stand upside down and if you're not careful to close it properly the contents escape, but always seem to leave a good dollop stubbornly sitting half way down the bottle.

As for those awful clear plastic collars round 4-packs, like beer, tinned tomatoes etc. Since watching Happy Feet where a penguin was wearing one of those I always cut them up into little pieces.

Oh, and ring pulls ..... eeeek.

[Oma]

I have the same problem as Mimi , the worst is the squeeze and turn caps like on the loo cleaners , usually B opens them for me then I leave them loose but if hes not in I use the Bread knife to cut the spout off like the one im using now as no way can I open them

Milk bottles with those silly little plastic seals under the lid , no way can I grab the little tab , don't get me started on ring pulls they are a nightmare ,

same as the washing pod box clips I know its for safety around children but I cant get both open together, mine are kept in a cupboard above the washer so many a time I have used a Stanley knife and cut a hole in the lid to get them out .

Another thing I find difficult is the foil packs that medication comes in , some are so tough I cant pop the tablet out like other people .

The Bread sealers too those little like tape stuff they use I end up cutting the top of the bag off , not so bad if its a plastic tag , and sugar bags why does the turned down top have to be glued down so hard ? im sure I didn't have a problem opening them years ago ,

I could rant all day about stuff

[Oma]

This is what I mean , what I have to do if B not in to open them for me , I saw the end off the cap

[Gemini]

Those grip and turn caps are awful!! They drive me to distraction sometimes.

I know what you mean about the upside down bottles Daisy. One such bottle of expensive Molton Brown (must have been a present!) shower gel leaked all over the bath when the cap must have not been fully closed . As it wasn't my usual brand I didn't just use it to clean the bath but collected it in a plastic cup for future showers!!

[Mimi]

I have just opened a new (plastic) bottle of milk with the aid of a bread knife so that I could saw through the cap as I couldn’t grip it with it hurting like hell.
OH , rather sensibly, said I should have asked him to do it because one slip and I could have cut myself..... I hate it when he is always right

[Enfys]

I have just been battling with a new pack of Parmesan which had a silly little flap you were supposed to pull to open it........ended up with the carving knife!! I don’t have problems with my hands bueven so I agree with all of the above. It must be so difficult for anyone with problems. Grrrr.....feel like a grumpy old woman today 👿

[Nanto2girls]

Like Oma, i get hubby to open bleach and loo cleaner bottles and leave them loose.
Sometimes i find biscuit packets awful to open. usually get a knife and slice through the packet.

[Plantaholic]

I find most bottles a challenge, I have bought three different aids to assist. If it is a jar, I tap it first on the worktop. My wrists (having broken them both, do not have enough strength now.