A little device I invented called the Gel Extraction Thing (GET)
So, most of my ideas come from being irritated by something which is common.
See if you have the same pet peeve: The carbohydrate gel single-use pack. Great for what it does which is that it gives you a jolt of energy when you’re on a long adventure or race. Awesome.
What it fails at is delivery of the product in a reasonably quick and complete manner. It sucks. You really have to pause your activity/race in order to get it all out or leave a bunch of the goo in there and slam it back into your shorts or jersey or pocket (you would never throw it on the ground, right? right?).
Flashback to when you take your jersey or shirt out of the laundry with a bunch of goo on it and potentially all over every damn thing because you forgot about it.
Enter the GET, a simple plastic device that takes a packet and uses a basic compound leverage technique to enhance your hand’s power and extract ALL of the product out in a few seconds. No pausing/stopping to roll the dang thing up slowly to get all the good stuff. No extra left in to get all over.
I made a 3D printed prototype and put in on Kickstarter in 2011. It didn’t go anywhere, for several reasons. One is that the proto was just a proof of concept and not very sexy. The other is that, yes, it’s a small market and most people get along fine without it.
I believe that if I can get it to market, people will love it and like lots of things that they never thought they would ‘need’ find that they can’t really live without it.
(patent pending)
We’ll see. Anyone willing to write a check and see it come to fruition, please send me a note.
Kickstarter vid:
gotta get G.E.T. from Alec Uitti on Vimeo.
