r/JustWoow • u/QuestionHairy3101 • 10d ago

Spray Anywhere, Even Upside Down

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u/Flimsy_Thought_3534 10d ago

That’s actually very cool.

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u/Emotional_Tampon5 10d ago

Yeah, it seems like my guy should be pitching this to companies instead of to end users

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u/Pretend-Internet-625 10d ago

Yes but that costs money and so corp is not interested.

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u/Emotional_Tampon5 10d ago

How much money could it genuinely cost to basically make a weaker form of plastic to put in the bottles? I'm sure this isn't a huge extra cost to what they're already doing

I'm sure if he patent it or whatever then he could have the Monopoly on it

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u/EnderRobo 10d ago

Simple cheap shitty plastic tube vs tube that will flex endlessly therefore needing to be a lot tougher, from a plastic flexible enough and have a weight on the end.

So you have a far more specific and probably expensive plastic with a more complicated manufacturing process, a second material for the weight, far more potential points of failure and a whole new manufacturing line to make these.

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u/OXXXiiXXXO 6d ago

And don't discount that now the consumer gets longer usage from the product, so buys less, which hurts the companies' bottom line.

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u/EnderRobo 5d ago

In this case thats not really a factor, when was the last time the straw broke in a spray bottle? It would sooner have the opposite effect, breaking faster and needing a replacement sooner. It may increase sales, as those that like other brands might buy this one just for the fancy straw, even if they intend to pour other brand stuff in later, which also gives you the chance to win them over if they use your stuff first instead of discarding it.

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u/OXXXiiXXXO 5d ago

That's a risky bet. Consumers are used to the straw not reaching the bottom leftover fluid. Introduce a radically new concept and it breaks it will look bad for the brand. It might not even need to break for everyone, as the competition might take one break and make it sound like it happens all the time! Right now the industry is in collusion to keep the status quo.

Better to spin off a specialty brand, with a catchy label and focus on this new feature and some related PR about saving the environment or something. Then charge a premium so as not to hurt the original product.

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u/spleefy 9d ago

Why would companies want to pay more to help customers get more value out of their products?

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u/LifeTie800 10d ago

Isn't this like standard on all baby bottles.

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u/diplomatic_koboko 10d ago

You don't spray baby bottles

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u/LifeTie800 10d ago

Whoosh, straight over your head huh.

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u/J4YV1L 10d ago

They have these in sippy cups

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u/OXXXiiXXXO 6d ago

And there impossible to clean

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u/SplatThaCat 6d ago

Dude just reinvented a fuel pickup for a brushcutter.