the greatest tool ever!!

Posted by Alicia Silverstone on May 11, 2010

I have the greatest little tool to squeeze all the last bits out of tubes. It's called the Tube Wringer, and it works great on toothpaste tubes and a bunch of other products you may have around your home. It's a great money saver! You'd be surprised by how much extra toothpaste you can squeeze out. It's great for the environment too, because it helps to use things up properly. I love it!

In fact, I might get one for my mom because she loves squeezing the last bits out of things. She and I have this strange bond over using things up. I usually give her products that I don't want, and she uses them up and brings me the empty containers. We find it so satisfying that she gets every little bit out of the tube or bottle! She is way more patient with this than I am. She probably doesn't need this little tool, because she is so good at getting to the very bottom of a lipstick tube! I mean, once she's done with a lipstick, you can't even tell that there was ever anything in the tube! It's quite impressive. Yay mom!!!

I got my squeezer at the Jurlique store, but Dr. Hauschka makes them too, and you can get them on Amazon or on BeautyHabit.com.

Do you have any household tools that you use and love?

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shenoa robinson
May 12, 2010
19

It's actually a paint tube squeezer! I've been usinng these for a zillion years to get the oil paint at the very, very bottom of the tube! VERY cheap in art supply stores!

VA
May 13, 2010
20

I usually just cut the tube with a pair of scissors and dig out what is left. It's amazing but toothpaste tubes last at least a week more after you think they are finished. Just cut it in half and you have clean teeth for another week.

Lexy
May 18, 2010
21

I find that if I use a tube made out of metal (like Tom's) I can get much more toothpaste out than from a tube make of plastic (like Colgate). Running the end against the edge of the counter helps to push the remaining paste to the top and then it's all thumb power...I can get several days out of a tube that the rest of my family has given up on. As with so much of Reduce, Reuse, Recycle- it's all about determination... :)

Betty Angleton-Halsey
May 19, 2010
22

I have one of those! I've had it for about 10 years. Mine's all metal, but it works great! I didn't know they still made them. Thanks!

Tigs
May 21, 2010
23

Use the corners of your wall to squeeze the last of your tubes! Works great.

Don Bierman
May 25, 2010
24

Maybe this item can also be used tho squeeze all empty tin cans, before dropping them into the carbage bucket. That saves space and (thus) the use of too much garbage bags. Smart invention.

Don Bierman
May 25, 2010
25

But first i should have to sqeeze those cans as flat as possible on the old fashioned way, of course.

Heather T
Jun 28, 2010
26

Oh YES! I LOVE LOVE LOVE this tool! I always feel that I'm getting the most out of my tubed products! Such a great waste preventer! :-)

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