Weeks ago, I received a Dettol No Touch Hand Washy System in the mail, along with some fingerpaints and a canvas.
Now firstly, I’d like to say that first impressions count. The time taken by the PR company to tie pretty ribbon around the box, a hand written note and nicely packaged products immediately made me more favourable.
Amy has sensory issues, so I thought the fingerpainting and then gel handwash would be a bit much for her.
I was wrong. She fingerpainted for 5 minutes and then spent the next week trying to make the automatic dispenser fill her hands with soap.
In fact, she loved it so much that she filled up all her cars, a tea cup, her hands, her hair, the egg cartons, a spoon, a facewasher and a bowl. All with soap. At least it wasn’t strong smelling as I had to wash it off her, time after time.
One problem with a no touch system is that it doesn’t take much to activate the sensor.
I was cracking eggs into the dogs bowl (digression: I had 30 duck eggs that I had to check for freshness, after one of my ducks was hit by a car. She’d been sitting on the eggs for a few days, so I needed to know if an embryo had started to form yet, or whether they’d be fine for eating. I cracked a few into the dogs bowl to check, so that she could eat them afterwards) when I accidentally activated the sensor with the bowl.
BZZZZZZT. And I’d just added soap to the eggs.
Of course, I scooped out as much soap as I could and then fed it to the dog anyway. Because I refuse to waste eggs.
It didn’t make the dog sick, so while I wouldn’t recommend eating the soap, I don’t think it would kill you if you did. You might burp bubbles though.
I liked the whole idea of just waving my hands under a sensor to get soap. My wrists are really bad, so I find the pump action dispensers hard to work and Amy constantly steals and hides the bar soaps.
The only issue is now, a few months later, Amy has used all the soap and I haven’t bought a refill yet! I’m terrible like that.
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Disclaimer: I received everything for free and I was not compensated for this post.