If you're rockin' the suburbs, chances are your Suburban comes in handy when making those weekend jaunts to Home Depot. But if you're a city dweller, particularly one who has to make his / her way up and down subway stairs, things are just a tad more difficult when it comes to transporting purchases. Enter Move-It, a bloody brilliant concept that has currently been entered into the running for the James Dyson Award in the UK. Put simply, this recyclable, disposal and potential reusable device is crafted from cardboard and fully capable of strapping to any size or shape box. Simply peel and stick the handle to the box's top, and slap a pair of rollers on the bottom -- in about three minutes, you've got your very own trolley. Prayers, answered. Hop on past the break for a video demonstration, and hopefully the collective crossing of fingers will enable this thing to actually hit the market someday soon.
Wasteful and stupid. With many excellent folding hand trucks available, why the hell consume cardboard and rollers to move one box? A folding hand truck would be much faster to set up and use, I'll bet that it's also smaller folded than the cardboard with chunky wheels. And a folding hand truck will have larger wheels that roll easier over obstacles and bits of gravel and other detritus you'll have to navigate while moving your boxes.
It figures that this would get a Dyson award. Expensive solutions that just seem clever but that don't really deliver.
Did you all miss the part where he said these would be assembled by retail staff? These are not meant to be "direct to consumer". If you find something at a store that is big and bulky and you are walking home, the store would have a stack of these and an employee would attach one on. You wouldn't use it for moving multiple boxes, especially because (as he said) the adhesive dissolves with water making it a one time use item.
Neat idea, but it reminds me of something you'd see on an infomercial. Is carrying a box really a serious problem? You still have to carry the darn thing up stairs.
I was completely put off around the 1:34min mark in the video. This is NOT a "green" product. Manufacturing anything for one-time use is NOT environmentally friendly,
This is an idea, a convenience, but certainly NOT innovation!
Here are some suggestions to make your product innovative: 1. Design it out or durable materials for multiple uses 2. Design it small enough to "fold" in a messenger bag or purse 3. Design it so that it's biodegradable 4. Design it so it serves multiple purposes, not just carrying boxes and ONE box at that 5. Design it to carry up to 100lbs 6. Design it so it's lightweight 7. Design it so that it generates/stores electricity as you pull it
Ok, I've just given you the blueprint to win the award. Oh, I forgot to add one more thing.
8. Since lazy people like convenience, design it so that it's remote controlled with a web camera and GPS. Now you don't even have to walk your big butt to the store and carry that oh-so-heavy box.
I personally don't have room for a metal hand cart in my apartment. ~500sq/ft with 2 people living there means keeping nothing that will not be used frequently. I have enough trouble finding space for 3 bikes.
@gm0n3y You realize people aren't talking about full sized dollies like deliverymen use? They have folding ones that fold up to the size of a couple of hardcover books. Saying you don't have room for that is like saying you don't have room to get a pizza delivered.
Why not buy a cheap, compact, reusable hand cart that can be used over and over and over? Aside from perhaps being more flexible, I don't see how this is any better. And it just mean more materials that need to be recycled....
Impressive how the adhesive doesn't damage the box. Can removal of the adhesive be shown in close-up on a box with printing on it?
Waste ----------- 1) I would be more enthusiastic if this device was very strong and "buy-once, use-forever" and with quick and easy re-use of the adhesive (including removal and application).
2) what are the wheels made of?
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But this is definitely food for thought. I just don't see it particularly catching on because of a few reasons:
1) people normally plan transport for big things and/or their cars aren't too far away.
2) assuming no car, this is fine but rain is not. Is it coated/ waxed? It doesn't look it. Will it hold up?
3) additional cost involved. Offering this - on the one hand - makes the sales guy look cheap if you have to pay for it (and the value to the customer might be very debatable). On the other hand, makes the shop less money if they have to pay for it and give it away free, all the while probably not doing much to increase sales form their store (they have to advertise it, after all). It's not clear which shop might have this and which won't unless it's advertised (and advertising costs money), so people will assume the worst and plan to carry big things. Offering this at retail won't increase sales, I reckon. It isn't that big of a problem, basically.
4) of course there is that concern that the box will get damaged from the adhesive, whether it's founded or not. I don't see many customers going for it.
5) wheels and a big handle are LESS convenient and less space-efficient when actually on the bus, as we have seen in the video. The reality is a flat surface with no projecting parts is better when storing it on the bus (or train, for that matter). Especially crowded public transport.
Making the trolley compact --------------------------------------------- When you think about it, the humble trolley can be made compact and lightweight with a bit of thought (perhaps already is?).
The metal 'arms' can be made retractable to accommodate different box sizes. It can be made to fold flat and compact for storage, too. The wheels can be made collapsible and small, like we see here.
It can be used for years and be easy to carry with you.
I guess I just don't get it... this is just one more thing to use a time or two then try and recycle. We have come to be a use it and toss it society. The energy resources used nowadays to build all of this disposable crap is just totally irresponsible for life on earth.
Why the F not just buy a fold-able dolly and have it the rest of your life.
PLEASE QUIT TOSSING EVERY THING IN THE F*ING TRASH
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Until TSA takes your sharpies away and puts you in jail... :)
This tilts over significantly when you're not moving. It needs a third stationary leg with no wheels so you can actually leave it standing by itself.
Personally I prefer my fold-away hand cart so that's reusable is easy to store.
Wasteful and stupid. With many excellent folding hand trucks available, why the hell consume cardboard and rollers to move one box? A folding hand truck would be much faster to set up and use, I'll bet that it's also smaller folded than the cardboard with chunky wheels. And a folding hand truck will have larger wheels that roll easier over obstacles and bits of gravel and other detritus you'll have to navigate while moving your boxes.
It figures that this would get a Dyson award. Expensive solutions that just seem clever but that don't really deliver.
Damnit, why didn't i think of this...
Did you all miss the part where he said these would be assembled by retail staff? These are not meant to be "direct to consumer". If you find something at a store that is big and bulky and you are walking home, the store would have a stack of these and an employee would attach one on. You wouldn't use it for moving multiple boxes, especially because (as he said) the adhesive dissolves with water making it a one time use item.
Neat idea, but it reminds me of something you'd see on an infomercial. Is carrying a box really a serious problem? You still have to carry the darn thing up stairs.
I was completely put off around the 1:34min mark in the video. This is NOT a "green" product. Manufacturing anything for one-time use is NOT environmentally friendly,
This is an idea, a convenience, but certainly NOT innovation!
Here are some suggestions to make your product innovative:
1. Design it out or durable materials for multiple uses
2. Design it small enough to "fold" in a messenger bag or purse
3. Design it so that it's biodegradable
4. Design it so it serves multiple purposes, not just carrying boxes and ONE box at that
5. Design it to carry up to 100lbs
6. Design it so it's lightweight
7. Design it so that it generates/stores electricity as you pull it
Ok, I've just given you the blueprint to win the award. Oh, I forgot to add one more thing.
8. Since lazy people like convenience, design it so that it's remote controlled with a web camera and GPS. Now you don't even have to walk your big butt to the store and carry that oh-so-heavy box.
This is real innovation - http://www.dorkadore.com/gadgetry/james-dyson-award-winner-ultraviolet-water-bottle/
Muffin top and beefy hands...
Fantasitc! A mobile home for transients!
NO FAT CHICKS!!!
I personally don't have room for a metal hand cart in my apartment. ~500sq/ft with 2 people living there means keeping nothing that will not be used frequently. I have enough trouble finding space for 3 bikes.
@gm0n3y
You realize people aren't talking about full sized dollies like deliverymen use? They have folding ones that fold up to the size of a couple of hardcover books. Saying you don't have room for that is like saying you don't have room to get a pizza delivered.
@werk I've never heard of those. Looking online for 'folding hand truck', I can't find any that fold up even close to that much.
Time to make a recyclable house!
I hope IKEA offer these in-store for those "impulse" buys!
Why not buy a cheap, compact, reusable hand cart that can be used over and over and over? Aside from perhaps being more flexible, I don't see how this is any better. And it just mean more materials that need to be recycled....
Impressive how the adhesive doesn't damage the box. Can removal of the adhesive be shown in close-up on a box with printing on it?
Waste
-----------
1) I would be more enthusiastic if this device was very strong and "buy-once, use-forever" and with quick and easy re-use of the adhesive (including removal and application).
2) what are the wheels made of?
--------------------
But this is definitely food for thought. I just don't see it particularly catching on because of a few reasons:
1) people normally plan transport for big things and/or their cars aren't too far away.
2) assuming no car, this is fine but rain is not. Is it coated/ waxed? It doesn't look it. Will it hold up?
3) additional cost involved. Offering this - on the one hand - makes the sales guy look cheap if you have to pay for it (and the value to the customer might be very debatable). On the other hand, makes the shop less money if they have to pay for it and give it away free, all the while probably not doing much to increase sales form their store (they have to advertise it, after all). It's not clear which shop might have this and which won't unless it's advertised (and advertising costs money), so people will assume the worst and plan to carry big things. Offering this at retail won't increase sales, I reckon. It isn't that big of a problem, basically.
4) of course there is that concern that the box will get damaged from the adhesive, whether it's founded or not. I don't see many customers going for it.
5) wheels and a big handle are LESS convenient and less space-efficient when actually on the bus, as we have seen in the video. The reality is a flat surface with no projecting parts is better when storing it on the bus (or train, for that matter). Especially crowded public transport.
Making the trolley compact
---------------------------------------------
When you think about it, the humble trolley can be made compact and lightweight with a bit of thought (perhaps already is?).
The metal 'arms' can be made retractable to accommodate different box sizes. It can be made to fold flat and compact for storage, too. The wheels can be made collapsible and small, like we see here.
It can be used for years and be easy to carry with you.
But what will I do to move my box of Move-Its I ordered?
I don't know why but the first part felt like a shoe showoff to me...
My first thought? Snake would love this.
Why not make it out of corrugated recycled plastic like US Postal bins are made of? That'd hold up much better.
That's how we do it in the G-hetto!
I guess I just don't get it... this is just one more thing to use a time or two then try and recycle. We have come to be a use it and toss it society. The energy resources used nowadays to build all of this disposable crap is just totally irresponsible for life on earth.
Why the F not just buy a fold-able dolly and have it the rest of your life.
PLEASE QUIT TOSSING EVERY THING IN THE F*ING TRASH