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Soap & Lotion Pump Press Aid · Trio pack
Three PALMs: kitchen, bathroom, and one that lives in a bag for hotels, the gym and other people’s houses. Each shape chosen separately. 3D printed in the UK from plant-based Bambu Lab PLA Pure.
How it goes on — Standard and Wide slide, Dome presses
Standard and Wide — spout first: hold PALM level, put the wide opening of the slot over the spout end of the pump head, then slide PALM back along the head until it grips. It goes on sideways, not down from above, and comes off the same way. Starting at the back of the head is the wrong way round and will not seat.
Dome — straight down, one full press: the Dome does not slide on. Place PALM over the rounded head, then press it all the way down until soap comes through the spout. That one full press is what seats it — pushed on lightly it will sit loose and rock. Pull it straight up to take it off.
It should go on with a firm, deliberate push and no fight. If it needs real force it is the wrong size — check the measurement rather than pushing harder, and we exchange a wrong size free.
- Press it with anything. Palm, fist, forearm, elbow, wrist, knuckle — a chin or a foot if that is what works. The disc is 62 mm across, so it takes whatever you land on it.
- Not just soap. Hand wash, body lotion, moisturiser, sun cream, hand sanitiser, shampoo and conditioner, pump-top cleaners — and washing-up liquid, if yours is a pump bottle rather than a squeeze one. What is inside makes no difference to it. What matters is that there is a pump on top, the right size.
- Clips on and off in seconds. By hand. No tools, nothing to fix to anything, and it moves between bottles whenever you like.
- Keeps the bottle you already buy. Nothing to decant, nothing to refill, no batteries. Your Carex or your Baylis & Harding stays exactly as it is.
- White as standard, other colours on request. Every one is made to order by one person, so a colour is a conversation rather than a menu — message me before you order and I will tell you what I can print.
- Goes in a pocket. 10.5 mm thick and light enough to forget, so it comes with you — the gym, a friend's house, a public bathroom. Every other way of solving this stays on the shelf you put it on: a wall dispenser is screwed to the wall, an electric one is a unit with a tank to refill.
- Looks like your bathroom, not a hospital. A small disc on the bottle you chose, rather than a dispenser that announces itself on the side.
What matters is the pump, not the liquid. Standard is sold for flat pump tops 16.6–20.6 mm across the narrow way, Wide for 21.7–25.3 mm, and Dome, one size, for tops that are round all over. Outside those bands, between them, or an unusual shape, and we will not sell you a stock one on a guess. Measure yours — or send a photo and we will tell you straight.
Which one do you need? This pack has 3 PALMs and each one has its own fitting. They can be different, and in most homes they are. Measure yours in a minute Print the free gauge Or send me a photo and I’ll tell you which
Each part has its fitting letter — S, W or D — moulded into the underside, so you can tell them apart when they arrive.
Somebody outside this workshop tried it
@wheeliechronic used a PALM and posted what she thought of it. Shared here with her permission.
She was given one to try rather than buying it. The words and the video are hers.
Watch her full review on TikTok (opens TikTok in a new tab) →
What customers say
One review, from a confirmed order.
Single, twin and trio are the same adapter in different quantities, so these reviews cover all three pack sizes.
Every review sent to me is published, good or bad. The star rating is worked out only from reviews I can tie to a real order — which leaves out five-star ones exactly as readily as one-star ones. Nothing is offered in return for a review.
- 5 out of 5
Love It!
Dean Sullivan · Verified purchase Wide fittingWhere has this been all these years and why hasn't anyone thought of it before!
I have arthritis, sometimes I can't use my hands at all, and other times they just hurt and I struggle to press a soap. They just clip on and off. They are so simple, yet so genius!Love it
Questions people ask
Can I take it with me?
Yes, and that is the point of it. It is a disc 62 mm across and 10.5 mm thick — 16.5 mm for the Dome — so it goes in a coat pocket or a wash bag and clips onto whatever pump is at the other end: the gym, a friend’s house, a public bathroom. Everything else that solves this problem stays on the shelf you put it on, because it is either screwed to a wall or a whole bottle you would have to carry full. The honest limit is that you cannot know what pump is on somebody else’s basin — if it is outside the size range, the disc in your pocket will not fit it.
Does it only work on hand soap?
No. It works on any pump bottle whose top is the right size and shape — body lotion, moisturiser, sun cream, hand sanitiser, shampoo and conditioner, pump-top cleaners, and washing-up liquid where yours comes with a pump rather than a squeeze top. What is inside the bottle makes no difference to it. The limit is the pump, not the liquid — and if your washing-up liquid is a squeeze bottle, this is not the thing that will help.
Will it fit my bottle?
We sell Standard for flat tops 16.6 to 20.6 mm across the narrow way and Wide for 21.7 to 25.3 mm. Dome is one size, for tops that are round all over. Outside those bands, including between 20.6 and 21.7 mm, we do not sell a stock size — not because it is certain not to fit, but because it has not been measured on a real pump and we would rather not post you one on a guess. Made-to-measure is printed to your own pump. Measure across the narrow way at its widest point, or print the free gauge on the fit guide. If you would rather just ask, send a photo of your pump from the side to hello@gethandl.co.uk and we will tell you honestly whether it fits — including when it does not.
Can I press it with my elbow, or my chin, or my foot?
Yes, and that is the point of it. The bare pump top is about the size of a 5p coin, which really only suits a fingertip. The disc is 62 mm across, so a palm, a fist, a forearm, an elbow, a wrist, a knuckle, a chin or a foot all have somewhere to land. Press over the pump rather than out at the rim, and put the bottle in a corner or on a non-slip mat so it cannot slide away.
Does it change how hard I have to press?
Not the pump, no, and it is worth being straight about that. There is no lever in it and no pivot, so the pump needs exactly the force it needed before — I measured three supermarket pumps, Cussons, Baylis & Harding and Carex, and they all took between 27.4 and 29.2 newtons. What changes is which part of your body can supply it. A fingertip press has only the small muscles of the hand behind it and usually gives up from discomfort before the force runs out; a palm, a fist or a forearm has your arm and your weight behind it. Same push, somewhere better to put it.
Do I have to refill anything, or change batteries?
Neither. It clips onto the bottle you already bought and you carry on buying the same soap. There is no reservoir to top up and nothing to charge. It is one part with no moving parts.
Will it look like medical equipment in my bathroom?
It is a small white disc sitting on the bottle you chose, so the bottle still looks like your bottle and nothing else on the sink changes. That matters to a lot of people and it is a fair thing to want.
Can I have it in a different colour?
Ask me. They are white as standard because that is what suits most bathrooms, but nothing is printed until you order, so a different colour is a message rather than a product line. Tell me what you are after and I will tell you honestly whether I can do it and how long it would add.
Which way round does it go on, and does it come off again?
It depends which fitting you have, and the two actions are different. Standard and Wide go on spout first: hold PALM level, put the wide opening of the slot over the spout end of the pump head, then slide PALM back along the head until it grips. It goes on sideways, not down from above, and starting at the back of the head is the wrong way round and will not seat — that is the usual reason one feels like it does not fit. The Dome does not slide on at all: place it over the rounded head, then press it all the way down until soap comes through the spout. That one full press is what seats it, and a Dome pushed on lightly will sit loose and rock. Taking either off is the reverse and takes a couple of seconds by hand: Standard and Wide slide back out, Dome pulls straight up. Nothing is glued or fixed, so you can move it between bottles whenever you like.
This is for people who can still press something, but not with a fingertip. If pressing is impossible rather than painful, it is the wrong thing to buy — read who PALM is not for before you order, or see how it compares with every other way of solving a pump you can't press.
The bed of nails. Stand on one nail and it goes through your foot. Lie on a thousand and nothing happens. The weight has not changed — the pressure has, because it is shared between a thousand points instead of one. That is what this disc does, and it is where the idea came from.
Same force, spread wider. I measured three supermarket soap pumps on a kitchen scale — Cussons, Baylis & Harding, Carex. They all came out between 27.4 and 29.2 newtons, about the weight of a 3 kg bag of potatoes. The disc does not change that number: there is no lever in it and no pivot. What it changes is where the push lands — roughly 20 cm² of palm instead of the 1 to 2 cm² of fingertip a bare pump top gives you. Ten to twenty times less pressure on the skin, for the same push.
Who this is for. People with arthritis, neuropathy, carpal tunnel, a tremor, a limb difference, a weak grip or other hand problems may find it easier to press a pump with one of these on it. Not because the pump got lighter — it did not — but because you can put a palm, a fist, a forearm, an elbow or a chin on it instead of one fingertip.
Why I made it. I have neuropathy. I lost enough feeling and fine control in my hands that a soap pump beat me most mornings. I drew this for myself, printed it, and then found other people wanted one. One person, one bathroom, one job that had stopped working.
It comes with you. A disc 62 mm across and 10.5 mm thick goes in a coat pocket or a wash bag, so it is there at work, at the gym, at a friend's house, in a public bathroom. Everything else that solves this stays on the shelf you put it on — a wall lever is screwed to a wall, an electric dispenser is a unit with a tank to fill. And it clips onto ordinary shop-bought soap, lotion, sun cream or shampoo, so there is nothing to decant and nothing to refill.
What changes, and what does not. You get a bigger thing to press, so the push can come from a palm, a fist or a forearm rather than one fingertip. The pump is not made lighter — the force is the force. And you know what your hands do on a bad day better than I do, so send a photo of your pump to hello@gethandl.co.uk and I will tell you straight, including when the answer is no.
The measurements, the arithmetic and the bed of nails in full →