KMINA - Long Handled Lotion Applicator for Back (Includes 3 Thin Sponges), Cream Applicator for Elderly, Sun, Ointment

I suffer with osteoarthritis in my back and this enables me to apply anti inflammatory ointment with relative ease.

I can now reach to apply ointment to my back

Easy to use does the job

This item is ideal for me as I have a job to bend down to moisturise my lower part of my legs.

Easy to use in hard to reach places

This device sounded quite good in the description and my wife thought that it would be useful for her to apply body lotion, or even sun screen to those hard to reach places, especially as neither of us is getting any younger.However when we received it, we were completely underwhelmed, the handle is reasonably made and is a reasonable length to allow access to those awkward places on the back, but that is where the good news ends. The foam pads are very thin and so don't mould to the back particularly well and they come unstuck very easily. Also I have no idea if it is possible to buy additional pads once the three that come with the gadget are used. The video also shows lotion being applied using the plastic cover, but neither of us found that practical.Then there is the issue of price, I was very surprised when I saw that it was £19.99 (at the time of writing) in my opinion £7.50 - £10.00 would be a more realistic price. There are better devices available for far lower prices, so I really can't recommend this item.

The wife thought this would be good for putting cream on those hard to get to places on her back, which I have to say, or rather she said it does pretty well, there is not much to it just a long shaped plastic handle which you stick a pad on the end, they do supply a few extra pads along with this and I have no idea how much new pads costs because I have not looked, but I do have to say this is rather expensive at £20, I asked the wife how much she thought it cost, she said a tenner and commented that she would not have paid any more than that for this so was surprised it was twice her estimate.So it does what it's designed to do, just a bit over priced considering you are at some point going to have to purchase more pads.

First things first: it works very well, and allows lotion or cream to be applied to your back with minimal fuss.Now let's dig deeper.It's important to hold the handle as I've shown in the photos, as that gives you much better control of where the lotion is going.The sticky sponge pads are not that sticky and fall off after a few goes, which is a great shame. I've now stuck one on with the assistance of 3M double sided sticky tape. We'll see how that goes. This lack of stickiness lost it a star in this review.It's not cheap. At a tad under twenty quid we both felt that regardless of how effective it was, it was still overpriced. A tenner was more realistic. If the sticky pads had stuck really well then maybe a couple of quid more.If you need to apply cream or lotion to your back, this is an effective tool to do that.