Came accross this new product today. Great idea since handwashing is soo important. I have contacted to try to get wholesale contacts and pricing.
Waddyya think?
NOW we’re talking!!!! That’s the idea!!! I could get those for stocking stuffers, if we make it that long without worries…….
Not real cost effective, but a great idea. I’m thinking if the wholesale prices are better, I’d like to have one of these. On the other hand, some waterless hand cleaner tucked into a cell phone holder and hooked on to the belt loop would do the same job.
This product has 70% alcohol — that’s GOOD!
spiritinthewind, how would you keep the alcohol from evaporating using it in a cell phone holder!??
That is so neat! Now I want one! LOL
The website says the cartridges can’t be refilled, but I wonder if you could with alittle time and ingenuity. I wish I had $50 to blow on ‘em.
My wife and I have been using something similar to this for 2 years,,,,,,,,,,made with hand sanitizer and isopropl alcohol and we carry with us all the time. Ours only cost pennies.
I’m working on it at 16:34 You can get small bottles of waterless handcleaner with 70% alcohol that would fit nicely in a cell phone case. Ain’t gonna need the case for much else anyhow.
Gary Near Death Valley…do share. What do you have and where did you get it?
Yes Gary, please share where you found it. I’m very interested.
I use small plastic squeeze bottles (usually eye drop bottles that are empty) and I put about 1/4 in the bottle with isopropl alcohol 62%, and then add hand sanditizer out of bottles that I purchase at the 99cent store. At Walmart I would pay 2.49 for the same size bottles of hand sanitizer and have alot of them, as when I go into Las Vegas every now and then, I usually get 5 or 6 at a time. When I place them together in the small bottles I shake well to mix the two. Been using those for about 2 years, and have gotten many people out here to do the same, as we eat at the buffets alot.
spiritinthewind – at 17:09 Well, you’re going to laugh at this….my whole family tends to take things quite literally & it causes us to think people have said the darndest things sometimes.
I thought you meant that you wanted to squirt the waterless hand cleaner down into the cell phone case and just dip into it when needed and I was thinking that the alcohol would evaporate and then the whole thing wouldn’t be much good at all. It never occured to me that you meant put a little bottle of the stuff into a cell phone case! I guess I’ve been buying the BIG bottles for too long!! :-)
You can get 90 percent Isopropyl at camera stores and electronic supply houses.
Much better to mix with the hand sanitizer to bring up the alcohol levels.
I like the cellphone case idea.
I may incorporate that in our infectious disease kits on the fire engines for mass casualty response.
I like the easy access, one hand operation and belt location. I will post when I hear back from them. They are obvioulsy a very new product. I cant imagine that per unit quantity pricing would be that high ($49). Im currious how high they will mark up the disposables. 40ml of hand gell. I bet I can refill em. hehehe
Mav - you’re right, it is a very new product. We launched this one in mid-June. While gelFAST was designed primarily for doctors and nurses to clean their hands more often (hospital-acquired infection is a major problem), it has found uses for other users as well - from prison guards to daycare workers - anyone who requires frequent hand hygiene. It uses a disposable eco-friendly gel cartridge, which in the world of hospitals is crucial. While gelFAST Anywear is difficult to refill (and not allowed in hospitals), I suppose that some extremely motivated (non-medical) individual with a large bottle of gel, a syringe, and ample patience would be able to. ;) gelFAST Original is easy to refill, though a bit bigger than Anywear. Keep in mind that the $49 trial pack includes 4 loaded dispenser units (2 black, 2 white), 4 refill cartridges, and a bunch of accessories. The gel contains several moisturizers that keeps hands in excellent shape under intense usage. The gel is bio-based - manufactured entirely from US corn products. Thanks for the interest, and please feel free to contact us at www.gelFAST.com for more info. Best, - Gilad
Is it on the Federal GSA schedule yet for purchase by fire departments ?
Not yet, but contact my office and I’d be pleased to give you more information. 1–866-MEDONYX (during EST working hrs pls).
well, I didn’t expect to be contacted through the Wiki!
Ain’t the wiki grand??
Gilad, nice product….will you also design something with a strap for those of us who don’t wear belts? or for some other reason don’t find a waist attached dispenser convenient? I’m thinking of a mother with a baby balanced on one hip…might end up hanging something around her neck easier. Just a thought.
It comes with a pendant
gelFAST Anywear was designed to be worn… anywhere, including lanyards (necklaces). There’s an illustration on the site of a user wearing it that way: http://www.medonyx.com/newsite/anywear_wearability.htm
The online sample pack includes a lanyard (necklace) and other accessories for best clothing compatibility.
Gotta go, - Gilad
Gilad, the Wiki would be the ultimate non HCW product release base…make us a deal?!!
Thanks — I didn’t see that pic! That’s GREAT!
I second anonymous – at 20:05
Gilad in Toronto – at 18:59
Thanks for all the info, Gilad. I have to say that, while the health care market is an obvious niche for you, there would be an enormous OTC market for this product if you had a more normalized price point. You could sell these at every pharmacy and convenience store check out on the planet. I would buy one unit per family member and stock up on tons of refill cartridges, but not at $49 (regardless of the number of units and refills included). While the belt-clip convenience is super handy, it’s doesn’t differentiate the product enough from, say, a $0.99 bottle of Purell (which also includes skin conditioners) one of which I already keep in each car, my purse, and each of my kids’ lunchboxes. Plus, I can buy a gallon refill for $10 at Sam’s. I think you’d sell a bunch more of these at a more reasonable price point that, in the end, would boost your bottom line just as well as lower sales volume at the higher price.
OK, got some pricing info. How does one go about presenting /offering a product on the Wiki? I don’t think we really can….hmmmmm
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Great ideas. Thanks everyone.
I ordered and have received the trial pack of 4 gelFAST Anywhere dispensers. This looks like a great product (I have no affiliation with the company). I initially investigated the dispensers with the idea that they would be useful for my town, but would also be a great thing to send kids to school with. I’d love to see the company do a test of a group of school children using these vs. a control group of school children that did not during the winter cold and flu season.
I intend to order more cartridges for the dispensers but so far that cannot be done via the website where the trial pack can be ordered. I will call and inquire as to the pricing structure for additional units - my question will be whether they are packaging and offering these for civilian use (i.e. in non-hospital quantities).
That was fast. The company has just gotten back to me with pricing. They are now offering a single gelFAST anywhere dispenser/holder in addition to their trial pack of 4.
Pricing:
(Mods: if pricing is not allowed to be posted on FW, please delete)
The price point for the refills (they are small) is almost twice what we would pay here in the U.S. for a Purell-type sanitizer. However, the genius of this product is that its accessibility and ease of use encourages people to actually use the product. We all may carry around hand sanitizers, but they are not readily accessible and that seems to limit their actual use - and if they are not used, then the cost is really besides the point.
One additional point is that this sanitizer is of hospital-use quality, which is unlike the OTC sanitizers that may eventually produce copy-cat dispenser models if they believe there is a market for them.
Website link to the gelFAST Anywhere products, all of which can now be ordered via their website: https://secure.medonyx.com/
(No, I still have no affiliation whatsoever with the company!)
pure isopropanol and 10% glycerine in a handsized pump spray bottle, alot cheaper and easy to use… its the content thats matter, not the brands.. the contents are alchohol, a skin protecting glyserine and some gel thickener (but you dont need that when you use a vapoicing spraypump)..
Isopropanol or pure ethanol may be substitutted by consentrated car window fluid (very cheap!), its pure ethanol with some blue color and some % of soap (amonia) and maybe some lemon parfyme. Can be found everywhere. Stock up to push during pan to neighboors etc.
that was me of course :) my lap has had a extreme makover.
The ONLY reason I noticed this product and followed up with the manufacturer is the one handed operation and the waistband clip. The whole idea with handwashing and decontamination is to do it!! Ease of access, ability to access with your hands full, on the go etc. Nothing like it on the market. Having to grab a flip top bottle and pour it out or deal with a potentially leaky pump bottle does not translate to frequent use in my experience. I think it’s a great product. The “origional “ model cartidges are refillable the newer model, the “Anywhere” apparently is not refilable.
Another worthy product?
the price is right if the “vents” could be closed easily
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