Gadget Gossip
Bed sheets, orthotics and massages BY ANNIKA TOMLIN AND CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Welcome to the debut of Gadget Gossip! Here we introduce readers to gizmos that can make life just a little easier — and healthier. Have an idea? Email editor@lovinlifeafter50.com.
Wad-Free Sheets inevitably come out of the washer and dryer twisted. But bedding has met its match with Wad-Free. After buying a new washer and dryer, Cyndi Bray found more issues with wadded bed sheets, rather than less. So, she invented Wad-Free and then launched it in June 2020. “Instead of saving time and energy, I ended up using a whole lot more because every time I tried to dry my sheets they ended up in a great big wad,” Bray says. The product, which is made in America, is manufactured with a “custom plastic compound” that helps ease the problem. “Wad-Free attaches to the four corners of both your flat and your fitted sheets before you put them in the washing machine,” Bray explains. “I think it is easiest to do when you are stripping the bed because the bed is holding the weight of the sheet and you find the four corners easiest that way. Then you put them in the washing machine and the load will run wad-free. Everything will come out cleaner, and the washer won’t go off balance. Then you transfer it into the dryer, where it also runs wad-free, and everything dries the first time up to 75% faster with fewer wrinkles.” The product, which comes in sets of two, can be used on twin to California king sets. Clothing washed with the sheets won’t get lost in sheets either. “Some people will go out of their way, even if there is room in the machine, not to add things like their T-shirts, because they usually get wadded up in one of the sheets, so they run two loads,” Bray says. Two loads equal twice the amount of www.LovinLife.com
water, energy and detergent, all of which are cut in half with Wad-Free. “With Wad-Free, you can put it together and run fewer loads,” Bray says. “It saves water, time and energy — it really adds up.” wadfree.com Available on Amazon and The Grommet for $18.99
Soul InSoles Seniors — and younger folks — suffer from foot, back or body pain, sometimes just because of ill-fitting shoes. Soul Insoles are bubble orthotic, memory gel insoles designed to relieve pain with biomechanically designed gel insoles that gently guide the foot into proper alignment. This creates a relaxed, soothing feeling at the arches, heels, ankles, legs and lower back. Fitting any type of shoe, the product is perfect for those with plantar fasciitis, Morton’s neuroma, fat pad atrophy, metatarsalgia, heel pain or overpronation. A peel and stick adhesive keeps them securely in place; however, they’re washable. The adhesive “returns to new when dry.” Smells are kept at bay because the insoles are made with nonporous, 100% skin-friendly, soft medical-grade memory gel. The company uses premium-quality materials to ensure that medium/high arch support insoles will maintain their shape even after years of daily use. For more information, visit soulinsole. com (also available on Amazon). soulinsole.com Available on Amazon for, on average, $18.99
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