What Do Brella Bag and Snake Clamp Have in Common?


brellabag-scooter2The Brella Bag

I literally can not see out the window of my office as I write this thanks to a coating of rain. Instead of letting the relentless rain depress me, I’m using it for inspiration. Meet the Brella Bag — a hands free umbrella holder that could be the rain solution wheelchair users have been looking for.

Rain has been the downfall of many a wheelchair user. The two are like oil and water — they just don’t mix. Whether it is soaked clothes or shorted controls, or simply feeling cold and miserable, getting caught in rain in a chair can ruin your day. If you push a manual chair, devoting one hand to an umbrella can be tricky, and if you roll in a power chair, holding an umbrella is likely a no go.

The Brella Bag lets you roll hands free thanks to a lightweight strap with a sheath and snap to hold your umbrella and a small pouch that serves as a weight to keep the umbrella from being blown away. You slip the strap and the pouch over your head around your neck and snap in your umbrella. The pouch also serves as handy and accessible storage, even for quads and those with limited dexterity.

 

 

At $19.95, the Brella Bag could be a low cost solution for wheelers looking to stay dry. Find out more at Brellabag.com.

 

Snake Clamp

Sticking with the theme of having difficulty holding things and rolling, the Snake Clamp is another great solution. There’s nothing super fancy about the Snake Clamp. It is actually an array of different attachments, bases (or mounts) and flexible goosenecks (or rigid arms) that allow you to securely clamp devices like cell phones, tablets, cameras and much more to your wheelchair or any other surface. The flexible necks make placing them easy and adjusting them a cinch. They also work well for helping people stuck in bed access their devices.WC-adaptation-1


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