upside down bottle holder

thingiverse

This is a simple solution for an age-old problem. I was fed up with waiting for the hair gel to flow out when I turned the bottle over. This device holds the bottle upside down, ensuring the gel is always ready to dispense immediately. It would also work perfectly well for shampoo bottles that are almost empty. The holder is designed for a 28.5 mm diameter hole that measures about 25 mm long. This gives a 27.5 mm cap, with exactly 1 mm clearance on the diameter. For different hole sizes, simply scale the .stl file using the following ratio: Ratio = (new hole diameter)/(28mm). After posting this, I noticed several similar items: A holder for Odorex by VirtualValley is available at http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:650328, while a holder for Nivea deodorant by MackeHa can be found at http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:650572. There's also a cute little critter holder at http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:315639. And probably several others I missed out on.