[tompotts]

Hello everybody. I hope you are all well.

My name is Tom and I am a design student from London. For my major
design project I am trying to develop a new bottle opener that will make
opening bottles easier for people suffering from different forms of
arthritis etc.

The idea of the bottle opener is; that the new design will be desirable by
all customers and will therefore be more widely available. Meaning that it
should be purchasable from most large stores rather than just specialist
websites and chemists, which will be much better for people who need it.

Below is a questionnaire that will help me with my research. If you could
find the time to complete as much of them questionnaire as possible it
would be greatly appreciated.

Any questions you do not understand or do not want to answer; please
leave blank.

The details from this questionnaire will only be used to compile lists of
data, no personal details obtained from this questionnaire will be made
public.

If you prefer the answers can be emailed to me at
this_is_tom_potts@yahoo.com , Thankyou

1) Age:
2) Sex:
3) How often do use a bottle opener: Every day / once a week / once a
month / rarely.
4) When using a bottle opener which type of bottle do you open most
often: Standard beer size / large Ale size / extra large (Newcastle Brown)
size / small stubby bottle size / other.
5) Do you suffer from any disability or illness that affects your arms or
hands? If yes, please give details.
6) Do you suffer from any visual impairment? If yes, please give details.

Please rate the following 1 to 5 (1 being unimportant and 5 being very
important, e.g. Ability to remove bottle top could be 5).

7) Ability to remove bottle top
8) Light-weight
9) Compact
10) Comfortable to hold
11) Good grip on handles
12) Easy to position on bottle top
13) Does not drop bottle top once opened
14) Does not damage bottle
15) Looks stylish
16) Easily cleaned
17) High build quality
18) Reliable (opens first try every time)
19) Durable (will not break after first few uses)
20) Will function for all bottle shapes and sizes
21) Quick to use
22) Safe to the user
23) Opens bottles gently
24) Does not bend the cap too much
25) Secures the bottle during opening (either by hand or with the opener)
26) Opens the bottle with minimal effort
27) Low cost

The following questions relate to the main operations and functions of
the bottle opener. Please answer ‘yes’ or ‘no’.

28) Remove bottle top is more important than Preventing damage to
bottle?
29) Remove bottle top is more important than Comfort of use?
30) Remove bottle top is more important than Ease of use?
31) Remove bottle top is more important than Ease of transporting the
opener?
32) Preventing damage to the bottle is more important than Comfort of
use?
33) Preventing damage to the bottle is more important than Ease of use?
34) Preventing damage to the bottle is more important than Ease of
transporting the opener?
35) Comfort of use is more important than Ease of use?
36) Comfort of use is more important than Ease of transporting the
opener?
37) Ease of use is more important than Ease of transporting the opener?

38) What price would you see as acceptable for a bottle opener?

• Any further comments:

Thankyou for your time and cooperation with this, you will have helped
me out no-ends. if there is anything that i can do to help anyone else
on this forum, please let me know.

Kindest regards to all of you,

Tom Potts