Tenura | Anti Slip and Grip for Independent Living

Blog archive

Tenura Videos

New Tenura Video: Adult Utensil Grips – Adapted Grips

Make everyday objects and daily living activities more accessible with Tenura utensil grips.

Utsenil grips are an excellent adaptable aid as they are multifunctional and help complete daily tasks such as brushing your teeth or hair. Insert silverware, or your combs handle into the versatile grip to increase handle width and your control of the object, making tasks less of a struggle.

Through this video, you can explore new ways to use Tenura utensil grips to improve your life and learn how you can adapt everyday objects into accessible ones:

We hope you have found our video helpful, and it has given you some alternative utensil grip uses to help improve other aspects of your daily life.

T-CG-1-Cutlery-Grips as Adpative Gripson a Toothbrush, Peb, Hairbrush, Razor etcNow it's time to take a closer look at what makes Tenura utensil grips the best on the market:

In our later years, we start to lose our hand mobility. Our joints don't move as they once did, and therefore, adult utensil grips can aid in these areas of life once again. Utensil grips add comfort and aid in control, making knives safer and easier to hold.

We have two sizes available (adult utensil grips & children's utensil grips), which are designed to increase handle size, improve grip, control and comfort.

These adaptable grips are antimicrobial, which means bacteria cannot harbour on the surface of Tenura utensil grips, making them hygienic and safe to use in areas that require high-level sanitation.

Tenura silicone utensil grips are non-toxic as they do not contain any cost-saving chemical fillers such as plasticizers, making Tenura utensil grips some of the safest, most popular grips on the market.

As a child, you acquire hand mobility through repetition and practice, and this is where children's utensil grips come in handy. Slip these adaptive grips onto silverware, pens, and other thin handles to increase their surface area, making handles easier for small hands to grasp and control.

In our later years, we start to lose our dexterity. Our joints don't move as they once did, and therefore, adult utensil grips can aid in these areas of life once again. Utensil grips add comfort and aid in control, making knives safer and easier to hold.

We explore dexterity and fine motor skills, which are vital life lessons in our blog "New Tenura Video: Children's Assistive Devices".

As seen in the Tenura video, these are some seriously adaptable grips. By sliding Tenura utensil grips onto objects, you enlarge their surface area for comfort and better control. Some great examples include:

  • Toothbrushes
  • Pens and Pencils
  • Hairbrushes
  • Razors
  • Makeup Brushes
  • Paintbrushes

If you can think of any more innovative ideas for Tenura utensil grips, please let us know via our socials (Facebook and Twitter). We love to hear from our customers.

Please fill out the contact form if you would like to contact us regarding Tenura utensil grips for adults or children.

Posted in Tenura Videos on .

Watch Tenura Extreme Mats in Action – Make Everyday Tasks Accessible

Tenura Extreme mats are a valuable tool at home and on the go, especially if you are traveling via boat or motorhome. These super grippy mats can help during everyday tasks, including those requiring organization.Using an Extreme mat in the Car as a Phone Holder

Tenura Extreme mats offer a non-slip solution that prevents spillages and breakages wherever you go. So, let's have a look at some worthy examples…

Using an Extreme mat in the Car as a Phone or Drinks Holder

Using an Extreme mat in the Car as a Drinks HolderIn cars, boats, and motorhomes, objects inside experience much movement during travel; some will slide off surfaces and may break, causing a distraction, but it is preventable. To avoid this eventuality, place your belongings upon a Tenura Extreme mat, which secures the items ready for transit, and gives you a sense of relief.

The comparison clips between using a Tenura grip mat and not, which shows how effective Tenura Extreme mats are at keeping objects adhered to it. This is further demonstrated by a larger object, a drinking glass, complete with a Tenura CupCap to avoid spillages.

Keep Things Safe with Tenura Extreme mats - Car Keys, Toothbrushes & Utensils

We see grippy mats used to hold up car keys because I don't know about you, but I tend to lose my keys, and by having a grip mat by the door, my keys have a secure home.

You can use Tenura Extreme mats to grip things such as toothbrushes and kitchen utensils, which prevents them from coming into contact with surfaces that may have contaminants present. You must make sure that the items you wish to stick to the Tenura Extreme mat are dry. Otherwise, they will not grip and remain stuck to the mat.

Instead of putting your utensils back on worktops, you can stick them to an Extreme mat in a more convenient and accessible part of the kitchen.

Grip mats can make belongings easy to locate as they are stuck to the wall in front of you or highlighted if you use the green Extreme mat as a visual aid.

Keep Things Safe with Tenura Extreme mats - Car Keys, Toothbrushes & Utensils

Using Tenura Extreme mats as a Tray Liner

In the video, we see Tenura Extreme grip mats as tray liners. They keep crockery adhered to the mat's tacky surface. You can use them on dinner trays or under dog food bowls to keep things in place and avoid a mucky pup.

Using Tenura Extreme mats as a Tray Liner

Cleaning your Tenura Extreme mat

For your Tenura extreme mat to perform effectively, it needs to be clean and free from dirt and dust.

Cleaning your Tenura Extreme matDue to Tenura Extremes high-tack properties, it requires a bit more effort to remove from a surface than the standard Tenura range. You can either pull back one corner and slowly peel it back on itself or use a little water where the mat meets the surface will help release the adhesive tack from the surface, making Tenura Extreme easier to remove. While many Tenura products have adhesive properties, no residue will be left on the surface. If you have used water to remove Tenura Extreme, then, of course, wipe the surface with a clean cloth.

To clean Tenura Extreme, submerge in warm, soapy water and gently wipe with your hands if necessary until dirt and dust is removed. Rinse with clean water and Let the mat fully dry before use, as the high-tack properties of the mat are only restored once dry.

 

These 7.8" x 7.8" mats come in two colors, clear and green. You can use clear mats for discrete help around the home, and green mats are perfect for those who need an additional visual aid to improve organization.

 

Wherever you need a grippy mat that keeps your belongings safe, Tenura Extreme mats can be of great help. The tacky surface to which things stick helps you avoid germs and breakages and keeps you organized.

If you want further information or to place an order, visit the Tenura Extreme Mat product page.

Subscribe to the blog to get more helpful information and save 10% on your next Tenura purchase!  

Posted in Tenura Videos on .

New Tenura Video: Kid's Assistive Devices

Tenura creates and manufactures helpful assistive devices for kids to make life a little simpler. Tenura's ergonomically designed Kid’s products are beneficial during play and mealtimes. The three gadgets on show in the video are Tenura Kid’s utensil grips, CupCaps and anti-slip mats. You can use these products to promote the development of fine motor skills like handwriting.

Skills such as handwriting and properly using cutlery, may not seem necessary. However, they are the foundation to key life skills, and by using and practising with cutlery, the child's brain develops fine motor skills.

Fine motor skills are the movements we make using our smaller muscles for intricate tasks, a task in our everyday lives that requires such skill is fastening the buttons on your top, tying shoelaces, writing and correctly using cutlery.

Kids who do not practice fine motor skills often have low self-esteem because they are unable to complete the same tasks as their peers. So, let's make sure your child is happy and prepared for life by encouraging their development using Tenura Kid’s products.

Explore the benefits of our Kid’s Range:

Kid’s Utensil grips

Kids can struggle to hold items with thin handles as it requires fine motor skills and coordination. Typically, kids can feed themselves by age seven, having acquired these skills through years of practice. You may not give it much thought but grasping smaller objects requires a more extensive range of movement, which is why some kids struggle to hold cutlery. To help your child, slide Tenura Kid’s utensil grips onto handles, enlarging their surface area and making them more comfortable to hold. Some great examples include:

  • Toothbrushes
  • Paintbrushes
  • Pens and Pencils
  • Hairbrushes

Kid’s utensil grips come in a pack of two and are available in three colours, red, blue and grey.

For larger hands, we have ergonomically designed adult utensil grips.

Children's Cutlery Grips on Paintbrush and Toothbrush in use

Tenura CupCaps – Silicone Drink Lids

We are all prone to knocking over drinks, especially kids, whose bodies are growing and don't have the best spatial awareness. With that in mind, CupCaps can be an ideal help. CupCaps are stretchy silicone drink lids that create a seal over the top of containers to keep the liquid inside and avoid spillages. Stretch the drinks cap over your cup, insert a straw through the eyelet and away you go, mess-free.

T-CC-1-8cm-CupCap-Knocked-Over-Glass-Childrens Video-2

Kid’s Table Mats

Arts and crafts are a treasured pastime for all kids, often consisting of paint, pens and glue, all of which can leave horrifying marks on your furniture. However, by using a Tenura Kid’s mat as a barrier between the table and their art, you can protect your surfaces and keep the mess contained. Tenura mats are easy to wash/wipe down and are dishwasher safe.

The mat's silicone anti-slip properties prevent spillages, as paint pots and other mess-making supplies are securely held in place by the Kid’s mat.

There are two funky shaped Kid’s mats available, an orange cat and a green frog.

Children's Table Mats Protecting the Table form Paint as Children Play

Benefits of Tenura Kid’s Assistive Devices

Tenura’s three assistive devices for kids are made from silicone, which means that have fantastic qualities, which include:

  • Non-Toxic

An essential feature as kids tend to put things in their mouth, so the last thing you want is the object to be toxic

  • Antimicrobial

Bacteria can't harbour on the mat's surface. Your child has a developing immune system, so it is crucial to reduce the risk of infection/­illness

  • Latex-Fre

Your child could be allergic to latex, and you may not be aware

  • Easy to hand wash and dishwasher safe

Tenura Kid’s products can withstand hgh temperature.

A Child Developing Fine Motor Skills by Cutting Paper

 

If you would like any further information on the products showcased in this blog and video, check out their product pages: Kid’s Utensil grips | CupCaps | Kid’s Table Mats

Posted in Daily Living Aids, Tenura Videos on .

Happy Halloween + New Tenura Video

Enjoy Halloween with the assistance of Tenura products! We want everyone to have a fantastic Halloween, which is why we have teamed up with MazeWebMedia to produce the latest Tenura video.

Watch the video, as it’s filled with exciting and innovative ways you can use Tenura products to make your Halloween accessible to all and avoid any weeping witches or sad skeletons during your festivities.

T-B-1-Red-Bottle-Opener-Halloween-Autumn-1Tenura Bottle Opener

Enjoying classic autumnal drinks such as dandelion & burdock or pumpkin spiced lattes is easier when you can twist off the bottle cap with ease, all you need is a Tenura bottle opener. The silicone has grip-enhancing properties meaning less strength is required to open bottles.

 

T-J-2-Blue-Jar-Opener-Nutella-Halloween-Autumn-10Tenura Jar Opener

Twisting open jars full of treats or in this case, Nutella, is much easier if you use a grip-enhancing Tenura jar opener.

 

 

TC-MAT-35-3-Yellow-Table-Mat+T-CG-Cutlery-Grips-Plate-of-Food-Halloween-Autumn-2Tenura CupCaps (Drinks Cover)

Tenura CupCaps creates a seal around the top of your drinks container. The seal stops liquid from escaping, helping you to avoid spillages. Another great feature of Tenura’s drinks cover is it prevents debris from entering your drink, as you can see in our Halloween video.

 

TC-MAT-35-3-Yellow-Table-Mat+T-CG-Cutlery-Grips-Plate-of-Food-Halloween-Autumn-2Tenura Non-Slip Mats

When doing Halloween crafts such as carving a pumpkin or tucking into a Halloween themed feast, Tenura mats can be a great help. They protect your tables from marks, they’re easy to wipe down and are non-slip which keep objects securely in place, helping you avoid slips and spillages.

 

T-CG-Cutlery-Grips+TC-MAT-35-3-Yellow-Table-Mat-Plate-of-Food-Halloween-Autumn-3Tenura Utensil Grips

Carving a pumpkin is a staple of Halloween, but for people who have hand impairments, it can be incredibly tricky and unpleasant. However, if you slip Tenura utensil grips onto your cutlery/carving knife, they create a larger handle which increases comfort and grip.

 

T-R-1-Blue-Grip-Roll-On-Butter-Knife-Halloween-Autumn-1Tenura Grip Rolls

You can cut Tenura grip roll down to size to create bespoke non-slip surfaces, for instance, in the video, we have wrapped Tenura grip roll around the handle of a butter knife. The user experiences increased grip qualities of the handle and therefore, has more control over the knife, making your Halloween activities safer for the disabled and elderly.

 

We hope you have found this blog helpful and that you can now celebrate Halloween regardless of age or disability. You can watch more Tenura videos via our YouTube channel.

You can tag us and show how you have put Tenura products to use this Halloween via social media (Facebook and Twitter), we can’t wait to see your scary pumpkin carvings.

New Video: Silicone Grip-Enhancing Jar & Bottle Openers

Videos are a great way to showcase products, which is why we have teamed up once again with MegMazeMedia to produce our latest installment, the Jar and Bottle Opener video. In this video, we explore uses for Tenura jar and bottle openers, you know, besides opening containers.

Sit, back, relax, and enjoy the show.

As you can see at the start of this video, Tenura jar and bottle openers are in our eco-friendly packaging, an initiative we are pushing across the whole Tenura daily living aid range.

We manufacture Tenura jar, and bottle openers from 100% antimicrobial silicone, which gives Tenura silicone many advantageous properties. Their primary use is likely within a kitchen, to open tricky jars and containers, which is why they are antimicrobial, meaning bacteria and germs can’t harbour on the surface, which is fundamental in areas that require a high level of hygiene. Another terrific benefit that follows on from them being antimicrobial is that no cost-saving additives such as phthalate plasticisers are in their construction, meaning they are also non-toxic.

For people living with conditions such as arthritis that can result in weakened hand strength, Tenura jar and bottle openers can be a simple yet effective daily tool. Their compact size means you can take them to your workplace or a restaurant, wherever you may need this helpful gadget.

T-B-2-Blue-Bottle-Opener-Cupboard-Handle-1Tenura Jar Openers

Jar Openers have many great uses. From the video, you can see they work well when turning doorknobs or other large containers that can be slippery or tough to open. Tenura silicone jar openers allow you to gain purchase on smooth surfaces. The following were excellent examples in the video:

  1. Twisting Doorknobs
  2. Opening Jars
  3. Opening large containers with twist-off caps

Tenura Bottle Openers 

For smaller containers/­objects, Tenura offers the silicone bottle opener. Having a smaller version of the jar opener can help you gain purchase on items like bottle tops. In the video, we explore some great uses for this Tenura product:

  1. Opening milk bottles
  2. Turning taps
  3. Opening pill bottles
  4. Opening small containers with twist-off caps
Tenura silicone is easy to wash. Just like in the video, hot, soapy water is enough to get Tenura daily living aids clean. Tenura products are also dishwasher and autoclave safe up to 482°F. Sadly, some of our competitors cannot say the same. Please note that the non-slip, grip-enhancing properties return to Tenura silicone once dry. Tenura silicone is easy to wash. Just like in the video, hot, soapy water is enough to get Tenura daily living aids clean. Tenura products are also dishwasher and autoclave safe up to 482°F. Sadly, some of our competitors cannot say the same. Please note that the non-slip, grip-enhancing properties return to Tenura silicone once dry.

Both are available in red, blue, and yellow. They are available to purchase from our website: Tenura Bottle Opener | Tenura Jar Opener

We hope you enjoyed watching Tenura’s video. You can see more of our product videos via our YouTube channel. Let us know in the YouTube comments section any innovative uses you have used your Tenura jar and bottle openers for, we hope to hear from you soon.

Welcoming into our range, Children’s Utensil grips!

Utensil grips are a handy addition to day to day life by providing an enhanced surface area around knives, forks, pens, pencils, toothbrushes and many other items, making them easier for daily use. Utensil Grips are perfect for those who suffer from impairments to grip. By increasing the surface area on the utensil, you can decrease the amount of grip required, helping to decrease strain on muscles when trying to grip small objects. However, these products are sized for adult hands, which may prove difficult for children to use.

This presented us with a dilemma. How good is a daily living aid if it can’t cater to everybody’s needs? This brought us to the product we are mentioning for the first time, Tenura children’s Utensil grips!

Tenura children’s utensil grips, like their bigger counterpart, also provide an enhanced surface area allowing children with impairments to be able to use utensils easier without having to accommodate a large Utensil grip. Children’s Utensil grips are 98mm in size and weigh 45g per sheaf. This is a lot lighter than our adult versions. Utensil grips are made from a strong antimicrobial silicone, designed to be durable and prevent the harboring and spread of bacteria.

Utensil grips are easily applied and can be washed by hand or via dishwasher. These are perfect for big industries like charities or organisations who may have a large turnaround of people and don’t have time necessary to clean them all by hand.

Tenura Children’s Utensil Grips come in three vibrant colours options, red, blue and grey. Utensil grips can be purchased directly through our website and come in packs of two. By spending $40 on our website and we will ship your order free of charge. For further queries, please use the contact form or live chat on our site!