Back by popular demand…shower caddies as functional gift bags for the women at Wheeler Mission for Women and Children. Our adhoc group of benefactors delivered 72 overstuffed caddies for Christmas last year.
We have a “green light” and a jump start for 2016. A friend of a friend saved LLBean outdoor seat cushion covers from the REJECT bin. The Plan: Recycle as shower caddies. Enough fabric for 13 of the 72.
Outdoor seat cushion covers undergoing “ripping” or deconstruction.
I asked our group leader (who also has Master Black Belt Six Sigma certification), if there was VOC (voice of customer) feedback to incorporate this year. Her suggestion…”leave off the button holes”. Yes, I put button holes in the caddies last year to drain water that might accumulate in the bottom.
Six equally spaced button holes on a radius is a little time consuming.
I did that without DRBTR! (Design Review Based upon Test Results). Do shower caddies without slots hold water? YES. Is that a problem? Maybe. Search for a suitable mesh fabric bottom was unsuccessful.
Mock up for test: Fill with one cup of water.
- No slots: Drains 3.42-3.70 minutes Over twenty times as slow
- One slot: Drains .60-.70 minutes Four times as slow
- Two slots: Drains .28-.38 minutes Twice as slow
- Three slots: Drains .15-.18 minutes Baseline
The winner is a three slot design for the few occasions when water may accumulate it is a reasonable feature to have. I will use parallel slots to save the time preparing the radial layout.
Here we go AGAIN!
elfcroft 
Always the engineer…