These New Chopsticks Are Designed To Prevent Food From Slipping

May 26, 2016

These chopsticks make it way easier to pick up your food...they've got grip

 

Everyone knows what it can be like to eat with chopsticks, those of us that aren’t skilled often have trouble even picking up a mouthful of food.

Well, William and Charis, the duo behind Quickstix, have created a solution to the problem, they’ve designed a set of chopsticks that have grip on them.

 

These chopsticks make it way easier to pick up your food...they've got grip


We’re all familiar with the design of the traditional chopstick, a rounded piece of wood that tapers at one end.


These chopsticks make it way easier to pick up your food...they've got grip


William and Charis decided to design chopsticks that would pick up items with ease.


These chopsticks make it way easier to pick up your food...they've got grip


Here’s a comparison between traditional chopsticks and Quickstix.


These chopsticks make it way easier to pick up your food...they've got grip


The photo below shows what designers go through to create a product. They had to make a lot of prototypes and redesigns along the way.


These chopsticks make it way easier to pick up your food...they've got grip


They settled on a design that has an ergonomic hexagonal shaft and multiple gripping points.


These chopsticks make it way easier to pick up your food...they've got grip


This is the final design, a pair of chopsticks made with an advanced engineering plastic called PPS that offers the broadest resistance to chemicals and are dishwasher safe and FDA approved.


These chopsticks make it way easier to pick up your food...they've got grip


Even the most slippery of foods are easy to pick up with Quickstix.


These chopsticks make it way easier to pick up your food...they've got grip


Like these noodles.


These chopsticks make it way easier to pick up your food...they've got grip


And to show the grip that Quicksticks can achieve, here they are being used to pick up and hold a tennis ball.


These chopsticks make it way easier to pick up your food...they've got grip


Watch the video below to find out more, or visit their website here, and their Kickstarter campaign, here.