Peter Discovers A Design Flaw In This Product | Dragons' Den

Palatis and Citi are asking £60,000 for 8% equity in their company 'Handisure'
Season 20, Episode 13.
An international sensation, Dragon's Den features entrepreneurs pitching for investment in the Den from our Dragons, five venture capitalists willing to invest their own money in exchange for equity.
#DragonsDen #BusinessPitch #Handisure

[@PeterPanbe]

They should add batteries and make it vibrate. I’m sure moms would buy it then.

[@chaimbradley1]

Moms.

[@PeterPanbe]

@@chaimbradley1 corrected. Apologies English is only my 4th language. From Belgium so first Dutch, then French, then German and then English.

[@TobiasTheWolf]

How is adding batteries and a vibrating mechanism going to make moms buy it? It will just make the product more expensive and the only thing that I could see the vibrating be useful for is… ohwaitaminute

[@pmason6076]

@@PeterPanbe Mums not moms

[@edddggrondoon97315]

​@@pmason6076 Mam not mum

[@SECRETORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLAR]

Ive got 29 internal doors in my property.. How the other half live 😂😂😂

[@Marais-cu3vo]

Yeah, and her company lost £1 million last financial year.

[@DarrenJCalvert]

@@Marais-cu3vo she is likely in debt up to her doorstep 😂 anyone who instantly can tell you they have 29 doors is clearly a person who likes to show off…after all who cares 😂

[@jamestonkin8610]

​@@Marais-cu3vo yet she's sat there are you're sat there 😉

[@jodia2125]

I got 4😂

[@Veeooom]

​@@jamestonkin8610not for long if her company keeps performing like it is 😂

[@oyuyuy]

They invented 'An object hanging from a string' and sell it for £20

[@mcfcguvnors]

tiny wedge or a bloody doorstop

[@borisdamole]

Wine cork on a string

[@i.canalista7718]

They patented something no one wants to design or copy

[@JS-bh3pz]

They also need to pay annual fees to keep this patent. Companies give up patents on dated solutions to save paying the fee.

[@pez555]

It has already been solved with stretchy fabric - we have them installed on all our internal doors.

[@sandras5624]

All i can say is ”magic wand” 😂

[@HK_Musician]

Yeah 😂

[@OddNaud]

You've definitely had a few magical experiences ✨

[@mcfcguvnors]

yes 2 mis with that youll be praying to god

[@redheadedstepchildatwalmart]

you said it fr😄

[@seventeen9718]

😩😩😩🥴🥴🥴🥴

[@franciscolaurean8550]

I thought the pitch was gonna be for a different device 👀

[@PeterPanbe]

Lol!!!!! It’s a joy forever 😂

[@SirLawrenceBarrisclaw]

UPDATE: their last company statement showed debts for £60,000. The couple are also directors in another company in the wholesale of perfumes and cosmetics with debts of £17,000.

[@user-wm1zg1dh8f]

Debt is not unusual for any company and nor is it always unhealthy. That 60,000 is literally just a number with no context.

[@SmVor]

But their P/L is positive right? Need to look at their equity part too

[@SECRETORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLAR]

Great business acumen then😂😂 but these are the type of people that will jump from business to business leaving massive debt in there wake..

[@SmVor]

You knows them well, must be their cousin

[@SirLawrenceBarrisclaw]

@@SmVor no. Everything is available online in Companies House.

[@randellbigr1960]

this reminds me when i invented the breathable condom, It didn't quite work

[@bebenewbornphotography170]

🤣

[@CraftingMyWorld]

😅😅

[@scienceevolves4417]

Reminds me when I opened an abortion clinic in Saudi....😅

[@A_Dog_Formerly_Known_As_Cat]

If it were triangle shaped and magnetic with a little metal sticker that goes in the door jam it would solve Peter's issue of having to open the door wider than a toddler would need

[@chaytiano6896]

ONE UNMARKETABLE TOMATO

[@LuvableAF]

That’s what my boss calls me 😊🚫🍅🥫

[@pupplemupple]

No more than one unmarketable tomato 🍅

[@TheManInBlueFlames]

It's marketable if you give them different colours and shapes for each stopper.

[@Jakejones1445]

This just made me scream lmaooo love that video

[@keithwhittington1322]

It will wreck the hinges.

[@colinwinterman]

thats exactly what I thought mate

[@angelradness5542]

I have this device and had to return it because it split the wood the hinges are mounted on. It's a horrible device.

[@PaulStewartAviation]

"how the other half live" I do like Steven's cheekiness!

[@There-Is-No-Virus]

5:37 - 'Back to the drawing board' face.

[@DavidTheRoss]

Seems like overkill. Why not just fit a flow signal?

[@Doomscrollin]

This will save lives

[@JamieLikesGames]

It's Amber in colour

[@albal20051]

You win funniest comment of 2024 😂🎉

[@user-vp3nr5dm6o]

Or hang seaweed

[@Shrampion]

😂

[@bobstirling6885]

Wow! What an awkward over-complicated device that you need on every door in the house and if you forget to swing it away every time you close the door you will soon rip the door off its hinges especially if the wind catches it. How often to kids really get their fingers caught in a door? I think car doors are the more likely to catch a child's hand in and these wouldn't work for those, nor for cupboards, drawers, etc where I expect most of the crush injuries actually occur.

[@mad-cyantist3159]

If anything, You will end trapping ur own fingers in the door by swinging that thing every time u have to close the door.

[@TheManInBlueFlames]

It's not overcomplicated. It's solving an actual issue.

[@seanA416]

​@@TheManInBlueFlamesit's really not. The door can be opened enough for a little kids to get through without the device working.

[@googleuser8740]

Are you sure it would rip off the door doesn't look like it

[@anovosedlik]

PLEASE tell me he's a better surgeon than he is a product designer!

[@Orangutan_Stella]

Why? What do you need done 🤔😜

[@ParanoidAandroid]

He's a better surgeon than he is a product designer.

[@adrianaugustus2815]

He did amzainf worg on mi fongerz

[@cuthwulf]

He’ll make sure you come again

[@olimot8081]

I’m afraid not. I had an operation on my leg and woke up with 4 arms!

[@UnknownUnrecognized]

29 doors in a house, she thinks everyone is like her...

[@highplains]

It's amazing how quickly door numbers pile up, but yeah, 29 is on the upper scale

[@RealRushinRussian]

I really don't think she does. But she tried to prove a point by stating how much it would cost to fit every door in her house with this device. Which is equally silly because you can probably afford these silly ballsacks if you have a 29 door home.

[@ianrae1546]

To be fair, I think she was just pointing out how expensive it would be to fully child proof your house using this product. I’m in a two bedroom house and it would cost me about £100 to have one of these on each of my internal doors.

[@Benjamin1986980]

Did you include closets and bathrooms?​ Because that means you're probably in a one-bedroom apartment. 10 to 15 doors is not unusual for small house.

[@UnknownUnrecognized]

@@Benjamin1986980 yeah, she lives in 2 bed apt, slums

[@kpag3030]

You know how they learn to keep their fingers out of door jams and closing drawers on them? They get their fingers caught once. That’s all they need to understand to be more careful. Like touching fire. They know after one time.

[@pdan4]

True, but sadly it can cause permanent damage.

[@Eyeball-with-legs]

You mean losing a finger to learn a lesson? 😂

[@TunaIRL]

This is the same way I teach my kids why car crashes are bad!

[@bjornlangoren3002]

Looks like a perfect way to wreck the door hinge. And if the door holds, the device will crack like a Hazelnut and you gotta order another 89 pound gadget to crack.

[@pbsm4127]

If you want to be overprotective... Take the door off... 😊😊😊

[@Crispynuggets28]

"And now please I will demonstrate the vibrate function on my wife" -All dragons make an offer.

[@M_E_T_R_O__9]

rather than stop the door closing on their fingers, wouldn't it be smarter to design of a flat collapsable wedge to stop them being able to trap their fingers at all?

[@wintersun398]

those are fitted on a lot of fast food restaurants.

[@AwesometownUSA]

why not just put padded mittens on the baby’s hands, to make sure they’re protected at all times? heck, why not just wrap the baby in bubble wrap? haha

[@LawriesCameras]

Would a wine Cork and string not do the same

[@Spridium1Jono]

So close. They just need that same product made of a much thinner steel rod with magnet sticky pads on the door face or frame to dock it to when not wanted.

[@__rmk__9360]

This! I was able to visualize till redesigning it in a discreet manner to fit into that narrow opening, but I was wondering how tricky it would be to remove it for closing the door every time.. your comment answered my doubt... but even then, there is a risk..

[@spoonerstreet32]

Time to find out which dragon has been unusually quiet

[@redheadedstepchildatwalmart]

3:50 she is def thinkin hitachi😂😂

[@paulcredmond]

I think it's a bit naive saying the Dragon's "don't understand the problem". They clearly did, they all acknowledged that. They didn't invest because it's a flawed product that's too expensive. Fix that and they probably have a market.

[@ArjunPakrashi]

29 internal doors? I have more. (Like cupboards and counting both sides of a doors).

[@user-mn1rj9ve6y]

Looks like a viberator

[@DK_Son]

There's something off and archaic about it. And with enough pressure, it will slowly ruin the hinges. Toddlers lean up against doors and things, and slam them shut. How many times does that happen until the door busts off the hinges? You also have to reach over to the other side of the door every time you wanna get it out. That would be so annoying. How many times do you wanna do that every day, for a decade or so? There's gotta be something better you can do on the handle side. I can already imagine a bunch of designs that could work on the handle side.

[@tonytoonstours]

It's 4:50 am. This will not work

[@baders087]

Peter has become the new Theo and identifying design flaws.

[@JacaboBlanco]

7:30 Nice humble brag 😂

[@jasonbored8319]

I'll use a Tampon on the door

[@triple7marc]

There is a typo in the thumbnail of this video.

[@AlexNishi-hb2ne]

They already sell side plates that connects with the door and wall and covers the whole door.

[@arreng2364]

wait... my grandmother used the same idea using her old toothbrush 25 years ago 😂 ...You patented an idea who is not even yours 😂

[@charlisays]

I cant see people actually buying this for every door in their house!

[@ianrae1546]

Certainly not at £19 a pop. It would cost me about 100 quid. Sara was right, there are much cheaper and more practical alternatives out there.

[@AwesometownUSA]

@@ianrae1546 they said it was _£89!_

[@barrybray1839]

And there's me thinking at first it's a gadget for the lady's....

[@frozengamer3030]

Sara has enough money to buy fingers for her kids.

[@Fuckethead]

she was in the news yesterday because her company is now £1 million in debt

[@frozengamer3030]

@@Fuckethead really

[@phoon5921]

“Saftey” 🤣

[@madscientist8286]

Oh - it's a great tool hanging in front of the door to e.g. break a glass door... plus it looks like a... pleasure device :D

[@wintersun398]

maybe it was initially designed a pleasure device

[@SPDATA1]

Peter...😂👍💯

[@CallumWK]

if the string was almost half way down instead of on the top it would make the thin part fall in the hinge side first 🤷‍♂

[@mobiuseno]

I've 29 internal doors in my house, oh la la 😏

[@jechtx7368]

It looks like a vibrating wand

[@TheMattwasherein1992]

I could go into my shed and build that same device with a piece of string screwed into a 20cm piece of dowel....

[@AKAxeMan]

My exterior doors open inwards. Am I supposed to hang these outside my house?

[@adashofbitter]

“I have 29 doors in my house so, naturally, 500 pounds is too expensive for me… and I think the other struggling parents with 29 door houses will agree… I’m out.”

[@Cypher791]

What if I am carrying a plate.. and I have to do that pendulum thing to shut the door behind me… lucky it doesn’t work or that would get really annoying… 🤦‍♂️

[@Munrogym24]

Pops the hinges

[@craigpardy6204]

Northern people problems, "I have 29 internal doors inmy house" I have 4..

[@greyship1341]

Let's 3D print one and check it out...

[@nigelwilliams9307]

I couldn't understand a word they were saying. I'm worried about this because he's a surgeon. Perfect English is crucial in an operating theatre.

[@deepfiix]

I had two fingers crushed and severed in the hinge side of a door when I was ten years old, Palatis and Citi should have taken me on the den with them to show the damage it can cause.

[@Geoglyph89]

Great.

[@deepfiix]

@@Geoglyph89 isn't it just? You should have seen the blood, it was magnificent.

[@dddddd211]

Okay so just because you got your hand crushed it's a good product. Got it... f*cking useless.

[@CarpeDiemTraveller]

I spotted a spelling FLAW in the thumbnail! 😂😂

[@saskiamoni1417]

Sara has 20 doors in her house wow she lives in a castle 😮

[@raphael9485]

not necessarily, i live in a 3 bedroom house and we have 12 doors all together, obviously she lives in a bigger house but it is not that much if you consider how many doors a normal house has

[@rf159a]

@@raphael9485 I live in a small rancher with a basement and counted 13 doors in my house

[@jakesmith-bs4jd]

29

[@mad-cyantist3159]

It's not that big if u think about it. Moderate sized housed

[@NoNo-uy2bq]

Think we have about 25 odd

[@Black.Sabbath]

2:58 So if they hadn't cleaned their own door, she wouldn't have invested? lMAO 4:45 7:15 9:40

[@lancealex382]

Their mark one prototype, i suspect was a brick!

[@robclarke9812]

I have a special needs son who often slams car doors I've broken 4 fingers over the years an adapted version for car doors would be a brilliant product

[@akhannar9368]

Saying that you hold a patent in China is like admitting to buying a plot of land on the moon...

[@clarkkent1521]

I've never heard of any case in which anyone has caught their fingers in the hinge space of a door.

[@gc6185]

Then you don’t have kids

[@twizzian]

It’s a skittle on a bit of string

[@loopykill]

that was a struggle to understand when she was talking

[@sjefhendrickx2257]

She is from customer service…

[@NoNo-uy2bq]

She spoke very clearly

[@loopykill]

@@NoNo-uy2bq ok, but she spoke so fast and it wasn't clear!

[@scouseaussie1638]

Something about curry I think.

[@RealRushinRussian]

I accidentally learned C++ from their pitch.

[@Joey_23]

Could literally just copy that design with some household items for like 10 cents.

[@There-Is-No-Virus]

Why not teach your kids about door saftey and levels (which is what a door is) etc.

[@bridgetgress]

You obviously don't have young children lol

[@user-xg6zy2oi9c]

What I like to do to prevent the kids trapping their fingers is remove all the doors.

[@googleuser8740]

How did she do her whole house for £10 would love to know

[@shadaba.qureshi4367]

10:15 Steve - "Well Done Guys", FOR WHAT STEVE????

[@pippaloves]

29 doors. Shame.

[@user-ki3je4oe6d]

I put a string on a carrot. 20p, not £20.

[@Lommy9999]

6:09 who writes this drivel?

[@edetsy12]

Spelt “SAFTEY” wrong in the thumbnail…

[@NoNo-uy2bq]

No they didn’t

[@SpacexWitch]

Hahaha

[@me-myself-i787]

​@@NoNo-uy2bqYes they did.

[@NoNo-uy2bq]

@@me-myself-i787 could’ve sworn it was spelt right for a minute

[@WarpRulez]

I don't understand what that offers compared to any random object hanging from a string.

[@Zenocius]

No wonder the NHS is crumbling

[@Rainydaysq8]

at this point this is literally a scam way too expensive and doesnt work lmfao

[@yazanelayan4193]

I am sure they regretted going to the den. I am sure they won't get customers after that roasting.

[@adamfields1761]

But if the toddler is squeezing through the tiny gap how are their fingers in the gap to be crushed, seems like a minuscule risk stacked on top of a rare chance.

[@corza1239]

Toddler wouldn't even be able to open a door peter Jones you are tripping

[@bridgetgress]

You underestimate toddlers 😂😂😂 Kids 18 months plus learn how to open doors with all types of handles. The only thing that prevents them is if the door is heavy and opens inward, like a front door usually does

[@ThichabodCrane]

The wife lying to the face of someone that CLEARLY demonstrated that it's design flaw negates the 1 thing the product does is idiotic at best.

[@Bs-gw3tt]

Gilf?

[@rimasvart]

29 doors LMFAO! 😂

[@sanjuansteve]

Just attach a bean bag to the bottom of your doors. Friction is science. :D

[@rajsavraj1106]

Anyone thinking what I’m thinking 🤣

[@uriituw]

Their product is a rubber thing with a piece of string.

[@thenazarenecatholic]

6:30 "I don't have kids, but when I saw this it made me think of a problem I didn't know existed. And that's not a good thing." Bro, you just said you don't have kids.. obviously you aren't thinking about the millions of different ways children can hurt themselves. That wasn't the diss you thought it was.

[@Harlza23]

I struggle to understand what he meant or rather Why he thinks it's such a burden to learn about a problem that exists lol

[@thenazarenecatholic]

@@Harlza23 yeah, isn’t the whole “fulcrum” of marketing convincing your client base that they have a problem and you’re providing the solution? That’s 101, but he acts like that’s not the right way to do it… “If I don’t know I have a problem already, then don’t try to tell me I do” sounds kinda dumb. Maybe it was the editing, but that moment made it seem like the other dragons agreed with him. I was like, 🧐🤨

[@svlagonda7417]

I don't get how its supposed work.

[@me-myself-i787]

It's supposed to slip into the hinge when the door opens.

[@Legitti]

That's what brexit has done to tomatos?

[@gnamp]

I don’t want anyone else to experience this. That is what inspires me.” “I’m out.”

[@cadriver2570]

29 door lady has axiom human vibes.

[@ianrae1546]

I love Sara, but come on. Anyone who has 29 internal doors can afford the £500 she’s talking about 😂😂😂 Her point is sound though. It would cost me about £100 to make each of my doors safe using this device.

[@johndawson8806]

there has to be some risk in life otherwise where does it end ? and looks like an electric toothbrush hanging!

[@dddddd211]

And this isn't even a risk. Why would you design a doorstopper to look like something that runs on electricity? F*cking useless.

[@randomchannel5686]

Hi dragons, I’ve got an invention. It doesn’t work but I’d like you to invest. 😂 Arrogant entrepreneurs

[@heymrguitarman7637]

Peter's complaint makes no sense. If a toddler slips through a small gap, their fingers won't be anywhere near the hinge side of the door. The product is to stop toddlers putting their fingers in the door gap when someone else opens and goes through the door first. Can't believe no one picked up on that incorrect assessment

[@thavambase6907]

I think his problem was more that the door can still be open and shut by a toddler and can still get hurt by a closing door, while a doorstop stops this problem entirely

[@C414AC]

Unless they have more than one toddler

[@smartalic5]

It wasn’t an incorrect assessment at all. Peter walked straight through the open door without the “safety” ever being engaged.

[@Anne-ul7io]

It looks like an adult toy !

[@whattheworldneedstoknow.]

There are so gadgets doing this now.

[@entityunknown1668]

REPOST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@mcfcguvnors]

remove the words " this product" from the title & eureka

[@A380_Flyer]

Is this a repost ? 😅

[@papadonkus]

Lmao they think they have copyright in china?