This Unusual $14 Amazon Find Will Help You Use Up Every Last Drop of Your Favorite Products (Finally!)

If you’re the type of person who needs to squeeze out every last drop of lotion or soap in a pump bottle, trust me — you’re not alone. I’ve yet to find a pump that can help me use up everything in the bottle, and if I didn’t love my shampoo and conditioner so much, I’d probably avoid them because of their containers, too. The round top design makes it impossible for the bottles to hold themselves upside down, so I either have to awkwardly prop them up or throw them out before they’re completely empty. However, I recently discovered a little gadget on Amazon that will ensure I get every single bit of product out. Instead of fighting with containers, shaking them relentlessly to get those last squeezes out, the Flip-It! Bottle Emptying Kit promises to be remedy I’m looking for.

All bottles aren’t created equal, which is why this kit is designed to fit different-sized top diameters. It comes with three adapters to fit standard small, medium, and large bottle opening sizes, with XS and XXS sold separately. Once the original bottle cap is removed, it gets replaced with the kit’s gasket, adapter, and dispensing stand. It might sound like more work than it’s worth, but just think about all the bottles you’ve thrown away without reaching the true end of the product’s use. This kit could be the thing to give them an extended life — just check out the proof in the 2,300 5-star customer reviews. “I’ve always disliked pump bottles for lotion. You can never get it all. This product solves that problem,” said one Amazon reviewer. “It is easy to assemble. Yes, you have to screw a couple items together, but it’s a piece of cake. There’s a variety of tops that should fit whatever bottle you may want to stand on end. I’ve got one on a bottle of lotion right now. Where was this product all these years?”

I have a long list of bottle-emptying methods that I’ve picked up over the years. I’ve tried flipping it upside down and banging the base of it, tapping it roughly against the countertop, and my ultimate favorite, shaking it like a Polaroid picture. But the Flip-It Kit guarantees you won’t have to do any of these time-consuming tricks. “I will never fight with a pump bottle again,” said one reviewer, who called this kit a “life-altering” invention. “As soon as it gets difficult to pump anything out of any bottle, I will waste no time in ‘flipping it.’ I’m so glad someone created this. Upside-down bottles are such a small annoyance in life, but this simple solution really means a lot.”

Across the board, it sounds like the bottle emptying kit works exactly as it should. While most of the customer reviews speak to how well it works for lotions and hand creams, it’s a viable option for kitchen products, too. As a frequent tea drinker, I have multiple bottles of honey in my cabinet that are turned upside down so I’m able to get the last bits. Some honey containers are hard to squeeze once the supply gets low, and I’m interested to see if the Flip-It! kit will help save some strain on my poor fingers. Other customers have used this nifty device for syrup, oils, dishwashing liquid, and even dishwasher detergent. In fact, the bottle emptying kit comes in four types for different rooms and uses: kitchen, bath and beauty, deluxe, and super deluxe. The deluxe packs have a wider variety of caps included.

Many Flip-It! users report good results with shampoo, conditioner, and various lotions; however, it seems that the thicker the product, the more challenging it is to use with the bottle-emptying kit. A few people expressed that while it works for Gold Bond lotion, it was less effective with thicker dry skin formula for diabetics. Flip-It! suggests running warm water over bottles containing heavier products to help them shift to the Flip-It! cap when turned upside down. Another criticism is that the Flip-It! cap can be challenging to clean between uses, though not impossible.

Before feeling defeated by bottles of lotion, hand sanitizer, shampoo, and more with tops that make it hard to reach the bottom; this tiny device could be the obvious and unconventional solution to use throughout your home. For less that $15, it’s certainly worth a try!

Buy: Flip-It! Bottle Emptying Kit (2-Pack), $13.99