“You Can’t Say Everyone Over 50 Is Your Customer!” | Dragons’ Den

Joe Solera thinks he's solved the age-old problem of changing a lightbulb, his ceiling rose is a simple device that allows anybody to change the lightbulb whilst eliminating the risk of accident or injury but has the ship sailed?

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[Chrissmills]

As an electrician this would be good for super high ceiling staircases with pendant lights. You literally need to hire scaffolding just to change a lightbulb.

[DeadRabbitRadio]

This guy was really ahead of his time. It's a great idea.

[theovolz]

That whole thing at the start of him explaining “normally this’d be a lot higher....” reminded me of David Brent for some reason.

[kazkhan]

I think it’s a brilliant clever idea, all wheel chair users, elderly or even shorter people that struggle to reach high up can defiantly benefit from this. I hope this chap does well he really needed the help.

[Jamie_Winsh]

Peter: "What made you come up with this amazing product?"
Peter has already decided he doesn't like this product 😂

[ghostlypresence]

What a fantastic product, the dragons really showed themselves up here. England is full of regency era homes where the ceilings are incredibly high, difficult and dangerous for even the able bodied to reach. Dragons were clowns here.

[ianbraisby]

I love how he hands them out from a carrier bag.

[Sysedwin]

I love this product ! I would want this in every room in my house, and I am not elderly or disabled. It looks much safer and much easier that regular ceiling light solutions.
A shame this didn't get funded.

[HighTen_Melanie]

As a wheelchair user I’d say this is a good idea. Obviously it’s outdated technology with LED down lighters now being more commonly used but the idea of maintaining independence is undervalued by the dragons in this instance.

[fluffyollie]

Having been medically retired at 41, I haven't been able to change a lightbulb since. It's a fantastic idea and well-intentioned. I'd buy one for each ceiling light in my house.

[MarzipanCat.]

This would also be good for people with low blood pressure. Im young but I have low blood pressure and changing a lightbulb is frankly dangerous for me because standing with my head turned upwards and my arms up makes me faint. I dont want to hit my head falling from a chair.

[XAGuitarStudios]

I'd buy these and I'm not old or disabled, just lazy

[alemart]

I dont get why dragons have to be so aggressive from the very beginning, even sarcastic, for an actually useful product and considering the guy is offering 49% share. They could be a bit more constructive with their comments

[ileolai]

No one ever really considers us as a demographic but I'm 30, disabled, and would love one of these. I've left lights blown out for months because I can't reach them.

[izools]

I'd replace every ceiling rose in our house with these, they're fantastic

[ghostnz]

Bruh this is a awesome product, I'm surprised no one has come up with a easier idea to change light bulb

[garypadiham]

Something like this would be good for changing bulbs on street lights. One man with a long pole could pull down a bulb and change it. The currently arrangement to change street light bulbs is to use a cherry picker with a crew.

[joewas]

This is a GENIUS IDEA. I have a friend who's disabled & in his early 30's who would buy this the second he sees this at a store. The Dragons (all) are complete idiots for not investing. If I was a Dragon I would have given him an offer. Not at what he'd want but it would've been the lifeline he needed.

[Technicallyimright]

Doug Richards wasn’t interested because his target market is 15 or

[kevp]

My mans dusted off his college business project n said "time to get paid!" 🤣 I can't even be mad at that.