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Simple Design: This Plastic Gizmo Turns 5-Gallon Buckets Into Dustpans

The Bucket Scoop has a few other (questionable) functions

By Rain Noe - September 20, 2023

in Tools & Craft

Industrial designer Manuel Golub used 3D-printed legs to turn 5-gallon buckets into rolling stools.

Lowe's in-house brand Project Source also seeks to make the ubiquitous buckets more useful, with this $6 piece of plastic:

The 5-Gallon Bucket Scoop lets you turn the buckets into dustpans…

…and use it as a paint roller that drips back into the bucket. This is probably only useful if you buy paint in 5-gallon buckets; I had to do this a bunch when I was running a photo studio, and this would have saved me time and mess—if it works well. It would depend on how strong the connection to the bucket was, and how much that thing flexes.

Product photography overreach: I see zero improved utility in the following application.

And apparently the connection is watertight, if you need to bail. (Though frankly, as with the rocks above, I'm not sure this is a huge improvement over just using the bare bucket.)

I think the dustpan application's the strongest.

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Denis Garmash

11 months ago

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A lot of cleaners I see do use old square metal cans fitted to long rotating handle for the same purpose

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Simon White

a year ago

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I like the water scoop thing. I've had to pick a small depth of water off a flat surface quite a few times. Usually I try to find a dustpan, but this would be better, at least for the initial stages.

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Joseph Stirt

a year ago

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Yes, dustpan FTW

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