We will admit that when we first came across Stoppy, we thought “oh that’s a nice little door stop” and left it at that. However, the more time we spent with it the more we realized that it comes in handy much more often, and in many more ways than you’d think:

• Liette travels a lot and uses the Stoppy as an added bit of security when she’s in her hotel room by making sure the front door can’t be opened – it also makes keeping a bathroom or patio door opened a breeze.
• Our friend Laura suggested that Stoppy can be used to baby-proof a room by keeping active toddlers from opening doors. This works great at home and you can pop it into a diaper bag when visiting friends without small children of their own.
• Another use for Stoppy is to temporarily keep that screen door open when you’re bringing groceries into the house, or for when you are barbequing and your hands are full trying to bring items to and from the house. No more struggling to keep the door open without dropping everything, or running to catch the screen door before it closes.
• Mike just got back from the cabin where Stoppy was a great way to keep the doors open to let in the cool air at nights, and to allow the dogs to come and go without having to open the door every time. You can also use Stoppy to keep doors partially open, so pets can be confined to a given area, but still see out of the room.
• Another friend has told us that she would use her Stoppy to keep the doors on her sailboat open or closed, and she was very excited that this soft tool wouldn’t damage the expensive deck of the boat.
• And finally, on those really trying days, Stoppy makes an excellent stress ball, as Kevin demonstrates in the picture above.

* OK these are only the first 6 uses, but we’re sure there are more! Email us and tell us how you use your Stoppy!