{"id":436958,"date":"2026-05-20T16:39:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T16:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/436958\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T16:39:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T16:39:14","slug":"industrial-design-firms-refillable-metal-floss-tool-lands-425k-on-kickstarter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/436958\/","title":{"rendered":"Industrial Design Firm’s Refillable Metal Floss Tool Lands $425K on Kickstarter"},"content":{"rendered":"


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This Flossr<\/a> object, by Swedish industrial design firm SNRGY Studios<\/a>, is a metal floss tool that’s refillable. <\/p>\n

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The idea is that rather than buying floss in plastic dispensers, or those one-off picks, you buy bare spools. (Within the sustainable-goods ecosystem, companies now exist that sell floss refills with paper cores.)<\/p>\n

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There is a bit of effort involved. In order to use the tool, you need to first wind your floss onto the included silicone spool. This spool resembles a sewing machine bobbin.<\/p>\n

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Once you’ve loaded it, you pop it onto the handle, then “thread” the tool, again rather like a sewing machine.<\/p>\n

A full spool provides “months of daily use per refill,” the firm says.<\/p>\n

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The business end of the tool folds into the handle, like a switchblade, for transit.<\/p>\n

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SNRGY clearly struck a nerve in the market: At press time they’d landed over $425,000 in pledges, with 15 days left to pledge. The tool is going for $37 and should ship in January of next year.<\/p>\n

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