Travel-size sewing kit:

It seems like a good idea, but this particular design leaves the user frustrated. There are no marks indicating how to open the case nor –once the user discovers that the plastic sheath slides—is there any indication of which way is correct. It is convenient that the strings are already threaded through the needles, but the needles are difficult to remove from the case. I personally have broken a nail pulling one out and my mother has gotten them by using a pencil to pry them out. The safety pin and the buttons included in this kit are in very inconvenient locations. To remove a button the user would need to remove three needles, and to get the safety pin out would require taking out six needles. The other problem is once this kit has been opened for the first time, the plastic sheath doesn't lock into place when closing. It can easily slide open on its own.

Robin Miller