Zipcase Stocking Donner, Sock Aid Tool to Put on Compression Socks for Large Calves Less Than 18" in Circumference (Compatible for JOBST,SB SOX,CHARMKING,FITRELL,Bluemaple,COOLOVER) White

Using this stocking Donner proved to turn slipping on pressure stockings from a miserable, difficult performance of grimmacing and straining to a single, smooth motion. The Donnrer is perfectly engineered and of high quality metal that will not bend. It works perfectly. Additionally, using this device totally eliminated accidently scratching my leg with my fingers (side of my fingernails). If you are on blood thinners or have had a DVT you may understand how important this is.

Instruction sheet is poorly illustrated and item is not intuitive. That said, after re-reading, thinking and practicing, this does make the task easier. Highly recommend using slipper sock to reduce friction over the foot. Also be sure to measure calf to select the right size. I have lymphedema and custom 40mmg knee thighs.

The concept seems good, but the device is poorly designed. The handles are positioned so that they interfere with the ability to get your hands in to put the sock onto the frame. The reason I want a sock aid is because I can't put socks on by myself, and I wanted something that would make it possible to get dressed without depending on another person for help. I have nerve damage in one hand, making it very weak. Using this device requires strength and dexterity in both hands. When I couldn't get the sock on the frame, I asked my husband for help. This immediately negates the purpose of the device by making me dependent on him for help. He is not disabled or weak, but he struggled with it, largely because of those handles being in the way, and also because support socks are very tight and springy. Once he got the sock on the frame, getting my foot into the sock was not as easy as expected. I really couldn't get the right angle to get my heel into place, requiring more intervention from my husband. Going through this struggle every morning just to get my socks on is not acceptable. I'll be returning this.

The smaller version (for calves under 16”) does work, but if you can reach your toes with your hands to slip a stocking over your foot, I don’t think it’s any easier than donning compression stockings by hand (reaching inside, grabbing the heel, and pulling it back out, then slipping your foot into the pocket you have just formed and pulling the stocking up over your leg). If you can’t reach your toes, then this smaller version definitely is a good device. If you can’t reach the floor with your hands, you probably can get the stocking on the device by putting the device on a chair or table. Whether by hand or when using this device, it takes some strength and some dexterity, as well as practice. The larger version (for calves over 16 inches) is almost impossible to use successfully, because there is such a large gap between the top semicircle and the vertical support bars below it that the extremely stretched extra-large compression stocking’s cuff slips into that gap and cannot be pulled back out to slide it down the rest of the way. (see attached photos.) Just poorly designed. Both versions are sturdy and comfortable to hold, but I think they should be a couple of inches taller, both in the handles and in the middle section over which the stocking is supposed to be positioned. UPDATE, 8 weeks later: If you can reach your toes and are using open-toe compression stockings, a much better, faster, easier, and less expensive device is a "slippie", as my daughter showed me last week. Amazon sells several of them and I've bought two: these [[ASIN: B09FDPJ5R4]] are nylon and are excellent; and these Juzo's [[ASIN: B00IO3EPRO]] are even better (they look like the packaging for some product, but in fact, they are the product, made of Tyvek. Very durable, almost frictionless, and easy to remove after use). Slippies only work with open-toe stockings, not with closed-toe.

In my opinion, this is the second best invention to assist a person as they get older. Putting on compression socks is a CHORE, ENERGY EXERTION AT ITS WORST and FRUSTATING ON THE PATIENCE! To anyone having to put on compression socks this is the best, absolutely the best invention for that CHORE. Even the learning curve for it isn't bad, directions were simple and straight forward. If you need to put them on yourself or on someone else I cannot give it high enough stars. Oh, first best invention in my opinion is the reachers. The ones that help you retrieve something on the floor or out of reach. I hope the inventors of these things made a mint on them. I know I am very thankful for both. Used daily around here.

Really helps putting on support socks. I will take some getting used to but makes the process easier.

Too confusing for my husband to figure out. He is not coordinated enough to aim his toe into the toe of the sock. Finally found Dr. Scholl's graduated compression socks that he and I can put on readily after testing multiple, different brands. He had veinous stasis ulcers that took 18 months to heal. Drs. and wound specialists did not offer any cleansing or ointment applications. We found a protocol on Google to cleanse, and medicate a silicone dressing. With about 20 days of diligence, the persistent ulcer was completely healed. Protocol in addition to leg elevation and compression socks: Cleansing with spray saline solution. Wipe off excess with sterile gauze. Apply hydrophilic ointment (zinc oxide+petrolatum) on the adhesive silicone dressing. Change dressing and do procedure every day until healed. We saw a marked healing already within 2 days.

Good tool to help put on Compression socks, it took me couple times to get used to . Compression socks are tighter at first and I found now that I can put them on without using it but still use unless travel then I put socks on with out using tool. I do recommend and the cost is half as much as at the medical stores, thank you! So are the socks!