The Whistling Tortoise is always looking for new ways to promote our products to spread the word

Kitchen Gadgets with Easy Grips

about all the clever aids and gadgets there are available that can help with everyday independent living.  Our online store is availble for everyone 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, whether researching products or buying something that is needed as quickly as possible, we aim to promote only the best in mobility products.

Recently we were invited by Amazon, the online shop front, to open a store on their site.  This has been a huge success and we are now busy shipping out orders to new customers throughout the UK.  There are many online retailers of mobility products and, on the face of it, lots of bargains to be had.   We are particularly careful to only sell products that we know are tried and tested and suitable for purpose from our carefully selected and trusted suppliers.  Our research tells us that many people trust Amazon and do a lot of online shopping with them, safe in the knowledge that there is consumer protection in buying through such a well known company.  We ensure that our customers are buying quality products and the genuine article, as there are many imposters out there, especially on the internet.

So far we have been concentrating on heat pads and health care products by Beurer and genuine Theraputty on Amazon, but we would like to include many more of our mobility products, from incontinence care to walking aids.

Tri-Walker Frame with Shopping Bag

The problem, and its a good problem to have, is that products are being sold at such a rate that it is hard to keep up!  This means that we need to add more products to our Amazon shop and we thought the best people to decide what we should add is you.  We would love to hear from you if you have suggestions for new mobility lines to sell through Amazon.

We want to let people know that help is at hand, whether it is a simple grab rail to make bathing safer, a kitchen gadget to open difficult jars at the touch of a button or an all singing, all dancing rise and recline chair made to measure and upholstered to coordinate with your living room.

Be secure in the knowledge that we are selling the genuine article and happy online shopping!

Specially Designed Thermoskin Gloves

Arthritis can be cruel.  The pain and discomfort in the wrists and hands particularly can make everday tasks difficult, if not impossible.  Turning taps, gripping kitchen implements and doing up buttons can become terribly frustrating.   Old remedies like soaking your hands in warm oil work well, but can be messy, and are most definitely time consuming and maybe not just as convenient as we would like.   Our answer to that is Thermoskin Gloves -  a great solution which increases circulation to the hand and fingers and in particular inflammed areas of  discomfort.  The gloves are very comfortable and keep the hands warm but also offer relief from arthiritc pain.  They are specially designed and lined with Trioxin fabric which is soft and causes no irritation to the skin even when the gloves are worn for long periods of time.  This special lining Read more »

It’s been a long, cold and white winter here in Edinburgh. That has meant many keen golfers have been under their wives’ (or husbands’) feet for many weeks. Many golf courses are still under snow, believe it or not, and it has been a frustrating time for lots of golfers and their other halves!

Uncle H has had a back problem for many years, it has affected his whole life, but he refuses to let it be a major problem. The golf course being closed for so long has been a BIG problem though. Read more »

You might imagine that Tortoises can be slow on the uptake.  You would be wrong.  All the latest gadgets and technologies are eagerly tried and tested.  Some make us whistle in admiration and others just infuriate us!

Lately we have discovered the brilliance of Facebook. For nearly 4 years people have been catching up with friends, finding lost loves, promoting charity work, recalling school days, sharing photographs, news and so much more – all from the comfort of their own computer using Facebook which is a social networking website.
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Imagine trying to do normal everyday things with just one hand…go on try.  Its really, really tricky.  Of course it is  – all the things we take for granted and do without thinking are the little things that become enourmous tasks when you are hindered in anyway.

It’s the simple solutions that can be life changing for someone with limited mobility, after a stroke for example.  Read more »

Grumpy Bear’s back was sore – he was always complaining about it. It ached in the morning when he got out of bed, it ached in the evening when he got home and it was especially sore after he had driven all the way home with the honey. That was until he got a BackFriend for Christmas from Mrs Bear. How his life has changed! Backache is no longer a pain in the neck in the Three Bear’s house.

They went to the Whistling Tortoise and were delighted to learn that they could take as many supports, cushions and wedges as they wanted to their own car to try out. Read more »

There is Sunshine on Leith today and surely a hint of spring in the air. High time to get out the walking boots and head up Arthur’s Seat.

A lovely lady visited our shop last week, fed up with the weather and despite limited mobility, desperate to get out and about. She told us a lovely story about walking through Holyrood Park under Salisbury Crags when she was a girl, long before the first lot of trams were taken away (that’s one for another day!). She described the scent of the spring air perfectly, and we could almost have been there with her. The smell of the Read more »