Group: Hillary, Lizzy, Stephanie – Week 6: (close to) Completed Boat Sling
In our trip to CRI we had the help of Hallie, another para-rower and actually ran into Joanna while we were there. We got some fantastic feedback on the functionality of our revised iteration of our prototype. We even got to test it with Joanna. The good news is that it works! However, we need to tweak it a little more to make it easier to put on and more comfortable to use.
Some takeaways we got were:
- we need a longer strap so it is easier to reach, easier to adjust to the body, and simpler to put on
- obviously, we need a wider foam section to place on the shoulder more comfortably
- The mapping of our product was hard to tell where to attach the strap and how to buckle. Especially to tell what side of the strap is supposed to go behind you.
Excited to add these changes and have it complete for the final CRI visit. We have found more strap and also ordered more foam which will allow us to make these changes.