A dumb idea made smart? Here is my story.

Two years ago the sink plug broke in my kitchen's single sink. To enable for the capturing of water to wash my dishes, I used a shiny lightweight stainless steel bowl as a temporary fix.

After days of use, I found I loved the ability to place larger plates in the bowl due to its large open end and yet have the ability to rinse dishes beside the bowl at the same time. The inability to rinse your dishes when you have one sink is something single sink owners can relate to. Some people dip their dishes in a bin beside the sink, some pour tap water into their existing sink, it is just not as convenient as when you have two sinks.

As the circumference of the stainless bowl is smaller at the bottom and builds out, I found it takes much less time to fill the bowl with water compared to waiting for the entire basin of the main sink to fill up to a depth that was necessary to cover the dishes. As a result, I also found I was more motivated to do those "little cleanups" in the sink much more often as it was easier and less time consuming. (The unit also makes for a nice dirty dish rack holder verses dirty dishes strewn across the base of your sink.)

On the design end, the problem with my original bowl was that it covered the main sink drain so when rinsing your dishes on the sides, your main sink water couldn't escape and would rise up along the sides. So the base of My Sink Buddy has been designed to be just slightly elevated to allow for water to flow down the main drain while still allowing for the bowl to sit as low as possible in your sink and remain sturdy.

On the inside base of My Sink Buddy, there is an easy-to-use up/down brushed steel stopper plug to allow water to flow out of the base through the strainer that is part of the base mold.

My Sink Buddy reflects the stainless steel of most sinks and looks cosmetically appealing left cleaned and sitting in the sink. Stainless steel by its nature is antimicrobial, cleaning and disinfection does not change its properties over time. People can leave it to shine away unlike an inexpensive plastic tub in your sink that people tend to put away.

From college campuses to households, there are millions of single sink users in North America who lament the inability to rinse dishes or have the dexterity of enjoying the benefits of operating two stainless steel sinks instead of one whether washing dishes or rinsing vegetables.

Newer rectangular 'country style' sinks also reflect a strong single sink market segment within this category which will continue into the future. I would also note within many Asian countries, there is a high proliferation of single sinks where My Sink Buddy has great in-road potential.

I am raising capital to assist with further engineering design for the base (the first mold unit still allowed water to drip around the plug insert), we now need to do a second test mold before final mold for full production, not a cheap process. But just time and process at this juncture and looking for ability to now get over final production hurdle see it to market.

My Sink Buddy weighs about a pound and is cosmetically designed to rest in your sink at all times leaving room on the sides to rinse dishes while also allowing for water to flow down your main sink drain.

Our wide open end also easily submerges multiple large plates with reasonable depth with overflow spill holes under outer lip of unit. It can be surprising how many dishes My Sink Buddy can hold with its circumference and depth.

Where do I see potential for distribution? After months of market investigation, I can confidently say there are currently three related sink in a sink products in the world. One is manufactured and primarily distributed within Korea, one is same set-up within Japan and the current North American one available is a plastic white or dark tub with plug. The stainless steel Korean and Japanese products do not offer a curvature design for larger plates or the sink-in-a-sink strainer option and both rely on covered metal feet to support units.

(Photo from web build)

While My Sink Buddy has a major focus on single sink users, we are also not limited to those with more than one sink who still appreciate the use of an additional sink within one of their existing sinks.