Folding Helping Hand Long-Reach Pick-Up Gripper - Light Weight Aluminum Body

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Product Description

Long Pick-Up Gripper Trigger-Style Action, Folds In Half for Easy Storage, Handle Locks in Place During Use, Light Weight Aluminum Construction, Rubber Suction Gripper/Grabber, Extends your reach nearly 3 feet, Use it in your home, yard, office, car, boat, RV - wherever you encounter hard to reach places.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0002VUQPG
• Item model number: 53409
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (45 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,356 in Home Improvement (See Top 100 in Home Improvement)
  • #6 in Health & Personal Care > Medical Supplies & Equipment > Mobility Aids & Equipment > Reaching Aids
  • #71 in Health & Personal Care > Medical Supplies & Equipment > Daily Living Aids

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars INFERIOR PRODUCT-FOLDING GRABBER, January 23, 2008

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Margaret K. Medlin "black cotton" (Sturgis, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Folding Helping Hand Long-Reach Pick-Up Gripper - Light Weight Aluminum Body (Misc.)

I purchased two of these Grabbers and both had serious problems. In the middle of the bar there is a mechanism to lock the length in place. On one of the units the button that you push to lock it was rolling around in the box and had to be repaired, which I did. When you squeeze the trigger on the other one the suction cups close and won't release the item you picked up. This happens each time you use the grabber without sliding the lock that allows you to hold an item without continuing to squeeze the trigger. I would not advise anyone to purchase this grabber.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Works well for picking up small items; lightweight., November 21, 2006

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D. Dean - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Folding Helping Hand Long-Reach Pick-Up Gripper - Light Weight Aluminum Body (Misc.)

I found the product to work just fine for my purposes. I don't use it to lift heavy items. (I have an upper back injury and can't lift much anyway, even by arm.) Have used it to pick up items as small as a dropped pill. My 13-yr-old used it to pick up trash on a clean-up expedition, and it worked fine. Had mine a year and one of the rubber "feet" popped off. I could probably reattach it, but can't find it! So, I'm picking up another one (or two). For the price of a couple of Starbucks, it was worth the money for me. Oh, yeah, folds easily for travel.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars don't waste your money on these grabbers..., January 2, 2010

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E. Yberg "Ed in Halesite, NY" (Huntington Bay, New York USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Folding Helping Hand Long-Reach Pick-Up Gripper - Light Weight Aluminum Body (Misc.)

I bought these grabbers because they looked like the Gopher Grabber by Ontel that I bought in Walgreens Drugstore. The Gopher Grabber is the best... easy to grip and the business end (the grabber part) is made of rubber which is flexible and pliable and can pick up pieces of flat paper off the floor. The gripper pictured here have grabbers that are made of hard plastic and can't "grip" anything. They are frustrating to use because whatever you are trying to grab keeps slipping out... save your money and the the Ontel version.