Ladder-Max Stand-off Stabilizer

by Ladder-Max

Product Description

Enjoy safety and confidence while using your ladder. This is the best built, and easiest to use ladder standoff available to Homeowners and Contractors. It improves ladder stability and safety while protecting gutters and other surfaces. Great for cleaning Gutters, installing Christmas lights, cleaning Windws, Safely getting on your roof, Painting and other DIY projects. It has been ANSI certified and tested for direct roof placement and can be used to comply with OSHA requirements for roof access. Ladder-Max provides 19" of standoff from roofing and walls and is built in the USA with durable zinc platted steel construction materials. Fits aluminum, fiberglass and articulating ladders. Ladder-Max takes 10 minutes to assemble and can then be installed on and off your ladder in seconds. For convenience add our NEW Tool and Project Tray, the Multi-Tray MT 1000. It easily connects with to re-usable zip ties for quick on and off.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 19 x 37 x 21 inches ; 7.7 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 11 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0007R6L8Q
• Item model number: ABM 2002
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,212 in Home Improvement (See Top 100 in Home Improvement)
  • #7 in Home Improvement > Building Supplies > Ladders > Accessories

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just what I always needed, June 11, 2010

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Daniel J. Stark "DJS" (Westchester County, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ladder-Max Stand-off Stabilizer (Misc.)

For years I've had no choice but to rest my extension ladder against the gutters in order to clean them out. This certainly hasn't been very kind to the gutters themselves; but more importantly, I've always feared that the ladder could slip and I would fall to the ground with it. And that hasn't been a very comforting thought.

Last November I hired someone to clean the leaves from the gutters that had accumulated in them when they fell from the trees. I watched him and saw that he had some sort of ladder stabilizer that provided him with real stability. Until then I didn't know such things existed. This spring -- after a horrible windstorm that blew all the maple trees' 'polly noses' into the gutters and clogged them horrendously (particularly after they started to sprout), I went to my local Home Depot where I bought a Werner stabilizer. I attached it to my ladder and gave it a test run. I immediately found out that it was useless for my purposes because the arms were not deep enough to touch the roof, and the ladder still rested on the gutter. I took it back to Home Depot.

I then began my on-line research. I finally boiled it down to two options: (1) the Louisville Ladder Adjustable Ladder Stabilizer; and, (2) the Ladder-Max Stand-off Stabilizer. I liked the adjustability concept of the Louisville Ladder stabilizer, and I also liked the idea of free shipping, but I could not find anything on line that would show me how it attached to the ladder, and/or how it came off the ladder. To me that was of critical importance because I would only be attaching the stabilizer when I needed to use the ladder, and would then remove the stabilizer when I had finished. I was afraid that if there wasn't something that showed how easily it went on and off the ladder that it probably wasn't too easy. I contacted Louisville Ladder and they finally sent me the instructions. As I suspected, mounting and unmounting their stabilizer necessitated the use of tools for each procedure.

The Ladder-Max web site, however shows exactly how their stabilizer attached to and came off the ladder. It looked easy and it is!

I bought the Ladder-Max stabilizer.

It's a bit tricky to assemble, but once assembled it attaches to the ladder in seconds. And it comes off just as easily. No tools required!

I used it for the first time the other day and it's a pleasure. The arms are long enough to rest on the roof and the bumpers on the end of the arms seem well designed and did no damage to my asphalt shingles. For the first time ever (and I've been a home owner for 42 years) I felt secure while cleaning my gutters.

There's no question that with any stabilizer attached to one's ladder makes moving the ladder a bit more problematic, but the rock-solid feel while up on the ladder with the Ladder-Max Stand-off Stabilizer outweighs any such concern for me. And my wife is happy that I'm not likely to fall.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very solid, July 5, 2005

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P. Holmes (PA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ladder-Max Stand-off Stabilizer (Misc.)

I was terrified working up any ladder over 3 feet in height. Adding this stbilizer really gives the ladder a solid feel and now I feel confident climbing to the top of my 28 foot ladder. I havn't used the stabilizer on a roof yet, just against brick and aluminum siding. Once in position, it does not move at all. It takes seconds to install or take off. The only negative is the relatively narrow span of the product. It just about spans across my smallest windows. I will have to find a different product for my larger windows. The weight can also make it more difficult to maneuver the ladder since it becomes top heavy. Definately a 2 man job. No regrets however, It's allowed me to do things I did not think I was capable of.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Would not do without it, February 1, 2011

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Kent Keith "GreenTag" (Fort Worth, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ladder-Max Stand-off Stabilizer (Misc.)

I am a professional home inspector and would not dream of using my ladder to access roofs without this stabilizer. Before finding this, I used to have my ladder against the roof edge, which can damage the eve shingles or against the gutters with can make the ladder slide to the side. One day after I had my ladder slide and fall, leaving me stranded on a roof top, I knew I had to find a solution. I use this every day and it definitely adds to my confidence. It is well made but one thing the factory should do is that the edges of the steps were very sharp and could cut your hands. The factory should buff the edges before shipping. I took some emery cloth and smoothed them myself. I also wish they would come up with a model that could fold up flat for easier transportation and save space in my truck. I think this is a great product and for the money it is worth not getting injured or worse.