Customer Reviews

Pik Stik Telescopic Reaching Arm - Blue (30-44")

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I recently did major damage to my right leg in a skiing accident and will be unable to walk for the next two months. In trying to survive this I was searching for tools to take me through this period. There are so many to choose from it hardly seems you can only own just one but I needed a tool exactly like this one. I would not argue with any of the other reviews, as I can see the unit is light weight, which is great, so it's likely to need to be treated with kid gloves. And I have only had mine for a day but it's already improved my life greatly.

Because it's telescopic I can do more stuff with it. But I don't just use it to pick things up but also to help to rearrange things around me and move them into better position. A lot of the time I find something sliding the wrong way, just out of reach and this unit is just great for getting things back in order. It's true it probably can't pick up much weight but I was surprised to have no problem picking up pennies from the floor with it. It's so versatile and just to be able to use it to lasso one of my crutches makes it well worth the money to me. Having the 2'-4' reach gives you much more space to control and as a result I do not need help most of the time with anything inside my space.

I believe this tool, for it's low price and light weight is an excellent tool and should be considered for those of us that are spending most of our time in bed and are very independent.

I'm in a wheelchair and very short so when I saw this reacher I figured I'd give it a shot. I've owned several Pik Stiks over the years and they were always pretty good. Well not this one... The grip strength of this reacher is so bad you can't even pick up a t-shirt off the floor. Nearly anything you try and grab will slip through the gripper.

The telescoping feature would be great is you could pic something up with it securely, but since you can't even pick up a sheet of paper from the floor it's just another useless "aid" that ends up in the back of a closet.

Parts started falling off after a week. I have another Pikstik product that is pretty good, but this one is poorly designed.

I have used a few of these "Reaching Arms". Thia product is the best as far as quality of manufacture is concerned. Well made, top quality materials used in production. Well engineered. However, my problem ios it is prone to stoppages and poor operation. Recently the trigger mechanism jammed. I rom0ved the butt cover and a small set screw fell out. I did not intend to go any further in a home repair, so I replaced the 'butt cover' and operated the handle again. it worked fine. But I am sure the set-screw served a purpose and a further problem will manifest itself soon.

Also, the length is longer than I require.A length of 20 inch would be fine with me. This is the first negative review I have delivered.

This grabber does not close completely when partly opened, it only works closed, or open all of the way. And not all that great at that, it is weak. It needs work to close & grab better. I would NOT have purchased if I had it in hand & tried it out. Have another model fixed length aquarium grabber that works fine.

I tried 2 of these, the first one broke immediately and the seller did send me another to replace it but it broke just as fast as the first one. DO NOT BUY!!!

I purchased this product because I do not own a pantry and have high cabinets. It is necessary for me to store things too high for me to reach. I owned a gopher but it was broken so I thought I should order a sturdier unit. This product was a big disappointment. It holds less weight than my gopher, which my husband has now fixed and works great. I tried to retrieve an item out of my cabinet with this product and it did not hold, fell and broke a brand new bowl my daughter gave me for my birthday. If my window of opportunity had not expired, I would have returned it. But I guess I will put in the garage to pick up leaves in the fall, but I'm not even sure the grip will close tight enough to do that. Don't waste your money on this product!