Duro-Med 32 Aluminum Reacher with Magnetic Tip
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Customer Reviews of Duro-Med 32 Aluminum Reacher with Magnetic Tip
Customer Review: Handy For Light Work - Recommended
Summary: 4 Stars
The Duo-Med 32" Aluminum Reacher is a real boon to those with limited mobility, since it works well for picking up small objects off the floor or shelves. We also have the shorter Duro-Med Aluminum Reacher with Magnetic Tip, 26 Inch, but like this longer one better for use while standing up. Here are my observations:
+ Long Reach; reduces need to bend over
+ Good Grip Strength; able to hold tightly to gripped objects
+ Magnetic Tip; picks up small metal items
+ Hook Tip; "nub" is useful for snagging shopping bag handles
We have had ours for at least five years and it has held up very well.
Recommended!
CFH
Customer Review: Plastic Eventually Breaks
Summary: 3 Stars
I have purchased several of these over the last year. I use them for my job (I deliver mail), and they always seem to break in one of two spots: the trigger or the handle. Sometimes I will get a couple of months out of one, some times a couple of weeks. If the handle and trigger were reinforced or made with something other than plastic, I could likely use them forever. A few have popped the clamp on the rope off the end. If you can find the clamp and re-clamp it, it's fine but I had to tie a few in knots to keep them going.
I'm probably not a typical users of these, but they would be a much better reacher with my suggestions. For normal people, I would recommend them.
Customer Review: My 3rd hand!
Summary: 5 Stars
About 3 weeks after my hip replacement and unable to bend down completely, I began to use what I call "the grabber". At first it seemed awkward, but in time, I began to challenge what "the grabber" and I could do. We were able to grab cleaning products from the lower cabinet, dust furniture with the dust cloth attached to "the grabber", grab canned goods from the lower cabinets (I never used "the grabber" for anything above my head.), pick up items that I would clumsily drop to the floor, and pull up my pants while getting dressed. It has become my 3rd arm, and it has allowed me to do far more than I would have been able to do. Thank you, "grabber"!
Customer Review: Terrible Quality
Summary: 1 Stars
Got this product last week, and immediately found that the jaws didn't close properly. The closing/grabbing mechanism uses a cord between the trigger and the grabber end itself, and the string is too long. Returning the item was not an option, because I need it, just having had back surgery. So I fixed it by crimping a ferrule around the cord to shorten the cord by about a half inch. A half-inch error!!
I had one of these from another manufacturer a couple of years ago, and loved it. Passed it along to a friend after I was through with it, and he used it until it wore out.
No more Duro-Med for me.
Customer Review: Another near useless reacher
Summary: 1 Stars
If picking up small nuts, bolts, and screws with the magnet, and
socks I guess this has a use. The construction is poor. The shaft
is very flimsy, u channel aluminum that bent when the pop rivets
that hold everything together were installed, making the claw
off center so that the ends didn't meet. Some adjustment with
a pair of pliers and now they line up but any thing weighing more
than an ounce will pull the jaws back out of alignment and the item will be dropped. The jaws don't even open wide enough to pick up a can of food.
I would not recommend this.