Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I have used a number of reachers or grabbers as some call them. It's important to understand that there are some reachers that are built for specific jobs such as reaching jars or large heavy items from shelves. This item will not grab full large mouth jars or bottles. It will however grab medium weight and size items. So if you need a reacher to grab those larger heavier jars and bottles then this is not the reacher for you. Unless you also need a reacher to grab every other thing imaginable. Where other reachers fail this one shines. It can grab single sheets of paper, a wool blanket, balls of every size, pillows, remotes, etc etc. I use it to do my recycling and it is indispensable for that job. I titled this as a "disabled buyer review" because I wanted to point something out. The handle and lever mechanism on this reacher is very easy to use. I have severe arthritis and heavy grabbers are so hard to operate that they are almost useless. They also tend to have a locking mechanism which doesn't operate properly causing the heavy grabbers to lock when they shouldn't making a quick clean of the living room floor a frustrating job. The Duro Med doesn't have a locking mechanism and it operates so smoothly my arthritis has actually improved since I got this one. AND this is actually my second one. I had my first one for at least three years. They are durable. They last for a very long time. My last one got ran over by a power chair and while it still worked even bent it eventually succumbed to it's injuries so to speak. I love this reacher obviously.