Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Works as designed. I want to respond to a couple of other general negative review points. 1) I've pulled around 50 weeds with this tool and the handle has never come close to breaking. I don't jerk the weed out, I leverage it out. And when I do, I watch the joint between the metal and pole for stress. So far, I've maybe reset the tool a couple of times to reduce stress. Worst case, if the pole breaks, get a new one. Make it a metal one if you want, but I don't want or need to lug a heavy tool around when the wood pole works fine. 2) Yes, you have to touch the weeds! I take almost all weeds out of the claws. It's the simplicity of this tool that I like, and if there were mechanisms that would spring open the claws and push out the weed, there would be more to break. Plus, I have to put the weed in my bucket, so I have to touch it anyway. If my bucket was heavier, I could easily scrape the weed off the claws on the top edge of the bucket. 3) This tool keeps me standing erect! Much easier than crawling around the lawn on my hands and knees!