RMS Featherweight The Unique Reacher 2-Pack (32-inch)

Answer to being short.
I love my third arms and use them daily for all kinds of things! Worth getting! Use them for high or low reach!

A perfectly adequate product
Having very serious back problems after 40 years of surgeries and worsening health, this was something I badly needed. I already had what my wife and I colloquially refer to as one ‘reacher,’ so this was a potential replacement in case the other gave up the ghost. Aside from that, I needed another anyway, so I didn’t need to carry the other around with me (on the rare occasion I actually go somewhere else inside my home). The one I already owned we bought at a medical supply shop and it is sturdy and very handy. I can pick up a dropped pill or an opened 16oz bottle of water with equal ease (and no spills on the latter). Unfortunately, this new ‘reacher’ isn’t that sturdy. It will pick up a single dropped pill, but it isn’t at all designed for grabbing or lifting something as heavy as a 16oz drink. I also can’t use it for something like a magazine or small book. On the positive side however, one handy feature I discovered completely by accident (the product comes with no documentation of any kind) is one of those powerful, small magnets installed in the very front of the main aluminium spar. With it, I’ve picked up a junior-sized Swiss army knife (not the normal, pocket-sized version I carry around with me) I keep handy for quick use by either of us. Anything lightweight and rounded is a cinch to snag, even small bottles of paint, such as Apple Barrel 2oz craft paints). Square items aren’t too bad either, so long as they’re lightweight, and as mentioned, it will also pick up small metallic objects magnetically. I only needed one, but at this price, the two I received were just a lagniappe with the purchase. My wife keeps one on her side of the couch, and I the same, as well as beside my desk and modeling work area. The simple long screw that protrudes from the top may look strange and ungainly, but it proves quite useful too. With it, I can move objects around, an example of which would be to reach behind an object (such as a heavy book on the floor) and use the protruding screw to drag it near enough for me to pick up by hand. All in all, a useful and handy product for the price, although the old saw holds true: you get what you pay for. For something a bit more rugged and able to lift heavier objects, another, more expensive product will be necessary. If your needs are mostly lightweight (which really seems to be the case for my wife and I, the majority of the time), this will do the job. It’s not great, but it’s not bad at all, which accounts for the four-star rating. An adequate, inexpensive product that does the job most of time, and hey, you get two! 🙂

Handy tool, light weight, quality product
This handy tool is especially useful for elderly and handicapped. We have placed them in multiple spots in the house so one is always close by. This 2pack makes it easy to fill that need with quality product. Try one to help make your bed.

Great Grabbers! BUT, SEE UPDATE
So far (about a week), these are great! Lightweight, and the grabber tip closes tightly enough to pick up small items. Another brand I tried could not pick up tiny things because the tips of the claw did not close together tightly enough. These are very precise – I can pick up bits of lint or paper or reach for a tissue and pull it out of the box. These fine little movements make a LOT of difference in your day-to-day living. The price for two was very reasonable, too. UPDATE: AFTER ABOUT 2 WEEKS, THE CLAW PART GOT WOBBLY AND THE FINE GRIP WAS NOT ALWAYS RELIABLE. THIS IS DUE TO THE WEAK METAL USED IN THE “HINGES” AND THE FACT THAT THE STRING THAT THE HANDLE PULLS TO OPEN AND CLOSE THE CLAW STARTS TO STRETCH OUT. I WOULD PAY A BIT MORE IF THE MANUFACTURER WOULD EMPLOY BETTER, sturdier MATERIALS THAT WOULD LAST. I had to lower my rating from 5 stars to only 3.

After breaking any number of competitor grabbers which always fail at the plastic mechanism pieces, I have gone back to buying these. The part that matter are housed within an aluminium channel, and – as a result – don’t wear out. It can’t be over-strained no matter how strong your hand strength. Can pick up things twice as heavy as any other grabber I have bought. And, I have bought a few. You can go for the cheap rubbish that won’t last out a year, or get these. The oldes one I have of these is so old, I can’t even remember when I bought it. And still going strong.

Love these I now have 4 given I struggle to pick things up off the floor now due to dodgy joints. One each for couch, kitchen/dining, bedroom and car. I just wish I’d thought to get one of these for the car years ago! Plus they can pick up tiny pills if you drop them, really accurate. You can also glue a stronger magnet to hang them on things, there is a little hole you could tie some string through to hang it also.