Today's post is dedicated to the lowly arm extender, or grabber tool.
We bought two good ones from Costco for $4.50 each. Details here:
http://costcocouple.com/birdrock-home-grabber-tool-set/
One of them broke today.
On close inspection, the small cable was held to the grabber claws by a tiny plastic part one-quarter the size of my smallest thumbnail.
Design. Fail.
This is where I normally get them, Harbor Freight Tools, for the low low price of $2.99
Unless you use a 20% off coupon, or a free item coupon (*current expiration 6/3/2019*).
Our friends at Daiso, the wonderful Japanese more-than-a-dollar ($1.50) but worth it store, actually carry two.
One is their $1.50 version (shown in bulk on their Web site).
The other one is $6
Dollar Tree, of course, has one for their signature price of $1.
Why does any of this matter?
Appropriate Technology is useful and grabber tools are very, very useful for:
- short people picking up things out of reach, especially up high (carefully)
- tall people picking up things on the ground
- picking up garbage without touching it - and sometimes, the appearance of an area directly affects both retail sales and actual physical security
- really helpful for people with limited mobility
Wouldn't live without several.
Disclosure: at this time 4-3-2019, I am not signed up for affiliate programs for any of these links and make no money from any of them.
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