Instead I climb up on the shelves knowing full well, one day that will be a bad decision.

Hopefully someone can recommend one for you. Good luck.

and I'm going to order one today. I have a couple of lightweight ones in different rooms to use for stuff like picking up dropped Kleenex or newspapers. They're no big deal to slide under the edge of a chair for storage, so I think it's useful to have a few around the house.

I hope you like yours as much as I like mine.

What color did you choose?

I got a purple one.

Ty, George.

Some days my hands refuse my orders. lol

The grabber ends do not align perfectly, but well enough to grab a chain on an overhead light.

Good luck with it if you order.

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I have a heavy duty model that I have problems squeezing so don't use it much. Lately, I've been playing cat and knocking stuff down when I finger pull to the edge of the shelf. 🙄

It was a gift.

Maybe you could oil it or put a different spring or something in it so you can use it?

Thanks for the link.

I still use it as I'm short. I might get another that is stronger, though. I find mine doesn't have a strong enough grip for anything over a couple pounds.

Had it a couple of years now. Use it to pick up small twigs in the yard, get things I drop, etc. Highly recommend!

but I really haven't found anything that I couldn't use it to pick up. (But I don't have any gold bars in the house )

Me either.

Because we have high ceilings. We have 2 upstairs and one downstairs. We love them.

Amazon. Wish you luck.

Several styles:

https://ungerconsumer.com/product-category/reaching-tools/

Obviously, it's not a heavy duty model, but it works for my needs. Given the price point, having one in several locations is an added convenience. With scissors, I have one in the kitchen, bathroom, bedroom and dining area pass-through. Why go hunting when you can just have one easily to hand?

There is so much crap on the market that doesn't work well. My husband bought me one at the local hardware store when my broken arms were healing and it looks like it would work, but won't even pick up a sock.

I have a couple of them myself and use them sometimes also. Great invention for everyone not just seniors !

Amazon has a variety of them extendable and foldable . Don't buy a cheap one they are junk. I have one to reach top shelfs where I stock paper towels and toilet tissue. They come in handy for Dropped items in unreachable places.

Search Amazon best grabber tool for seniors

handy for everything...moving, reaching, fixing.

from the subject line I thought it meant for the supermarket - I cannot bring myself to walk around with a geezer grabber so I rely on tall people to get me products from those high shelves - I have found that tall folk tend to be quite nice about it, I truly appreciate them

It's an extra cost but we don't order too much as we are in a retirement village and have our dinner meal included. So all we need are some cans of soup for lunch and condiments and napkins/paper towels for our tiny little kitchenette in our apartment.

The wally world people put it on the front porch & that involves a 6 inch step; some days that 6 inches may as well be 6 feet, today was that day.

I called a neighbor & he sent his kids over to help me. I got wonderful neighbors. The box has been unpacked.
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