I use a bamboo cane with a book expoxied in the end. Them picker-uppers always break.
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That's where I got mine from
I have an assortment of pickup tools...
I like the ones with the flat metal springs & suction cups pictured above. I have one that folds in the middle but it's inferior to the solid handle ones... it has a plastic lock where it folds but is not reliable.
I bought some cheap ones from Harbor Freight but they didn't operate smoothly enough to be useful to me.
I use a cane.. reversed to hook under my knee or foot to lift them (a screw added to the rubber foot to keep it from pulling off) & sometimes to retrieve dropped objects by dragging them close enough to reach. I added shrink tubing to the foam rubber hand grip as shoe abrasion were taking their toll.
I have several telescoping automotive pick up tools.
I have various home made tools made from a dowel with a hardware store hook screwed in one end. I use one to pull my car door closed & open the mailbox door from the car. Others stashed in different places.
Mechniki wrote:https://www.helpinghand.co.uk/
I use several different types. The 'ranger' with added aluminium strips (riveted to the ends) is perfect for getting dvd's off shelves and putting them back
The 'street master' I have a long one that I have added a magnet to and have that attached to my storage heater in my hallway. A shorter version of the 'street master' is the 'Tidy Jon' which I keep one of on my wheelchair, in an arrow quiver (removed the centre stitch and plastic separators)
I have a folding 'classic pro' long, in my wet room. I have a small folding 'classic pro' also on my daily chair (in one of the in vehicle clamp downs) and another folding 'classic pro' long on the opposing handle in another arrow quiver. I also have a long nosed forceps on a magnetic hook on the backrest of my wheelchair, using the keyring of the backrest quick release as a sheath.
I have two 'handigrip's' in my kitchen, and I use those for putting shopping etc on higher shelves where weight becomes an issue, as I can use both hands. I find that in a pinch I can use the pair to change the odd light bulb.
My smallest easy reach which I keep on my chair, the string has broken many times, but the helping hand company has no quibbled sent replacement strings when needed.
In my bedroom I have two easy reacher's by other companies, one is supposed to be for cleaning fish tanks, but has alligator type grip and is very useful for picking up socks or compression stockings. The other has an attachment for dressing aids.
I used to have one like the one hanging on the extinguisher from BM's picture, which is for really small stuff like pins, but I ran over it
martin007 wrote:Mechniki wrote:https://www.helpinghand.co.uk/
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Can you put up a photograph?
A picture is worth a thousand words.
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