As Seen On TV Gopher Pick Up and Retrieving Tool
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Customer Reviews of As Seen On TV Gopher Pick Up and Retrieving Tool
Customer Review: Harvesting from fruit trees!
Summary: 3 Stars
I am pretty happy with this item. I use it to reach the top brances of a fig tree to either pull the branches down or grab a fig too high for me to reach. I did lose a suction cup recently as one of the branches was just too big. I have had it for 3 years though and used it once a year during the months of August and Sept.
Its a very light weight tool. I suggest a new version in a more heavy duty form be created by the manufacturer for outdoor use. Thanks
Customer Review: Gopher Pick Up
Summary: 2 Stars
I use these tools when I walk on the side of the Autobahn (the nationally coordinated motorway system in Germany) in Germany. I find many dead rodents that I pick up and store in a bag. I usually take them home to prepare if they're not too damaged. I also use it to pick up bottles of whiskey (I siphon the leftover whiskey in each bottle to form a full bottle) or cans so I can recycle them.
Unfortunately the quality of this brand is really not that good.
SAFETY VEST CLASS 2 FLUORESCENT GREEN LARGE EACH
Customer Review: 3rd Grabber Purchased, all same problem
Summary: 2 Stars
We have purchased three of the "grabbers"...all have been great, except for the same problem. A suction cup comes off, and we are no longer able to use. We have purchased similar item, but with a trigger type handle. It has a different pick-up end, a claw-type. The claw-type picks up small coins, and has more durability. The "Grabber" needs to provide extra suction cup, screw in the packaging, or it needs to provide replacement parts.Customer Review: Always falls apart
Summary: 2 Stars
We have had three of these; they always break at the bend. Buy a non-bending one instead--they are more durable.Customer Review: Cheap counterfeit! Avoid avoid avoid!!!
Summary: 1 Stars
I had an original set of Deluxe Gophers I bought directly off the infomercial about five years ago. They were sturdy, well-designed and could easily pick up a two-to-five pound object with no problem. Most importantly, the suction cups were FLEXIBLE, but also firm enough to grip tightly. They were perfect for lightbulbs, if that gives you any idea of what I'm talking about here.
Unfortunately, the screw holding one suction cup finally "stripped" (after using it about a hundred times a day, I'm surprised it didn't happen sooner) and I couldn't find replacement cups anywhere.
Amazon shows three different places to get these, and these particular ones, at $3.99, seem like a great deal. Trust me, they're not. The cups are not flexible, the cable from the handle to the ends rubs against the sharp end of the square aluminum shaft (that puppy isn't going to last a week) and the locking mechanism DOES NOT WORK! I got two pair, and they're both the same.
All the plastic fittings are blue, rather than red, and it doesn't say "Deluxe Gopher" anywhere on them (unlike the original, where it is prominantly displayed on the handle and etched on the metal "arms" at the end).
These are counterfeit. Don't buy them, or if you're still tempted by the price, just throw four bucks out the window and use the postage to go to BarStuck's and treat yourself to a fancy-schmancy coffee.