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I will be having a medical procedure in two weeks after which, at least for a week, they want me to limit bending. I thought I'd order a "grabber" from Amazon, to help me pick stuff up from the floor without bending down. If any of you had used these things, could you recommend a particular brand or length (I'm 5'1.5 or 5'1)?
I'm 5'4" and I used it a lot when I was recovering from cataract surgery and couldn't bend down, and now I use it for grabbing stuff from the back of the cupboard over the fridge, etc.
This is a temporary need, right? Why pay top dollar? I'd go to a used medical supply store and test out a few. They probably have a variety you could try. I got a very simple one years ago for recovery from a THR. No bells or whistles. It worked just fine then and it still does today. One modification I made was to attach a strip of self-adhesive Velcro to the handle and also to my crutches. Easier to keep it handy. I quickly found crutching around the house looking for it was a vastly overrated pasttime .
I much prefer the handle type and operating the mechanism on this unique style of grabber. The mechanism on this one is really smooth and positive. I can pick up almost anything from a penny to a peanut. It is the rare item I can't pick up with this wonderful device.
Reasonably durable. I haven't broken one yet.
Don't expect a blue colored one like shown. Your only choice is silver.
I'm 5'1". I use my grabber the most to get things out of the car trunk when the items I need are all of the way in the back. I use salad tongs to get things out of the top loading washing machine. I knock cans off the shelf in the supermarket and none/zero/zip of my kitchen cabinets have anything on them above the bottom shelf.
It's in the trunk of my car right now (going on a road trip in 2 weeks) or I would tell you the brand. I got it from Amazon and it is green. It's more than 10 years old and I am getting shorter.
I laughed when Mrs. Obama got snippy because someone in the supermarket asked her (before her husband was President) to get something off the shelf for her (the customer). I think she assumed it was a woman who thought she was a store employee due to racism. The first thing I thought was, no, it's not because of the color of your skin. It's because you are really tall. I wouldn't ask a short store employee or customer to help me but anyone who is tall (customer or store employee) and saw me jumping up (I'm in my 70s) trying to swat down a top shelf can (it's worse if you live alone because you may have noticed stores tend to put the small cans/ice cream/small bottles etc., on the top shelf so when you are buying for one, almost everything you buy is on the top shelf) asks if I need help. And God forbid, you need 3 of the item and only 2 are at the end of the shelf (the other ones are pushed back and totally out of reach, even for swatting).
I'm 5'4" and I used it a lot when I was recovering from cataract surgery and couldn't bend down, and now I use it for grabbing stuff from the back of the cupboard over the fridge, etc.
I have a couple of these, they are solid. Just tested it out and it can pick up a dime laying on a tile floor. And learned that it can fold in half.
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