EXTENSION CLAW GRABBER SERIES

Moving sandbags from place to place with both my dominant and non-dominant hand.Pinching a squishy stress ball without rupturing it.Picking up vitamin pills from the floor.Next, I used the top four best-performing reacher grabbers-the Vive rotating reacher, the Vive suction cup reacher, the Gopher, and the Birdrock-to perform more objective tests to determine their versatility and claw strength: Picking up a croquet ball, a stuffed animal, and a Lego brick off the floor.Snagging a half-full glass of water and a remote control from a table in front of me.Pulling a notebook and a phone charger from an unzipped backpack.Collecting a book, a can of vegetables, and a stuffed animal from a high shelf.

EXTENSION CLAW GRABBER SERIES

Our testing of reacher grabbers consisted of three rounds: two objective rounds, in which I tested the tools’ capability at performing various tasks, and one subjective round, in which I evaluated how easy it was to use.įor the first objective round, I used each reaching assist tool in a series of tests designed to mimic common tasks: I’ve previously written about accessibility items, such as products that make the bathroom more user-friendly for folks aging in place, so I was excited to try out reacher grabbers, which many people use to make hard-to-reach household items easier to grasp.

I’m Sara Hendricks, the Emerging Categories writer here at Reviewed, which means I’ve covered all sorts of products, from compression socks to period underwear. Testing involved grabbing items off of hard-to-reach places.

Extension claw grabber