Hello- I'm 26.5 years old and use a grabber stick.
I promise I'm not lazy, I've been trouble shooting this problem for a long time. However the pain won this battle of my mobility.
Sure, I could blame it on being short, but that's not the problem. I am rather short... and why yes it is handy for those things. Reaching tall things hurts just as much as bending down to pick things up off the floor.
I've been avoiding this purchase because I feel like this is something I need when I'm 60/70 years old. Not 26. I knew the time was coming when I dropped my cellphone on the floor in the car and actually cried at the thought of picking it up. I knew the day that I stopped actively lifting my little- it was coming. I knew the days were numbered when I realized I cant be alone with the kids anymore.
The plus side to this is I have learned the things that grabbers can, and cant pick up. It can pick up my Dr Who books easily. My Natural healing book... not so much! It can do toys, but bits of paper need the vacuum (Which my mom broke today, sigh!)
It hurts to drop it on my toes. It is least useful on my dresser or armorer and is used most when on my end stand. CD's are rough to try and pick up, same for DVD's- my Little has this fascination with un-stacking and throwing these things on the floor. Meanwhile my big likes to run off with it, so often its on my armorer.
Laundry was a breeze because someone brought me the laundry basket and I used my grabbers to pick up the clothes. I folded the small stuff and could use it to pile things up. I had to have help with our queen sheets- but that's ok.
Really- its not so bad. I at least have this tool for when I DO get old- and I will. I will eventually have this problem fixed and it will go away. I will get better and I wont use this forever.
And at least I didn't have to buy Depends.
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