Others say...

"PikStik Pro"
Product performed exceptionally well. Able to pick up small piece of lettuce off kitchen floor.

"Total Garbage!"
I had back surgery a few years ago, and I have used just about every "grabber" made and the PikStick is by far the worst I've used. It states that it can pickup items up to 5 lbs, fact of the matter is that the PikStick has a very hard time picking up anything over 1 lb. The grasping tips are rubber and grab things well (like paper and very light/small items), the problem is that it can't lift (no torque on the jaws) items like a shirt, canned goods, a soda, dropped utensils..... I spent 5 minutes trying to pick up a fork the other morning! The arms are too weak and are easily bent out of alignment. If you are in need of a reacher/ grabber, get one with the suction cups on the ends, or the ones physical therapy sell you with the one moving jaw/magnet on the end. Don't waste your time and money on a product that will disappoint.

"Disappointing product"
I had hoped to use this product at the grocery store and was sorely disappointed with how useless it was. For small, light items it was fine, but for larger items (i.e. jar of spaghetti sauce, pack of meat,small bottle of salad dressing) it quickly lost gripping power for items over 1 1/2 lbs. It could not effectively grab a knob to turn on the stove, or grab a cabinet handle. For small, light things,it performed beautifully.

"Didn't Last"
I loved this when it first arrived for picking up stuff off the beach. However, after using it just twice, the grabber part gets stuck half way so the mechanism didn't last very long.

"SlipperyPikStik"
Great tool for the handicapped. A problem picking up the morning paper delivered in a plastic bag was overcome with a minor modifaction to the slippery tips.