23 ways to use your reacher/grabber around the home

How do you use a reaching tool?

Reachers and grabbers are fantastic multi-tool mobility aids. They are not just for elderly people, disabled people, or those recovering from hip or knee operations — they can also help if you are struggling with a sports injury.

For example, if you are living with arthritis, reaching aids are easy to use sitting down or standing up. They help you avoid bending, reaching or stretching.

They’re perfect for picking up fallen items down the side of the bed or behind the chest of drawers.

Complete reliability by your side every day.

So what are the top ways you can use your reacher or grabber around the home? Read on to find out!

1. Grab items I can’t reach from my wheelchair.
2. Pick up post off the mat.
3. Use the stick clip to attach a hand torch to shine a light on what I want to pick up.
4. Reach into the medicine cupboard to get my pills.
5. I’d just sat down but left my reading glasses on the coffee table — managed with my reacher!
6. Easy to reach the remote control when I am sitting down.
7. The soft jaw on the Handi Grip Pro means I can even pick up coins off the floor.
8. Open the kitchen cupboard to get food.
9. Much easier now to open and close my curtains.
10. Use it every day to pick up and put down my cat’s food bowl.
11. Managed to catch a spider!
12. Load and empty the washing machine.
13. Hold a cloth to wipe the top of the cooker hood.
14. Pick up my drink whilst feeding the baby.
15. Pull up my socks that keep sliding down.
16. Reach my coat and dog lead off the hook.
17. Hold a sponge to clean the tops of windows.
18. The magnet is ideal for picking up my hearing aid battery.
19. Pick up the grandchildren’s toys.
20. Open and close the window.
21. Grab my trousers off the chair to get dressed.
22. Pick up my other reacher.
23. Reach behind the sofa to get loose change.

Do you have any other ways of using your reacher at home? Give us a call on 01531 635678 or email shop@helpinghand.co.uk.

Find our complete range of grabber reacher tools here.