Kate's Point of View

In my ongoing reviews of As Seen on TV gifts I have received, I want to discuss the effectiveness of the Gopher II^TM. As always, I will be rating this item based on inventiveness, practicality and, most importantly, does it work.

But first, why in the heck was I given this?!? I am nearly six feet tall and have arms like a monkey. One of the last things I need is something to help me reach further. My grandparents used to have one of these in their late eighties. But I am not in my eighties.

There is one thing I can’t reach. My house has tall ceilings. I don’t know how tall … taller than normal though. We also don’t have air conditioning so we’re constantly using our ceiling fans. I can’t always get to the pulls on our ceiling fans and have to climb up on a stool or chair. Enter the Gopher II^TM.

Standing solidly on the floor, I attempted to turn the ceiling fan on and off.

After about a dozen tries, I pulled it off. Honestly though, I don’t know how an older person (is it bad that I’m assuming they are the target audience?) could be steady enough and have the hand-eye coordination to pull this off.

I have since found a better use for the Gopher II^TM. It scares the heck out of Biggie and that boy could use some exercise.

So how does the Gopher II^TM rate?

• Inventiveness? I feel like these have been around forever, so not so much
• Practicality: Yes
• Does it work? Pretty well