The first thing I did before I used it to change a conventional lightbulb high up on the ceiling of my garage was to put on safety glasses and then practice removing and replacing similar bulbs.

I began by inserting a spare bulb by hand into the appropriate-sized bulb removal "basket." It slipped right in with the help of surprisingly little pressure from my hand. And I was able to pull it out just as quickly. I was amazed by how strongly the yellow rubber coatings in the basket's spokes gripped the bulb.

I then tried to remove and replace similar lightbulbs in the same style of fixture in my basement ceiling, which is only about 7 feet high. That way, if I got into any trouble--for example, if the tool were to get stuck, if the basket were to separate from the pole, or if the bulb were to break--I could easily bail myself out simply by reaching the bulb with my hands.

II then tried and succeeded in using the basket on the pole to remove and replace a bulb in my basement.

I then tried to remove the tool from the fixture high up on my garage ceiling, and the bulb came out with very little effort, even though the bulb had been in the fixture for more than 14 years.

I then even more easily used the pole to screw a new and brighter LED bulb of the same conventional lightbulb shape in no time at all.

To be fair, I likely benefitted from using this on the ideal bulb shape in the ideal fixture: a simple porcelain socket base with the bulb exposed, i.e., not sitting inside a can or shade of any kind.

At no time did the pole start to unscrew itself from the basket and neither did the extended pole loosen when I used it to unscrew the bulb.

When I attached the pole to the basket, I used only my hands. Once I snugly screwed the basket onto the pole, I tightened the thumbscrew, taking care not to overtighten the screw lest I strip out the threads on the inside of the hole, which are plastic.

I will next try using this pole an outside spotlight in a difficult to reach location: over the hatchway to the basement, making use of a conventional ladder impossible thanks to the slanted metal hatchway doors directly beneath the spotlight. I expect this spotlight bulb, which has also been in place for 14 years, may also prove a harder job to remove, both because of its shape and especially because it's been in the socket for so many years, fully exposed to the weather. I may update this review after I attempt to change that spotlight.

But 5 stars for its performance so far.

UPDATE: I've since used this tool to change the spotlight bulb that's been in the same socket untouched for more than 14 years. This is the light on the side of the house above the hatchway doors.

I was able to use the large basket instead of the suction cup to accomplish this. However, my first attempt failed because something--either the pole or the basket was unscrewing.

I marked the different sections of the pole where they joined with a black marker to see what was rotating, and it turned out to be where the basket joined the pole.

After attempting to carefully re-tighten the basket attachment to the pole and very carefully tightening the thumbscrew, the basket still unscrewed.

I had mentally prepared various solutions for this ahead of time. So I applied the easiest one: I used a cable tie pliers to attach a cable tie around the base of the basket attachment and another tie around the pole, just below where the base of the basket is screwed on.

These cable ties are of the kind with mounting holes in their "buckles" for screwing the ties to a surface. I threaded a third cable tie through the hole on each of the other two ties, and used this third tie to join the other two ties together.

This added enough extra resistance to enable me to remove the bulb. Inserting a new bulb using the basket was, as expected, easy.

A better solution might be to use two hose clamps instead of cable ties, because the cable ties may require a cable tie pliers to affix strongly enough, and the ties will need to be cut and discarded after each use.

To employ this other method, wrap the joint where the basket base screws onto the pole with a piece of non-slip rubber sheeting, such as might be cut from one sold for opening jar lids. Then use one hose clamps to secure the rubber sheet to the base of the basket and one hose clamp to secure the rubber to the pole.

The benefit of this method is the only things needed--screwdriver, the hose clamps, and rubber--are reusable and easily obtainable, possibly already being on hand.

If you have problems with the pole sections twisting, the same method should work to fix that as well.

There are other ways, but remember that the baskets are of necessity fragile things, and can only withstand so much force, so a stronger method of preventing the pole sections from twisting or the end attachment from unscrewing may result in damage to the basket.

I was surprised, by the way, with how well the baskets gripped both kinds of bulbs: the standard shaped house bulb and the wide spotlight bulb.

I found I had to pull a little harder to remove the large basket from the spotlight bulb, but a gentle increase in force coupled with a little wiggling of the pole and the basket would suddenly come free of the socket all at once.

I did practice with the new bulb before attempting to remove the old bulb (I did practice first, by screwing the new replacement spotlight bulb into a socket on my basement ceiling and removing and replacing the it with the pole before using it on the old bulb in the spotlight socket outside the house).

I needed to swap out a bunch of BR40 recessed bulbs in the two-story foyer, and this got the job done without breaking any. Because the lights were a little dusty, it took some trial/error for the right amount of soapy water to get the suction cup to stick enough to unscrew the dusty bulbs. It didn't have the suction to tilt the stick horizontal to remove the bulbs, so I had my wife stand on the stairs and walked the vertical bulb changer over to her to grab the old bulb. There were some close calls when suction failed just as it got to her, but this did the trick. Putting in the new bulbs was a piece of cake since they weren't yet dusty. Easier, cheaper, and safer than a big ladder. For a BR40 bulb, none of the grabbers worked except the suction cup.

I purchased this Item to replace a LED Outdoor Light Bulb. After I assembled the Bulb Holder on the Pole, I did a trial run with a portable Lamp Holder inside my Home to see how well this Item worked. To my surprise, as soon as I inserted a Light Bulb inside the Holder, the Spring on the Holder came apart. This Spring has one end that is tapered and it is inserted into the other end. I pushed the two ends into each other again, but I knew that something had to be done to secure this connection or it would fall apart again. I then remembered that I had some PASCO Industrial Glue that I had purchased on Amazon. This Glue works great on Metals. One drop of this Stuff and it is good as welding two pieces together. I did that and the Spring held together after inserting a Bulb several times. I then went Outside and removed the defective Light Bulb and inserted the new Bulb into my Outdoor Light Fixture with no problems at all.

My driveway is at a very high angle; a ladder is impossible to use. The side of my house where the garage is located is very dark at night even with the street lights. Every summer some of the local kids get bored and tag my brick pillars, the curb, and/or the retaining wall across the street. Every year my city spends tons of money removing it all. I needed to replace the burnt out floodlights but I didn’t want to pay someone a large amount to change them so I purchased this pole unsure if it would work.

The new flood lights are huge and very, very heavy. I tried the suction cup but there is an indent at the center of the lights so it did not work. Plus the type of plastic used at the center makes suctioning impossible. I used the flood light accessory but at first I was certain it couldn’t stretch enough to fit the lights. I downloaded the instructions from the Amazon listing; it says to pull the accessory on one side first then stretch and pull it onto the rest of the light. It worked!

We went outside to replace the old lights and followed the same instructions but this time we had to navigate the pole to hook it onto one side of the old light. Next my nephew moved the pole around a bit until it was able to fit over the entire light. These lights have been up there 12-15 years! Thankfully they came out rather easily. When I removed the old lights I was shocked; they are incredibly thin glass and very lightweight. I was shocked and happy they didn't shatter during the removal. If I squeezed a bit more they would have shattered.

Putting the new lights in was fairly easy but we were concerned because at first they didn't feel like they were in the sockets tight enough to make a connection to the base however 3 hours later the entire side of my house looked like it was being lit up by the Nightsun (what police helicopters use).

If you're going to purchase this pole please read the instructions carefully. If I didn't I might have broken the floodlight accessory.

Overall the device works. I like it, I'm going to keep it and use it again, but keep in mind the below issues.

Of the three attachments, only the suction cup one was useful; however, attach the provided string to the suction cup before using it or you're going to have to figure out how to remove it once it's up there.

The two grippy style attachments don't seem to be useful at all, at least for me. Once they're on the bulb they're difficult to get off, and don't grip well enough to really turn the bulbs.

If the bulb is too twisted in, then the suction cup one will just spin without getting the bulb out. Even with this device, in my house of many built in, recessed lights, I still had to get the ladder out for two. I don't over screw bulbs, so this won't happen again with me, but it was a pain.

Its also built rather cheaply (I suppose you get what you pay for) and I had issues with the telescoping tightness getting undone while unscrewing difficult bulbs.

So, overall a good purchase. I'm glad I have it. But it's a little cheap, only one of the attachments is useful, and I still had to get the ladder and hang my you know what a dozen feet in the air to get out difficult lights.

We have a bunch of recessed light fixtures in our home with a mix of 8-ft and 9-ft ceiling heights. This light bulb changer works great, eliminating the need for a ladder or stepstool. We have fixtures that use S9405 replacement bulbs and the suction cup end works perfectly with that size of bulb.

Don't waste your money. Spend $20-30 more on a better product. This bulb changing set is horribly designed and made with ultra-cheap parts that started breaking before I attempted to change my first bulb. You connect the attachments by screwing the plastic accessory to the plastic pole then securing with a metal screw. Upon attempting to tighten the screw finger-tight, the threads were instantaneously stripped. The pole loosens by twisting to the left. So if you are using the spring/claw "bulb changer" attachment, when you apply pressure to grip the bulb and turn left to unscrew the bulb, guess what happens? I ended up having to duct tape the pole sections to keep it extended. I had to use the bulb changer attachment because the suction cup attachment was warped right out of the box and would not maintain a seal on the bulb. The "standard" bulb changer attachment was also too tight out of the box for a standard floodlight bulb and when I completed screwing my new bulb in and went to remove the bulb changer attachment, it was so tight that it ripped the bulb out of its base, leaving an empty base stuck in the socket 20 ft above the ground. On the flip side, after that single use, removing the bulb from the spring/claw attachment caused the claw to bend outwards and caused the spring to pop off in multiple locations. I tried replacing the spring and bending the claws back in, but for the next bulb, the attachment was then too loose to get a secure grip on the bulb. I used another Bayco product (the "broken bulb changer" - another garbage product) with the pole to try to remove the broken socket, which requires applying pressure to get the rubber attachment to grip the inside of the bulb base. Applying only enough pressure with one hand to remove the bulb base caused the pole to bend. This is just an all-around awful, terribly designed, cheaply made product.

After reserching this tiem, I determined that the one piece adjustable handle was the more substantial and convenient and that turned out to be correct. Some complained about the suction cup not performing as advertized but that was exactly the reason I purchased this item. The suction cup worked perfectly but I have to admit that in the past I have lubricated the base of ceiling mounted bulbs with a grapjite lubricant to insure the removal would be a simple as possible.

Takes a bit of practice but I was able to change the bulbs in a hanging fixture in our entranceway. This tool is a godsend! Since the pole has a universal screw top we also now have an extendible pole that we can attach other things to for cleaning hard to reach walls and ceilings.

El producto es muy ligero , fácil de usar y alcanza alturas increíbles sin problema

Muy practico y fácil de usar

We bought this to change a burnt out ceiling light bulb located 10 feet over our small front porch which is too narrow to hold a ladder. After five years with that light burnt out, this tool replaced the bulb in a couple of minutes.

Por fin pudimos cambiar el foco de la sala de doble altura, mas de 7m, con esta extensión y una escalera, perfecto para focos esfericos, batalla un poco para quitar focos ahorradores de espiral