Unger 36-Inch Nifty Nabber Reacher: Jaws and a Magnet

A discarded can beside a garden bench can be visible yet awkward to reach by hand. The Unger 36-inch Nifty Nabber 92134 puts rubber-tipped jaws at the end of an aluminum shaft for that kind of pickup. A squeeze handle controls the jaws. This single reacher also has a built-in head magnet.

Close the jaws around the object

Squeezing the handle closes the claw at the other end of the shaft. Rubber tips provide the contact surfaces, while your hand stays back at the blue grip. Unger lists yard cleanup and litter pickup among the intended uses.

Near a bench leg, look at the room on either side of the can. An angled approach may put both jaw tips around it while keeping the shaft clear of the furniture. The product photograph shows the tool angled down toward the grass, with a can held between the jaws.

For a collection round, plan where the litter will go as well as where it starts. If you are putting it into a bin, leave room to bring the tool from the pickup point to the bin's opening. The long shaft is part of both movements. A clear route to the container matters as much as being able to touch the next item.

Then consider what the jaws can get around. A can has a raised surface to grasp; something lying flat gives the tips less room to approach from either side. Rubber contact does not guarantee damage-free handling of fragile objects, and a broad shape still needs to fit between the jaws.

A magnet handles a different pickup

The head contains a magnet as well as the gripping jaws. For a small magnetic piece that the head can reach, contact with the magnet offers a way to retrieve it without centering it between the two jaw faces.

A small magnetic fastener is the kind of object to consider here. Its shape may be awkward to pinch even though the head can touch it. That is a different buying reason from the larger jaw grip: the object can be held by attraction instead of being surrounded.

The material is decisive. Not every metal object is attracted to a magnet, so the feature does not cover every coin, key or can. If your pickup jobs include suitable small pieces, it gives the same tool another use. If those pieces are absent, judge the purchase mainly by its jaws and reach.

Treat the magnet as a small-item feature. Its presence does not establish how much weight it can carry, and attraction alone is not a reason to plan a heavy lift.

Check the reach and the shape together

The 36-inch figure describes the complete tool's length. Hand position and approach angle affect where the jaws end up; the specification does not promise 36 extra inches beyond your fingertips. Unger describes reaching both high and low, so consider the direction of your own tasks as well as the distance.

A long shaft aimed into a narrow corner needs space to approach the item and bring it back. An object you can see through a gap may still be difficult to surround with the jaws. For a specific broad item, confirm the jaw opening before buying; the manufacturer's listed overall width is not an opening measurement.

The grip deserves its own fit check. Unger describes it as ergonomic, but the handle's shape and squeeze operation still need to suit your hand. When that operation is central to the purchase, assess it separately from the pole's reach.

For yard cleanup, the strongest case is a set of accessible objects that the jaws can surround, with a clear route to where you will collect them. Small magnetic pieces add a second reason to choose this head design. Work through those two kinds of pickup before deciding whether the 92134 fits the job.