WORX

TECHNO THRILLS                                Today's Stuff That Works WORX JAWSAW This was a WOOT  earlier in the week, and it looked like it would fill a need since our last trimmer crapped out.  If you watch the demo, that in fact is how it worked yesterday when I followed MoSup around the yard while she pointed at stuff.   It was $119 delivered, including the optional *12' foot extender pole (which this guy is selling for $49.99).  That turned out to be something of a stretch, since I expected the pole was 12', but it was not.  The pole measures 62", and the base unit is 34 inches. Combined, that comes to 8 feet.  Where's my other 4 feet?   It turns out that it's a blessing.  The base unit, while not all that heavy, is about all you can handle when hanging off that extension.   Adding another 4 feet would, I imagine, yield an actual load of around 2000 pounds.  BTW, I will be sending this to the company.  Maybe they will, as an act of contrition, compensate me for my grief.  Would I buy it again?  Yes.  Even with that extension.  BTW, it's extremely quiet. *PS - It is entirely possible that I misread the Woot specs (the pole is no longer mentioned on the original spec sheet), but checking the  WORX site, they only claim 5', so what the hell. *PPS - On second look, here's what the WOOT spec sheet said, Cuts limbs up to 12 feet high; easy-to-use single-bolt Auto-Tension system No effing way. I've been raped!