Grabbit Screw Extractors?

[komobu]

Hi;

Any info on the Grabbit screw extractors? Do they work as described on the commercials?

Thanks for any info

 

[Danglerb]

Thats Grabit, Alden corp.

Down side is that one item has drill and remover, one end breaks and you need to replace both.

I'm not sure if there is any technical benefit of any of the removers vs another brand. Really high quality steel means its a lot harder to remove when it eventually breaks.

 

[Chris Adams]

I got a set last Christmas. Only time I used one, it broke the housing I was working on. They are such an extreme wedge shape that it is easy to break whatever you screw it into.
May have some use, but only if you were working on something that you can't break that way.

 

[ImportTuner]

Those Grabit works great ... I was in the process of replacing the CD player/radio in the Mitsubishi Eclipse and the screw (phillips) holding the radio in place decide to be a round head .. used the drill bit to open a hole, ran the Grabit and the screw came out instantly ...

 

[rcleaver]

You can be sure that hype is inversely proportional to function for ALL products. It's a pet peeve of mine. In other words, the more it's hyped the less it's worth.

If you buy something from an infomercial, you are paying at least double what it's worth for something that may or may not work. They NEVER tell you the downside.

For example, the Fein multimaster. They don't tell you the patent has expired and Rockwell is selling their $400 product for about $175.

But Rockwell is just as guilty. They are selling the Jawhorse for $175. It should cost about $50.

If you don't believe me, you should take Marketing 101. I know these things. My MBA is from Johns Hopkins.

 

[ROCK4185]

I've used them before to get screws out of hollow metal door jambs and they worked great.

I also used the bolt extractor version last weekend while working on my snowmobile and I'm not sure if I would ever use one again. I needed to extract a bolt that sheared off in the secondary. It drilled the hole alright, than I flipped it around and started extracting the bolt, but than the tip broke off. The steel is so hard a drill bit wouldn't even touch it. Now I'm waiting for a $100 part, so I can go ride.

I've never had this problem with the Irwin style reverse taps, but I'm sure someone will have a story the other way around.