16.5FT Aluminum Telescoping Extension Ladder by Bowoshen - Reach New Heights!

Howard Coles Jr.: I've used, or tried to use this thing for the last year, and over time it has become more and more of a pain to carry around. The velcro strap that holds the ladder together as you carry it just gives way entirely too easily. The real problem is that it's rather heavy for what it is, and it's not that sturdy, I've actually gone to using it only to get up to the RV ladder, and then using that the rest of the way, IF the RV ladder is too high to just get on from the ground.
I would NOT recommend buying this thing.

United States on Oct 03, 2023

danny hill: I just wish I had a chance to use it I went to the store and it was on the back of my truck and someone stole it before I even used it the first time

United States on Oct 01, 2023

Anatoliy Bezruchko: Great Product, good Price and Fast Delivery, Product was exactly as described.

United States on Aug 29, 2023

Amazon Customer: I needed a very portable ladder for job sites capable of being an A-frame and extension ladder. In that regard, this is a good ladder. The 8' A-frame is a nice height and good for most of what I do.

However, there's two fairly big drawbacks. This is a very heavy ladder - if you're moving it around all day it's a lot of work. Second, it doesn't retract that well. To be fair, most a-frame ladders have some kind of annoying mechanism to retract and it's not any worse than any others. You still end up wishing you had a third arm to both push in the sliders on each leg as well as retract the ladder itself.

Also, the ladder seems to have some wobble in it because it's a telescoping ladder. You have to be careful of balance on this ladder.

All in all, I'm going to keep it because I can still use it, but I'm going to have to get another one that's lighter that can be easily moved around.

United States on May 22, 2023

Randy: The ladder was shaky, I did not feel comfortable on it. It was complicated to extend and retract, you have to do each rung individually. I have an extendable non-A frame version that is SO much easier to retract…you just pull 2 tabs and it’s pneumatically buffered so it doesn’t slam down…but this one does slam down. It felt dangerous like you could easily get your fingers pinched. Felt difficult to move around when extended too. Finally, it’s a bit too heavy for what I was looking for. Now, all that said, some of this may just be inherent to the needs of the design to make a retractable A-Frame ladder. But if so, well it’s not for me.

My package arrived damaged, like I had received a returned item. However, the seller quickly acknowledged and issued a postage paid return. I do believe if it weren’t for the damaged box and potentially receiving a returned item (without being told that’s what I would recieve) I would have had to pay return shipping…..and due to the weight that would have been cost prohibitive. Seller did offer to rebate it before I returned it, but like I said…I didn’t feel comfortable on it.

Not a bad transaction, but the product...

United States on Feb 10, 2023