Mini scaffolding handy?

[me]

Anyone have one of these mini scaffolds? And is it worth buying one for general household use?

[Doug Miller]

Yes, and yes -- and you should be able to find one at a local building materials store for less than that web site is charging.

I bought one about two years ago, and it's immensely useful for all manner of household tasks, pretty much anything that requires you to go two or three steps up a ladder. For instance, when painting a room, your left-to-right reach is about three times what you can get from a ladder. That means less time climbing up and down. It's also *much* more comfortable to stand on a scaffold plank than on a ladder rung.

It gives you a much more stable platform for perching paint cans on than you can get with a stepladder.

You can have a lot more tools and materials within easy reach than you can on a stepladder.

And since it rolls, it makes a very convenient dolly for schlepping those tools and materials around -- five-gallon buckets of drywall mud, for example, or 25-pound cartons of drywall screws.

[me]

OK thanks

Well I don't have ANY kind of ladder right now. If you owned ONLY this unit would it suffice for everything..... in a word take the place of a ladder period?

I'm on tight budget and ask cause I thought buying only this mini scaffold might be better choice than ladder and something else.

[Richard J Kinch]

Pep Boys sells this same import item much cheaper.

Works great for household duty. Much easier to work on a platform than a ladder. Good for getting in and out of the boat on its trailer.

[S. Barker]

Yes, i have 3 of the ones lowes sells.

and yes it's worth the $99

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[Joe]

Mine is a Werner from Lowes. Cost $110 about five years ago. A real useful tool. Judge the quality of the unit by the weight. Heavier is better and good locking casters are absolutely vital. HTH

Joe

[me]

Hmmm..cant find it on Pep Boys web page!

[me]

Does anyone make a STRONG but lighter aluminum model? same size and design and all?

[salty]

Not surprising. Pep Boys webpage shows only a small fraction of what is in the stores.