Need a hammer for a specific job and bought this model based on reviews. It felt good in the hand, felt perfect in the hand and wasn't too heavy. The head is strong but not relentless. Excellent purchase!
Needed a rubber mallet to install the base of my bird feeder. It worked great. I managed to install the bird feeder without outside help! Should be useful for other things too.
Handle broken in half after light use. I've had the hammer for 22 days and this may be the 8th time I've used it. I just used it to make sure all my fittings were tight (by hitting the wrench with it) so fluids wouldn't spill out of my tanker hoses. I can't stress enough how easy the job was I used a hammer to do it and it just broke the handle.
I bought this product to use for some tuning work on my car without damaging it. I tried to push the bolt out of the hole in the forearm. Literally after 6 clicks the handle breaks in half. The bolt I pressed wasn't tied or tight, I just used a hammer to avoid pinching my fingers. Literally 6 clicks and the hammer decayed. The rubber part was great, the grip should be stronger.
This hammer is so useful you don't realize it until you get it and it's gone. I was fortunate to inherit some of my father's old tools and often used his rubber mallet. One day I had to renovate a house and a handyman came with some helpers. They were there for about a week and opened a shop in my garage because of the bad weather. A few months later I went to my rubber mallet and couldn't find it where I always kept it on an open shelf in my garage. I searched and searched, then I rememberedβ¦
5 STARS - have never had a rubber mallet but I can tell right away when a product is well designed and overall great price - money. I bought this item because I was tired of my hats coming off and having to smack them back into place with my palm. Every time I broke them, I decided to try this rubber mallet. It didn't help and my hubcaps broke more, but that's not the hammer's fault. So I'll use my palm again and leave out the hammer because it's still a very good product and I'm sure it willβ¦