I'm Su laola for Consumer Reports

I'm here in consumer reports Warehouse where we store most of the products after we tested them you can see we have a lot of big stuff here to move around so when we found out about the forearm forklift we couldn't wait to check it out. Look at how well these lifting straps work for carrying furniture and mattresses.

You can pick items up by hand but you have to bend down. These adjustable straps carry items inches off the floor to avoid lifting high. Now I am here with John Jonas and Patrick severon, two strong men who have no problem lifting heavy stuff. Let's see how they do.

All right one two three no no that ain't happen next up we gave them the forearm forklift to try out one two three and we put the strap on it worked very well it was a lot easier it was sturdier than I expected it to be sure it's easy for John and Patrick, they're big guys but let's go back to the commercial for a minute. Look at how well these lifting straps work for carrying furniture here's where the real challenge comes in.

I am here with a big heavy SE and two of our staffers Lisa Lee Freeman, editor-in-chief of Consumer Reports shopsmart Magazine, and Leslie wear, Consumer Reports editor at large. All right assuming you guys have no superhero Powers we are going to let you have a go at this. No I'm not even going to budge then Consumer Reports tester Bernie Dietrich gave them the forearm for lift and supervised to make sure they were using it properly okay ready ow my forearms feel like they're breaking.

Lisa was struggling with the weight so I took a shot at it okay we even had them try to move a bookcase. Oh this is better oh much better this this is not bad I thought moving the bookcase was fine it was pretty easy we couldn't move it by ourselves really we could budge it a little bit but we couldn't move it 20 ft across the floor and with the straps that worked fine and what's Consumer Reports take on it.

I would recommend this product because it allows you to safely lift large items that you normally wouldn't be able to lift of course you need to use some common sense and judgment about what you lift and how you lift it but it does help you get a handh hold on Awkward items. It moves the lift to Stronger muscles so you're not using uh your back or your fingers and uh it really works well it's very effective so there you have it if you don't feel comfortable lifting large items or you don't have much upper body strength these aren't going to work miracles but for large heavy awkward items these straps really help.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enI'm here in consumer reports Warehouse where we store most of the products after we tested them you can see we have a lot of big stuff here to move around so when we found out about the forearm forklift we couldn't wait to check it out look at how well these lifting straps work for carrying furniture and mattresses you can pick items up by hand but you have to bend down these adjustable straps carry items inches off the floor to avoid lifting high now I am here with John Jonas and Patrick severon two strong men who have no problem lifting heavy stuff let's see how they do all right one two three no no that ain't happen next up we gave them the forearm forklift to try out one two three and we put the strap on it worked very well it was a lot easier it was sturdier than I expected it to be sure it's easy for John and Patrick they're big guys but let's go back to the commercial for a minute look at how well these lifting straps work for carrying Furniture here's where the real challenge comes in I am here with a big heavy SE and two of our staffers Lisa Lee Freeman editor-in-chief of Consumer Reports shopsmart Magazine and Leslie wear Consumer Reports editor at large all right assuming you guys have no superhero Powers we are going to let you have a go at this no I'm not even going to budge then Consumer Reports tester Bernie Dietrich gave them the forearm for lift and supervised to make sure they were using it properly okay ready ow my forearms feel like they're breaking Lisa was struggling with the weight so I took a shot at it okay we even had them try to move a bookcase oh this is better oh much better this this is not bad I thought moving the bookcase was fine it was pretty easy we couldn't move it by ourselves really we could budge it a little bit but we couldn't move it 20 ft across the floor and with the straps that worked fine and what's Consumer Reports take on it I would recommend this product because it allows you to safely lift large items that you normally wouldn't be able to lift of course you need to use some common sense and judgment about what you lift and how you lift it but it does help you get a handh hold on Awkward items it moves the lift to Stronger muscles so you're not using uh your back or your fingers and uh it really works well it's very effective so there you have it if you don't feel comfortable lifting large items or you don't have much upper body strength these aren't going to work miracles but for large heavy awkward items these straps really help I'm Su laola for Consumer ReportsI'm here in consumer reports Warehouse where we store most of the products after we tested them you can see we have a lot of big stuff here to move around so when we found out about the forearm forklift we couldn't wait to check it out look at how well these lifting straps work for carrying furniture and mattresses you can pick items up by hand but you have to bend down these adjustable straps carry items inches off the floor to avoid lifting high now I am here with John Jonas and Patrick severon two strong men who have no problem lifting heavy stuff let's see how they do all right one two three no no that ain't happen next up we gave them the forearm forklift to try out one two three and we put the strap on it worked very well it was a lot easier it was sturdier than I expected it to be sure it's easy for John and Patrick they're big guys but let's go back to the commercial for a minute look at how well these lifting straps work for carrying Furniture here's where the real challenge comes in I am here with a big heavy SE and two of our staffers Lisa Lee Freeman editor-in-chief of Consumer Reports shopsmart Magazine and Leslie wear Consumer Reports editor at large all right assuming you guys have no superhero Powers we are going to let you have a go at this no I'm not even going to budge then Consumer Reports tester Bernie Dietrich gave them the forearm for lift and supervised to make sure they were using it properly okay ready ow my forearms feel like they're breaking Lisa was struggling with the weight so I took a shot at it okay we even had them try to move a bookcase oh this is better oh much better this this is not bad I thought moving the bookcase was fine it was pretty easy we couldn't move it by ourselves really we could budge it a little bit but we couldn't move it 20 ft across the floor and with the straps that worked fine and what's Consumer Reports take on it I would recommend this product because it allows you to safely lift large items that you normally wouldn't be able to lift of course you need to use some common sense and judgment about what you lift and how you lift it but it does help you get a handh hold on Awkward items it moves the lift to Stronger muscles so you're not using uh your back or your fingers and uh it really works well it's very effective so there you have it if you don't feel comfortable lifting large items or you don't have much upper body strength these aren't going to work miracles but for large heavy awkward items these straps really help I'm Su laola for Consumer Reports\n"