Pliers to reach things in high deep cabinets

Wheelchair users can reach things that are farther away with pliers.

User gets a cup from the upper cabinet using pliers
User gets a cup from the upper cabinet using pliers

Description
The pliers are used to remove objects from high and deep kitchen cabinets. Pliers hang on a hook in the kitchen.

Model: Pliers “Nåfram aktiv” from Swereco

Users comments
The user likes the pliers and frequently uses them in the kitchen to increase the distance that she can reach.

Purchased from
For example Swereco, www.swereco.se (last checked June 20117)

Paid for by

This tip is from 2006

User gets a dish from the upper cabinet using pliers
User gets a dish from the upper cabinet using pliers
Pliers hanging on a hook in the kitchen
Pliers hanging on a hook in the kitchen
Pliers Nåfram aktiv
Pliers Nåfram aktiv

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Tipsare: Lotta

Together with her husband, her daughter, three dogs and a cat Lotta lives in a two-story house in the countryside. She is working as a volunteer for Rekryteringsgruppen (an organization of persons with spinal cord injuries). She was injured in 1983 and has a high paraglegia (TH 3). She does not have any personal assistance.