Tonny Cowler
I was a little sceptical but this seemed our best bet for moving a very heavy old washing machine without injury. In the videos for this product a couple demonstrate using it to move a washing machine but they carry it so quickly I suspected all the heavy innards had been removed. We used these straps to lift our 80kg washing machine up into our car and then remove it when we arrived at the washing machine graveyard (Council tip). My wife isn't very tall and weighs considerably less than the machine. I was very pleased at how these straps performed. To be able to lift the washing machine high enough we had to crouch next to the load and tighten the straps so that as you stand up the load is lifted higher. Getting it out of the car afterwards was similarly uneventful and I never felt on the edge of disaster. It's not often we need to carry heavy items but I will be keeping these because they certainly make lifting heavy items a much safer activity.
Larry Haley
These worked perfectly. They made it much easier to move furniture. Two of us moved furniture in and out of a van and up stairs with with no problem.
Mr. C. Boughton
Just received mine and they are absolutely the real thing and great. I unfortunately previously purchased cheaper ones which were only half the size and dangerous to be honest. The Batavia Listing straps are the best!
Garry Barelle
Used for moving 2 heavy wardrobes and all my white goods.. what a difference.. very strong and easy to use
Harry Gareth
As you can see these are cheap compared to the other ones, so yeah you will get slight differences. Saying that these were really useful, we were moving house and moving fully set up furniture which always ends up in you accidentally knocking your partner down the stairs. Don’t worry no judgement here, but these gave me absolute control so if she was barking orders at me I could calmly and easily knock her down the stairs with ease, and am all for that. The strain is completely taken off you and all you do is shuffle, they could of been longer to maybe get abit of height as I have size 10 feet, I know am blessed with average sized feet, and I just kept stubbing my toe, so I put toe cap boots on and now all my furniture has holes in it. Anyways we moved all our stuff a lot quicker and less effort, we even helped a train that had derailed on our way, the train was a couple of metres off track so me and my mate just used the straps and hurled this train back on the tracks, no biggie
Frenchy Marley
Wasn’t sure about this but really made lifting large things much easier.
It’s fairly easy to put on and ensures you c an use your core body strength to lift furniture. Rather than getting tired arms or bad backs. Good buy as needed to move some large items for a house move!
Christopher Fox
saved our bacon moving some heavy items of furniture - particularly useful when there is an imbalance in the size and strength of lifters!
Danny Anderson
Absolutely fantastic
Used these to move an American Fridge Freezer 90cm wide from the garage into the kitchen ...through a few narrow doors and over a gravel drive.
Could not have moved it without these...brilliant buy and will undoubtedly use them again when I move washing machines etc in the future
Garyy Anderson
Used these for a couple of house moves now, including heavy items such as a large american fridge/freezer, with food and drink still inside. With these straps we were able to move items with just the two of us and we are not big strong men. :-)
They are very comfortable and seem durable, takes all the pressure off the lower back when moving larger items. Much safer too, much less chance of dropping items that have minimal room to grip.
I have recommended these to multiple people, whom have since purchased their own.
Matt Evrson
This is the second type of this product I've tried. The first one I tried was a single strap version and whilst it worked fine the body harness was small and difficult for me to wear (6 foot tall, medium build) and impossible for my brother to wear (6 foot tall, frequent take-away build). This one is fine, the harness fits me and my brother fine, so it should be suitable for the vast majority of people.
I bought this to keep in a drawer for those occasional times you need to move something heavy like a washing machine, fridge or mattress. I've known about these for years but only ever thought about buying them after the fact, well this time I decided to be prepared for the future.
We needed a test item and we happened to have a heavy bulky box, waist height, at about 50KG. Without the straps, we could move it but without handles it was difficult and we had to stop to put it down every couple of feet. With the straps, well, what a difference. We were able to move it with ease, either with the body harness or even with just the straps over our wrists. I have no doubt this would make a big difference when moving a more challenging object like a washing machine, which is much heavier and often has sharp uncomfortable edges where you need to grip.
I genuinely think that everybody should have a set of these around the house. I know most people wouldn't use them very often but for the times you do use them, they make such a big difference. They should be commonplace in every home.
If I had one criticism, it would be the lack of instruction. I wouldn't knock it down a star for this but it does take a minute or two to get your head around the straps and even now, I'm not sure I'm adjusting them in the most efficient way. It comes with a single card of instructions with small, not so helpful pictures. If the manufacturer is reading this I think an instructional video on the sales page would be invaluable, the package could also contain a web address or QR code which links to the video too.
One more thing, I found it funny that a system designed for two people comes with a single pair of gloves. I'm not really complaining about this as I think the gloves are an unnecessary throw in freebie anyway, I just found it amusing.
