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 The Lawn and Garden Tool
- How to Buy Your Man
the Right Stuff
By Dan Fenstemaker,
Inventor of the Original
INTELETOOL
With all the television
commercials, radio and
print advertising and
hype that is thrown at
us to make us buy
something, it can be
tough to know what to
look for when you are
buying that special man
in your life tools that
he will enjoy using on
the lawn or in the
garden. Sure, you
probably love getting
outdoors, too, so being
a smart buyer will help
you as much as him.
Though there are a
number of things to
account for when you are
trying to buy the right
tool, I want to share
just two things to keep
in mind that may help a
lot.
Think Quality and Not
Quantity or Price
Yes, believe it or not,
although men can be
pretty “scrooge-ish”
with spending money at
the holidays, most men
would definitely rather
be given just one good
quality (and more
expensive!) tool than an
assortment of cheap, low
quality tools. Just like
owning a well made truck
or a classic, well made
motorbike, men take
pride of ownership in
high quality tools they
know can last them for
decades.
Think Ease of Use,
but Don’t Get Duped by
the Silly 100 Uses
Gimmicks
There truly are some
cool innovations in
tools that make using
them easier, more
satisfying, and much
more useful. For
instance, most people
now use the same tool to
drill, grind and screw,
without ever needing
more than one unit and
never having to use a
power cord. But, as you
know, many of the
advertising gimmicks
promise one tool will do
a hundred things, saving
you hundreds of dollars,
and when you actually
get your hands on it and
begin working with it,
it’s easily broken,
interchangeable parts
start falling off, and
you realize you were
duped.
Thankfully, in the world
of lawn and garden
tools, there are a few
manufacturers using cool
innovations to produce
great products. They are
creating high quality,
easy to use, long
lasting tools that
combine telescopic
technology to adjust
handle length for varied
applications with the
ability to quickly
interchange various
heads to allow one tool
to tackle many jobs.
But, again, beware! Low
quality plastic or
metal, flimsy locking
mechanisms and bad
designs can make a
telescopic tool so
frustrating, and even
dangerous, that you will
see it in the trash can
before you take down the
tree! In most cases, the
original innovator and
manufacturer of new
technology creates
product worth owning,
but quickly the idea is
imitated by others who
create low-quality
imitations, or “knock
offs” to ride the wave
of popularity created by
the originator.
Sometimes the imitation
isn’t too bad, but
unfortunately this is
rarely the case.
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Dan Fenstemaker is a
lawn and garden tools expert.
For more great
information on
lawn and garden tools,
visit
http://www.inteletool.com. |
