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(More customer reviews)I consider myself a bargain hunter extraordinaire. I compare, read tons of reviews (I always look at the bad ones first!), talk to friends, and then, reluctantly, push the paypal button and cross my fingers - especially if I've decided to go for the more expensive version of an item (a rarity for me).
An elderly friend of ours had her apartment broken into (luckily the punks ran when they realized she was home)with one push on her front door that promptly snapped her cheap door jammer in half like a twig. At first I thought maybe she installed it wrong, but when I checked the one on her rear door it was set up correctly. With her permission, I had my 17 year old football player son attempt to push in her back door while I watched. First it slid a little on the floor before catching, and then it popped right out of the base!
I decided maybe she needed some help picking out a better safety system. After seeing that lots of the the products here had the same issues (for the life of me I can't see how the positive reviews have actually ever tested to see if the thing works!), I went on to google buddybar doorjammers (it wasn't on Amazon yet). A friend of mine who lives in Phoenix, Arizona actually has this system.
I read through the website and of course was skeptical. FIFTY DOLLARS? Come on! But then I read that it was made of steel, not aluminum, and the interlocking teeth that set it in place logically seemed more sturdy than the slide pole-in-pole with a little tab popping through a hole system. (If you've ever had a pool, you know exactly what this system is - and how often those stupid little plastic tabs break off as you're trying to attach the net to the skimmer pole. I can't tell you how many nets I've gone through!)
Well, given the other negative reviews that were similar to what I had witnessed myself, and the money-back guarantee, I decided to get her the buddybar. $50 might seem like a little bit of money to go to this much trouble for, but in this economy we all better make sure we get what we pay for and at the best price.
About a week later it arrived and I installed it at my friend's apartment. It was easy to put up, even for the mechanically disadvantaged (me!). Again I enlisted the aid of 225 pounds of highschool testosterone as a consumer test. This time all he got was a sore shoulder. That door didn't even budge.
So for $50 my friend has peace of mind and a system that will probably outlive her (well, $100 since she'll be buying another to replace the other crappy under $20 one she had). That's a small price to pay, and well worth the extra $30 or so. Enough said.
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Buddybar Door JammerHow much is your personal and family security worth? The answer is priceless, but it won't cost you nearly that much with the Buddybar Door Jammer. Of course you can buy door jammers that are less than half the price of ours. But before you do, we encourage you to compare the products. We think you will agree that the Buddybar is engineered with far-superior quality and addresses common points of failure in cheaper doorjammers. Now isn't that peace of mind worth it? Sometimes you really DO get what you pay for!The Buddybar Door Jammer is made of 16 gauge, powder coated steel.There are no plastic parts on the Buddybar. The Buddybar installs in seconds, no tools required. The foot is 2"x4" rubber coated, steel, articulating, non-marring, providing for a solid grip.Great for Home, Apartment, Dorm, Traveling, extends from 36" to 51".The Buddybar works great on carpet, tile, concrete, wood.
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