Telescoping Ladder 12.5 FT with 2 Detachable Roof Hooks Aluminum Telescopic Extension Ladder with 2 Triangle Stabilizers, Multi-Purpose Collapsible Ladder for Household and Outdoor Working

This is the best tool in my arsenal. It deploys quickly, is easy to carry and store. It also latches on the roofs very good especially since getting up and down a rooftop is my top priority.

If you need to get into your attic hatch occasionally, keeping this little ladder handy is much more convenient than hauling a conventional 8-foot stepladder around the house. The 10.5ft length was just barely long enough to reach through the attic hatch, and if suitable holes can be found/made in the floorboards near the hatch the included hooks can engage.Note that there is a price to be paid for this convenience: this ladder will go up at a stepper angle than a regular step ladder, and it definitely wiggles more. Even the hooks will wiggle (but they haven't come out). And you will definitely want to attach the hooks and make sure they engage something above to stabilize the ladder. But despite the wiggling (at least in my use case) there is less chance of a fall than with a stepladder, since the stepladder could still tip over if unbalanced, whereas this ladder, when the top hooks are securely engaged, will not.You may want to wrap some electrician's tape around the hooks before inserting them into the top of the ladder so that they don't wiggle as much. I wish they had made the hooks be a tighter fit for the holes they go into.

... because you need to train & avail yourself on how to properly & safely extend & retract the ladder so as not to potentially hurt yourself later because if you are a "lazy thinker" you might hurt yourself. It's a WONDERFUL ladder just so as long as you go through some trial run steps before actually using it in a real life scenario so you have a positive experience. Take the little bit of time to read the manual & psychologically take using this ladder seriously. It won't take but around 15-or-so minutes to do that, just like most people would do familiarizing themselves if they were teaching themselves on how to use a chainsaw or a Skill saw or table saw or a pressure washer for the 1st time.I bought it so I could get into my attic with the small opening & also to use it to access my large safari rack on my Subaru so I can more easily put stuff in there & also tie stuff down easier.I give it four overall stars because of my own improvements I had to do the the hooks. I had to loosen the nut on both hook stems & rotate the hole so it was aligned perfectly on the sides of the hooks. I am also planning on adding a few wraps of duct tape or perhaps some kind of plastic pipe to the stems so that the hooks don't flop around sloppily in the ladder top. The hooks stay in there good enough to serve their purpose stock out of the box if a person doesn't want to modify them. I just don't like things to sloppily flop around in their sockets is all. That's just me. For your specific purpose you may not even need to use the hook ends. I will just plan on keeping the hooks in my Subaru all the time since I don't need them when I use the ladder to access the attic.IF the hooks will be important to you & IF you don't want to go through the trouble of modifying & improving how they fit in the ladder, I would give an overall rating of three stars for this ladder. As for myself, I am very pleased so far I purchased the ladder.

Overall the ladder has worked out great for me. The distance between rungs, especially the lower ones, are a bit far to reach, but if you're over 6' tall then it isn't bad. It is easier to move and maneuver the ladder than a comparable height fiberglass one. I like that it folds down so small for storage, as well. Once I got over 20' the flexibility of the ladder was a little concerning but it hasn't failed me. Works great.

Probably for light use 1 or 2 times this ladder should be good and hopefully you don't have to extend the ladder too high. When I received my ladder from Amazon.. I extended the ladder and climbed up and when it was extended I went up and it seemed a bit too shaky for me. So I decided to send ladder back to Amazon 1.5 hours after receiving it. I wish the aluminum tubes were the same size. At the bottom the tubing is wide and the top not sooooo much.

Garbage I can't believe they're allowed to sell . So unsafe flimsy, unless completely vertical it bows so bad you think it's going to snap or slip out on the bottom. Don't waste your money

We do residential and commercial painting and are always looking for great, dependable ladders. This is the second telescoping ladder I've bought (needed a taller one for a job) and it's sturdy and reliable to help me get the job done. Easy to Telescope up and down.

This review is for the 26 ft version of the ladder. I need this length for my specific application which is to reach the top of my chimney. The first issue is the rungs are too far apart. My other ladders have 12 inch spacing, so I'm guessing that is a standard gap, but this ladder has 17 1/2 inch spacing. I am average height and this was a big step for me. The second issue is the flex in the ladder. With the ladder fully extended, at about half way up the ladder, it flexed so much that the ladder higher up was nearly flat against the chimney. I used the standard one foot from the chimney for every four feet of rise. The issue seems to be the play in the side rails of the ladder. When in the down position, the side tubes slide into each other with each higher tube being smaller than the one below it. There is a gap between each of these different sized telescoped rails to allow them to move freely. When extended, this gap and the small overlap of the tubes allows a pivot point. If the tubes overlapped more and/or fit more tightly, it might reduce the flex, but would probably also make it harder to raise and lower. I did not feel safe climbing this ladder, so I am returning it. I will post my return experience.