This fruit picker is a piece of cheap plastic that would not last a month, even if one could assemble it and get it to function. The assembly instructions are confusing, but after a while I understood what they were trying tell me. There is a piece of poor quality double sided tape that is supposed to hold the anchor (another cheap plastic piece)for the rope to the pole, but the tape would not stick to the pole. The rope itself came out of the picker end before I could even try to put the whole thing together. I couldn't even assemble this device to try it out.This seemed like a good idea if, like me, you are always poking holes in your fruit with the "claw" typepickers. But this thing is a gimmick and a piece of junk. Save your money and time; this thing is a waste of both.