I love the convenience of being able to lift the skimmer lid without bending over everything time as well as the ease of removing the skimmer basket without reaching in by hand. The day after we opened the pool for the season I had a lot of spiders in the one skimmer basket so I was more than thrilled to NOT have to touch that handle! Knocked off one star due to some faulty adhesive on the white handle but customer service was great and sent me some stronger glue to reattach it and it has been rock solid ever since. The little net is very handy to scoop out any debris the basket missed. Great item to add to your pool tool collection.