Fiskars 12 Inch Hookaroon

The Fiskar’s Hookaroon is light but sturdy. Excellent for picking up wood blocks without the back bending.

I've only had this hookaroon for a week but have already formed an opinion that it is a great help to saving my back while retrieving firewood logs for my stove. I no longer have to stoop over 20-30 times a day while transferring firewood from my woodshed to the Otter sled and then from the Otter to my wood bin in the house. It will definitely get used in the woods, also, while chain sawing firewood. As anyone who burns wood in a fireplace knows, each piece of firewood gets handled 5 or 6 times before it gets burned. I go through 15 - 20 18" logs of various diameters each day so those pieces represent between 75 - 120 times (5x15 all the way to 6x20) picking up pieces. I plan on getting a LOT of use out of this tool. That being said... it is only the 2nd hookaroon that I've ever used so my "experience" is not "in-depth". I bought a different brand, heavier unit several weeks ago that would just not hold onto the log long enough to get it from here to there before falling off. It actually caused more work than by just grabbing the log by hand. I sent it back for a refund. I hesitated buying another hookaroon but after watching reviews on YouTube I took the chance and am VERY GLAD that I did. Fiskars tools have always been of top quality and this little tool is no different. It's so light and so well designed that I never get tired from swinging it and stabbing the log (either in the log's end on anywhere in the side). The tool is easily removed once it has transferred the log to it's new resting point. On YouTube I watched reviewers of other brands have sooo much trouble getting the hookaroon to release the log that I wondered if those were actually more trouble than they were saving, also. Then I saw a reviewer use the Fiskars and his only "beef" was that it was so light! I wondered why he thought that was a 'con' instead of a 'pro' because after using it instead of the one that I sent back I KNOW that the lightness is a definite 'pro'. One more thing... I may eventually buy a longer handled (26"-28") hookaroon for those rare times that I have logs that are just out of reach for my little Fiskars. It may not get used much but I'm in my mid-70s and bending over while reaching to pick up 40-70 lb. logs is not my cup of tea anymore. This little one, however, will probably always be my 'go-to' logging tool.

Big help for an old man splitting wood, I don't have to been over so far.

I’ve been burning between 2-3 cords of firewood in my wood stove every winter for almost 25 years. A cord of seasoned oak weighs over 4,000 pounds. I never realized how handy a Hookaroon was until this year when I saw a YouTube video and decided to give one a try. Wow. After just a few minutes it felt like an extension of my arm. What a difference! That extra reach really helps. Honestly, I wish it had a little more weight, because I think it would stick better - especially in the hardwoods I burn. This is another example of a simple, high-quality tool being able to truly make your firewood handling a LOT easier. Give one a try and it’ll take you about 10 minutes to really want to kick yourself for not getting one a long time ago.

Not sharp, way overpriced for what you get

I have the 22 (I think) hookaroon and love it. It's so good and I know how to use it, how to make it stick, what it is designed for. I bought the little 12 inch version and I personally find it pretty useless and don't trust it to not drop a log on my foot either.It is well made though