First Alert EL52-2 Two-Story 14-Foot Escape Ladder
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of First Alert EL52-2 Two-Story 14-Foot Escape Ladder
Customer Review: Ladder
Summary: 5 Stars
I have not gotten any responses but our tenants hopefully will not need this for any emergency. This product was bought as a precautionary and required piece of equipment for a rental home. Thanks.Customer Review: Ladder
Summary: 5 Stars
I have not used this, and hopefully will not have to, but looks like a great product esp. for the priceCustomer Review: My Ladder is a death Trap
Summary: 1 Stars
After reading the reviews I decided that this product would meet my needs. Fortunately, I opened it up to test it out when it arrived, because the ladder was attached to the metal bars backwards, meaning that the legs that are supposed to keep the unit away from the wall pointed out instead of against the side of the house.
I imagine this could lead to broken limbs or a broken neck, depending on how agile the person was trying to navigate this wobbly ladder during an emergency, as they tried to gain a toehold with the rungs right up against the wall.
To add insult to inevitable injury, when I called First Alert customer service, they pretty much ridiculed me that I was using the unit wrong, and then told me to go through the process of returning it without so much as a "sorry about that" or "how can we help".
I wish I would have bought the highly rated X-It ladder, instead of trying to save a few bucks at my own peril.
Customer Review: Not good for kids
Summary: 2 Stars
This is not a good escape ladder for kids. We have a 6 year old daughter who was not strong enough to lift this heavy ladder up to the window, unfold the cumbersome hooks, and then throw the ladder part out the window. It is hard and awkward even for an adult to do this let alone a child.
Once the ladder is hooked on the window sill, you have to lean waaayyy out the window to pull the release tab, risking falling out the window to do this, especially if you are a vertically challenged.
Once you pull the tab, the ladder is supposed to neatly fall to the ground without getting caught up on itself. Wrong. The ladder gets so tangled that it would require you to go 4 or 5 steps down, untangle, go 4 more steps, untagle, etc.
I do not recommend this ladder.
Customer Review: Piece of Mind
Summary: 4 Stars
Anyone that sleeps on the second story of a house should have some way to get out of the house if the stairs are blocked. this provides that at a good price. One thing that could be better is to have some kind ladder like this hidden in like a window sill planter or something like that.