Candelabra Light Bulbs Bulb Changer for Chandeliers (Without Extension Pole)

This product works like a charm. The first challenge was ballancing the device at the end of a 10 foot poll and lowering it carefully to first cover the bad bulb. Had to press down a little to get it seated, then turn the pole to unscrew the bad bulb. A little hard to see what is happening at a distance and sometimes had to slowly raise the pole to grab the bulb better, and yet to gently remove the bulb. Then do it in reverse. Press in the bulb, making sure it is seated well, carefully try to get the bulb seated into the socket and screw it into the base. The carefully lift the pole. The device works well, but it takes a while to get a handle on manipulating the device; knowing when to turn, press down, or lift up. Take your time and pay attention.The really fit the bill for my application. I was able to work from a balcony, so that the lamp was roughly on the same level and not high above me. Not sure how well it would work if I was working below the Chandelier.

I gotta say, I didn't think it would work for my situation. We have a chandelier with the almost flame shaped bulbs. The chandelier is in our two story foyer, over the floor, out away from the stairs and landing. I thought I was going to have to get scaffolding to change bulbs (I used scaffolding to install the chandelier), but I didn't need to thanks to the "Chandelier Swan".I removed 8 and installed 6 bulbs, and the "Chandelier Swan" worked as advertised. Now:1) You HAVE to read the instructions. If you don't, it won't work.2) You HAVE to follow the instructions. If you don't, it won't work.3) You must be gentle and patient, especially until you get the hang of it.4) Line up the head of the unit with the tip of the bulb and push and twist the tool until it goes over and onto the bulb. Be gentle, and keep the tool head as in-line with the bulb as possible. This way you will prevent overloading the small clips. Also, if the tool is not very well aligned, you'll make your chandelier rotate and that is all kinds of frustrating.A note about the clips/tabs that "grab" the bulb. They don't grab as much as they "hold" the bulb in place with friction. Even the company says to be gentle with the tabs. They ALSO OFFER to replace tabs that are bent/distorted. That is nice to see. They, and we all, must realize the tabs were made flexible to facilitate pushing the tool head onto the bulb. If the tabs were too strong, the flex part of the tool might bend, and that would be frustrating. I think the tabs hold the bulb in place while the inner socket of the tool provides side force when you push the bulb all the way in.Recommendations: If you have strings of reflective crystal like a lot of chandeliers do, install the tabs only on the front/socket end of the tool Don't install tabs in the rear of the unit (for storage per the instructions), because the clips will get hung up on the crystal strings.I'm glad I took the chance and bought the "Chandelier Swan".

This doesn't work well, at least not for the LED B sized candelabra bulbs. When I had to change the bulbs in the 25' high chandelier, I didn't really want to use a ladder or scaffolding. There was round bulbs in it and though this model only works for candelabra, I had been waiting for the bulb one to release for some time (and of course it came out right AFTER I purchased the candelabra one). I jury-rigged parts from a downward facing bulb changer onto this thing with some adhesive and actually had really good luck getting all the round bulbs out. Then I reconfigured this to the standard candelabra changer to insert B shape candelabra bulbs. Somehow my inexperienced self made a better product than the product itself because not only did it drop the bulbs, the prongs that hold the bulbs fell out. They even sent spares and they fell out. So I had to go get the biggest step ladder available, because there was no place for an extension ladder to lean against a sloped ceiling, and I had to stand on an unsafe rung, just to put in the lightbulbs and get the prongs out. This was the very situation I wanted to avoid by buying this product. Well at least LED lightbulbs can last for many years.

I was skeptical at first. When test fitting the tool with the replacement bulb, it didn’t seem like it would grip the bulb tight enough to spin it. Our chandelier hangs about 17 feet in the air so I used a step ladder with an extendable pole to reach. It took a few times to line it up and get the fingers over the bulb without the bulb popping out one side. Once I did I gave the pole a spin. Trial and error got the tool to spin without spinning the chandelier, but it looked as if the fingers were spinning around the bulb, instead of unscrewing it. I applied gentle downward pressure (just enough not to tilt the chandelier), and kept spinning and eventually the light went out (it was an led so it wasn’t hot). Couple more spins and carefully lifted it out without hitting the individual glass surrounding the bulb.Figured screwing the new bulb in would be harder since I could not see the socket from below to line up the base of the bulb, but got it on the first shot. Gave it a few clockwise spins and the bulb lit up. A few more spins for good measure, lifted the tool off, and was done.It wasn’t as easy as I initially thought it would be based on the reviews, but I went slow and still had it replaced within 5-10 minutes. Subsequent bulbs would probably go faster once you get the hang of it. Well worth the price when you consider what it would cost to hire someone or rent a ladder or platform to reach without the tool.Bottom line, it does what it says and that’s what you want. Just be prepared to be a little patient.