Trade Master Pro® 3 Section Extension Ladder | Auto Locking Clips | Aluminium | Anti Slip Stabiliser bar | Massive 150kg Weight Rating | EN131 Pro Certified (5.13m)

the picture shows a man a long way up the building this is a misrepresentation of the true size of the ladder and should be removed ,although the sizes are given it can easily be confusing with the actual size, I had to send it back as it wouldn't reach my upstairs windows to clean them. The ladder though is of good quality and seems quite robust!!! PLEASE CHECK THE ACTUAL SIZE BEFORE BUYING !!!!!!! I had to bear the cost of returning this item

The ladders arrived but on opening the packaging discovered that the bottom rung was dinted not what I would expect from a new pair of ladders.

I purchased this ladder last week as I needed it to clear out my gutters and clean the upstairs windows. I've also found that it's very useful for putting up Christmas lights at the gable ends of my house! The ladder arrived quickly and is very big - so you need a garage or very large shed to store it. One of the bottom rungs on my ladder was also dented but this doesn't affect it's stability and so was not a major problem. Before you can use the ladder, you need to attach the stabiliser bar to the bottom rung of the main ladder. Please note that once fitted, the stabiliser bar is a permanent fixture of this ladder and cannot easily be removed and re-attached. The instruction sticker on the ladder states that is should never be used without the stabiliser bar as there are no rubber grippers to support the ladder - just some temporary while plastic plugs that you remove before fitting the stabiliser bar. In order to fit the stabiliser bar to the ladder, you first have to thread two eye bolts through the top of the stabiliser bar and then secure these loosely with washers and Nylock nuts (more info below). Once that is done, you remove the two temporary while plastic plugs at the bottom of the main ladder to reveal two slots where the stabiliser bar fits into. I had three issues at this point: 1) You need to ensure that the eye bolts are fitted vertically, not horizontally in-line with the stabiliser bar and that the Nylock nuts that secure the eye bolts are only just tightened. The reason for this is that if you fully tighten the nuts before you insert the stabiliser bar into the slots, you'll find that the eye of each eye bolt doesn't line up with the square Coach bolt holes that are used to secure the stabiliser bar in place. 2) The Coach bolts that fit through the ladder and through the eye of each eye bolt to secure the stabiliser bar were missing from the little plastic bag that was supplied with my ladder. I had the Nylock nuts and washers, but no bolts! Fortunately for me, I had some Coach bolts in one of my toolboxes and so I was able to quickly find two bolts that fitted perfectly, although they were a bit longer than required. Once these were fitted, it was just a case of tightening up the Nylock nuts to secure the Coach bolts and eye bolts. The ladder is made of aluminum so don't over-tighten the nuts as this will dent and / or distort the metal. 3) On my ladder, the stabiliser bar did not easily slide into the slots and so I needed to hammer it into place. Once I'd managed to find some Coach bolts that fitted, attaching the Stabiliser bar only took a few minutes and then the ladder was ready for use. Something else worth mentioning is the weight of this ladder. Although it is made of aluminium, it's still pretty heavy with all 3 extensions in place - I would advise those of you who may not be very strong to remove the 3rd extension as this drops the weight down and makes the ladder easier to carry. The 3rd extension simply drops out of the main ladder by unlocking it, lifting the bottom rungs up to clear the locking claw and then dropping the extension down out of the red metal guides at the top of the main ladder. The ability to remove the 3rd extension from this ladder was one of the main selling points for me as I need a smaller ladder to access my flat roof. Despite the few niggles I experienced, this is a very good quality and sturdy ladder that I'm sure will last me many years - so I'm happy to award a 5 star rating. It's also worth noting that BPS Access Solutions offers a lifetime guarantee on their ladders, so that's something else to consider if you are having trouble choosing your new ladder.

It is a shame there is not more information posted about this ladder here, if you go direct to their site you get a much more comprehensive list of features and benefits. The price beats the price I would have paid in my local DIY store, and it looks to be a superior product. I have had no issues as yet and would certainly recommend this ladder and other products in their range, it might sound corny but they really have the ladder market covered, some of the additional parts you can buy are great, I will certainly be returning.

Excellent, stable, compact, and lightweight ladder. Essential to fit the bottom stabilizer bar before use and in my opinion to also fit a top offset, which improves stability and confidence greatly, plus makes it easier to access gutters and eaves. I particularly like that this is a 3 section ladder making it short enough to store vertically inside when closed but long enough to reach second storey easily without standing on the top rung. Good quality aluminium construction and at a good price delivered very quickly.

Looks ok but i havent used it yet. Nice sturdy ladder with plenty of reach to my roof.

Light and manouvarable Seem quality

This is a review for the 6.26m tall 3 section ladder. It arrived promptly and wasn't battered (as some other reviewers' ladders were). It has a stabiliser bar which you need to attach to the bottom of the ladder before use, and which really helps make it much more stable when youre at height. The instructions that come with it are rubbish, though. They are generic instructions for multiple different types of ladder, none of which have the name 'Trademaster 3 section ladder', so they're of little use. However it's pretty easy to figure out how to extend the ladder and lock it with the simple locking mechanisms on each section. There's also a useful video on the BPS website. It's relatively light for a big ladder, but like all tall ladders, it does get unwieldy when you're trying to extend the 3rd section and have a lot of ladder above you! There are safety stoppers to prevent you over extending each section, which helps too. The ladder can also be used as a step ladder and has both restraining straps and a locking bar to hold the two bottom sections of the ladder firmly in place. It looks like you can also extend the step ladder using the 3rd section, but I didn't try that. I don't think you can have one section higher than the other in step configuration either (for use part way up stairs, for example) but not sure I'd want to do that with a ladder this tall anyway. Overall a very well priced ladder that seems to be well built.

Stabil und schwer, fühlt sich hochwertig an. Ausgefahren den Leiter zu bewegen ist nicht einfach, rausfahren der Leiterelementen ist auch schwierig, da die Leiter lang und schwer ist. Es ist keine 4.6 Meter Krause Leiter, die man relativ einfach hin und her bewegen kann. Bei der Höhe wird stärker und stabiler gebaut, ist halt so, daher denke ich, ist dies der Grund für den Preisaufschlag für längere Leiter.

Bei mir verschmutzen die Umliegenden Bäume meine Dachrinne am Haus. Hab eine Leiter gesucht mit der ich auf min. 7m komme um 2mal im Jahr die Dachrinne zu reinigen. Dies Leiter steht sicher und stabil. Erfüllt völlig ihren zweck.

Versand und Lieferung ok. Dann beim öffnen der Schock. Die dreifach Ausziehleiter war an einem Ende total verbogen wie man sieht. Drei weitere Sprossen beschädigt. Die Ausziehleiter lässt sich nicht mehr ausziehen, weil sie verbogen ist. Ich finde es sehr unverschämt, solch eine beschädigte Leiter zu verschicken. Ich möchte dass die Leiter bei mir zeitnah und ohne Portogebühren, von der Versandfirma wieder abgeholt wird, damit ich mein Geld wieder bekomme.