It's okay; I think it would work better if the &#34;grabber&#34; ends were angled slightly inward.<br /><br />I had a different model many, many years ago that actually gripped much better. Don't remember where it came from ... I think it might have been included as a &#34;bonus item&#34; inside a box of Mr. Coffee filters. Wish I could find another one of those...

I love these things when they don't break , but I just broke my 8th one ! They last me an average of 3 months. I really, really wish that they would improve on them and make them more durable. The problem is that NOONE else makes anything that works. It's hard to keep throwing money away on these , but I don't know what else to do , with Arthritis people really need them !

They work great but only last about a year, maybe less.

i use to have a smaller blue filter separator for like a decade that i think was a bonus with the coffee or filters and loved it. it went MIA and i can't find the same one but, happy to find someone (seems to be the only one) actually still makes a tool separator instead of the container ones that seems to be the norm nowadays. i am not having issues with it, it separates filters fine for me..<br /><br />UPDATE; 4mths & a week later this tool just up and snapped in half on me! a pretty cheaply made tool for breaking like that from just daily use by a weakling woman! lowered rating from 5 to 3, it should of lasted longer considering i didn't drop it or anything like that.. think i am going to now use the black rubber from these and have my brainiac hubby make me a lasting tool this time around..<br /><br />UPDATE: if yours breaks too, make your own using its rubber feets:<br />-get tongs that look exactly like the 'Cook's Corner 5-Piece Mini Tong Set'. (i bought mine at $ store, other like styles may or may not work)<br />-take ends off of one with pliers<br />-take rubber feets from broken filter separator off<br />-add a drop of superglue on each side of metal tong end & push rubber feets on.<br />**wait about an hour and poof you will now have an easy to hold about 3&#34; long filter separator that will never break on you and is easy to squeeze! really love mine.

Will work

won't pick-up nothing like the old one did