We"ve seen the ads on TV just like you have, and we scoffed just like you did. Once we tried it though, the scoffing was forgotten. The concept is simple and beautiful, and we wish we"d thought of it. We prowled around our warehouse with the Gator Grip and took stuff apart, much to the alarm of our coworkers. We"ve never been fond of the socket-fitting process, in which you try one socket for size, then another and another--and the Gator Grip does away with that. It accepts 1/4- to 3/4-inch nuts, bolts, screw eyes, wing nuts, and every kind of odd shape--in fact, a perfect job for the Gator Grip is the wing nut on our router. No more sore fingers! One caveat: it"s an acquired touch, and our first few tries weren"t very fruitful. Once you get the hang of it, though, you"ll be hard pressed to put it down.