I GOTCHA Compact Stainless Steel Golf Ball Retriever

Works well and is well made

I was looking at all the different ball retrievers and saw some very inexpensive ones, but this one intrigued me. It works great and extends nice and long though it collapses small to make it fit in a side pocket of your bag. Good purchase

High quality

I really wanted a retriever that would fit in my bag and yet have a decent reach. This product has definitely met both requirements. The retriever is very compact and seems to be built really well. The grip is a tacky rubber material so you won't have to worry about it slipping out of your hand and the 14' reach is really a long reach. The retriever mechanism works well and after a few rounds at my course (where there's a good amount of water), I'm definitely on my way to paying for this product.A few things that keep this from being a 5 star product include the fact that as compact as this thing is, it's fairly heavy. If I'm walking a course, I don't think I'd put this in my bag. It weighs about 1.5 to 2 irons worth of clubs. It probably wouldn't be all that sturdy if they made it lighter, but it's something to consider. Secondly, at the fully extended reach, there is definitely a loss of stability. In otherwords, the sheer length and weight of the retreiver will cause the extended pole to droop. IF the ball your trying to reach is lodged into something difficult, you may have a hard time getting the ball into the retriver mechanism. I expect this to be the same with any other long retriever, but I don't know for sure since this is the first retriever I've owned. Finally, the last concern I have is regarding the retriever mechanism itself. There is a small spring that causes the retriever to collapse over a ball. It works well, but should that small spring break...a $40+ retriever is suddenly worthless.Overall, the retriever is built like a quality product and hence the 'quality' price. It's not perfect, but it's definitely nice. If it were in the $25-30 range, it would absolutely be a 5 star product.

I have had one if these for the past 30 years, loved it to death.Size just right if you carry bags, or walk. Fits nicely in your bag, and anything further away than that belongs to the golf gods. I can’t keep a 20’ steady enough to hunt ballsSadly someone else thought so too when I left mine on the course. New “keep closed” hook is nice too

Solid, compact, very easy to use. I had a Calloway one that was supposed to be 18 ft but it was only 12', flimsy as heck and I replaced it with this iGotcha one. Great decision. Sadly, while I was filling my water bottle, someone took this ball retriever, so I am immediately replacing it with a duplicate. I'll keep the new one in my bag, not in the basket behind the cart seat.You will love this product.

Like others said it’s flimsy when extended and it’s just ok not terrible but if I hadn’t got it at a big discount I wouldn’t have kept it but it does work

It works, very helpful.