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Finally, a tool that actually holds those tiny coupler springs without them flying across the room. The precision tip makes it so much easier to get the spring seated properly on Kadee and E-Z Mate couplers. My only complaint is I wish I’d bought this years ago.

I was dreading replacing the coupler springs on my old boxcars, but this grabber made it almost effortless. The pointed tip gets right into those tiny Kadee spring loops without slipping.

My shaky hands have always made spring swaps a nightmare, but the fine tip on this grabber finally lets me get a solid hold without launching things across the room. It's saved a lot of cursing, and I haven't had to crawl under the layout once.