DOCA Light Bulb Changer for High Ceilings Attachment for Extension Pole, Heavy Duty Telescoping Pole for Changing Recessed Lights and Outdoor Flood Lights - Suction Cup

This is money well spent! The attachment feels like quality and has a bit of heftiness to it. I used it on a regular painters extension pole to reach 15 ft up to canned ceiling lights. It worked flawlessly. I changed out four can light bulbs with ease. Just be careful not to step on or trip on the release string as it is very long. if you do get snagged on the release string, you might pull the suction cup release and the bulb could fall from a tall height. Not enough concern to reduce the 5 star rating. Highly recommended! tip: if the base of the old bulb breaks in the socket, use some alien tape or duct tape on the end of the extension pole screw. Gently but firmly poke the tape into the socket and turn counterclockwise. You should be able to release and extract the old broken bulb base from the light socket. just be careful of any falling glass fragments. Wear safety glasses and make sure the light switch to the affected light fixture is off.

Product works as advertised! Replaced an outside bulb on a 2-story house without an issue. Easy to use and the suction cup is made of durable plastic that provides suction to the bulb face and once you install the bulb just pull the string and the cup releases. Highly recommend it to anyone that needs to replace a bulb and you don’t want to pull a ladder out or if you don’t have a long enough ladder.

First of all - BIG fan of the Docapole! I have several extension poles and the Docapole is clearly superior in it's strength/weight ratio and the quality of the extension locks. You may need to occasionally tighten the locks with a screw driver but easy-peasy. So I had a bunch of attachments but not the lightbulb changer. I've got a couple of recessed lights above my entryway that are about 18-20 feet up and after changing them once with a ladder I swore I'd not do that again. So I bought the lightbulb changer with a bit of skepticism. Yes, it had good reviews but still... Well it worked great! Got the old bulbs out with no problem even though they were a bit old and didn't unscrew too easily. Putting the replacement bulbs in was a little tricky in that I was using (LED) bulbs that had an indentation in the middle of the bulb-face (I suppose in order to disperse the light more effectively. Or something.) Anyway I had to be real careful to make sure the changer covered the whole indentation to form a seal. The only other issue was the grommet used for the wire loop to connect the suction release wire came off but I just cinched it back on with a pair of pliers. So here's a couple of things to be careful about: First of all, MAKE SURE THERE IS NO TENSION ON THE SUCTION RELEASE STRING AS YOU ARE RAISING THE EXTENSIONS. It's real easy to either grab the string or just let it wrap around the pole while you are raising the bulb up to the socket. Obviously if the string tightens it will pull down on the lip of the suction cup and you will lose the suction. So there is the light bulb just sitting on the cup getting higher and higher above your head and you don't have anyway to know that the bulb is now longer secure until you start trying to screw it into the socket. And yes, this happened to me. Fortunately I was looking up at the bulb and saw it topple off the suction cup and start falling end over end towards my head. It dropped about 12 feet before I made a one-handed catch and saved the bulb. Then I did a little dance and wished my sons had seen that their dad still has great hands. Second, I would recommend wiping down the new bulb with a moist towel (like they suggest doing with the old bulb) before you put it on the suction cup. Helps make a better seal. Also it wouldn't hurt to lightly spray the new lightbulb screw with WD40, especially if it's an old socket. Finally, and this is if it's a recessed can light - especially if it's a cheap, builder's grade can that doesn't have a sturdy adjustable socket mount - get as good a look as you can at the angle of the socket before you try and screw in the new bulb. If you just guess it's real easy to start cross-threading the bulb and if it snugs down too tight it can be a real pain trying to back the bulb out. Good luck!

I was a bit surprised that the light bulb changer was so small (in diameter), but I suppose that makes it useful for a larger variety of bulb types/sizes. I used the light bulb changer attachment for the Docapole I just bought yesterday to change two burned out light bulbs from my outdoor motion sensor security lights. As the instructions said, I first tried to clean off the surface of the bulb I was removing. I took an old T-shirt and draped it over the light bulb changer attachment at the end of the pole, and then slowly moved it back and forth over the surface of the bulb. Then I removed the T-shirt and pressed the changer at the end of the pole against the center of the flood lamp security light (5-inch bulb width) and slowly twisted it to the left (counter-clockwise) until the bulb came loose. I then carefully lowered the pole until the bulb was in reach. I pulled the thin little cord on the side of the changer to release the suction and easily removed the bulb. I then repeated the process for the other light bulb. Installing the replacement bulbs just involved carefully pressing the bulb changer into the center of each new bulb, carefully raising it to the center of the outdoor fixture and then screwing in the bulb (clockwise) until it stopped screwing. Then I pulled gently on the thin cord running from the changer to the bottom of the pole to release the changer from the screwed-in bulb. The only hassle involved was that the thin line running from the changer to the bottom of the pole is very thin and it tangled easily on the bushes beneath the outdoor fixture. I was able to release it, though, and was very happy to have changed the bulbs without having to get a ladder out there where the footting for a ladder didn't seem very safe. My concerns about the product: Will the thin line break at some point? If so, could I easily find a replacement line? The thin cord close to the changer that the separate spool of thin line attaches to looks like fishing line but perhaps it could also break. In general I am proceeding with a lot of caution and trying to be as gentle with the device as possible. But so far, so good. Seems like a great product.

Got this to replace a lost attachment to a light changing pole kit, and it fit and worked very well. Two things I really like: 1- the string comes with a square piece of plastic onto which you can wrap and unwrap the lengthy string. The piece has two slits cut into it for securing the ends of the string to prevent unwinding. All this is very nice and works well. It keeps you from having to wrap a long string around the pole itself. 2- the string is not directly attached to the plastic suction cup, but to a metal linkage. The linkage is then attached to the suction cup. I hope this will make the unit last longer despite the added complexity. On the negative: 1- the entire is more expensive than what it replaced, but in fairness probably better-made. 2- the suction cup does not grip a plastic cover on an LED floodlamp as well as the previous unit. I was quite concerned I'd drop the bulb, and in fact, did so with the old burned out lamp. I was far more careful with the new lamp but still suction is less than I'd like. In summary, this device attached to my extensible pole handle perfectly, tightening the bolt assures it will not rotate on the. handle, and it got the job done. Now if I can just not misplace it.

Works perfectly! Changed 4 lights that were too high to reach without a tall ladder. It was so easy. Very happy with this purchase.

Works pretty good. Not perfect. It’s 2025 and they come up with anything better. Idk, maybe they need to make build that pop in and pop out rather then the screw.

I am not exaggerating when I say that every now and then you come across a product that is an absolute game changer. Well, if you have bulbs in high places, the DocaPole is that product! For the first 15 years in our house I simply did not use the 4 can light flood bulbs in the 22 foot high ceiling. Two years ago we renovated and I converted all bulbs to LED including these 4, thinking that I would could use them and never worry about changing due to the purported long life of the LED bulb. I equipped the 4 fixtures with very high quality LED bulbs retailing at about $40 each. In the first year, one burned out. Up the ladder I went, perched precariously with a wobbly 12 foot pole above me equipped with the old “cage style” bulb changer (which, I find, is still a good match for bulb removal). I installed the new bulb and, to my chagrin, when I went to remove the pole, managed to pull the fixture right out of the can since the tension was so stiff. Thankfully, my contractor neighbor came over and we balanced in the hot attic 22 feet above the floor, standing on the trusses, and managed to retrieve the fixture up through the attic, reinstall it, shore it up, and put the bulb in. I do NOT suggest this as a way to change a light bulb. Fast forward to last week and the second pricey, million hour life span LED bulb burned out. Undaunted, I tried the same process as before, thinking that the first occurrence was due to a faulty fixture install when the house was built. A bit smarter this time, I tested before pulling hard to remove the pole and could tell the same problem was going to occur again...the fixture tension was not enough to overcome the pull of the pole. Plus, I am getting way too old to balance on a 10 foot ladder! Enter Amazon and the DocaPole. First, this pole is very good quality, having multiple sections to adjust for needed height, each with easy to use fasteners to hold the pole at the desired length. The included suction cup with release string is really the secret weapon here, allowing easy installation and release of the new bulb. I tested it first, wetting the suction cup and making sure my bulb surface was clean as per instruction, and could literally shake the pole hard without the bulb flying off. Here is the key, the suction cup releases with a very, very slight pull on the included string which hangs down the length of the pole. Don’t pull it at all accidentally while installing. I did not find that a problem and did the actual replacement job myself in about 10 minutes including setup and testing of the suction. Does the pole wobble a bit, yes. Is that a problem, no. I tested this first, deciding ahead of time the best direction from which to raise the pole to the fixture. I put some cushions down below the fixture just in case the bulb came off. Installation went without a hitch. Bulb in in a minute and I never climbed a ladder!! As an aside, my bulbs use a magnetic lens piece that sticks to the bulb surface and concentrates the light to a desired circumference. I installed the bulb alone first, then attached the plastic lens to the suction cup and raised it up until I heard it magnetize to the already installed bulb. One light tug on the release string and all done. I have no more worries about using the lights (even though the LED bulbs do fail sometimes!) thanks to the DocaPole. Oh yes, I also cleaned a few cobwebs out of a high corner with the duster attachment that was thoughtfully included!