Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I live in a two-story house with cathedral ceilings, and we use ladders a lot. Prior to owning this ladder, we had a 30-foot extension ladder for working outside, and an 8-foot stepladder to use indoors. Even with two ladders, we've often struggled to find a way to paint the walls in the rooms with cathedral ceilings, especially in the areas with stairs. I was really hopeful that this ladder from Little Giant would let us do it all. My husband and I have used this ladder a couple of times, and there are a few things we absolutely love about it. First, it's very easy to get in and out of the house and to move from one place to another. It has wheels on one end so that you can roll it, and because it's lightweight and folds up so compactly, it's easy to carry, even for very short and slight people like me. Anyway, as a stepladder, this ladder is unquestionably fantastic. In the classic stepladder configuration, it's got a height comparable to a standard 10-foot stepladder, but with an extremely wide base that makes it so much more sturdy than that of a traditional ladder. I also love the ability to configure the ladder to a 90 degree ladder, which lets you get closer to what you're working on without having to turn sideways, and being able to adjust the two sides of the ladder differently so that it can be used on stairs. Yes, it takes some work to get the ladder from one configuration to another, but like anything else, it gets easier and faster to do with practice. Though this is definitely the best, most versatile stepladder we've ever owned, using it in its extension form has been a bit more problematic. It's easy enough to get the ladder into its full 22-length configuration, but it's just so hard to raise that entire length up into its position... there's no way I can get it up by myself, and my husband just barely managed. I guess it would be okay for occasional high-up work, but if you're going to be up on the roof a lot, I think the ease of putting up a traditional sliding extension ladder wins out. Overall, we're thrilled to have this ladder, but it's not quite the ladder-to-replace-all-ladders that I had hoped.