Little Giant Versus Gorilla Ladders

A Look at the New Types of Ladders

Everyone has seen the old style of A frame ladders, and many people own one or more. They can be flimsy and very hard to use for some of those odd jobs and special situations. Now you can buy new types of ladder that have different configurations for those special situations and jobs.

If you've seen the infomercial for the Little Giant Ladder, you know what I'm talking about when I say versatile ladder. They claim, and I'm not denying it may be true, that the Little Giant is twenty four ladders in one. All that means is that with the different heights the ladder adjusts to combined with the five ways you can set the ladder up , there are twenty four possible configurations.

I bought a Gorilla ladder from a local Home Depot and understand all there is to know about that brand. I have not purchased a Little Giant but they aren't that much different. Both ladders can be set into the same configurations, they both have the same lock tabs for the main hinge and the same lock tabs for the steps. The frames are a little different but you sure cannot bend the frame on the Gorilla any more than you can with the Little Giant. Especially with those pesky steps welded on every foot or so. That is a few things about the infomercial that I just don't like, they overstate the things they want to, and then don't mention or glaze over the things they don't want you to hear very well.

The price is probably the biggest difference I have seen with the two types of ladders. For the infomercial, you have to do some calculations to figure out how much you have to pay, first the installment payments and then the shipping and handling. It comes out to $360 and then in the infomercial, they'll wave the shipping. Well isn't that nice, when you pay that much for a ladder I guess they can just handle the shipping charges.