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The only problem is you can't put your little kids in it when you take them with you to the store.

Not nearly as useful as a granny cart.

i'd dread the bags swinging or breaking (even if doubled, paranoid maybe but i'll stick w/ the g cart.

this will work great with cloth bags for sure!

Not as useful for carting around the 10-lb. bags of oranges and big 'ole melons that I pick-up most weekends at the farmer's market.

And it doesn't work for getting the laundry to the laundromat

If you run really fast, you can impale people with it.

Ew.

Huh. I live in SF, shop exclusively on foot, and have never seen one of these things before in my life. I think they are exaggerating a wee bit.

I don't know, Joan A., I think you could get at least two kids on those hooks.

Me likey.

The main issue I have with my granny cart is that I'm tall so I have to hunch over to use it properly. And it only fits 3-4 bags of groceries when I want o carry 6.

Two of my friends, who go to the farmers market every week swear by this device. It must be a Ferry Building thing.

This is great! We saw this the very first time in Canada and my husband went ballistic .... we didn't even know the name so we searched under the strangest things....(stick with wheels, stick cart, cart with pegs...haha)

It *must* be a Ferry Building thing -- in three years in SF, most of it spent on foot, I never saw one of these! But I avoided the FB during the chaos of the Saturday farmer's market.

In my years of pushing two kids in strollers around Park Slope I dreaded the day the kids would be big enough to walk on their own peds, and I'd be stuck carrying parcels by hand. I wanted to design and manufacture a parcel stroller, but since I'm not an engineer or designer, I never did. I moved north to a city where I can drive everywhere (and park) which solved the parcel schlepping problem for me. I gasped when I saw the Hook and Go. It looks like it almost works, but I think a pouch - like a stroller - would be more convenient. I agree that this looks like it would stab people on crowded streets and would only work if your stuff was in sturdy bags with handles. And where do you put your coffee cup? But hey, I'd try it.

The Hook N Go is the best friend to every farmer's market shopper! I've had one for two years. They sell them in my market in Torrance, California. I can carry a full week's marketing for three families without losing any of the ease in moving it around. It's stable and strong and folds up to the size of an umbrella. The down side of the granny cart is that everything at the bottom gets smashed. We went through a time where we attached "s" hooks to the rungs to hang our bags, but the Hook N Go is way, way better. Mine only cost $20, though--someone's making a bundle at $40.

glad to know it works so well. Maybe I'll order some for my store.

PS: I just checked the wholesale order form. They are $22 each plus shipping - wholesale. So Diane, you got a deal at $20 retail.

I think this is one of the best inventions. I was wonder if anyone knew where to get one in Toronto, ON as my last one has been around for 6 years and I would like to replace it and by one as a birthday gift. The store that use tosell it in Canada no longer imports for the U.S. HELP!!

Hi, I own the Hook & Go, and the store in the Ferry Building from which they are sold...very flattered by the attention. Some notes: the Hook & Go capably (and stylishly) handles up to 70 lbs of fruits and melons. Diane from Torrance got hers for $22 (not $20) thanks to the Torrance Farmer's Market, who sells them at their cost as a service to Farmers (folks buy more when using them). Ditto BTW the Beverley Hills Market. Also, we are the "Editor's Choice" in the May "House & Garden". Hammacher sells them for $39.95 on their web site, but not for long; when their allottment is up it'll be $49.95 or more, as new models (colors, built-in recylable bags) are coming soon. For Canadien orders see the link at www.hookandgo.com. Until recently the Hook & Go was available only at the spots listed above, hence the spotty sightings but we're looking for distributors now; visit www.hookandgo.co for info. Thanks!

Dudes!

You can't poke anyone with it. Its designed to be pulled behind you, not pushed. if you push it around with any kind of weight on it you risk bending the wheel supports (in the picture the rod that is vertical from the middle of the handlebar to foot bar to the wheel bar) if you encounter any kind of bump / rut in the ground. I know this from experience, The support was easy to bend back in shape. I think its a 3/16 steel rod one for each wheel.

I have been using it to carry my groceries for close to 6 years in NJ from where I have to park my car to my Apartment pretty much 1/4 mile. I rarley have to make more than one trip and along the way I can stop get my mail or do whatever and the hook & go holds my bags perfectly. I roll it right into the kitchen and unpack right there. Then it folds up very small, I set next to the door to put in the trunk the next time I go to my car. Compared to the space a granny cart takes up this is nearly nonexistant. Not to say I don't use a granny cart for laundry, the Hook & Go is just sooo much better for groceries.

By the way, I most always hang many more than eight bags off of it, closer to 15 is normal. Never weighed the combined weight, but I'll bet it's past the 70 lbs limit.

Hook and Go cart is the best modern day idea yet;especially if
you have to carry your groceries in plastic bags any distance from the car to the house. I have one and have given two more as gifts, we all use ours and save our backs,arms and legs. I
put at least two bags on ever hook,and some on each handle and carry groceries for a family of five from the driveway up three steps into my pier and beam house which sits off the ground. It's great!!!!

I have an online shop that sells things for people who live in small homes. We just got the "Carry Cruisers" by the cool German company Reisenthel. They're really nice looking and come in different colors and designs. I've really searched for a while for some nice looking carts. http://www.citymouseshop.com/carts--grocery-trolleys.html