Two-Handed Back Scratcher to Retire the Doorframe

The itch between the shoulder blades usually gets a stick scratcher steered by one bent arm, or a back rubbed against a doorframe. This one is a 45-inch strap with a ball handle at each end and a scratching pad on it: you hold an end in each hand and pull it back and forth across your back the way you dry off with a towel, so both arms share the work and how hard you pull is how hard it scratches. The pad has short rounded nubs on one face and tall pointed spikes on the other.

The catch every product here has oneThe pad's feel is what divides buyers: a real minority of those who bring up the texture dislike it, so having a nubbed face and a spiked face to choose from is no promise that either will suit you. It takes both hands, and the upper-back position puts one of them up over your shoulder. It is also listed as not water resistant, so keep it out of the shower, whatever the towel motion suggests.

Buyers report

Buyers report that it works, and that it beats the doorways and hallway corners they had been using. They say it reaches every part of the back with ease, relieves the itchy spots and feels good to use, and they call it good value and a good gift. Where complaints turn up, they are mostly about how well it scratches and how the pad's texture feels.

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