Ratings & Reviews for Phifer 7-1/2-in Plastic Screen rolling tool (

It's fine for around the home.

I don't understand all of the reviews about how it does not work with fiberglass screen. It works if you have the correct size spline and you take your time and put the spline in the correct way and not try to force it in like Rambo. Now aluminum screen I do not know, so I can't say. As for the jagged edges sticking out on the plastic wheels, trim it off with a utility knife. If you plan on using this on the job and doing screens daily as a screen repairman or even weekly or monthly as a handyma...

Does the job but won't last long

This tool will do the job but the plastic parts are easily damaged and wear out fast. Good for maybe three screen replacements before the tool is too worn out to be useful. If you only need to replace a screen or two it's a good buy but if you need more, or just want a tool that will last I wouldn't recommend it.

Absolute garbage

The plait wheel wears out before you get one side done. This allows it to break through and ruin the new screen.

Junk, Junk, Junk

This piece of #$@! should not be sold. It is all plastic and it is shredded by aluminum screening. Furthermore, the wheels are so loose on their axles that the wheel will go off track and punch a hole in your screen. By a better tool than this one.

one time use

I prescreened 7 total screens for my house and this thing is destroyed. I would spend the extra money for a better one.

worthless

The screen tore up the edges of the plastic wheel. Then the plastic pins holding it together fell out & the whole thing fell apart.

Not worth the money

This product is made of cheap plastic and the rollers are also plastic. I couldn't find my spline roller with metal rollers, so I bought this one to reseat a spline on a screen door that had the spline coming out. The rollers have burrs on them and do not roll smoothly. It was a chore just reseating the spline, I would not want to have to use this to actually install a spline. I have rescreened hundreds of windows and this tool is one I do not care to use again.

Spend the extra $2

The plastic wheels on this thing disintegrate before finishing one screen. Get a metal one. Even if you're only fixing one screen in your life, get the metal one.

Saint-Gobain ADFORS Screen items

The tools, the screen, the spline. All PURE JUNK! Go to elsewhere If you see the Saint-Gobain ADFORS products turnaround and leave. The rest of the products in the store will probably of the same low quality. They don't have a zero or negative star rating but these products would be the template for that level rating.

Money Burnt

Yes, this "tool" is only $4....but I don't feel that I got even $1 out of it. I installed no more than 25ft of spline before the concave side of the roller had become useless -- the edges had completely worn out. This was the only spline roller that my local store stocks -- so I'll be buying a useful alternative elsewhere. Do yourself a favor -- waste $4 some other way.

Cheap

Not recommended. It’s made a cheap plasic that does doesn’t last. The concave side of the tool was flattened after a few rolls. This tool made the job much harder. If you can find a metal one, I’d recommend that.

Get a More Expensive One

With a lot of tears and sweat and busted knuckles, it did the job. I learned my lesson and I will opt for the more expensive one next time. The plastic is super cheap and flattened out with any amount of pressure. Expect to have to use A LOT of pressure. And now it’s totally ruined and I just wish I would’ve gotten the metal one.

Cheaply made

We purchased this tool to replace the screen and spline on our back door window. We were able to finish the job but the edges on the concave roller became warped so we will not be able to use that end again. If you're looking to do one small job with this and toss it it should do the trick, however I wish we paid a couple bucks more for the sturdier tool as we may need it again.

You get what you pay for

I have done one screen in my life, a few days ago, and so I had to buy a spline roller. As some have remarked, this tool wouldn’t be out of place at a Dollar Tree store, selling for a dollar— it’s that cheaply made. I will concede that it did work, but halfway through the job I noticed the concave roller was starting to distort and lose its edge. Two window screens is about the lifespan of this tool. If you’re going to do one screen in your lifetime, go ahead and buy it, but if repeat work i...

Weak and Cumbersome

This wore down very quick. The head around the roller was too fat so where our screen door had a raised area around where the spline goes, the roller could not reach into the spline groove. Cheap material and a bad design make this a waste of money.

Failed on First Use

Could not complete even one screen. The edges of the concave (grooved) roller shredded and flattened. Suggest you find a Seller who offers the type with steel rollers.Love shopping at Lowe's, but they should not offer this type of junk. Would give this a ZERO if I could.

Too flimsy

The plastic concave roller wore out about half way around a standard window screen - the edges peeled off, letting the roller slip to the side and mash the screen.

Cheap and uneven

The convex side of the tool works just fine for pushing in screens (albeit not very well on aluminum) and the concave side is terrible. The spline is strong enough to destroy the wheel not a single one spun straight out of the entire box at my lowes. I recommend spending the extra few dollars on the better product than watching this thing fall apart half way into one screen. Even more so, do not attempt to use this with aluminum screens or you will be buying another tool and a new screen.

There's a Reason More Expensive Ones are Offered

I tried to replace a screen door with a heavier screen, and this tool barely made it through the process. The plastic roller would slide off onto the screen itself and rip it; I thought maybe it was the heavier screen, so I bought a lighter screen. The roller still wouldn't do its work. So I used a screwdriver for part of the time, and then both hands on the plastic roller to finish up--but the roller itself got all beat up/damaged, and the handle threatened to break apart when I put my weigh...