The Mogseek Ladder Leveler Tool Review

Some of my favorite tools to use aren't power tools.  Many of my favorites are support tools.  Everything from portable worktables to sawhorses, toolboxes, and yes, ladder leveling tools.

The Mogseek Ladder Leveler

Up till now, I've always made my own leveling blocks out of scrapwood as I needed to.  Measure the steps or incline or whatever and make a quick and dirty shim or block that I could use to keep the ladder where I needed it.

Finally, I broke down and purchased a ladder level tool.  As a professional handyman,  I often have to install light fixtures, hang wall art, mount alarms and sensors, etc... over open stairways.  With a multi-ladder, I can often adapt it to fit onto stairs to work parallel to a wall.  But when it comes to working directly leaning against a stairwell wall, that's a bit more dicey.

Well, 325lbs load, it's sturdy

After looking over some different brands and types, I decided to go with the Mogseek brand ladder leveling support tool. It's easily found on Amazon. It had a really good rating and reviews for the vast majority.  The price wasn't the highest or lowest,  but what seemed, comparatively, about right in my thinking.

It's rated to support 500 lbs.  I'm not a little fella.  I go about 325 nowadays and at 6ft4, I can't afford to buy cheap stuff just because I don't want to spend the money.  It HAS to hold up because its my work and my safety involved here.  


It has rubber 'tread' running around the entire outline of the tool on each edge.  It keeps a pretty solid footing without sliding away on concrete or wood surfaces.

It also has a gritty surface on the two 'faces' where a ladder's feet will make contact.  That keeps the ladder from sliding around while on the Leveler.



It's also supposed to be a multi function tool.  It can prop up on stairs to hold a ladder level propped against a wall.  It can be a foot wedge on an incline.  It can hang on a ladder step to hold a scaffold board.  Also, they say it can hang on the back of a ladder to be a prop or even a tool tray.


I really, REALLY, like tools that can do multiple things.  It makes me feel better about money spent on it.  

So, in order to test it after it arrived, I had to change a solar light hanging on a gutter of a house.  No better test than to hop right on it.  Right?


True to advertising,  it actually does provide a good sized platform for the legs of the ladder.  Once I felt comfortable that it would fit well under the ladder, I took the next step, so to speak, and climbed the ladder.  Bom Bom BOM!

All of my weight plus the ladder

Remember,  6ft4,  325lbs.  And. It. Held. Not only does it hold, it doesn't shake or wobble or bend or warp even a little bit.  I admit, I am impressed.  

On to the next test!

In scaffold position

The scaffold board.  I have a scaffold board I made myself to be sure it will hold my weight.  My multi-ladder can split into two sections and function as a scaffold.  So, maybe it can work in a second way in scaffold mode now.


So I set it up on an easy, low level test to see.  That way I don't fall too far.   But, by golly, I put my whole self in the middle and it stayed put.  Gotta say, that's earned my respect.

Holy Moly!  This ain't light duty.

The positioning for both the tool tray and bumper are pretty much the same.  So just to get an idea of how that works, I went ahead and popped the Leveler tool in the tray position and it works out pretty nice.  I think it's definitely more useful on an 'A' frame ladder than in a leaning situation but I've seen it done.


There is a void space and a small tray in this position.  The air compressor is sitting on the tray, taking the whole width.  The rest of the space is a "hole" where you might put long tools like a caulk gun or something like that. 


All said and done, I have to give this support tool 4 stars.  The only reason it's not a full 5 stars is that I cannot speak yet to it's long term longevity.   How long will it hold up under regular working use?  I'll find out.  But right away,  I just have nothing to complain about.

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