MusicNomad MN221 GRIP Guitar String Peg Winder, Rubber Lined & Dual Bearing

The best string winder I've ever owned, by far!It's everything they say it is. It makes the cheaper, hard plastic winders look like junk. I wish I would have purchased this a long time ago...better late than never!!With the 2 bearings, it turns extremely smooth. The handle is very comfortable on my hand. The soft plastic/rubber that goes over the key tuners, protects from scratching them. It's very fast & smooth...& I prefer this over powered winders any day. I changed my strings a few days ago...& it worked great! I accidentally dropped it (my fault), onto the hard floor & it didn't harm it at all. Very impressed! I'm using this on my pedal steel guitar.Great company! I plan to purchase there string cutter next. I definitely recommend this item...& this company.

These guys make really great products, and this one is no different. Extremely ergonomic, safe for instrument finishes, effective, and highly functional. Gives just the right amount of resistence and you can tell its a very well thought out product.

This is a nice string winder with bearing so it's not sloppy. I bought it for my mandolins but works great on guitars too. Good quality.

Larger and operates much more smoothly than the cheaper versions. If you restring guitars often, is makes it easier

It's like this tool was designed for my hand. I didn't even know I was holding it while I took off old strings and put on my new D'Addario EJ16-3D strings on my six string guitar. The action was incredibly smooth and it held on nicely to the tuning pegs. For my folk style sized guitar, this peg winder had about a 1/4 inch gap between it and the guitar's headstock. It's guaranteed to be a scratch-free experience with that clearance. The only way I can imagine that this tool would get "roughed up" like some photo I saw is if you tied it to your Ford F-150's rear bumper by a rope and dragged it through town. From a mechanical perspective, the mold that was used to form the plastic is top notch. All surfaces are smooth, tightly fit, and have a nice sheen to them. The blue tip is a hard rubber material that doesn't feel rubbery at all. The ball bearings are so friction-free that you can use this as a fidget spinner if you want. It'll spin about 180 degree with one hand warble. The best part is that changing my guitar strings was fast and effortless.

The small plastic ones have a much shorter lifespan so having this be so comfortable and quick and fitting better to bass tuners makes changing strings a breeze.

Unit cranks smoothly and seems to be well made.

Fits hand well. Spins free and smooth without the typical wobble others have. "No screw" like the cheap ones have to cause resistance, wobbling, backing out and falling apart or tighten up in the middle of things. A reasonably hard yet soft coating that won't scratch your baby! Designed to work on most peg sizess I've come across big and small.Like others have stated it's pricey, but I think how many of the inferior ones I've purchased over the years and the aggravation they've caused in lost time, general frustration due to poor design, or worse, the damage done when in a hurry with more important things on my mind than worrying about the above.$15?... I'd be happier at the $10 level, but it is what it is and worth it to eliminate the inherent shortcomings others have. As described and hefty enough to feel like something in your hand, but lite enough to not wear you out in the process. No cheap plastic here that I can detect. Seems to be made of good quality materials and hopefully it'll last many years. Very satisfied customer!