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.
