Has anyone tried one of these Fender Fatfinger gadgets?

Meanwhile, other companies are making and marketing lighter weight tuners and lighter weight replacement tuner buttons, and their marketing machines say their product enhances tone and balance and sustain and mojo and butter and vintage and ...

Whatever. What's that thing about fools and their money ... and how often suckers are born ...

Best thing you can do to better the headstock end of your guitar is use good strings, install them and stretch them out properly, and make sure the machines heads are tight on the headstock. Hex nuts tight, screws tight.

The only thing I’ve ever heard as reasoning to use one is to eliminate or move dead spots on the neck.
I would hope they would make a neck with no dead spots so I wouldn’t need one.

If you do want to move dead spots, just tape some half dollars on the back of the neck and you won’t have that ugly clip.

Just had an idea, bought to make some bucks.

This MIJ Takamine is a really good guitar. It sounds fantastic to begin with, and is as perfect of a player as I have ever played. It doesn't have dead spots. Still though, you can hear the difference in tone and sustain it projects at the soundhole with the clamp on. I suspect on an inferior guitar, the difference will be even more dramatic.
I'm not trying to sell anyone on the Fender gadget. You can use a cheap clamp from Harbor freight or NAPA. That's what I did.

Edit to add: I have tried the clamp thing now on 4 different guitars. My Takamine N-10, Fender FR 50 resonator acoustic, MIJ Fender telecaster and a Partscaster telecaster with classic vibe pick ups. Every one of these guitars are daily players, and in perfect playing condition. The clamp made a noticeable improvement in tone and sustain on each of these guitars. I played both of the electrics through one of the little Orange practice amps no effects and no adjustments, same settings for both.
The biggest improvement was on the partscaster guitar, it really made a fantastic difference on that one. I think I will be playing that one a lot more now. The least improvement was on the Fender resonator guitar, but there was still a difference that I could hear and even feel.
It works. I don't know why. Try it if you want.

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Wonder if a capo clamped on the headstock would do the same thing

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I tried that today and it didn't seem to make as much of a notable difference. Also, I picked up a small C-clamp today, and it didn't make as much difference as the heavier one. Another thing I noticed, it makes less difference on the guitars with thicker necks. Still can tell a difference but not as much.

A Pair of vice grips will probably work. Just put some padding on the jaws.