VonHaus Lawn Scarifier/Aerator/Rake Corded 1500W – 30L Box, 10m Cable

An excellent machine which will save you a lot of work and will markedly improve your lawn. I am probably the worst garden equipment assembler, but this really is quite easy. There are two attachments, a raker already fitted and a scarifying tine attachment which is basically the same thing but for lighter raking duties like leaf collecting. You won't be able to aerate your lawn with this type of machine, but it's great for scarifying. Only use going fowards, never reversing backwards. Ignore comments on here about the collection bag not being large enough, this is usual as it is a highly effective machine. As it collects so much moss, it's best to leave the bag off completely, just keep the flap open by fitting the cage only without the bag. Wear wellington boots to protect your legs from dirt being thrown up. The electric cord holders work well enough if you fit them the right way around. This machine has been very well designed and I give it full marks.

Excellent piece of kit and does the job well. I have given it four stars as I have a small garden and the mains lead is only 10.5metres long, and was still not long enough to do the job, so I had to purchase an extension lead. Why could they not put an 15m lead on it? Also the collection box is quite small so had to make frequent trips to empty it. Not really sure how this can be improved! For value for money it is excellent in every way

I am not too sure why the product packaging/box was then repackaged in a further tailored box that was the exact dimensions of the package containing the raker. The outer box whilst plain brown cardboard did have printed on it the contents of the box, (the Raker/Scarifier), so it clearly was not to hide what was in the box. An unnecessary waste of cardboard/packaging. The instruction leaflet was easy to understand and the diagrams were clear and large enough to identify key items for assembly. I have now used the Raker/Scarifier for the first time and have made the following assessment of using the product. 1) Using the Aerator (As pre-installed) it does an excellent job of removing thatch and moss. 2) As has been mentioned by numerous previous purchasers, the collection box does fill extremely quickly and this requires very frequent emptying. I am not too sure that the manufacturer could do much to improve the size of the box, as this would (a) possibly make the raker unstable (b) the extra weight of grass in the box would alter the centre of gravity of the raker making it very heavy at the back and it may therefore cause it to dig in and become difficult to handle. Emptying the collection box is easy, and quick. One has to remember that the product would, in my situation be only used twice per year, and over the period of 12 months, certainly 2 years, the lawn would become more and more thatch free, and therefore the amount collected in the box will decrease. As previously stated this product I would see as being used only twice per year, so looking after it as I tend to do with all my gardening tools I would expect many, many years of good use. Im very pleased with this purchase, and would recommend it as a good lawn care tool.

Excellent bit of kit! Lightweight and easy to manoeuvre yet powerful and effective. Having applied a weed and feed treatment a fortnight ago, to my very weedy, mossy lawn, I used this machine yesterday with the 'aerator' attachment, which has movable tines (rather than the 'scarifier' attachment which has big, fixed blades and looks like it could do a lot of damage!). I started on setting 3, as this is the least 'destructive' to test with, which got out plenty of dead moss and thatch and also lifted the grass. Moved on to setting 2, working in a different direction, to get out more debris and out of curiosity ended up on setting 1, which to be honest was a bit brutal in some areas of my undulating lawn! Its almost too easy to use, so it's tempting to do more and more and try deeper and deeper! To finish, I mowed the lawn to pick up remaining debris and cut the grass that had been nicely lifted. You could say it now looks like a well worn football pitch, but I prefer to describe it as a well hoovered carpet! I have pretty much removed all the moss and weeds and I'm optimistic of a full recovery! Some reviewers have commented on the small collecting box but personally I feel any bigger would make the whole thing cumbersome. You'd need one the size of a wheelie bin! I simply kept a humper close by and emptied the basket into that 4 or 5 times before taking it to the compost heap. No bother, and the fact it fills up so quickly shows what a good job it's doing! I have no reservations in recommending this machine.

For over three decades I simply cut my lawn to keep it tidy. It was only when I reclaimed a neglected bit of garden and turfed it, that I realised the rest of the lawn was looking quite a mess with more moss and weeds than grass. I did a bit of homework and realised that a thorough weed, feed and raking was required. I treated the lawn with a good 4 in 1 lawn care product and after three weeks It was time to rake. Well, after two hours of raking by hand I wasn't impressed with the results or the blisters on my hand. So, I bought this VonHaus 2 in 1 Lawn Scarifier with its 1500W motor, scarifier and rake attachments. It arrived two days earlier than expected on a Saturday morning so I was able to use it straight away. It was childishly simple to put it together. It seems well designed and built and should hopefully last for a few years. After I had assembled it I went straight out and started on my lawn which I'd just cut. The machine came with the scarifier drum fitted which is what I used. I set the easy height adjuster lever to level 3 and off I went. The machine is very light, weighing in at 8.5kg. The motor is no louder than an electric hover mower and is more than powerful enough to cut into the thatch and do its job effectively. I very quickly learned two lessons though. Lesson one, you are required to hold the thing back slightly, otherwise it will simply run away and skim the surface of the lawn. Lesson two, don't stop moving while the machine is running. I did, just once and it scalped a patch of lawn. I found the best technique was to tilt the machine back to lift the blades clear of the ground and release the power switch at the same time at the end of each run. I quickly got the hang of it. I was absolutely amazed at just how much thatch and dead weeds it pulled out of the lawn. I found I was filling the 28 litre collector box at the end of every twenty pace run and I very quickly filled my wheely bin. Overall, I'm very pleased with my purchase, I wish I'd bought one years ago. Now, hopefully I will be on course to getting a lawn I can be proud of.

I've been using this the past couple of days on our lawn - which is split into two parts of quite large areas, probably just shy of tennis court size in total. It had become very springy and our battery mower was struggling to cut the grass (which is its one job, really, but there you go), and previous attempts at using moss killer and raking the lawn were just not making much difference and the lawn was getting thicker and thicker. We realised we needed a mechanical scarifier. This machine got up an amazing amount of thatch (no wonder we'd seen grass snakes in the summer! These are harmless, btw - and rather lovely, I think. Please don't hurt them if you see one!). Anyway, I filled a wheelie bin and three bags on the first go. My only criticism is the small grass collector on the back of the machine isn't really much use to man nor beast - just two or three yards along and it was full, so instead of going to the bin every 2 minutes I gave up and left it on the grass and raked it into piles, before bagging/binning. The machine had done the hard work so it was not really too difficult to rake up. And I needed a workout! I'm used to a battery mower and not a fan of electric cables but as it's not something I would use every week, it wasn't too much of a problem. It's got a good long cable that should be fine for most small to medium gardens, though I needed to bring out an extension. Haven't tried the aerator yet but I'll do this after giving the lawn a bit of feed. It looks easy enough to change over with an allen key. Also, setting up the push handle was very easy, too. So, if you've got a lawn, especially one that desperately needs scarifying, I'd recommend this machine - very good value and it does the job well.

Great little machine for medium sized lawns but be warned - the collection box fills up far too quickly and needs constant emptying. Great for getting moss out of your lawn and very robust machine.

This is AMAZING. It is so simple to put together. You do need to check out the instructions. They look complicated until you read them properly. It is small compact and so easy to push around. My grass was very thick and full of moss. This lifted it All up. The scarifier works really well, it also has a grass lifter which you attach afterwards and it also is excellent. Great value for money. I really like this product.