Lawn Scarifier/Aerator/Rake Corded 1500W – 30L Box, 10m Cable | Electric Grass Dethatcher Raking Machine for Garden, Aerates Soil, Removes Moss – 4 Depth Settings, 320mm Working Width

Superb little unit. I was torn between this and the more expensive 1800w version but after first use, for sure made the right choice. Easy to set up, very light and easy to manoeuvre and both the scarifying blades and spring tine rake work well. As everyone says, the waste basket fills super quickly but it is what it is, that's the job the product does..either use the basket or not, easy enough to rake up afterwards.

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

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.

So far so good. Quite light weight, takes an hour to assemble, but impressed with how much moss etc it’s removed. Great for our small garden, we’ll see how long it lasts as the plastic handle seems a bit light.

I bought this after watching a YouTube video called “Mr Garden Story”. Our lawn was doing my head in. Kept cutting and cutting and it just looked more and more sad for itself. Rest of our garden is lovely (maintained by green fingered other half) and I was letting the side down with the lawns. Had watched a lot about the benefits of Scarifying and the guy used this Van Hausen machine. Arrived in a couple of days and after waiting a week or so until the weather was right I assembled it. Now I’m far from being practical minded but it was simplicity. The machine is well put together but I worried it seemed a little bit plasticy compared to my petrol lawn mower. Shouldn’t have worried. When it turned it on was apparent that the motor was plenty able to do the job as it propelled me forward at a rate of knots. You will be astonished at how much dead grass and thatch this brIngs up. 2 cuts completely filled our large garden waste bin. I was amazed. Need to rake it all up after and I realised after taking the lazy mans way of using the mower to try and lift the stuff that it didn’t get everything up. The raking also helps the soil below in prep for seeding. I’ve gone on to aerate, seed and dress the lawn and after watering am now crossing fingers (while sitting our 7 hours a day to deter starlings from eating seed) to see the results. The lawn looks and feels better under foot straight away. Was really springy before but can now feel the Earth below. In conclusion I can completely recommend this item. It’s sturdy, powerful and the results will surprise you. Hope it helps for anyone thinking of buying.

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.

initial response is that I am very pleased with this product, as it is superior to my previous lawn rake. time will tel for durability, but should be fine as I Have Von Haus extended hedge trimmer which I am satisfied with.

A very difficult review to write. Assembly was OK but make sure the top bar is right way round for fastening the switch block. There is one plastic piece with no clear instructions how to fit it.It works, I have scarified a 250sq m lawn over 3 days and filled 9x200ltr bags.I hate it. I could only run 5-8 metres before the collector was full. Removing and refitting is awkward and tiring. When removed you have to twist and lift and move away from the handle. Refitting is very much hit and miss as the back plate does not give you clear sight.It is well made but the collector is very much an after thought.