2 X 600W 30cm Lawn Raker

Really impressed. Level 1 doesn't really break the surface, but it'd be good for collecting grass cutting and picking up leaves. Level 2 starts to get into the top layer of the grass, and I'd suggest that as a replacement for raking up dead weeks following a weed-n-feed product. Level 3 really gets into the ground and removes all of the thatch - see photo included! One month later, you can see my lawn has recovered very well indeed.

Having bought the cheapest lawn raker available, I didn't hold out much hope of it doing a great job, just better than I could do with the hand rake. It proved me wrong. This Deck & Blacker Lawnraker has a badass attitude towards lawn moss and weeds. It whacked the whole lot into submission and showed no mercy, not even to the daisies. From my 25ft lawn, I filled 8 big bin bags plus my large wheelie bin and several neighbours.I only used the medium whacker level so might try the deeper one in Autumn. Just wish I could start a business selling dead moss! Highly recommended.

When it arrived I thought "No, obviously too small, light, weak and feeble for my needs." I spent the next few hours composing a review in my head that said "How wrong could I be?" Then the rake/roller element literally jumped out of the machine and I'm back where I started. (It's held in place with a spring steel clip that goes through its axle - where it sheared off. D'oh. See pic.) Let's see how the service is... OK! Replacement arrived inside 48 hours. Once bitten, I discovered the tine were fouling after about 5 minutes' use, necessitating 15-20 minutes' clearance effort. Then an epiphany: mowed it all again and hey presto it works like magic. The instructions say "We recommend you use on short, dry grass." They *should* say "Only ever, ever, ever use on short, dry grass." With that proviso, the replacement working very well and I have added a star.

The lawn had not been scarified for at least 10 years, after spending hours cutting the grass with my lawnmower straining and having to empty the bag countless times I decided I needed to do something about the moss.I tried the good old fashioned take - until that broke (probably a good job as I think my back was close to breaking too!) then did some research before trying to buy a cheap second hand scarifier on eBay unsuccessfully.I actually got a £150 machine from amazon as a gift on the same day this one arrived - the expensive one went back (twice) as it didn’t come with any means to plug it in (Bosch seem to have a unique cable that plugs in and needs to be purchased separately and amazon don’t sell it!!!)As for this machine - I was amazed, started on setting one and couldn’t believe the amount of moss and weeds this pulled out, went over the same area on setting two and pulled the same amount out again and finally went on the lowest setting and pulled out yet more moss etc. All in all there was the equivalent of five builders bags full of the stuff!An extra bonus was the time it takes to cut the lawn has been reduced by 15 minutes now as I don’t need to empty the bag as many times and I don’t need to push the lawnmower hard over the most bits. I will be regularly using this!The positives - it’s very light and easy to manoeuvre, I don’t think a more powerful machine is needed to do the same job, the tines are still fine despite hitting a brick, decent cable lengthThe negatives - it does need a bigger bag at the front, but having an open bag did make it less fiddly to grab a handful of moss and put it into the wheelbarrow I had running next to it.

As an elderly lady I was looking for something that would be easy for me to use to scarify a lawn in much need of help. I wasn't sure if this would be robust enough but I ordered it anyway. It arrived swiftly and was easy to assemble. I began as suggested for badly affected lawns on a high setting and was amazed how much moss and rubbish came out and I soon filled my large wheelbarrow. When the whole lawn areas were done I lowered it to medium and this time more than filled my council garden refuse bin. I am very happy with my purchase, and it is so reasonably priced too!

I had a very old version of this that was 10+ years old, sadly the safety trigger on that eventaully broke but it was a great device so I thought I would get the newer version of it. Unfortunately this is a very poorly made, cheap, light and unusable product. The first unit I received was missing some bolts so I couldn't attach the handle (yes you need to build it) so I called Amazon to ask for the bolts and they could only send out an entire new unit so they had to collect the first one and delivery a new one. The replacement had all the bolts and worked well for about 20m of lawn before it dropped right to the ground and scalped a small patch of lawn. There are three height settings and the height setting mechanism is an awful design that relies on little plastic lugs locating securely into a recessed notch. This is only on one side of the rear height roller and if it works itself out of the locked position the scarifier drops to the ground without warning and will tear shreds out of your lawn. Sadly it looks like this isn't a one off with my unit and other units I've seen in stores don't have a strong or secure enough height lock. This will be getting returned for a refund.No option for zero stars, but that's what it deserves unfortunately. Don't waste time and money on this, get another brand or model.

This is the only lawnraker I have ever used so I cannot compare its performance to other models. What I can say, if you are currently undecided about buying one of these, is go ahead. You will not regret it.The amount of thatch/ moss this small machine took out of my small lawn was nothing short of amazing. It nearly filled a wheelie bin! Using this in conjunction with other lawn care products, such as feeder, has really improve my lawn in such a short space of time.There are products in Amazon that will rake your lawn and also aerate it. Perhaps one of those would have been a good idea as I have now learned that aerating the lawn is not something I enjoy doing either.Still, I am more than happy with this purchase and would not hesitate in recommending it.