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 Throw your rake and backache away! LAWNSWEEPER is here! June 26, 2000
Tony Sisti (united states)
36 out of 37 found this review helpful
If the thought of raking leaves on a cool fall Sunday when you should be watching your favorite football team in action turns your stomach, then my friend, you should should invest in the best kept lawn and garden secret, the Lawnsweeper. Recently while shopping for an updated model(i use one my grandfather passed down) I was told by a salesperson at a national hardware store that "Lawnsweepers won't be in stock until the Fall when the leaves start falling." I could not believe this comment only because i have used my lawnsweeper for not only picking up leaves, but grass clippings as well. I have approximately a 1/2 acre and dread the thought of raking all of it, especially when i can't cut the lawn on time and it grows like crazy. The lawnsweeper also picks up any other debris on the lawn at the time. The lawnsweeper also lets me carry my tools and bags of grass clippings around. This is a multifaceted piece of lawn equipment that should be in every garage or shed.
Why didn't I meet you sooner? December 27, 2007
E. Hernandez (Wisconsin USA)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Ok, so you want a earth-friendly, effective and fun way to keep your lawn tidy? This is the answer! I really didn't know such device existed, but I knew someone somewhere had invented an alternative to ear-deafening, gas guzzling, and heavy leaf-blowers.
To be frank, I was a bit skeptical as to how well the Lawn Sweeper might work--would it jam at the first hurdle? would it fall apart (it looked a little flimsy on the photos) as it made it's way up and down my 20 degree sloped yard? would it actually gather the leaves or simply throw them all over the place only to do the job again with a rake? Well, none of this happened.
It is truly an elegant design. If you set the height of the brush right, you should be able to effortlessly cover about 2,000 sq feet in 20 minutes (assuming your yard is fairly even)---that's about 100 sq feet per minute at a moderatly brisk pace (i.e. about 2 normal steps per second). It's also a good exercise and the leaves fall rather aimfully into the basket.
The first time I used it I had already mowed my lawn, so many hand-sized leaves were reduced to about finger-sized leaves. While one might suspect the task to be more difficult, it actually reduced the number of trips I had to make to empty the basket (I guess the pre-mowing actually reduced the volume of space a larger leaf occupies vs. a shredded one). For this reason, I would recommend waiting a few days after the leaves fall and let them shrink a bit.
Some of the other reviewers complained that the basket could have been bigger or deeper so they wouldn't have to empty so often. I sort of agree, yet in paying attention to this and thinking about how the design could be improved, I came up short. I guess the designers really had to wrestle among trade-offs in: basket size, clearance of shooting range, weight and cost. Oh well. However, the long metal rod that holds the bottom of the bag to the device could use some improvements. The rubber stoppers are not very helpful (they keep coming off when I take off the bag), but other than that it's a nice, light and inexpensive piece of equipment that belongs in every garage in America.
Finally, don't expect your post-labor lawn to be leaf-free. It will miss a few spots, much in the way a vacuum cleaner never does a great job on the first passing. But if you're not much of a perfectionist, it should make your yard the envy of the block in half the time it took "Larry the leaf-blower" do his.
Oh, the assembly is a piece of cake. If you've assembled IKEA furniture, it's more or less the same degree of difficulty.
Happy Sweepin'.
Great light weight product July 8, 2007
Michael T. Bertorelli
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
We live in Chicago and have lots of trees etc and were looking locally for such a product. Had to special order at Menards and Home Despot didn't even carry one! Voila! Got this one with Amazon's Prime overnight! It works great and assembled easily. Love it.
sandy April 29, 2008
S. Robinson
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a great product, it easier to use than the thatching attachment on your lawn mower. My yard looks great. It takes a little muscle but the results are worth it. It picks up everything in the yard. Assembly was simple, too.
Lawn Sweeper a great product!! July 2, 2009
C. Gardner
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Replaced an older sweeper with this one. Very well built,easy to push and
much easier to use than my older rickety model. Very satisfied with product. Tightening bolts was a little tough, but otherwise easy to put
together.
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