I have one of these and it's pretty good. Bit of a pain to change the blades over, it's a spanner job no quick release.

It works well, which is to say scarifying is a miserable task where you walk 2 feet empty the bag, walk two feet again empty the bag and repeat for 4hr. Then you look at your work put your head in your hands and ask what you've done to your lawn since it'll look like someone has been doing a tractor pull on it.

Comes good in the end :wink:

Looks good
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Thanks OP ordered one & will pick it up Saturday Afternoon

Instruction Manual :
http://www.free-instruction-manuals.com/pdf/pa_434765.pdf

Found this Info : What a Lawn Scarifier is and How to Use It

https://www.lovethegarden.com/advice/lawn-care/tools/what-lawn-scarifier-and-how-use-it

Thanks for that. Looked up manual after you said and I think some manufacturers are making stuff up. It's so confusing. As far as I'm concerned raking is not aerating...it is raking!

Copied the below from manual...

2). When used as a scarifier, this product works by
scratching through and between the grass with specially
adapted prongs that collect and remove any unwanted parts
from the lawn whilst leaving the grass blades intact. At the
same time the product scarifies the ground resulting in a
better airing.
3). When used as a raker, the fine needles will scratch the
surface of the lawn while simultaneously picking light debris
for better oxygen absorption, airing and draining.

This seems to be the opposite of other 2 in 1 manufacturers who seem to say the tines do the raking and the blades do the scratching. The Black &Decker one I am returning to Amazon tomorrow only has tines and its full name is Black + Decker GD300 30cm Lawnraker...tines do the raking.

All the same, still a good price. Heated and ordered, thanks OP. Still a bit confused though....:confused:

Thanks for the info, I just assumed that the blades were for aerating. Still a good price for a lawn rake with tines and blades.

Haha, that **** was “pri ck“

​Thanks. Just noticed Screwfix have the manual on their site as a PDF. It seems by 'raking' they do mean aerating. However the tines look like 2" needles that **** the lawn rather than the more substantial hollow tines that extract plugs of soil found on more expensive products. Still seems like a good deal for the price, however.

Thanks Op I was about to pay GreenThumb to scarify my dead lawn.Hope this has the aeration feature as it states.

The description on Screwfix states it aerates. Blades for aerating and tines for raking. I have just purchased, many thanks to OP.

Seems like a good price, but does this actually aerate, as per the OP's original post?

Thanks

Hello everyone. How do those who may have used both rate this compared to the 600W Black & Decker GD300 from Amazon? I'm more interested in real world performance than difference in watts. Thanks.

Lawn rakers are great but very frustrating. You have to empty the collection box about every 10 foot of lawn.

I have one of these and it's pretty good. Bit of a pain to change the blades over, it's a spanner job no quick release.

It works well, which is to say scarifying is a miserable task where you walk 2 feet empty the bag, walk two feet again empty the bag and repeat for 4hr. Then you look at your work put your head in your hands and ask what you've done to your lawn since it'll look like someone has been doing a tractor pull on it.

Comes good in the end :wink:

Bought one to collect from my local store as they had one in stock so no P&P to pay. Only downside was I couldn't get the £5 off code to work.

I added this and then used the HT16 code to get it delivered for £51. http://www.screwfix.com/p/pop-up-garden-bag-690-x-560mm/10171#_=p

a scarifier? all fun and games until megamind wants his newest doomsday device back :smile:

Rake & Scarifier 1500W

£ 69.99

https://www.aldi.co.uk/rake-%26-scarifier-1500w/p/092914074588700

Interesting
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Aldi currently has one on its special buys. 2in1 Lawn Rake and scarifier 1500w 3year warranty, Free delivery

tks for this OP. just ordered one (incl the batteries)

just added these http://www.screwfix.com/p/gp-batteries-aa-batteries-12-pack/5286h and used your code to bring it down to £45.78 collected.

cheers

Add some gp ultra batteries, they are great.
Don't forget quidco.

Excellent. I pay this much for GreenThumb to scarify my lawns once a year and this also has a rake function which will save me from doing it by hand twice a year.