Customer Reviews

Bond 9215 Green Giant Spiked Aerator Shoes

5 star:		(16)
4 star:		(19)
3 star:		(15)
2 star:		(13)
1 star:		(57)

 

 

I was disappointed with these spike shoes, even though they weren't very expensive. The straps did not secure the shoes very well over my shoes, even when I adjusted them properly. I pulled one of the straps tighly and the plastic nylon buckle snapped. Bottom line, when I did get them to fit and stay attached, I had to walk very carefully to avoid them falling off completely. The average person is not going to want to deal with it. The spikes are very strong and do a good job of aerating whatever you do managed to step on. If they improved the strap system and they stayed on your feet, I'd pay MORE for a product like this.

If you want to even try them for the first time, be prepared to develop your own strapping system. The instructions are useless, and the strapping system is not intuitive at all. It seems as if the designers never tried them before.

Shoes too small for anyone with a decent size foot. Company had no symphathy when called and complained! Did some rework with them to fit over shoe. Would not deal with company again.

It's a great idea but poorly implemented.

Here's what's not so great about these "shoes":
1) the buckles on the straps are plastic and after tightening they bend. if you tighten too much they break. They should be metal buckles.
2) the heal plate is way too small and your shoes will eventually loosen and your feet will slip off the back easily.
3) when walking on dirt it tends to stick to the shoe. stay on the grass and you'll have a better experience.
4) the straps come loose too easily
5) the straps are way too long
6) after the buckle starts bending it's really hard to loosen the straps.

I wore them as i mowed the grass and they worked ok for the first go around. then they slipped off. Then the buckle broke. Then they wouldn't stay on. It was a lot more work mowing! for better or worse ;)

I weigh 210 and I guess I am too heavy for these because when I stepped on the soil and sunk in it brought up the soil on my lift. This caused divots. Also one of the plastic fasteners cracked.

I found a better way to airate the lawn. I used the weed hound and it left nice holes where the weed was. I hit those holes with the hose and I know water is getting down there.

I'll agree with pretty much any negative review of this product.

If you wear over a size 10 in men's, don't expect them to fit remotely well. I wear a 13 and my shoes stuck off the end an inch. The straps are long but that wouldn't be a problem (cut them down with a pair of scissors, people), but they're attached to brittle, weak plastic.

And they do not stay tight. I stumbled around like an idiot for 15 minutes and lost count of how many times I had to re-tighten the straps - until they broke! At which point I gave up.

Furthermore, in hindsight, the spikes don't actually penetrate deep enough to be of much use, and if your soil is at ALL rocky you can expect to stumble or fall any time you step on a small rock because - for example - the heel of your foot will sink in but your toes stay propped out of the soil.

USELESS, stupid, deceptive product.

This company should be ashamed, but they're probably just laughing at suckers who buy this crap.

And if you think I'm writing this in the fresh heat of rage after having just come in from trying to use these, you're wrong. I tried them three months ago, once, and just happened to come across this product page. This is a sedate and calculated review.

You need big solid shoes or these won't work. If you tighten the straps too much, which you have to do to stop them from coming off, they will break. If you have thin grass, the dirt will stick to your aerotor shoes; tearing up your lawn.

This would be a good product if they would stay on your feet. Unfortunately, the straps make a very poor connection to your shoe. As such, they come off after every one or two steps. After a while, they are just put on the shelf and not used.

In order to use these shoes effectively they have to be on really tight, especially at the heel. Otherwise, they come loose and flop around or your feet come out of the straps. The buckles on the straps are very weak. After tightening the straps to get a solid fit, the buckles broke. Because I didn't want to go through the trouble of shipping this product back, I modified the straps to stay in place. After walking around the yard many times over a period of a couple of weeks with the shoes on, the grass seems to be responding to the loosening of the soil. The shoes even broke up some of the thatch. Overall, I believe that if this product had more durable buckles on the straps it would be a good buy.

These seem like a good idea, but the spikes are so long that it's hard to walk. You have to pull straight up with your foot, to avoid ripping out pieces of sod. If the ground is a little wet, these get caked up with mud pretty quickly.

That said, I use these instead of buying a larger tool, and find that with a little practice, they work fairly well.