Customer Reviews

Earthway 2050SU Deluxe 80-Pound Broadcast Spreader with 10-Inch Wheels

5 star:		(13)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

I'm blown away at all the good reviews of this spreader. I received it, and will use it until it breaks, but my old Scott's brand was way better.

Pro's: It's built solidly enough

Con's:

1. It has no lever, like most I've owned that stops the spreading when crossing your driveway or side walk etc. You have to lift the spreader up on the left wheel so the right wheel doesn't rotate. However, even when you do, you have a 4" stream of product across the hard pavement. How ridiculous!

2. I have spread different size pellets for different things, and when you open the slots, no matter how slightly, it leaves a 4" high X 4" in diameter pile of product.
2a. When I spread Moss Preventer the other day, it would not spread, and I kept have to lift up the spreader and firmly hit the ground with it so it would start again. I had to do this the entire time I was putting the stuff down. What a piece of junk.

3. The directions are very clear, on what setting to choose, however, it doesn't correspond to anything close to a slow even spread.

Overall, I could not have been more displeased or disappointed with a product. You know the drill though, it's a pain to return stuff, so I'll lift and tilt and struggle with this until it's time to get something new. I would have given this a 1 STAR, but it wasn't made flimsily, so I'll be charitable. Whoever designed this needs to be fired. A spreader where the settings are wrong, that doesn't spread evenly, that leaves lines and piles everywhere, and that jams constantly is probably not the best design in the world.

I am very happy with this Earthway spreader. I bought it to replace a Scotts Speedy Green and the Earthway works much better. The hopper dispersal system is a better design and spreads the chemicals more evenly than the Scotts model I had. For $55 this is a great product.

I have just gotten my Earthway 2050SU spreader and was very pleased with how simple and sturdy the spreader is. It is ver easy to set the regulator and I was elated that it somes completely assembled. It seems to be very sturdy and I expect it will last for a long time to come.

This is a great spreader but I strongly reccomend getting the one with rubber tires. The plastic wheels slip and you don't get an even distribution.

Worked as advertised. Well made and easy to use. It made short work of feeding my half acre lawn.

I bought on the basis of the positive reviews and since no local stores carry a spreader off season. I used the spreader a couple of times and would hose it off after use. Today I discovered that the cable that controls the output apparently rusts. I'm not able to open or close the control at all now as the cable is borken. Curious as to what the positive reviewers are doing? Do you not rinse or do you somehow towel dry your cabling? Maybe a good soaking of WD-40? I'm off to the big box store...

This is the first spreader I've purchased. The only complaint I have is that there should be a clicking mechanism built into the setting rate slider. The slider is secured by a wingnut which you manually tighten to lockdown, but if your not careful it's easy to silently dislodge while your using the spreader. There is a manual lever that you'll use to open/close the grate for the spreader to avoid dumping the material your spreading during turns or if your crossing pavement. It's when your opening the grate with the lever that there is a risk of dislodging the wingnut and causing you to start spreading out at a much higher rate than you intend to. It's not really a big deal if your spreading out the same compound since you'll know visually if there is something wrong. For the first timers though pay attention.

While getting ready for our fall lawn fertilizing, our old spreader disintegrated on the spot when we got it out after our move. No stores carried any spreaders by this time of the year so we checked Amazon & sure enough we found one that had a good feedback so decided to take a chance. I placed the order & it was one of the quicker than usual shipments which was great! We checked it all over & it was all it promised to be, so we want to add a 5* for this spreader...actually much better quality than any we've seen in the stores previously. My husband is very pleased!

I got this as a gift to replace a 10-yr old Speedy Green, which had eventually just fallen apart. The Earthway definitely has a broader spread and a larger capacity bin, but those are the only pros. The cons are, the quality of the materials and components are identical (as far as I can see) to what you can by cheaper at Lowes or HD---plastic wheels, plastic bin, same plastic agitator components. Hopefully over the long run, it is more durable than it appears.

The biggest flaw in this spreader is in the dispersement method. The controls are not a squeeze handgrip, but a lever lower on the bars. You must walk at a very even pace to get even coverage. If you stop, back up, or even slow down for a moment, you will get spillage. The only way to prevent this is to push with one hand, and leave one hand down on the controls. Unless you happen to have a large flat lawn with no obstacles, you will find this virutally impossible to do, especially when the bin is full and heavy.

Bottom line, this spreader costs a little more money but does not provide more quality and provides less performance.

I had an almost new scotts spreader and it broke on me. I decided to try something different. Since I didn't have much of a choice in the community besides big box stores that only sold scotts, I decided to go online and see if there were more choices. Friends, you do have a choice. I bought this Earthway, with free shipping I might add, and it was at least ten dollars cheaper than anything I could find out in my community and MUCH MORE STURDY. It works better than any spreader that I have ever owned and I've owned several. Today, I spread 10-10-10 fertilizer, set it on 14, and wow what a job!!!!! Pelletized Lime set on 11 worked great! Washed it up and dryed it down and it is ready to use again. This spreader comes pre-asembled and ready to use out of the box, just fold up the handles and lock em down. For the price, you can't beat it. I'm sure there are better ones, but this one gets the job done.