Customer Reviews

Hound Dog HDP6-4 Products Steppin' Edger

5 star:		(23)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(7)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

This tool may not get used every week, but it is one that I will not be without. In fact, I have just purchased my 3rd one because it keeps disappearing! It makes trimming the yard almost fun it is so easy to use and makes such a big differance in the appearance of your yard and garden. I am 65 years old and not inclined to do yard work unless it is very easy, and I almost can't wait for the grass to grow so I can use my trimmer again. My son also uses it to dig a trench in which to lay wiring or pipes underground without having to dig with a shovel. I recommend the Steppin' Edger to everyone.

I am NOT a company hack. I am a homeowner in Missoula, Montana. I subscribe to a number of gardening magazines and saw that a tester at one of the magazines said this was a remarkably effective tool. Perhaps on very dense grass it is ineffective or perhaps the unhappy reviewer below used it incorrectly. For me, it was a great problem solver & I wish I had bought it years ago.

We had not edged the lawn along our driveway for over 10 years. I bought this tool and was able to edge about 35 feet in less than half an hour. We have very stony glacial soil in our yard and I would say that our situation was about as challenging as this tool will normally face. I was truly amazed that it was so fast and effortless to take care of this neglected chore. I will do it every year from now on and I am sure it will take even less time. A winner of a "gadget".

I did note that a reviewer before me said this edger was effective but became bent. I'll keep that in mind and try to prevent that from happening to mine. It is worth it nonetheless because the alternatives would be more costly or time consuming than buying a new one occassionally.

A few years ago, I got my first house and the yard desperately needed to be taken care of. My old man was such a nitpick when it came to his yard and I never saw much point in that. That is, until I got my own yard. Edging was always one of those things I thought was worthless. Again, until I got my own yard. I happened to run into this while at Home Depot and it looked rather interesting. It was on sale, so I bought it and immediately jumped on my yard. This little guy did a BEAUTIFUL job on my sidewalks and front walk. So much so, I got a lot of my neighbors starting to ask who did my yard! It provides such a clean cut and doesn't take a lot of effort to use. What a backsaver! I just got though using it on my mother's yard and was still happy 4 years later! The blade periodically needs sharpening to give a nice clean cut and the step pivot needs to be oiled every now and then. Aside from that, this thing needs no attention. The blade on mine has a lot of scuffs and nicks from scraping the side of sidewalks with it, but it has no rust or corrosion of any kind on it. Pretty surprising for the abuse I've put it through. So if you're thinking you want a nice clean edge on your property and don't want to spend a lot doing it, this little guy is a good way to do it. It's a lot better than spending hours breaking your back with an old-style blade or worse, paying someone else to do it...

This is one of those items that's worth whatever I have to pay for it. It makes it possible to edge seriously over-grown edges with minor difficulty. It uses no gas or electricity, creates no pollution, and starts first time every time. My wife and I can both use it with ease, but I would imagine very slender and lightweight individuals would have some trouble stepping it down.

Here is the how I recommend using this device. First, find exactly where the concrete ends. Pull grass if necessary. Put the blade as close to the sidewalk edge as possible without the edger going sideways (too close). Don't use it too near a corner for the first incision - you can always turn it around and head towards the corner later. After getting it all the way down, use the handle to pull the front/leading part up and mostly/partially out. Do not remove it all the way out - it will take much longer with more difficulty to do your lawn that way.

Slide the edger PART-WAYS forward with your foot - do NOT try and do another full blade cut. Just pull it out far enough so that you can slide the edger forward with your foot (do NOT pull the whole blade out of the ground). This device works best with smaller steps, and lighter people can push it down (and pull it up and out) MUCH easier. I think of it as a half-step, but a third of the blade length forward (or a quarter, or less) is good enough. Push it down and repeat. It eventually becomes one motion - a small step forward and lift. It's edge walking.

On paper, a part of the blade forward and lifting to move forward doesn't seem like much, but in reality it's so easy and quick that it takes no time to do a good size edge. I have a corner lot, and I can do patio, driveway, sidewalk in under an hour - with a seriously overgrown edge. It is not much faster using a power edger.

These get borrowed and not returned, so others out there like it, too. Please buy yours on Amazon as I no longer lend mine out.

nice tool only if you are a heavy person. being a light-weight female i cannot make this work for me.

Very user friendly-no pressure on your back or shoulders. Creates a very nice professional looking edge.

We use this edger all the time on our lawn and even around some of the head stones at the cemetery that are very over grown. We have had this for over 4 years now, hasn't needed to be sharpen, hasn't bent or scratched, and makes trimming a lot easier. A good investment and is so easy to use because you can rock it back and forth and use all of your weight. You just slide and step, that is it. Amazon is one of the only places who has this, we are actually buying one for my grandfather for Father's day because he was so excited when he saw us using it and was amazed at how easy it was for him and he is 77 years old.

I'm known as the "gadget person" in our family, but I once again proved to my husband that I really know how to pick 'em! We are seniors with arthritis, and achy knees and backs + we have very hard clay soil. We also don't have extra funds to pay a landscaper to do the edging for us. Taking advantage of the fact that the ground is still moist here in Ohio, we decided to start working on the front flower beds shortly after receiving our Hound Dog. Now this "Dog" is proving that it really is a good friend for both a man and a woman. It worked so well that our neighbor had to come by to check it out, too. This is a wonderful garden tool that enables us to get this difficult job done with minimal effort. We can't recommend it highly enough -- it's GREAT!

This edger works great. I weight 145 lbs and still can use this to complete my lawn edges that has not been edged for about 2 years in about half hour. I highly recommend this edger.

The only drawback is, of course, it cannot be as fast as the edging machine.

Best money I ever spent for a garden tool! I had a friend come over to see it, who thought it was so much fun he edged my entire flower bed. Easy on the back, easy to see where you are going, gives a nice, sharp, crisp edge to your beds with little effort. Highly recommend this to anyone who dreads the task of keeping the grass at bay from the edge of your beds...