Holy. $#!+. After spending 8hrs hand raking with a garden rake to dethatch we couldn't deny that we just wasted a whole day. We have a big yard that is split up and no one area is like the other with dry bare areas, thick grass, new grass, old grass and this thing worked like a charm through it all. Even though our yard is big we didn't want to rent a huge bulking dethatcher for a day at more than half the price of this.
With little less than an anchor we filled 8 yard bags raking by hand then this thing arrived and 6hrs later we'd filled another 10 yard bags.
My reason for 4 and not 5 stars is the tiny collection bag is a joke, it filled up so quickly (like after one pass of 20ft) that we ditched it. Other than that it was well worth every penny.
Tip: We attempted to rig the back flap open after ditching the collection bag because the grass balls up underneath and slows you down but a rock flew out the back and dropped my husband after it hit him in the crotch; he did say it was less painful than wasting 8hrs of hand raking.
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