ROOT ASSASSIN RAKE

Quickly assembled three pieces into a sturdy rake- I easily cleaned out a messy bed in SC under a crep myrtle and some hydrangeas which was a mess with old pine straw- the shovel function made cleanup easy as pie. No broken tines and rake held up perfectly.A great buy for a small yard.

Just like the title says, this is the best break I've ever had. It's lightweight like some other rakes I've had but when I get done raking something into a pile I can pitch it onto the wagon or into the wheel barrow.You can't do that with any of the other rakes. It was very easy to assemble took me maybe 5 minutes including cutting it out of the box.Probably going to give a few of these as gifts this year.The only thing I can see that might make it easier to assemble for some people without the dexterity, would be a wing nut on the back in lieu of the small locking nut. This would make it even faster to assemble and even easier to torque. Also, it would cut down on the number of assembly tools to just a flathead or a Phillips head screwdriver.If you need a rake get this one. It's fantastic

It gets 4 stars as I use this around my yard and in my garden (after a fresh till). The reality is that the tines are flimsy and will not function well in harder more compacted soils. I'm not clear on why this is named the way it is as any root will destroy this rake. If you have loose soil and need to sift out debris or rock, this is good for that.

51yo female here to give a personal review. I searched for a rake to pick up acorns and found that this is great for other jobs, too. If you’re going to de-thatch your lawn, this is a MUST HAVE. So lightweight and with a big scoop area, I cleaned up the thatch piles quickly. I flipped it over (like you’d flip your dinner fork to hold your steak while cutting) to scrape and loosen leaves and old stems under the Burberry bushes, then flipped it back over to scoop them out. Never had to touch the prickers!Not sure it’ll be strong enough to scoop mulch, haven’t tried that yet. The tines are plastic so the mulch will need to be loose, not packed down. Another reviewer said it worked well with mulch.Yes, it’s great to scoop loose acorns. Oh, and that sassy red handle! Love it!

I actually like raking, so you can stop reading this now and move on to the next worthy review if you cannot fathom that being true. I have had experience with multiple rakes over the last 20 years of raking over 100,000 leaves a year here in the northeast. I was excited to try out this one out mostly because I have been sold on how much a difference a feather weight rake like my favorite, the Fiskars Leaf Rake, has been in making the chore not only easier but more aerobic as you can rake for longer durations before taking a muscle break. Leave blowers seem like the logical practice for those dealing with large acreage lots, but I’m sticking green even though neighbors left and right of me are waking the neighborhood up with decibels of blow beasts reshaping their yards.The Rake Assassin promised low weight with it’s aluminum shaft and plastic raker but also the benefit of being able to forgo the labor-intensive bending needed to pick up, lift and load a garbage can with its shovel like design. This function ended up being its best feature after using it for a couple of days of testing out, but it unfortunately compromises the main functionality of raking itself. The rake head design is not wide enough to be efficient in gathering leaves and the stiff plastic used to strengthen the shovel shape doesn’t allow for effective raking. As a result, you end up raking more for the shoveling benefit. And whereas the shoveling works fairly well, it requires using a garbage can with its wideset opening rather than the simpler option of just using bags. Furthermore, it doesn’t eliminate the bending time required to squash the leaves once in the can or bag as part of the usual packing process, so I find it actually more efficient to do the pickup and pack process as one motion with a convention rake.Delivery was great. Packaging was great. Assembly was pretty straight forward, although I added one layer of duct tape on the shaft after screwing on the rake head to eliminate a slight but annoying wobble and get a snugger fit.My Fiskars Leaf Rake remains the pro raker’s best choice in my opinion, but this Rake Assassin can have its purpose to those looking to rake mostly large sand and gravel areas. I actually used it to rake powdery snow off my gravel driveway with decent results. At the price I paid however, this is not a great value. It just made the premium price of the Fiskars Leaf Rake Fiskars Leaf Rake seem more like a bargain. Happy raking to all!

My husband ordered this for me to scoop mulch. I do a lot of gardening and have multiple flower beds in my yard. This year I had 10 yards of mulch delivered. It scoops the mulch so much easier than a shovel because of the “teeth”. I then scoop it into my garden cart and take it wherever I need to spread it. When I scoop it to spread it, I can either “dump” it in a pile OR shake it to spread a thinner top layer. I can also invert it and use it to rake or spread the mulch out. I would definitely recommend to all gardeners that use mulch and I’ve recommended this to family and friends. I did not get paid in any way to submit this review, I just have found it so very useful and wish I would have gotten this years ago!