SonovaVondruke wrote: Biden's proved to be a pain, found that a pair of pliers and a gardening fork worked much better.

Oh sure, make this a political issue!!

penwynd wrote:So, if you use a little oil when you store them they might be okay?

Or give 'em a spritz with WD-40 if rusted....either way, most metal garden tools require a bit of maintenance.I bought one.... :0)

alexei27 wrote:Oh sure, make this a political issue!!

who said anything about politics? i'm talking about those same painful bidens the previous poster mentioned that sometimes appear on the whitehouse lawn!

rom wrote:Another Youtube video

I noticed that even in the video, the tool didn't remove the entire plant that was being targetted (there were still dandelion leaves left).

After shipping only saves you $3 versus buying it retail. Plus I can have it today.

That's quite a warranty. Practically lifetime, but you don't have to worry about the company conspiring to kill you to get out of contract; and with tools like this, I'm not sure I'd like to be on their bad side!

have had one for a few years now (previous design), and I LOVE it.
indeed works well on dandelions and crabgrass alike.
Especially if the ground is wet, after a rain shower or early in the morning, when the dew is on the grass...

I've got one of these and it works great.

Jaz

I used one to clean up a half-acre lawn and 50x8 foot worth of flower beds. Both were full of weeds before I got this tool, and it saved me from having to use RoundUp on the entire area. Does a great job of pulling up weeds while leaving the surrounding area clean.
Best advantages - saves your back from bending over for each weed & does minimal damage to the soil by targeting each weed/plant.

Tip: use this with a garbage bag on the ground, next to it. Dump each weed into the garbage bag so that you don't spread the weed's pollen around your lawn & flower beds.

I've used the similar "weed hound" and it really worked great...until it broke the third or fourth time I used it. The set screw that holds the ejector fell out. I've repaired it like five times but each replacement screw lasts about five minutes. I hate to toss the thing because it's like new, and I won't buy a replacement because the quality sucks...along comes fiskars. I'll take a chance on this one.
it gets almost addictive, with little practice you get to a point where you can pull a weed every few seconds. really great on those wide pie-pan style crabgrasses

Oh! I saw this at the local big box home improvement store and thought it looked too gimmicky to really work well. So of course, I bought it. I figured I'd return it if it didn't work.

I haven't returned it. Not because I didn't get around to it, but because they work like magic! The weeds just fly out of the lawn while I watch. See, the teens in my house think it's fun to use, and they dig up roots while I drink iced tea and tell them how fabulous they are!

It's an amazing tool. I was out of town for a month early this summer and pokeweed took over the garden. When I returned, the weed was 5' tall, and impossible to pull out. I'm not a slave driver though; I did do some work myself: I took a weed eater to the stalks and chopped it down. The kids then used this tool to grab the monstrous taproot and pull it out whole.

The dandelions are gone from the yard--small holes are left in their place, but nothing too damaging. Just think of it as a weeder AND an yard aerator. The ice tea glass is half full, after all.

To recap the magic here:
1. The taproots are completely gone.
2. The kids are suddenly volunteering to do yardwork (two of them had a loud arguement over which one "got to" pull the weeds. Of course, the other chore to be done was washing dishes).
3. I finally bought something gimmicky-looking that really works.
4. I get to watch my kids work instead of the other way around!
5. If you wave it around like a sword and say some magic words, a money tree appears. (just checking to see if anyone was still reading)

I am wondering the same. I have desert front yard and seems the plastic might take a beating if used in rocks.

tgibbs94 wrote:Tempting, but I don't think these things would penetrate the hard ground here in Phoenix, AZ. I can barely stab 2 inches into the ground with a pointed shovel.
Is there anyone on here who has tried this weeder here in Phoenix?

vipermjb wrote:I own this weeder, I use it mostly for dandelions(sp) but it also seems to work for those pesky crabgrass type clusters that popup in my lawn far too frequently.

Can you tell I'm not a landscaper?

My Crabgrass patches are a foot around.... so it wouldnt be a go for mine....

Sorry Woot, you almost had me. You show list price at $49.99, but "list price" isn't the same as "selling price". At the Lowes down the street it's only $24.98 and I can get it today if I want. On Woot it's $17.99 + $5.00 shipping for a Woot total of $22.99...only a $1.99 savings, and with a shipping wait too. The Woot price would have to be a little lower to get me in on this one.

chrismdusa wrote:Sorry Woot, you almost had me. You show list price at $49.99, but "list price" isn't the same as "selling price". At the Lowes down the street it's only $24.98 and I can get it today if I want. On Woot it's $17.99 + $5.00 shipping for a Woot total of $22.99...only a $1.99 savings, and with a shipping wait too. The Woot price would have to be a little lower to get me in on this one.

Well, if you're in that big of a hurry to go pull weeds . . . But I'll gladly pick up a can of Fosters with the remaining two bucks. And opening up those Woot! boxes is like Christmas, for me anyway.

I live in western Montana where the ground is basically solid rock and the dirt is hard. I also have a large family of tumbleweed that like to take over the barren portion of my back yard. This weeder would definitely not work. Plastic? Yeah right. Love the idea. Hate the material.

vladistov wrote:Well, if you're in that big of a hurry to go pull weeds . . . But I'll gladly pick up a can of Fosters with the remaining two bucks. And opening up those Woot! boxes is like Christmas, for me anyway.

Seems like a simple choice between Fosters and 'faster'. The Foster choice seems more relaxing and better for the heart.

chrismdusa wrote:At the Lowes down the street it's only $24.98 and I can get it today if I want.

Plus sales tax, plus the $4 for gas round-trip (unless you literally live next door), plus the time it takes to actually go to Lowes.

Each to their own preferences, but in a time when people will drive 20 miles out of their way (more than $5 in stop and go traffic) to save three cents per gallon on gas (far less than $1 per tank for most cars) I guess logic has gone out the window.

I bought mine here.

Any clue how this would handle weeds growing though mulch? I figure it should pull them but will i be left with lots of pot marks all over the place and then have to re-mulch?

Much my weeds are on the cracks between the sidewalk slabs. Can this take those out?

aegisthevs wrote:That's quite a warranty. Practically lifetime, but you don't have to worry about the company conspiring to kill you to get out of contract; and with tools like this, I'm not sure I'd like to be on their bad side!

The thing is do they require you to send in the broken unit. At this price, that would mean 50% of the cost just to fix the broken unit.

scooter550 wrote:I've used a similar weed hound for years with good results, but you've got to whack the release on mine pretty hard to get it to let go. I'd be concerned about the durability of the telescoping part on this one and that it looks to be made mostly of plastic.

People named Scooter agree.

My weed hound is beat to hell but still works.

Some weeds you'll have more success with than others.

• Dandelion roots go way down but they're basically like a narrow carrot. You can often pull up 1 foot of the thing but: there's always some of it left in the ground, which will sprout like a Hydra and you'll be back at it.
  
• Plantain roots are pretty much just a tangled ball of thin fibers. You can often get a lot of it but you'll never get it all. This tends to anger the plantain. Do not anger the plantain.
  
• stuff that mats like chickweed, it seems that if I can find the main stem at all, it's pretty successful at getting it out, but that stuff I have better results using my hands.

Not even a good deal on it. Add shipping and it is going to save you $2 over what Lowes sells these for all day everyday.

The claws look kind of weak and I'm afraid they could easily bend or break in hard or dry soil. Could someone reassure me that they are strong and that wouldn't be a problem?

apparently not always up to tough action:http://www.amazon.com/Fiskars-1399-Deluxe-Telescoping-Remover/product-reviews/B005D6NX8M/ref=cm_cr_pr_hist_1?ie=UTF8&filterBy=addOneStar&showViewpoints=0

This tool will leave large holes all throughout your lawn. Very noticeable and unsightly.

If you want to accomplish the same result as this claims without the divots, get yourself a tree planting shovel. Plunge the blade parallel to the root as close to the weed as possible without touching. Once in the ground, pull the shovel towards your body, reach into the hole and grab the root. Pull the weed out, then stomp the hole closed. The blade of a tree planting shovel is small and thin so you'll never be able to tell that there was a weed there.

nwwise01 wrote:Not even a good deal on it. Add shipping and it is going to save you $2 over what Lowes sells these for all day everyday.

Thought exercise: If Lowes were selling this for $1.00, and Woot! were selling it for $0.92, should Woot!'s price be considered 'not a good deal'? What if it were $3.00 versus $1.00?

lwang wrote:Much my weeds are on the cracks between the sidewalk slabs. Can this take those out?



The thing is do they require you to send in the broken unit. At this price, that would mean 50% of the cost just to fix the broken unit.

Yet I wonder. I had a Rival Vacuum Sealer fail on me that I bought here on Woot!. Jarden (parent company) sent me a replacement with only my providing a date code. I've had similar experiences with companies where I was required to send a photograph. And Amazon once let me keep an inexpensive item because they didn't wish to pay return postage. It depends on the company and whom you are communicating with, though I won't deny I've dealt with some very unreasonable warranty departments as well.

I wonder how this would work against Zombies? X

mouseanon wrote:Plus sales tax, plus the $4 for gas round-trip (unless you literally live next door), plus the time it takes to actually go to Lowes.

Each to their own preferences, but in a time when people will drive 20 miles out of their way (more than $5 in stop and go traffic) to save three cents per gallon on gas (far less than $1 per tank for most cars) I guess logic has gone out the window.

I bought mine here.

yeah..but nobody comes to woot to save a few percent. If it is over 50% savings compared to where you can get it in other places, we will all buy it, no matter what junk it is.

if you don't want to worry about plastic breaking then get the original ver of this. I have one that is at least 30 yrs old, and still works like the day my mother bought it - http://www.amazon.com/Oswego-GW-1-Grandpas-Weeder/dp/B001D1FFZA

Does this work on GSM or CDMA networks?

gambam wrote:if you don't want to worry about plastic breaking then get the original ver of this. I have one that is at least 30 yrs old, and still works like the day my mother bought it - http://www.amazon.com/Oswego-GW-1-Grandpas-Weeder/dp/B001D1FFZA

ITA - such a great item. THIS is worth buying, though the WOOT offer might be too. Replace the handle if it breaks and you are good to go. :-)

clumpymold wrote:Almost double the price on Amazon.com. I have a fair amount of weeds sprouting up in my backyard. For $23 shipped, seems like it's worth a try. I'll try to avoid stepping too hard on that plastic foot piece though as I've read countless reviews about it breaking. :/

The foot piece isn't the problem, the problem is the base cracking in two. Pull back gently.


Here's a photo of mine:

gambam wrote:if you don't want to worry about plastic breaking then get the original ver of this. I have one that is at least 30 yrs old, and still works like the day my mother bought it - http://www.amazon.com/Oswego-GW-1-Grandpas-Weeder/dp/B001D1FFZA

I got this to replace my broken Fiskars. I like it, but I wish the handle was a bit wider to give it even more strength.

gambam wrote:if you don't want to worry about plastic breaking then get the original ver of this. I have one that is at least 30 yrs old, and still works like the day my mother bought it - http://www.amazon.com/Oswego-GW-1-Grandpas-Weeder/dp/B001D1FFZA

What! No plastic?

...it seems the consensus is, if you have hard ground this model may not work for you, so don't buy one.

my lawn isn't hard dirt so i think i'll be ok. i do have some areas where the ground is hard and has weeds, but i'm gonna be smart about it; i won't use the weeder there. i'm not going to ask more than what the weeder can do effectively...

TeknoKid wrote:I have a Fiskars 7870 Uproot Lawn and Garden Weeder which is basically the same as this with a different handle. It is fun to use but it also gets tiring after a while.

It was so fun to use that we were having contention issues so we bought a second one "Fiskars 7880 3-Claw Garden Weeder" at Lowes but returned it the same day. The 4 claw weeder (which this one is as well) seemed to work much better than the 3 claw version.

These weeders are great at removing weeds but they do leave holes in your lawn.. maybe an inch across and 2 inches deep. They are noticable at first but seem to go away on their own after a while.

Pretty much the same I pay $70 every year for lawn aeration service...no big deal at all.

kinderdm wrote:Any clue how this would handle weeds growing though mulch? I figure it should pull them but will i be left with lots of pot marks all over the place and then have to re-mulch?

It works fine through mulch. You maybe need to position it gently before steping on it to drive it into the soil. I don't know about how it would work through that ground cloth some people put under their mulch though.