Lawn Aerator Core Garden Tool with Storage Tray, Manual Yard Grass Plug Aerators & A Clean Tool, 3 Tines Coring Aerator Tool for Soil Aeration, Lawn Care, Loose Soil, 38”

A good tool for aerating small areas of lawn if soil is not too dry and hard.Make sure it is well watered before you start.

For $24 delivered it is a good tool to have. During assembly make sure you put the nuts on your non dominate leg side with sharp part of the aerators closest to you. That will make it so you don't bang your knee on them. Even still I knocked off the nut cover caps and lost 2 of them already.I don't love the core collector because I just dump them back on the yard to get reincorporated into the soil anyway but the welds seem pretty solid on it. The foot bar is a little too tucked inside but the way I did it was just kept my foot on it and walked along stepping my foot into the lawn and pulling out without removing my foot. But, and it is a big but, that only worked on the less compacted and very damp soil. The more compacted the soil, the harder to get it even wet and dry soil just gets stuck in the tines. Clearing the clog is not easy.I got this to supplement the power aerator my landscaper does and could not imagine doing an entire yard with it if you already have very compacted soil. If you have kept up with aeration and you irrigate deeply for 2 days then I think one could easily use this for an entire lawn. People have complained about the strenuous exertion required but it's like everything else. If you have neglected your lawn for 20 years and have compacted soil, then yeah it is going to be hard. Just use the powered aerator or pay for someone to do it the first couple times to get to a workable soil consistency. It's not the tools fault you have bad soil conditions.Seems sturdy enough for several seasons worth of aerating. I don't love the cleaning tool, that you basically have to turn it upside down to dump the cores and the foot bar placement makes it harder to drive straight into the lawn. When the tines get compacted it tends to rip the grass out which ain't great. The cores are slightly larger diameter than the machine ones I'm used to and the 3 holes end up being pretty close together.

I specifically tried this item to deal with compacted soil and lack of growth under one of my front yard trees. I wanted to aerate the soil and lose the surrounding Texas clay/dirt. This device seemed to fit my niche need.I like that it was fast delivery and easy to setup (just a few minutes). I liked the idea of capturing the aeration dirt pegs instead of them staying behind or needing to be collected after. However, this thing is not easy to work without some strength and force (Assuming you have hard-packed Texas clay soil). It provides a serious workout even after a short use, and the pegs seem to get stuck in the chambers more than pour out into the collection bin.It's still useable, and it is better than renting a $150 aeration machine for a tiny space. But be prepared to work for it, and have a thick Philips head screw driver handy to unclog the plugs form the aeration chambers.

This aerator is the absolute perfect length for the spikes to get deep enough to get into the roots to let air get down and help your lawn. Very easy to use and super simple to put together. Comes with a fork to clear out any clogs that may get caught. As you press down the plug comes out and lands in the collection tray so you don't have to worry about all these cores laying around your property. It is absolutely the perfect length. Good sturdy foothold to apply any added pressure that you need. Overall this is the perfect tool for a healthier and Greener lawn. I've had it for 3 weeks now and I've used it for my entire property and my grass is already come back healthier and greener than it was before

I bought this Aerator tool to combat a few spots in my yard that persistently die off before the growing season is over. It was easy to put together and It seems quite sturdy. It is easy to step on and the handles are padded, so no pain there. One thing I found to be a nuisance, is that it often tore up more of the ground when pulling it up. I tried cleaning out the plugs, thinking that might help, but that was very difficult, even with the tool they provided for that. So if you need an aeration tool for very small areas, there are worse tools out there. This will work fairly well with looser, well-watered soil, but hard clay soil will be very challenging.

The aerator only worked to pull the first plug. Then the tines would get packed with dirt and I had to use the tool to clear them before moving to the next set of holes. I tired the soil dry, slightly wet and very wet. Every time the dirt did not push up into the collection tray, but got packed and the tool needed cleaning.