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Pros & Cons
Pros
This model comfortably holds ~3/4 of a 50-lbs bag of fertilizer. For 5,000 sq ft lawn or less took me take less that 10 minutes.
Cons
My stripe is narrower than the wheels. Just friction of a hollow axle in a cheap plastic wheel" "the plastic broadcaster unit is about the same height as the top of the wheels" "i have a dead strip around the entire edge of the lawn.
Either framing is bent or position of drilled holes for mounting basket is off. There is no screw or pin or anything that holds it in. I think as it is spinning fertilizer gets under the blade and it starts to walk up until it is off and then it slips... Read More
The agitators aren't powerful enough to stir up the material and it won't fall by gravity so the pins eject what they can and then dig small cavities in the granules or seed. The impeller that throws the fertilizer is partially lower than the height o... Read More
This is the worst piece of equipment out of the thousands that i have used - across any trade from any manufacturer. Every plastic piece (which is most of the spreader) is extremely thin and flimsy. It amazes me that scotts hasn't discovered / doesn't... Read More
Highlights
Quality
Easy to adjust settings and push and spreads contents very evenly
Its durable build and ergonomic design make spreading fertilizer and seed effortless
That spreader is absolute garbage and about ruined my yard
Put the pin in and bend it and your done
Price
It’s really a wonderful spreader for the price very easy to put together
Worked well to spread my weed n feed and the price here beat local hardware stores
Couldnt has cost more than 20 to make
It cost a little more but it was really worth it
Shipping
The name brand product came in 2 days and packaged well
I called scotts customer service line and they sent the missing parts out before that evening
It arrived fully assembled in two days
Packaging/appearance
Came missing a special type screw which holds on top part of handle
Came in damaged and works great for our lawn exactly what you’d expect
Competitiveness
If youre using another brand product youll need to guess at the right setting but its still pretty easy
Easy to assemble when it arrives took less than 30 seconds and the nice thing about these are that most labels use scotts as a ... Read More
Overview
- How are reviewers describing this item?
easy, great, spread, right and small. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
- Our engine has detected that Amazon has altered, modified or removed reviews from this listing. We approximate total reviews altered up to 34540.
- Previous analysis of this listing was an C grade.
- Our engine has analyzed and discovered that 77.2% of the reviews are reliable.
- This product had a total of 32,178 reviews as of our last analysis date on Apr 27 2024.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The edge guard takes some getting used to and for some reason the spreader dumped a pile of fertilizer in a few spots on my front lawn that are now burned out
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I tried to wipe the excess off right away but that did not work
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I should have started using it in the back yard where it is not quite as important as the front
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Hopefully the next time i use it i will do better
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Other than dumping the fertilizer in those spots and needing to get used to exactly how the edge guard works it was easy to use
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Somewhat difficult to mount the wheels
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Had to utilize a large rubber mallet
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Ive never used a spreader until this one
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