Sun Joe AJ801E-RM Electric Lawn Dethatcher Scarifier, 13 Inch, 12 Amp

For such a small unit, it does an amazing job. The first area I did was patchey with alot of dead grass in it. The Sun Joe got all the thatch out so the seed could germate and grow. That corner now looks fantastic. I have more to do, but I'm confident it will turn out the same.

A yard definitely needs to have the thatch removed from time to time. This tool was a big help but in my case I still had to use a hand held de-thatcher in places. In half a yard I had several 40 gallon bags filled up.

This thing is awesome! I had issues with my lawnmower this season, it wouldnt mulch the grass. I had long blades of grass that smothered the lawn to were it would grown in thick like years past. I filled up 15 brown paper lawn bags full of dead grass. Best $150 spent (it was on sale). If you have to pay full price its still worth every penny. The time youll save trying to rake it up.

I am so happy I bought this. This has literally been sitting in my cart for about a year and I finally bit the bullet and I am not disappointed! Dethatching is hard work and this makes it so painless and easy! I put it together and ran it through my front yard this morning and I got almost 3 33 gallon bags FULL of thatch! The collection bag is pretty small so it needs to be emptied pretty often but it is easy to do so not a big deal. I’d rather have a small collection bag to pick it all up as I go than not have one at all. I definitely recommend this product!

I made 3 different passes with the Sunjoe starting at 10, then 5 and finally 0 while using a 16ga 50ft Hyper Tough extension cord (the wrong gauge) and never had a problem gathering an enormous pile of thatch and exposing multiple thin and dead spots in our front lawn, now to do the rear with the proper 14ga 100ft Hyper Tough extension cord!

I needed to dethatch my Zoysia lawn, as the thatch was causing problems with disease and limiting growth. I researched both the Greenworks and Sun Joe dethatchers, and the Sun Joe received better reviews, so I decided to go with it. I'm glad I did! The Sun Joe pulled out massive amounts of thatch from my lawn. An 1,100 square feet area filled a 96 gallon trash can to the top, with me compacting the thatch as much as I could! I had my doubts at first, because the unit only weighs about 14lbs, but it did exactly what it was supposed to do. The instructions were intuitive and set up took about 10 minutes. Very easy to operate! This unit also has a scarifying function that I plan to use when I overseed my back yard. The Greenworks unit DOES NOT have that option. Highly Recommended!

Worked very well and had plenty of power to dethatch my lawn. Very easy to raise or lower height of the machine and I did not bother trying to use the bagger. I would have given it 5 stars but after a few passes and it really started to get annoying having to push the button down on the handle then to squeeze the handle for it to start instead of just easily squeezing the handle and going.. I did not care for that at all! I would possibly also liked to have gotten the battery operated version instead, but I cant see spending more $ for just using this machine 2 a year.

Every year I dethatch my yard to help keep the soil open and ready for water and fertilizer. I was tired of spending $60-$80 a pop to rent a machine for 4 hours. I have a really small yard so I'm typically done in an hour. saw some reviews for this and thought I would give it a whirl. First Impressions. Super simple to put together, packaged nicely for shipping had no damaged items. Super lightweight, so it's easy to transport if needed. Plugged her in attached the Dethatching tines and off I went, this Thing kicks right in and picks up thatch really well. It's not as effective as a pro-grade so it requires maybe another round but for the savings, this will save in the long run it's clearly worth it. The bagger is pretty much worthless, take 5-10 steps and it's already full. Instead, I used twine to hold the cover up and just mowed the lawn after each session, worked like a charm. Starting it could be simpler by putting the safety button on the opposite side of the throttle but it's not a huge drawback more of a slight inconvenience. This is electric and requires a cord to operate which gets in the way fairly easily. I just had my son follow me and maneuver the cord out of the way as needed. another tweak would be to make the handles foldable so it takes up less room while storage. The Scarifier is a nice addition to this machine it really helps scrape up the ground and cutting a path that does things. It allows the grass to grow out instead of up, gives some aeration and makes it easier to seed and fertilize. You do however need to make sure the cover is down when using this as it will shoot out rocks and doesn't feel good when it hits your shin. Pros: easy to use Saves money by not renting 2 great features dethatching and scarifying Cons: Cords get in the way Bagger is useless Handles should fold for more compactness for storage 2 buttons to run machine could have been designed better

Clumsy to use, the bag is very small to be useful, have to empty every feet yards, without the bag clumps of thatch gather under it and slow you down.

IF any Sunjoe machine lasts past 2 years ...and has a problem ...the "fix" will be ...offer a "new" machine at a reduced price ....ONLY IF YOU STILL HAVE PROOF OF PURCHASE. Also, IF you are in Canada and actually need a part AFTER the warranty ......Sunjoe NEVER offers ANY parts. Accessories are NOT "parts".