Lawn sweeper / Leaf collector // Gardena leaf Collector review

Hey everyone, So one of the things I dislike the most is raking. In this video I will be looking at a lawn sweeper / leaf collector, it's the Gardena Leaf Collector.

Raking is boring and time consuming hopefully we can take down the need for manually raking to about 5-10% with one of these things!

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[SoulsJourney]

This seems like a great alternative for someone who has health issues and can't do a lot of strenuous raking. Raking is definitely hard work. Seems like a great tool, never heard of it before. Thanks for doing this video.

[idjr]

Great review. Purchased a Gardena leaf collector based on your review, thanks!

[matthewjones]

Had a similar machine back in the 1960’s. But with the amount of leaves we get here in the Northeast US, it would fill up every 10 feet. This guy’s lawn looked clean to me before he started. I do love the fact that it is manual and requires no fuel.

[kellkelley]

We were taught old school to leave them on the lawn for nutrients for the soil. But as you all know. This leads to abnormal amount of Thatch build up. Now you are killing your yard and feeding the weeds. I love my lawn sweeper. It picks up the neighbors sweet gum balls, twigs, and some peoples trash they toss out. But I do have a burn pit for all that. Thanks for your videos. Sam, your yard looks amazing, it's hard to believe what you started with till now. Thanks again.

[ericcooper]

if it works it's neither stupid or a waste of money. I've enjoyed your channel over the past few months as I too am always on the lookout for an easier way to tackle lawn care. keep it up bud!

[SunnyBermuda]

Yard looks great!! Looks like great exercise, too.

[peterchristopherbanlon]

Hi there. Love your lawn. It's almost perfect. The sweeper on the other hand, yeah, it doesn't cut it for leaf pick-up. It cleaned your lawn, but it was pretty much clean as a whistle before you started. It picked up the pine needles and that's good. The container is so small. I'd have to stop every hundred feet to empty it. Thumbs down on the sweeper and thumbs up to you and your lawn. Cheers!

[gregorymacneil]

Okay - IKEA desk and IKEA shelves - I bought three queen sized beds for my house - drove an hour to pick them up - they would not fit up the stairs - so I used the chainsaw to cut out the floor between two floor joists! Sam, you need a chainsaw!

[TerryRGraham]

I just mulch them up with my mower. Works great and with no problems ever.

[filipcza]

I have that thing too and it's doing a great job of getting rid of the leaves which I have 10x what you have there.
Definetely better than raking!
As you said it does not collect 100% but close enough.
You could use a rake for the left overs, that would not take long since there would be just a few leaves here and there.. but I don't do it since new ones are falling all the time so there's no point.

[rayprod]

Thank you
Finally a video showing how it works on pavement not just lawn
Would be good to show how to empty it in bags or whatever to dispose the pickings

[CommunityCleanup]

If you had a cordless mower, you can use the mower to cut or as a vacuum cleaner. the problem with this tool is that it wont get down into ruts or unto the edges of bushes, but your lawn is like a snooker table! Kudos... Thats the lawn we all dream about 🙂

I've been raking a lawn today by hand and it is ball busting sweaty work. But it was also so uneven that I'd love to know if the gardena would even be able to pick anything up? Whereas the manual rake, bends and flex's to the shape as I push on it..

Would be amazing it it does, i'd get one in a heartbeat. I scarified a public lawn today and the amount of rubbish that came out all had to be raked by hand, as even the lawnmower was struggling to pick it up.

Have you tried this thing on a really uneven lawn since making this video?

[Mantroglodyte]

I love how much he belabors his hatred of raking

[ramsunthar]

Thank you for the video...
Excellent work Sam
keep up the good work

[mickodonnell]

Hi Sam, Another great and enjoyable video mate, the build stories made me LOL! 😂 I have a petrol rotary mower which tends to pick up the majority of leaves and other debris, depending on how low I set it. On the scarifying though, I don't mind the raking afterwards as I enjoy the exercise to get the heart pumping and keep the bingo wings at bay! I have to say though my lawns aren't as big as your rear lawn but the raking is still time consuming. I've just invested in a battery powered leaf blower though to assist in gathering up the detritus and a set of leaf grabbers to pick it up to save all that bending over. Keep up the brilliant videos, I'm off to watch another 😁
Mick

[johnsunlight]

I just mow my leaves. Why remove the nutrients by hauling them away?

[tinatinker]

This lawn is beautiful but looks already clean. I'd like to see how the sweeper works on a lawn
"COVERED" with leaves as in pretty much any New England state.

[forbesmag]

Have used a lawn sweeper extensively. The results for this one seem substandard, actually. And that seems to do with that it uses a plastic comb, i.e. plastic teeth with gaps between them (like a rake), which is going to miss a lot, versus other sweepers, like mine (Agri-fab), which has brushes for more complete coverage. Also seems like it should be wider...but maybe that's just the European thing with their preference for tiny things.

[richardharwell]

I think "Scott's" makes a machine like this in the USA.
Your videos are fun and helpful !

[Panman]

Just come across your channel Sam, keep up the good work. As a much older guy I have had my own gardens for 47 years(2 homes) I have been fully retired now for 13 years and obviously when I am not taking/collecting my lovely grandsons on the school run I have more time than younger busy parents to better look after my lawns. I have kept them neatly mowed etc, however I have never scarified, reseeded, top dressed and the rest, is it because I have been lazy or just bamboozled by watching far too many lawncare videos that can become very technical.Cheers from the UK.