Customer Reviews
good, not great 
2008-08-07
The brushes sweep leaves forward where they are then deflected to the catcher. I found that the gap between the lawn and the deflector was to large and a significant amount of leaves would get swept ahead of the sweeper and not into the catcher. I added a piece of plastic to extend about 2 1/2 inches lower. Problem solved. With my addition it does a great job of picking up even the smallest leaves. Ground must be flat. Does not work well on uneven ground, misses a lot.
prompt service, OK product 
2008-05-20
Got my sweeper quickly but I don't think it was really worth the price. I put it together easily and not real heavy, went out to try it. It did pick up the leaves but I had to go over and over the same area to get the leaves up. I could have just mowed and gotten better results. Worked on the small area beside the driveway lots better that the higher thicker grass in the front yard. Maybe I wanted too much from this product. Will still use it but more often and before too many leaves.
Part of a Solution to Go Green 2008-05-14
I purchased this product in conjunction with a manual, push-type reel mower with the intent of using it to clear debris (small sticks and leaves) from the lawn that a power mower would normally suck-up. The unit is relatively light, but stiff enough to work in relatively deep (2 to 3 inch) grass and on some sloping ground. I would not catagorize the unit as robust, but it has proved adequate in service. The attribute I like most about the unit is that it has wide working width, so it only takes a few minutes to run over the lawn pre-or-post cut. The attribute that I like least is the plastic construction of many of the parts, but, it has held up so far. This unit is working for me and I have not run the power mower yet this season. I guess another good reason to purchase the unit is... no power-motor noise!!! Just the pleasant whirring sound of some brushes!
sandy 
2008-04-29
This is a great product, it easier to use than the thatching attachment on your lawn mower. My yard looks great. It takes a little muscle but the results are worth it. It picks up everything in the yard. Assembly was simple, too.
Review of lawn sweeper 
2008-03-25
I purchased the lawn sweeper primarily to clean up a putting green beneath a pine tree over a very well manacured lawn.
Our grass is very short (putting green) and with the low setting on the lawn sweeper unfortunately it will fling the pine needles and debre out in front instead of in the basket, so it does not work very well for what we got it for.
For taller grass it works better.
R. Riehn
If mine broke, I'd buy it again 2008-02-03
Agri-Fab lawn sweepers make quick work of just about any pickup task and do a thorough, efficient job the first time around. Poly construction is durable and lightweight making it easy to push, rust resistant and easy to clean after use. Brush has nylon bristles. Picks up acorns that are not imbeded in the ground but keep the sweeper 1/2" above the ground.
You asked for a review 2008-01-18
Agri-Fab 26-Inch Push Lawn Sweeper #45-0218
I was mostly satisfied with this product but I made 2 changes.
1. I didn't like the way those bent pipe supports dragged especially scoring the driveway when I went over it so I added sets of double small wheels.
2. There was too much space between the brush supports and the axle which caused pine straw to wrap around the axle making it impossible to push.
I added 3x3" plates on both brushes to solve this problem.
Everything is fine now.
WHEELS JAMMED WHEN NEW 2008-01-03
After spending an hour assembling this item (because the tolerances on the lock nuts are too tight for easy assembly) I discovered that the wheels didn't freewheel in reverse and jammed at the end of every run. This is a problem with the main unit, which is assembled at the factory. The manual says to re-align the pins inside the ratchet gears. Not sure it's worth the extra time, or if that will do it. Would prefer a refund.
Why didn't I meet you sooner? 2007-12-27
Ok, so you want a earth-friendly, effective and fun way to keep your lawn tidy? This is the answer! I really didn't know such device existed, but I knew someone somewhere had invented an alternative to ear-deafening, gas guzzling, and heavy leaf-blowers.
To be frank, I was a bit skeptical as to how well the Lawn Sweeper might work--would it jam at the first hurdle? would it fall apart (it looked a little flimsy on the photos) as it made it's way up and down my 20 degree sloped yard? would it actually gather the leaves or simply throw them all over the place only to do the job again with a rake? Well, none of this happened.
It is truly an elegant design. If you set the height of the brush right, you should be able to effortlessly cover about 2,000 sq feet in 20 minutes (assuming your yard is fairly even)---that's about 100 sq feet per minute at a moderatly brisk pace (i.e. about 2 normal steps per second). It's also a good exercise and the leaves fall rather aimfully into the basket.
The first time I used it I had already mowed my lawn, so many hand-sized leaves were reduced to about finger-sized leaves. While one might suspect the task to be more difficult, it actually reduced the number of trips I had to make to empty the basket (I guess the pre-mowing actually reduced the volume of space a larger leaf occupies vs. a shredded one). For this reason, I would recommend waiting a few days after the leaves fall and let them shrink a bit.
Some of the other reviewers complained that the basket could have been bigger or deeper so they wouldn't have to empty so often. I sort of agree, yet in paying attention to this and thinking about how the design could be improved, I came up short. I guess the designers really had to wrestle among trade-offs in: basket size, clearance of shooting range, weight and cost. Oh well. However, the long metal rod that holds the bottom of the bag to the device could use some improvements. The rubber stoppers are not very helpful (they keep coming off when I take off the bag), but other than that it's a nice, light and inexpensive piece of equipment that belongs in every garage in America.
Finally, don't expect your post-labor lawn to be leaf-free. It will miss a few spots, much in the way a vacuum cleaner never does a great job on the first passing. But if you're not much of a perfectionist, it should make your yard the envy of the block in half the time it took "Larry the leaf-blower" do his.
Oh, the assembly is a piece of cake. If you've assembled IKEA furniture, it's more or less the same degree of difficulty.
Happy Sweepin'.
Agri-Fab 26-Inch Lawn Sweeper 2007-12-15
This product is well worth the money. Although the leaf catcher tends to fill-up quickly, it beats using a rake!
