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push and pull weeder

Iain1969Iain1969 Posts: 13
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Hi, 
Saw a fiskars push and pull weeder reduced in B and Q today and I have a borderline obsession with fiskars products. Can anybody advise if these are any good or should I just stick with my trusty old school hoe?
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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Don't know about Fiskars other than that their parrot blade extendable handle loppers are crap.  Cut brilliantly but the handles fall apart whether extended or not so pretty useless.

    However, my favourite weeding tool is the push-me-pull-you hoe head in the Wolf range; so much so that we have 2 of the 6"/15cm wide one so OH can play at the same time and I also have a smaller 10cm/4" version for use in flower beds that tend to be a bit more crowded.

    Here is a link to the head - https://www.worldofwolf.co.uk/categories/multi-change-tools/page=3/product/wolf-garten-multi-change-push-pull-weeder-15cm/RFM15~RFM15 

    Handles come in various lengths for close work on your knees to standing at full height.

    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • Iain1969Iain1969 Posts: 13
    Thx obelixx. I know some fiskars things can be problematic but other things brilliant. I think the wolf garten one looks better, it's serated as opposed to the fiskars one being smooth. I suppose your endorsement makes it worth considering, just wasn't sure if push pull was a gimmick or worthwhile. 
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    I find push pull very effective and easier then a standard Dutch hoe.  I have never learned to drive one of those but it may be they're just not suited to heavy Belgian clay and loams.  You can also turn it over when done and it becomes an effective rake for leveling and smoothing the soil or gathering up beheaded weeds.   The push pull is also very effective for weeding gravel - our new home has a fine gravel drive that quickly gets weedy but this hoe head sorts it quite easily.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    I like a wilkinson sword swoe
  • Iain1969Iain1969 Posts: 13
    I'll Google it and look on amazon 
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    edited January 2019
    I always use a hoe like the Fiskars Push Pull. I thought it was called a stirrup hoe. They seem to be the main sort of hoe sold in France, several different makes but all the same sort of thing. I can't get on with a Dutch hoe.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • TopbirdTopbird Posts: 8,355
    edited January 2019
    I’ve had the 6” Wolf Garten push-pull hoe / weeding head endorsed by Obelixx for donkeys years. It’s very effective and I use it a lot (last used on Tuesday!).

    As Obx said, it’s particularly effective on the large shingle driveway.

    Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    And, once you have the handle it's easy to buy new heads as you need them for different tasks.  We have cultivator heads, stiff and spring tined rakes, a pruning saw and many more.   Some get used all the time and some only once or twice a year but much easier to store than having a long handle on every tool. 
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • RubytooRubytoo Posts: 1,630
    edited January 2019
    If it is discounted and you like Fiskars products I would, from what others have said its worth a punt :) And you get to add to your collection.

    I bought a Dutch hoe years ago, I did not even know back then there were better or different kinds.
    You are right @Obelixx they are not great, and I agree not the best thing for clay soil which we have too.  Might be better on a fine tilth, and I just remembered I bought it to hoe a newly prepared lawn seed bed.

    I also use it for stuffing a large cloth in the hole to wash and dry the inside of wheelie bins.

  • Iain1969Iain1969 Posts: 13
    I think I'll get one if they still have them, it was reduced to a tenner. I am just trying to be responsible and not buy loads of tools. I don't use my Dutch how a lot, I tend to just sit down and weed, but I recognise it would be much more beneficial to how more often and with the right tool.
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