Bosch Electric Lawn Raker UniversalRake 900 (900 W, Operating width: 32 cm, Capacity of collection box: 50 l, in carton packaging)

Five seconds after switching this on, it was evident this was worth its money. Quite a bit more expensive than other options, yes, but the old adage "you get what you pay for" seems to ring true here - strong moss-lifting power and a proper collection box. The box being mounted at the back makes this easier to use than many other options. Assembly wasn't as easy as it could have been - the box is delivered as two parts and was a bit faffy to put together, and the handles really didn't seem to fit, but with some brute force eventually worked - fine if you're going to leave this assembled, but would be a hassle if you expected to fold it up in to the small space advertised. For my needs, this seems to be a good product.

I have used a number of scarifiers/lawn rakes over the years and I have to say this is the best one yet.Slightly fiddly to put the handles together (mainly because of the poor handle clip design) but does a really good job and collects a lot in the basket before you have to empty it. Cheaper versions only collect small amount and you have to empty them constantly.However, the handle clips really let this down. You expect quality from Bosch and for this price but the clips are really cheap and basic and are a pain to use, needed two hands and quite a bit of pressure on each clip to engage them, so takes quite a bit of effort to reassemble after it has been stored.The clips on my Bosch lawnmower are so much better and easy to use. They should have used the same ones on their lawn rake.

Only used once so far but did a superb job would recomend

I have a problem with moss in the garden and bought this to reduce the moss as it was taking over the lawn.On its first use I removed about 8 basket fulls of moss which was 400 litres of moss from the garden which was about 15 by 10 metres.This was about a week or so of using a granular weed/moss killer on the lawn which had blackened the main moss patches. I had tried to manually rake the moss but found that the Bosch scarifier made the job so much easier and vastly more effective. Like all Bosch products I have it is superb quality and so easy to use. Build quality is excellent. I would highly recommend this product.

Although the product is made mainly of plastic, it was fairly easy to setup and boy does this Bosch Rake work well. I cut the grass before and lightly sprinkled some water on grass, then I worked the Bosch Rake over the garden in a cross motion up and down first and then side to side. I filled up 6 large bags with Moss and weeds… i am amazed how good this item is.. well worth the money!!!

On unpacking I thought I had only got half of the collection box, then realised the half I had got was actually both parts clicked together so ingeniously it was not obvious it was two components. Works fine. The height setting is easy to use. The large collection box and fan action means you do not have frequently empty it (which is good because removing and refitting the box is a bit of a fiddle).The air inlet for the fan tends to get blocked (see photo) and there is no easy way to clean it. You have to use a stiff bristle brush. The "compact storage" claim is misleading...When unpacking it you need to memorise how all the parts were fitted together to get it to fit into its box. To make it compact again you have to completely disassemble it and fit the 3D jigsaw of parts back together into its "compact storage" form. It takes some time. So now I just remove the collection box and fold the handle down. I don't want to spend half an hour reassembling it every time I want to use it.Its tines are not as close together as my old scarifier, so the Bosch does not pick up as much moss in a single pass. But the old one did not have the fan action and its collection box had to be emptied every 5m (15ft). Doing 2-passes with the Bosch is less effort than doing 1-pass with the old machine.Conclusion: It is a very good device apart the "compact storage" claim. Compact storage adds an hour of assembly and disassembly to each session. The fan action, which compresses the liftings into the collection box, is an excellent feature.

I have never used the product. Had great difficulty assembling the product, the handle parts simply wouldn’t fit together. This would normally be a straightforward assembly matter. Amazon, to their credit, gave me a full refund.

Rather clumpy compared to previous Bosch. Supposed to rake & cut( unsure as blurb unclear)Sometimes it raked causing deep scratches, often tho’ had to repeat action in order to cut.To be effective the lawn would have to be a very FLAT surface. I altered controls repeatedly. Low one too low, so middle 2 controls used mostly. Too much frontage and edge to the bodywork so couldn’t get close to edges - I never use an edging tool, far too destructive! So, all in all disappointed, but have to put up with it as will not buy another to replace it.