Lawn Aerator Shoes for Grass - Pre-Assembled Grass Aerator Shoes for Lawn - Soil Yard Aerator Tool for Aerating Patio Garden

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My lawn had a lot of dead patches that needed reseeding. I knew I had to do something when I tried to follow the instructions on the grass seed bag: rake the area, turning up the soil. My rake bounced off the hardpan that was the largest dead area. Only two years ago this was sod! After soaking the area with my hose I tried again. Then I grabbed a shovel and started trying to dig. The first 2mm of soil was damp, and underneath was dusty bone dry hard-packed earth. At that point I realized I needed aeration. But I wasn't about to buy an aerator or rent one from HD for $80 just for 40 square feet of dead lawn (the lawn is about 800 sq feet, so it's not all dead). I picked these up because why not? It looked pretty dumb, but it was worth a try. At the worst I'd get some exercise stomping on my lawn then return it. I fired up the sprinklers, then went and stomped on the lawn. It didn't look like it did much, and I resorted to hopping across the dead areas with both feet. My wife has a video of that somewhere. The holes didn't seem big enough to actually do anything. But after hopping around I fired up the sprinklers again. The next day I did some more hopping. With that round I noticed that the ground was definitely softer, even under the dead areas; even those seemingly tiny holes seemed to do something. When the sprinklers ran previously I could see pooling and it running off of those dead areas. Now it didn't seem as bad. I hopped for another round, and the spikes went into the ground much more easily. And the rake actually worked somewhat (it actually penetrated the dirt). I wasn't able to churn up the soil with the rake yet, but now there was hope. After a few more days of this I'll rake and reseed the area with TurfBuilder and see what happens. So for these, they work. I have them strapped onto a pair of old hiking shoes. You should probably use stiff soled shoes, because it takes a bit of force to get these into hard packed soil. Overall I'd buy these again. It's a great addition to your never-ending collection of backyard tools.

Worked great, walked around my yard and then mowed with them on.

Really well made, very solid and the hook and loop fasteners (aka Velcro) grip well, the spikes are strong, made of stainless steel I believe, and a fastened with nylon locking nuts to keep them from loosening. Easy to put on, just set the heal strap first and leave it, then all you have to set are the arch and toe straps. It took me a bit to learn to just walk normal, that made it easier, yes it's a bit more of a work-out than just mowing the lawn, but who doesn't need a little more exercise.

These came this afternoon just in time for me to use them as I mowed the lawn. I have a city plot that takes about 40 minutes to mow by push mower. I was able to put on without any issues. It took a few steps to get use to but I finished in my normal time. Being in my seventies I was a little more cautious as I walked but didn’t have any problems. They were durable and the Velcro straps seem very strong. The scraper that came with them came in handy. We’ll see how well they hold up. Great way to aerate a small lawn.