Sun Joe 24V-X2-DTS15 Scarifier and Dethatcher Kit, 5 Depth Positions, 15 Inch, Brushless Motor, with 2 x 24V 4.0Ah Batteries and Dual Port Charger

This machine pulled up 3 trash bins full of debris! Easy to use and very effective. The collection bag is small - we had to empty it often. I highly recommend! Battery life was adequate. Plenty of power - never bogged down.

Got this in a few days ago, did not use it right away due to cold weather. Packaging was very bad, box was torn. Nothing seems to be missing however. Assembly was easy. Used it for the first time today, Feb. 11, 2022. It did a very good job for about 10 minutes, then it died and would not restart. I had done a full charge on the batteries. The batteries show about a 2/3 charge remaining. When it died there was a smell as of a burned electrical motor. Currently recharging the battery and letting the motor cool. Will then try it again, it it does not work I will try to return. Disappointed. Feb. 12, 2022. It works, tried it indoors as it's too cold to use outside. So not a full test. I don't think I did anything that could be considered outside of normal use yesterday. Will see what happens on a warmer day. Still disappointed overall, I'm planning to keep it at this time as I really wanted a dethatcher.

Living in the North West we have a lot of moss that takes over the yards. I bought this battery operated Sun Joe because of a video on thatching your yard and it looked perfect for my job. With a second set of batteries I do a small section of my yards at a time. The installing of the handle into the machine I had to cut 3/8” off of each post so the screw would enter the host to hold. I like the light weight and easy change of the thatcher head to the scratifier head. I don’t like that the switch only works if you hold just above the safety lock. If you move your hand away from this point it will shut off. Also the batteries get warm to the point the machine will shut down until cool. Then work just fine again.

While it isn’t quite as powerful as the Sun Joe corded version, but it is close. Does a great job. Need longer battery life. My yard is about the size of a basketball court and the batteries gave out after doing 3/4 of my yard. I found that height setting 3 out of the 5 settings worked best for me and I think the batteries would have lasted longer if I had the height setting at 3 from the beginning. Overall it is a huge improvement over dragging around an extension cord on the corded version. I may invest in a backup set of batteries.

This really does the job. It pulled out so much thatch from our yard, it was impressive. It was easy for me to push despite the handle being high up for me. (I’m 5’2”).My hand did get tired holding the bar “on” to keep it running. I wish there were a locking mechanism for that. The problem we had was that it would keep stopping. At first we thought the battery had run out, but we hadn’t been running it too long, then we realized our Bermuda grass that seems to be trying to take over our yard, was getting wrapped around the tines and wheels. After watching videos about dethatching with this particular one, we were very interested. It works great,just not if you have a rhizome type grass. We will be retuning this one and just have a to rent a larger machine.