I have worn out 3 or 4 of this weeder over 30 years of gardening. It's the best for hand weeding. For years I maintained a 2 acre landscaped wedding meadow. As long as I garden, I will have one of these in my tool shed. I now live in FL but did most of my gardening in PA.
I bought this on the recommendation of a horticulturalist at a public garden. I loved it at first, using it for weeding crabgrass. I was using it not so much like a hoe, but I used the point to cut roots and pry roots up. After a couple of weeks, the metal handle bent while I was prying up a root. A couple of days later, the blade broke off while I was prying out another root. I was really disappointed. I'm ordering another one, but will try to use it only for hoeing, not prying.
This is one of my favorite weeders to date, and I've tried them all. I'm using the fifth one now, three have broken just behind the head and the other two took a powder and disappeared, or were accidentally thrown out. I still have not decided if the handle is too long -- when I'm on my knees weeding with it -- or not long enough so I can use it standing up. The metal could be harder so the haft doesn't bend quite so easily, and this seems to be a problem from weeder to weeder not with the product as a whole.
Was looking for a better weeding tool, this is it!
Just tried this out today in my raised bed - it easily sliced through and lifted up the weeds that had accumulated since last fall. Fun to use, handle is comfortable. Feels like a quality product.
