Bought it on 2014 March 22nd. Used the first year, then used in 2016 once, brought it out of the shed this year 2017 and the motor burned out after 2 meters. I tried to get another motor but no joy. Bought from Argos, surely should get spare parts electric motors etc. Surely when you buy from a firm they should make sure to get spare parts for what they are selling.

The Qualcast Lawnraker 32 that I use is 11 years old and still working. It is very good at raking the moss out of the grass. It rakes out lots of moss and thatch but it is far too much for the flimsy collector to cope with. You will need to do the collecting either by hand or with a large leaf collecting mower. The height setting is important. If it is too low and the rake is labouring than the motor will burn out. The motor must be kept spinning at high speed and I find that I need to move the lawn raker backwards and forwards to achieve this. My lawnraker has just broken down. The switch handle has cracked and will not function correctly. There are lots of online suppliers who will sell you a new handle. Overall I am generally pleased with my lawn raker and I accept its limitations. I do not know of a better one on the market. Final sentence - however hard I try the moss keeps coming back.

I bought this about two years ago but as my Black and Decker lawn rake was still servicable which IO had used for many years I used that last year. This year I got the Qualcast out. At first the flimsy tray kept falling off without collecting anything. Then after about 20 minutes of use, the holder for the tine spindle broke making the machine completely unusable. This machine is a total waste of money. Don't touch this or any other Qualcast product with a barge pole

Bought this from Argos despite the mixed reviews. This was a real mistake! As other reviewers have said, whilst it removed a huge amount of moss and dead grass from the lawn on its first use, it simply didn't pick it up. On the second use, the motor started working intermittently and has now died completely. Absolutely terrible design and even worse quality. Awful!

I bought the Qualcast lawnraker/scarifier at the beginning of the May and took it out for the second time to do front lawn and within 15 minutes I also had big puffs of black smoke and a strong burning smell coming from it. I returned it to Homebase and managed to get a replacement but now too frightened to use the replacement in case the same thing happens. Does anyone know if I am doing something wrong????

I bought my LRS32 some months ago from Homebase and because of personel reasons was not able to use it until the beginning of October. The very first thing that I noticed was that it did not transfer the grass etc into the collection bag, I then spent a lot of time raking and picking up the grass. I later called the Qualcast help line and was told that they knew about the problem but that the machine was built under licence for Homebase and that I should contact them. I do intend to take the machine to Homebase with copies of the comments on this web site and see what they will do. If it nothing I will tell them that I will post adverse comments on the intenet explaining that it is not fit for purpose.

My lawns are very bad with weeds and moss in particular so I borrowed my fathers Qualcast too see how good/bad it was. As most people have said its very effective at removing the thatch but for the life of me I cannot understand why people have a problem with collection. Every single scrap of moss, weed and dead grass goes straight into the collection box! What are other people doing? fitting the collection box upsidedown?! Running accross the lawn in a force 8 gale? I would really like to see video of these people using this rake.....

This is a very poor quality yhen the one I had for over 20 years.The collection box does not do what is required of it and falls off frequently.One has to emty it every 5-7 minutes.The handle comes off very easily and makes raking a frustrating job.The rake died after 30 minutes of use and I am going to take it back and look for a better Raker. The only plus point is that it raakes well. Haven't had a chance to try the scarifier as the machine stopped working.

Bought this on offer at Argos, what a shame taking it back tomorrow used once. As a lawn rake adequate, but what a sorry excuse for grass collection i had to spend an hour manually raking up the grass.The collection box when not falling off is at such an angle that very little grass goes into it, just piles of thatch and grass all over the lawn. The box it self is of such poor design and quality it might as well not be there.If your lawn is not like a bowling green you will find it hard to push as the flimsy plastic front constantly digs into the ground, in total a very very poor design. Come on Qualcast you must do a LOT BETTER this looks like it was designed by a commitee, in different countries from each other.

The rake is very effective at getting moss, dead grass and any old debris from your lawn, and it always surprises me how much stuff it actually picks up. I have to agree with the other reviewers here that the basket/pan at the front is a real weakness in the design. It starts to spill the content all over the rake before it's even half full, so you have to stop and either push the content back and down into the pan or just empty it. The mechanism to fix the pan to the rake is also a bit fiddly. However, all in all it does a very good job. I've had mine now for over 3 years and not had an issue with it - mechanically.

Most upset at spending over double what i spent last time for a lawn rake. If the lawn is not pan flat the stupid handle in front digs in the ground and stops. Annoying basket collects the bare minimum then tips it out over the machine as you struggle to unclip it. Why not have an open basket like my old one so nothing needs unclipping. Very combersome to put in car. Wish i could have had a test run first.

You get what you pay for! Collection box is almost a waste of time if only to keep the equipment from falling over. Fairly good at clearing thatch and moss although several passes are needed to finish the job. If the drive belt starts slipping the heat produced can melt the drive pulley as has happened to me on 2 occasions now. Bit of a disappointment. My neighbour bought a cheap scarifier from Lidl does a much better job and aeriates too!