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Hound Dog Products Weed Hound #HDP-1S
Availability:
2-3 days
Price:
$27.77
$20.49*
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| Part No: | B0000DI835 |
| Manufacturer: | Hound Dog |
| MFG Part: | HDPA-10 |
| Customer Rating: | 4.0 / 5.0 |
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- Weeding tool for efficient, effective weed removal
- Stand-up weeder: pulls weeds by roots quickly and easily
- Durable steel construction and rustproof finishes for long-lasting wear
- Long-handled, patented design allows use from standing position; includes bag clip
- Limited lifetime warranty
The Hound Dog Products "Weed Hound" stand-up weeder pulls weeds by their roots quickly and easily! It requires no bending and no chemicals, making weeding easier both on you and on your garden. The weeder can also be used to aerate soil for a healthier lawn. Like all Hound Dog Products tools, the Weed Hound features durable steel construction and rust-proof finishes for long-lasting wear; its comfortable grips and upright design make gardening easier on your hands, knees, and back. It comes with a limited lifetime warranty.
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| Much easier and faster than pulling weeds by hand. Works very well on dandelions and other leafy weeds. Works okay on other weed types. My soil is a rocky clay mixture so it often times doesn't get the whole root. |
| Jacked the price | 2008-11-27 | 2 / 5 |
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I put this in my cart, waited a day to think it over and it went from $14.95 to $23.21.
Increase of over 60%.
sure knows how to screw a person over. |
| Hound Dog is right | 2008-10-15 | 5 / 5 |
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It certainly does everything it claims to do. Not ever having seen or heard of this product before of course I was a bit skeptical about purchasing it. It arrived on time and in excellent condition. The time came to try it out so outside I headed. Placed the Ground Hog over a weed, stepped down and drove the Ground Hog down, gave it a twist and pulled the Ground Hog back up to eye level and there it was, the weed root and all. Released the weed into the trash bag and moved on to the next one, and the next and the next one. Well you get the point!!!
If you have yard full of weeds then this is probably not the tool to use. If you have the occasional few weeds pop up here and there, then this is in my opinion ideal for that. It saves your knees and back from stooping and dragging your knees from weed to weed.
If you're on the fence about whether or not to buy this product, try it. After all you can return it, but I don't think you will. |
| EFFECTIVE AND VERY SIMPLE TO USE! | 2008-09-30 | 5 / 5 |
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Place this tool over a weed (moist soil preferable), press your foot down on the foot lever and gently pull the weed puller up (the handle seems to serve only as a convenience): Voila! The weed plus the root is extracted from the soil.
Now I live in the Colorado desert and much of our residential soil contains under the surface small stones. In these areas it does not work for obvious reasons. So I am limited as to how much ground I can cover with the tool. For areas where the soil is free from under the surface stones, it works great. I'm glad to have it to make life a little bit easier. |
| Clever design. Poor durability. | 2008-09-12 | 3 / 5 |
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The Hound Dog did wonders helping me pull up large amounts of crabgrass in my yard. However: The tool quickly wore out.
The first point of failure on the Hound Dog was the moving central shaft that pushes the nails into the ground. If you are working in sandy or gravelly soil, the shaft will bend if you apply too much force or weight. Once the shaft is bent, the nails will not come together at a point, and the tool will no longer be able to pinch the weeds to pull them up. You can only push down from a step located on one side of the tool, which greatly increases the chances of slowly bending the shaft in one direction through repeated use. If you get one of these, my suggestion is: Don't put all your weight on it. If it feels like it doesn't want to go into the ground, reposition and try again.
I managed to hammer the shaft partially back into shape. This got me a little more use out of the tool before I hit the second point of failure. The nails came loose from the tool and fell out. Beating the tool with a hammer might have brought this on of course, but I wouldn't have gotten any more use out of the tool otherwise. At this point, the Hound Dog was unfixable and I threw it out.
Of the tools that I have seen, the Hound Dog has the best mechanism for pulling weeds. I will probably buy another one, even though I know it will not last me very long. I would be willing to spend more on a similar tool that lasts longer, as I feel wasteful having to treat such a tool as a disposable item. |
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