Comments on: Buying Garden Tools – Garden Fork

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uberVU - social comments — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 11:09:06 +0000

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By: aussiegreenthumb

aussiegreenthumb — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:49:42 +0000

I agree Grendel! I dream of the day when I own a PROPER mulcher. I was conned into buying a cheap one once, except it wasn’t truly a mulcher and it barely did the job it was supposed to. I won’t be making that mistake again! Next time it is a proper one or nothing at all.

By: Grendel

Grendel — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 13:59:05 +0000

What I would really love is a communal shed with a good set of tools. I own a fork but don’t use it often – hence it is a cheaper model and suffers the defects you mentioned. There are a lot of tools I would like to own but can’t justify given the size of our yard – such as a mulcher which I would only use on occasion.

By: aussiegreenthumb

aussiegreenthumb — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 12:05:23 +0000

That is exactly what happens these days. Because you can pick up tools for under $10 people buy cheap…every summer. No body thinks ‘if I spend $40 today I’ll have a tool for life’. They think ‘sweet, $10, done!’. What often happens is not only does the tool break but it does so BEFORE the job they bought it for is finished.

By: James Mann

James Mann — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 10:56:11 +0000

I like the part where you say not to buy cheap. I have make sure I buy all the things we need when it comes to buying quality for long lasting tools. My wife, she’s great, but she always goes for the cheapest item available, even if she has to buy them over and over.

We have to buy a garden fork this spring as I believe someone actually walked off with ours last season.

I’ve had shovels and garden forks that were not the best quality before and they have to be handled with kid’s gloves. Not the helpful tools I want to have. So my wife isn’t going to be buying.

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