BsBsBest 75" Rake for Leaves with 18 Metal Tines 10-18" Expandable Head Rakes Adjustable Handle for Lawn Leaf Rake Yard Tools for Collecting Leaves, Grass Clippings, Garbage Blue

This is a well made, sturdy extendable rake that has both the ability to widen its raking area and lengthen the reach of the rod. It comes in 5 pieces allowing you to add as many rods as you like to accommodate your heigth. Solid metal with a plastic flap or switch allows you to open the raking tines as wide as needed. I am an avid gardener, I love my tools and to be able to try out new versions is so wonderful. I love this rake enough to purchase one for my 6’9” son. I am 5’8” and only attached 3 of the 4 rods provided. We have 3- 100 foot maples in our back yard and this rake will easily, safely and efficiently uncover my flower beds without damaging the plants underneath the blanket of leaves left to protect them over the winter. THE PRICE POINT IS MORE THAN REASONABLE FOR SUCH QUALITY AND DESIGN. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

I ordered this to replace an expanding rake that bit the dust last fall after being my go-to tool for cleaning flower beds. This is a very nice expanding rake. The rake and the handle have a powder coated finish. The handle comes in several parts and screws together. With all the parts in place the handle is ridiculously long -- might work for someone with super deep flower beds, but I don't need it that long and will remove a section. The rake expands and contracts and locks in place with plastic blue leaf lever. The rake opens smoothly but the lever is pretty small and kind of flimsy (my other rake also had a plastic level and lasted for years so this is not a big deal). This is a very nice rake -- perfect gift for a gardener or yourself. I love it for cleaning out flower beds in the spring because the rake adjusts to get around and under all sorts of plants.

The good: The BsBsBest 75" Rake for Leaves with 18 Expandable Metal Tines (the head can expand from approximately 10"-18") is easy to assemble (you just screw together the several pole pieces, and then screw on the rake head); adjustable in length (if you find the 75" size is too long, simply remove one or two of the middle pieces of the pole, then screw the top of the pole back on to the remaining pieces); and adjustable in width (making the rake head more narrow lets you rake in-between narrow spaces and pick up finer little leaves; while the wider head allows for quicker raking of bigger areas and bigger leaves). And the design that uses primarily metal for most of the elements seems very strong and durable overall.The mediocre: The pole isn't particularly ergonomic. I won't ding the product's rating for that aspect of things since that's a very standard design for basic rakes -- it's just a pole, there's not much too it. But I've owned fancier rakes that have more of a rubberized surface on the pole or actual grips that you can adjust the height of and then get a better hold of the rake and be able to apply more pressure as you rake, etc... So it would've been nice if this rake had some sort of grip system or handle on it instead of just being, well, a metal pole. Oh well.Also, although adjusting the rake head isn't difficult for the medium sizes of, say, around 12" to 16" -- it takes bit more force to pull the adjuster all the way up or down to get the rake to its narrowest or widest settings; and it takes some effort to adjust it again if you've pushed it to one of these maxed sizes. And even at it's widest -- it's probably barely 18", which isn't really a lot of width for a leaf-rake.And the metal tines themselves are a little bit thin and wobbly -- if anything on this rake ever gets messed up, I'd bet on the tines being the weakest point -- I wouldn't be surprised if some of them end up getting pretty bent up under regular usage.So, I don't think this is the ultimate rake to rule them all -- I plan on keeping a couple of other different style rakes around in my garage as well. But the strong and long metal pole and overall adjustability of this rake (which should make it good for reach long and narrow spots, low gutters, under porch stairs, etc.) will hopefully still make it a convenient addition to any set of yard tools.

love this assembles and disassembles so easily. it makes it easy to store when not in use which is extremely helpful for me having minimal storage space. the little lever is super cute, it's a leaf and it's what shifts the tine tension and breadth from narrow to wide. it's a pretty easy maneuver, i can mostly do it with one hand though i'm sure that's variable. i went ahead and attched each rod because i'm fairly tall and it gives me enough length for healthy leverage and then some. it's lightweight and easy to carry. i really like the simplicity of it all and again, that it can be broken down again when ready to travel. i guess the only other thing that could have been added is possibly a carrying pouch of some kind, otherwise i really love it

So, there are similar rakes like this in the dollar stores for about 7 bucks.Will say this is much higher quality than those. Steel handle is thicker grade and so are the tines.And the adjustable width for the tines is nice when working in tight spots.However, the handle screws together in 3 pieces and seems to come lose when I rake - might have to drill some screws to set them in place. Also, it just does not have the solid feel a wooden handled fixed leaf rake has - the handle "gives" a lot so I feel like I am wasted some energy to compensate.I would rate it higher if the handle was more solid.(Might replace the top part of the handle with a wooden one just to get a better feel.)It might make a good "backup" rake, but I am almost tempted to use the $7 dollar one as a backup instead for the price.UPDATE: I am sorry to report that my rake, on its first day of heavy service, failed. The handle nearly snapped along the threads that connect the sections. I was raking leaves. Not rocks, stones, railroad spikes or lead bars. Just leaves. Pretty dry leaves too. Oh well. Will see if I can adapt a wooden handle to fit the head. (Lost a star because of this pre-mature demise.