DON'T Buy the Battery Operated Dethatcher / Scarifier! Sun Joe unboxing Battery VS Corded
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- čas přidán 19. 06. 2022
- Unboxing and comparison of the the Battery operated Sun Joe Dethatcher and Scarifier VS the Corded Model.
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It's no secret that I love a good dethatch on the lawn. Removing lawn debris helps keep the colors vibrant and also helps the grass grow thicker. So many benefits to dethatching a lawn. Today I unbox the new battery operated model and show you the difference between the gen 2 15" model and the new battery operated 3rd Gen. - Jak na to + styl
Okay the most beneficial thing of this video was teaching me the lawncare master way of opening boxes! My wife will be so happy when I do this to all her Amazon orders from now on!
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Can't wait for christmas.
Thanks for the review I was on the fence after seeing this video I bought a corded Sun joe 15" scarifier "dethatcher". I now it's probablt a little late in the season but I Scarified my lawn today and pulled two garbage cans full off a lawn about your size. I was amazed keep up the good work. I love to watch your videos and get educated
Awesome!!!
Man, I love your vlogs! I’m going by what you say on my lawn! You’re one of the best out there!
Thanks Pamela!!! Appreciate the support
Glad I bought the corded sun joe, great machine, gets the job done. Interesting way of opening the box my friend. Stay safe buddy!
Thanks, you too!
Glad to see you're making content regularly again. Welcome back!
Thanks Ivan! Good to be back
Great information once again! From pesticides to products to techniques to biology…you are the best!!! Now you need to sell a yard sign promoting your channel so I can put you in my front yard!
Im in the works for the flag!!!
Always Great info. The best box opening I have ever seen. Thanks for a great video.
Thanks Richard
Great to see you back, Ginja.
Thank you 🙏
I know this is an old video, but I bought a corded one after watching this because it was cheap and light. It has really worked out well for me, just started my second season with a spring rake, then scarify before seeding.
Rad!!! I’ve always said, if you’re going to have a lawn tool, this is it
Thank you! Only thing that has broken on my corded sun joe is the leveler.
It’s a beast!!!
I appreciate the honest review, I have the corded sunjoe and saw videos for this one. They weren't very honest obviously, you certainly changed my mind about the product. I'll stick with my tried and true plug in sunjoe
Glad it was helpful Charles!
Great and honest review Ginja! Thanks for sharing! BTW, I love your shoes! Bet they are comfy!! lol
Thanks Elaine!!! Love me some toe shoes
@@pestandlawnginja Lol I can imagine! :)
On the Ginja's advice, I purchased the corded Sun Joe last year + used it aggressively on my lawn. I then over-seeded using high-quality KBG, covered it w/ peat moss using a rented spreader, and pushed the growth w/ applications of N-Ext's liquid fertilizers + bio-stimulants.
I won't lie: my lawn looked rough last fall. It was still recovering when temperatures dropped enough to slow/stop turf growth.
I wish I'd taken photos to document the recovery, though: my lawn looks terrific this year. While I credit the liquid fertilizer spoon feeding and 2x/week mowing for the fast recovery, dethatching + scarifying the lawn to remove dead/matted grass, mulch/twigs, rocks, and seeds allowed the seed + products to get to the soil.
Thanks for the great content, Ginja!
Awesome! Love the feedback and hearing about your experience. Thanks for sharing
I have the Ryobi one cordless and it’s fantastic. Runs for around 30 minutes on two 5a batteries and does a great job. Light and easy to use too.
Rad! It’s on my list
Are you going to evaluate other cordless models? I do read the most positive reviews as being the Sun Joe 24V -X2 DT S 15 which is the most recent model. It's $349 on the company's website with 15% off but out of stock. Amazon is less expensive but make sure you get the one with the 2 batteries and dual port charger. There is the scarifier /dethatcher that comes without the batteries and charger.
Dude I've been watching your videos for a long time. Today was the first day I realised your voice sounds exactly like Andy Bernard from the office?!?!
Great vid on the scarifier, I'm glad I've got a corded one. Hello from the UK!
😂😂😂😂 never heard that before but I’ll take it!
Just picked up a new 15" SunChow corded unit for $149 but not looking forward to pushing in across 20k sq ft of lawn in a few more weeks. On the bright side, I'll have a nice load for the compost pile. Thanks for all you do Ginja
Wow 😮 that’s a lot of area! Love it
How did it go? I'm getting ready to pick up a scarifier myself and do roughly 15k sq ft.
@@YouSeeSorrows Better than I thought. Just keep the head clean. Grass packs up in the side bearings so taking the head out and cleaning the shaft and bearings is the only way to make the thing last
I bought the corded SunJoe dethatcher and it works awesome 👍
Rad!!! Such a great machine
I got the battery powered one this year and it worked great. I bought a separate set of 5 aph batteries and it did very well. But it did bog down a bit so you need to go slow.
Love the feedback Tim! Thanks 🙏
Yeah yeah yeah!!! Unboxing with a string trimmer is badass. You rawk Ginja! 🤘
Slay that lawn Chad!!!
@@pestandlawnginja yessirree
Love the honesty.
Thanks John!
Thanks for keeping it real. Broken during the first use and only 20 minute run time on a charge? I'll stick with the older corded model. Have a good evening!
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Que legal 👏👏👏👏 gostamos dos seus vídeos. Parabéns! Sou do Brasil.
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I was just dethatching with my sun Joe and thought man I wish there was a battery powered one..maybe on second thought I’ll stick to my corded one
It’s not bad for maintenance jobs
Finally someone has the true sunjoe experience
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I’ll be opening my boxes with the wacker now 😆
Yes!!!
I bought the corded one based on your review last year. Cost me $120 Canadian . Cheap cheap.
It's a great product
Should use using it more than one a year. Still lots of leaves left in the lawn from fall. We had 6 feet of snow on top of it all winter. I want my lawn to look like yours lol
@@daviddorge1559 that's a lot of snow!!!
Wished I would have seen your video before I bought the battery operated Sun Joe. You are right about battery life. If you have a big yard it will take forever to get it done. I must say though that when it is running it does an awesome job. I wished they came with a larger battery system. PS Clever Box unopening.
Thanks for sharing! I wish I had a functional one hahaha
I think battery options are soo close to being where we want them. Little more power and time would go a long way
Yeah, to use the lever and start button is odd for sure. I found that I had to pull the lever down (closed), push the button start in, then release the lever back up and pull it back down.
@@billyjack6084 its like an old nintendo contra game secret passcode hahaha
Thanks so much for you video again. You must be busy
Thanks wilvert!!!
I have the greenworks battery operated and it's working fine
Awesome
Id like to see you try the Ryobi variant since their batteries are much more varied! As someone who owns a lot of Ryobi tools and have 6ah/9ah batteries, I bet it makes cordless dethatching a lot bettter. That being said I love my corded SunJoe and have no need to replace him!
I'll put it on the list!
I got the duel 18v dethatcher running duel 6ah batteries and works a treat. Never once has it bogged down or stopped. You definitely need the bigger batteries on these high drain tools. I also have a Milwaukee line trimmer and the 12ah battery is so much better and no comparison compared to the likes of 6ah and such.
Before I got mine, I had my son hold the dumb end of a tape measure to make sure I could get away with a 50 footer, saved me a bunch. I’m lucky I have two outlets in back and two in front. But definitely do that and maybe save yourself a six pack or two.
That’s awesome !
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Formidável excelente vídeo. 👏👏👏👏
Obrigado gente boa 👍
bummer you got a busted one, i actually bought this battery one last year after the belt on my corded one broke. The verticut attachment worked perfect for my specific need, seeding. I don't have a thatch issue, but i will say i do love this version, and i fully justify it based on how little i paid for it.
Love the feedback. Thanks for sharing.
LOL that was an amazing unboxing
Hahaha thanks!
Perfeito!! O Brasil gosta demais de seus vídeos!
Ahhh minha nossa! Você é tão linda. Quero encontrar com vc viu! Vc tá casada?
Thanks for video
You’re welcome
For hard lawn work like that I definitely will not go with battery esp a 20 minute run time. I picked up a Green Works corded dethatcher About three years ago it has never let me down
Awesome!
thanks for doing the unboxing and review I'll hopefully be buying the corded one later this year closer to fall when I can overseed 😊 im excited to see how beautiful I can get my lawn to start looking 😊
Such an awesome lawn tool. You’ll love it
Would love to see a comparison of Ryobi's battery dethatcher, as ryobi actually specialises in battery tools.
Great idea. Thanks
Thanks for this review I was actually considering the battery option but was hesitant. Glad I waited. Appreciate ya bro.
Happy to help!
My only complaint, and it’s not really about the scarifier, is poa triv (I think) gets wrapped tightly around the reel. The runners are like small strings.
When the reel is full I have to disassemble and try to clean it. That process takes longer than going over my small yard.
Interesting. I have yet to encounter that issue
Nice video!
Thanks!
Just a heads up, the battery powered version actually has more tines then the corded. You can see that the battery powered one has offset blades and gives you 14 ground contact points, the corded version only has 13.
Thanks! great feedback.
I'm confused about dethatching.. isn't a late fall thing for KBG in Utah? your grass seemed to green to dethatch in the spring? or do you set it higher to just remove trash? Also is mulching grass and leaving it on the lawn good to do in Dry Utah? I collect it and compost it.
dethatching is solely for the purpose of remove debris off of a soil surface. it can be done anytimme during the growing season. I use it for topical debris cleanup and also removing dead grass off the soil surface. I always use the low setting on the dethatcher because I like to be a bit aggressive with it.
As for mulching, best thing you can do to a lawn but it has to be done right. If you can see the mulch behind you or pick it up after you mow your not mulching properly and it won't break down which causes the debris debacle
Holy shit good timing,,,, watching now!!
Awesome!!!
@@pestandlawnginja it was like an infomercial where they start with,, does this happen to you,,,, I was like . yes.. idiocracy
For what this machine does, it really needs the power available to do so and I can't imagine the battery ones ever maintaining that level of power needed to grind in to the ground for such a long time.
it's tough. most of them go 20min maximum.
will ryobi batteries fit? Sunjoe does have that 2 year warranty and they sent me a replacement after my 85 year old dad had his fail. The little screws fall out letting the roller drop down which will burn up the motor. Supposedly they have beefed up the design there but I have not opened the box... Dad says he will rent a big one next year.. I rented a big one at HD and I got 8 big 40 gals bags so how many sunjoe bag changes is that? 200?
Wish I had some to test out! Unfortunately I don’t hopefully someone else will try it
Nice video Give me gas or corded lawn equipment. I love my corded SunJoe dethatcher.
I feel the exact same
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Oi gatinha!!! Te quero
Just saved me a bunch of money
Awesome!
That Square body in the background!
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Agreed with your review for sure
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Very good review! What size batteries do they come with? I've got two Ryobi 5AH batteries already, wonder if those would improve runtime at all. Though a little disappointed in the decline of build quality, wonder if they were trying to hit a specific price point.
They’re 24v 4ah
@@pestandlawnginja Ah! So are they compatible with the Ryobi 40v or is that a nope? You mentioned the Ryobi batteries and yours was the first to do that, so it perked my interest!
@@DaveAtUofL to be honest I have no clue. Never tried it. But…. Most have proprietary connections and don’t play with others
I do regret buying the battery version too. Wish I had waited for the ryobi, which seems better built.
Interesting! I’ll have to try it out
20 minutes would bother me...I have the corded and love it...now if EGO made one, that would be a no Brainer for me since I own 6 other EGO tools...thanks for the unboxing
Right on! Love the feedback
Here in Michigan, we have a bunch of honey locust trees and other types dropping small and intermediate sized branches. These machines look I'll need to completely rake my lawn before I can safely use the machines. Any chance of testing what they might handle ? PS Nice box cutter, but it doesn't fit in pockets very well.
They do well grabbing small debris like twigs, mulch etc. very well with acorns
How long can the corded go safely without risk of electrical issues? I would need a 200 ft cord to reach my whole lawn. Would you recommend the corded for a 20kft lawn or should I go with a power rake, in your experience?
You’d need two 10 gauge 100ft cords
I vote CORDED Sun Joe forever and ever AMEN! Ain’t nobody got time to wait for those batteries to recharge. Would definitely kill the vibe. 👍🏻
💯 I’m app about time
Sun Joe needs to make a 20" electric reel mower with interchangeable attachments like an Allet. Maybe sell it for like 500 bucks or so. They would sell a bunch of them.
Fantastic idea
Does the battery operated one really have less scarifying blades? By my count the corded has 11 while the battery has 7 offset blades which is actually 14
I should have explaned a bit better. They are offset by a tiny bit but the consistency of the blades every 1" on the older model I find more beneficial.
Have you got your hands on the ryobi battery dethatcher ?
not yet! need to make a list of others to play with and pull the trigger
10th! Thanks GINJA, I'll save my doolers.
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Is it compatible with the Ryobi 40v batteries?
unfortunately not.
How are you liking your barenbrug rpr so far? On the fence of buying.
So far I love it. Looks like crap right now but I’ll do an update video soon
with the offset blades wont the new version make 14 slits vs the old ones inline 12 blades?
I’ll recount but the spacing was further apart if memory serves me right
@@pestandlawnginja the blade design makes each knife cut two slits vs the old one where each side of the knife was cutting the same slit. man where did my life go so wrong im talking about knife design for lawn slits....
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@@pestandlawnginja @2:15 shows it pretty clear. left has 7 tines. with the offsets making 14 slits. on the right old with straight tines, 13 slits. ONE MORE GOODER. but on the new each slit gets half the amount of tine on dirt action. not sure if it matters due to RPM speed.
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Obrigado irmã!!!
I got 10k lot, i was hoping for a cordless. I guess I will just get the original one.
If you don’t want to invest in a lot of batteries I would suggest it
I’m torn between the toro electric mower or the gas version. Thoughts?
Depends…. If you’ll mow twice a week electric is great. If you only mow once a week go gas ⛽️
@@pestandlawnginja thanks! I’ll go electric then!
The drums don't interchange because there are two different Chinese manufacturers involved here. Anyone try the Mellif that uses a DeWalt battery?
each one of these devicese comes with a scarifier and a dethatcher. you wouldn't need to purchase both machines.
I would like a Dethatcher compatible with Milwaukee batteries. I'm not interested in having battery chargers and batteries of mixed non compatible devices. Looks like the corded dethatcher until Milwaukee makes one.
Agree
I've never seen someone open a box with a weed eater before, lol 😂 Ginger can you do a review on the WEN 20V Max Cordless Brushless Electric Dethatcher and Scarifier, 15-Inch 2-in-1? I wonder if it can compete with a Sun Joe.
It's on the list. hoping it won't be a product that's manufactured today andd gone tomorrow.
Is the scarifier good to use prior to overseeding
Yes, that's how I use it.
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If you only have two batteries for any cordless tool, you're the tool! I have at least eight for my Royobi stuff and eight for my Ridgid tools. Video was heavily slanted towards the corded tool. If you need a 100' 12 gauge extension cord, why not buy more batteries instead?
I mentioned it in the video. They don’t go as low to the ground. They also changed the design of the tines
It just seems like battery powered lawn care tools just aren’t worth it yet. The technology needs to advance just a little more especially for the price. I really want to go battery but just can’t do it yet…
Some items are pretty great but overall I agree with you
Let's not forget that the batteries may start off ok with great runtime (not for this application though), but if they were cheaply built, there eventually will be continuity breaks and possible cold solder joints on the buss tabs that join the cells up into the pack's P and S configuration. The cells can be perfectly fine, but the pack will either lose a whole row of paralleled cells giving up capacity, or it will lose cells in series giving up its ability to operate the loaded motor altogether as the available voltage would be insufficient. Let's face it - a typical consumer is going to toss the pack, and possibly the whole device, in the garbage instead of attempting to recycle it. I had to warranty a Dewalt battery that was covered for 3 years- they put it on me to figure out how to recycle the faulty once they sent a replacement. Gotta love this forced push to cordless!
Great explanation and feedback
So I have the corded sunjoe and love it but my yard is 44600 sq ft and being connected to a cord is a chore, I was gonna buck up and get a bluebird or Billy goat gas one but then I thought if use my corded one and just run it with my generator I wouldn’t need 200 + feet of extension cord so against my brain wanting to buy more power tools I decided for the once a year I would actually use it , I’ll just leave well enough alone
oh man! That's a big yard. an acre of grass is no joke. glad you're out there creating a paradise
Muito Bom!! E .uito prática
Obrigado Rone!
Will dewalt batteries work on this unit
Not that I’m aware of
How much did you pay for the cordless version?
$220 but it’s on sale now
watched a review on the Ryobi cordless it preformed much better than this sun joe. battery life was great, and it did about the same job as the corded sun joe he had to compare it to. downside is I believe the Ryobi is $400 plus.
Battery is 20 min and it’s a good machine.
I’ll have a comparison video on the two and explain my thoughts
That’s unfortunate. My cordless one worked out well. I used it to overseed this year and my lawn is coming in great now. I have two sets of batteries so I was able to switch them out when they were drained. I immediately put them on the charger so they were charging while I used up the 2nd set. I did one pass early spring on the highest setting to pick debris off the lawn. Right before I overseeded I did two passes dethatching one way and scarifying the other. I used the middle setting for dethatching and the lowest for scarifying. I did notice to get it started I had to press the button and squeeze the lever from the side the button was on.
Right on! Love the feedback
@@pestandlawnginja Just a question. With the over-seeding project I did in Spring, do you think the grass/root growth will be established enough to scarify in Fall? I have been watering about twice a week to work on deeper roots. It came in nice, but I'd like to loosen up that soil to help it grow more together. I also have a little bit of moss coming back that I'd like to rip out.
This isn’t just a lawn equipment issue but battery technology needs to advance. 20 minutes run time is a joke
Agree
Now That’s How ya’
Open A Box 📦…!!!
Ahhh yeah!!!!
Can Ego just do us ALL a favor and release a dethatcher/scarifier so that we can just get on with our lawn life? I'm just sayin'!
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Im pretty sure opening the box like that will void your warranty immediately 😂
LOL
besides the pain in the ass cord, the sunjoe corded is a workhorse for the price. the cord is not a huge issue if you know where to start and how to turn. oh and editing in thats a new way to open a box lol
Totally agree! I really was hoping the cordless would be a winner
What are you wearing on your feet?.
five finger toe shoes. they're ugly and fantastic all at the same time
Doesn’t appear to be for me. A little over 15k square feet
That’s a lot of area
Perfeito!!
Obrigado wamir!!! 🇧🇷
Hey Ginja, thanks for this! I actually have the battery powered one on my wishlist to purchase next month. Now I know to get the corded one.
I'm following your previous video on completely killing my lawn and starting over. I used Killzall and am watching as everything dies (mwahahaha). I also need to do a treatment for ants and crickets. Should I use the pesticides before or after I plant my new lawn? This may be a dumb question, but I'm a total newbie that you've inspired to actually give a crap about my lawn so I thought I'd ask. Thanks in advance!
Awesome project 👏
As for the ants you can treat before during or after no biggie
@@pestandlawnginja Thanks a lot!
Why would you open the box this way..... really hurts the situation if you want to return the thing.
why wouldn't i open the box this way
I wonder if opening it with a weed wacker had anything to do with it being broken lol
Whackin it always helps
Are you from California
utah
I would need more than a 100ft cord.
oof..... not sure i'd do it. I've heard the ryobi cordless does an okay job.
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Love the Ginja. - In my backyard. Timp is beautiful back there, I think you're like 4 streets from me actually! lol fun. I should find your house like a stalker and make sure my lawn is better than yours all year, how bow tha? Cash me outside
-- On a serious note, ryobi is shizzing the bed. Within the last two years whoever is calling the shots is making some really bad decisions. Their products are getting cheap and brittle like Harbor Freight type bad. - Super angry about that as I have thousands of dollars of Ryobi stuff that is suddenly breaking and falling apart. Their repair dept and service center is agonizing and Ryobi just doesnt care about their customers once the product is sold.
Very tempted to buy their new detatcher, but I am betting it wont last past two seasons.
Recently I bought their new 21" cross cut. Loved every second of it until it broke. Didn't even get a full season use. Some kind of control module somethin or another. - Had to send it in to Ryobi. They send it to their RCL which is some third party TTI company. That way Ryobi tells you "sorry its at TTI, we cant help you" and TTI says "sorry the part is on back order for 4 months, we can't help you" -
Can you imagine buying a brand new lawn mower then suddenly told "too bad so sad, we don't care, we are going to keep you hostage until we get tthis part from China one day 3 years down the road" - IT was a rough battle.
They are finally sending me a new lawn mower after they lied about time lines and I had to get home depot involved. - Funny thing there, TTI claimed they didn't know any timelines and therefore they were not sure they are inside the 90 day warranty fix it timelien or not...... uh huh. So I called Home depot. They have a reporting system that collects data from TTI. Yup, you read that right. TTI creates the update, then sends it to Home Depots system. So I took the data from Home Depot that was created by TTI and send it to TTI. Once they saw that I had that information, they immediately gave up the battle and are sending me a lawn mower.
THis took me weeks of battling and months of waiting. Ryobi is turning into an absolute joke. I sure hope they get their stuff together because they have some really great ideas.
Anyway...lawn on.
you wouldn't be the first one LOL
Sheesh man. its a shame these companies won't just send the parts that need repaired. flowzone does that with their battery powered sprayers and its a lifesaver!
@@pestandlawnginja since all of this has evolved, sounds like theyve just had massive issues getting parts in from China.
Home Depot has started to wind down their RLC program (Repair) and that is no longer available because of it. Making customers mad.
Ryobi is sounding like they're just opening boxes and pulling pieces out of new products to send to customers instead of repairing just to make customers happy.
Lesson here for Ryobi: Don't make garbage products that break and then make a plan that your repair service will be outstanding. Perhaps make a product that doesn't blow up after 12 uses.
Nonetheless, they ended up getting it taken care of after weeks of battling. I won't take my posts down for that fact, but I'll personally give them another shot and perhaps buy a few more toys. We'll see. I do love a few of their tools. Hope they get their shiz together.
On the lawn front: Potassium, light dusting of step one ifa and azomite went down just a week ago. Bring it on neighbors. Lets do this.
First and best.
Put your fertilizer inside!!! 😂
first to say first!!! I like my garage art fertilizer bags!
Wait no cordless trimmer to open the box. 🤔😂😂
Missed opportunity 💩
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O melhor!