Miracle-Gro Rotary Lawn Seed Spreader

Easy to assemble and use. Spreads fertiliser evenly. It is importand to clear off remaining fertiliser after use as I did not do this with a previous one and it corroded.

The media could not be loaded. Took out the box and was ready to go in 5 mins. Just needed swing up handle and tighten and clip stand into place. The wheels look quite solid which is always a good sign on things that need wheels!You have to go online to understand the settings for the product and size of area to be treated. Bit that is geared towards you buying their products I guess. I used it as a guide to distribute maximum amount of fertiliser on a damaged area of a sports fields. Which has been disk seeded by tractor. You are encouraged to practice walking at 1 metre a second which was a challenge at my age and fitness level! However, you do need that speed to ensure it spins the distributor to meet the claimed 10 foot distribution. I'm not sure it was perfectly distributed but it was reaching a reasonable distance from the distributor. Its had to see on the video but I was getting about 7-8 foot fine distribution as well as the obvious 2-3 feet more concentrated distribution. It was set at maximum opening. I may do two passes with less released into the tray next time and fertiliser granules are relatively heavier than seed.As I was working on a specific damaged and recovery area, I shortened the distance between my line runs to over lap a bit with each run. Most people will buy this for medium to large gardens I suspect. I wouldn't use on a small garden as it will send seeds or fertiliser into your borders. Its a pity they didn't add a blocking device for either side to prevent contents from spaying out at boarders. Some feeder have this.How robust it will be for our larger project use remains to be seen. But it will have paid for itself in our case if it proves not to be robust under heavier than normal use.All in all it was good value, easy to assemble and use. You just need to work out the settings for your specific needs so as not to waste money using too much product.

Not used yet but a well made sturdy item, rather pricey for what it's but I am sure it will pay dividends with time as it is quite difficult to spread weed and feed by hand on my large lawn.

Easy to use. Easy to clean.

Im onto my second one of these now. The first lasted 3 years before the frame rusted and failed. I've used the new one twice, and when I got it prepared for the second use, I noticed that the screws in the hopper had already started to rust. I use mine for applying fertilizer, which I would have thought was fairly corrosive over time, so maybe that's inevitable. I seem to remember it was a lot cheaper than others, which is why I went for it, as I'm not a professional and probably only use it 4 times a year. Does the job great though. Easy to set up and control the flow, and good distance on the spread. Just don't be surprised if you get 3-4 years out of it.

Ease of spreading

This works well however a chart showing what settings are required for various products would help, hence only four stars. Very easy to use.

Does a great job and ideal for larger gardens. Used it for 4in1 weed and feed, worked much better than a standard trough spreader which dumps a load out every time you stop.Not great value though but everything has gone up so much!