The best-specified head on this shelf
42 cm working width. 21 cm head length. 23 tines. 560 g. Plastic.
Five published figures. Across the rest of this shelf, three rakes publish no width at
all or none of the others, and only one other publishes a weight.
That is worth crediting before the compatibility problem below, because it means this
head can actually be compared.
And then the handle
Not included. And not simply a socket, either.
The listing is specific: it connects to one separately available handle from the same
maker, identified by its own part number, and it also serves as a replacement head for
one named complete rake.
Then the fourth feature line adds: not compatible with that maker’s quick-fit
series.
Why that is the most important sentence in the listing
Five of the seven rakes on this shelf are heads without handles, and they split into two
groups.
Two publish a socket diameter — 30 mm and 26 mm — and say that any wooden,
plastic or telescopic handle of that size fits. That is a measurement. A tape measure in
a shed answers it, and a broom handle from a hardware shop will do.
This one publishes a part number. Which means the fitting is proprietary, and the
question is not “what diameter is my handle” but “do I own this specific product”.
And the sting is that owning something from the same brand is not enough. The same
maker sells a quick-fit handle system — and this head does not fit it.
So a gardener who already has that brand’s handles, and buys this head on the reasonable
assumption that they will match, may find they do not.
Heads are bought separately for two sensible reasons: a broken handle, or an existing
handle sitting in the shed.
Both assume the fit is knowable in advance.
A proprietary fitting also means the head’s useful life is tied to the manufacturer
continuing to sell the matching handle. A 26 mm socket will still take a handle in
twenty years.
Where it is genuinely strong
A replacement head, which the listing names explicitly.
That is the honest, best case for this product. A rake head wears out — plastic tines
snap, and the outer ones go first — while the handle lasts indefinitely. Replacing the
head of a complete rake from the same range is exactly what this is for, and the part
number makes it unambiguous.
For that buyer the compatibility warning is irrelevant, and the specification is the
best on the shelf.
23 tines across 42 cm
Which works out at roughly 18 mm between tines, and that spacing is what decides
what the rake is for.
Wide spacing passes over grass and picks up leaves.
Close spacing grips into the mat of dead material between the green grass and the
soil, and drags it out.
That second tool is a dethatching rake, and this site’s aerator shelf carries one:
21 pairs of spring steel tines across a 43.2 cm head — which is roughly 42 tines in
the same width as this rake’s 23, at twice the density and in steel rather than plastic.
Same width. Completely different tool. This one is for leaves, and the listing says so:
blossom, leaves, weeds and grass clippings on paths and lawns.
Plastic tines, and the trade
Named as stable, flexible and durable, and plastic is the gentler choice on a lawn.
What it does well: flexes rather than digging, so it rides over the sward and lifts
loose material without tearing grass crowns out. It is light, it does not rust, and it
does not scratch paving.
What it does badly: heavy wet leaves. Plastic tines under a real load bend back, and
the leaves slide over the top of the head instead of being dragged. The remedy is
smaller bites, which means more passes.
Two rakes on this shelf have steel tines — one flat galvanised, one spring steel —
and those move matted wet material better and are less kind to a soft lawn.
560 grams
The heavier of the two weights on this shelf; the other is 360 g.
Two hundred grams sounds like nothing and it is not, because of where it sits.
A rake head is at the far end of a 1.5 metre lever. The weight at your hands is
multiplied by the geometry, and the muscles holding it up are your shoulders, for an
hour, in November.
Between the two published weights on this shelf there is a 55 per cent difference, and
the lighter one is 61 cm wide against this 42.
About 42 cm, in context
The working widths on this shelf run 30 to 78 cm, with one rake adjustable
between 30 and 50.
Forty-two is at the narrow end, which is the right choice for a garden with things in it
— beds, shrubs, paths, a fence line — and the wrong one for an open lawn under a large
tree, where a 78 cm head halves the passes.
Availability
From 13 € to 16 €, that being the spread across the German, French, Italian and Spanish Amazon stores on the day of the survey.
Beyond the euro zone, the American and British Amazon stores price it in their own currencies, which the spread above sets aside.
Taken from Keepa on the day this page was last revised; stock and prices move without notice.
Prices quoted in this text were read on 26 September 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.
