VacmasterWD 18 Garden & Artificial Grass Cleaner, Outdoor Wet & Dry Vacuum For Cleaning Astroturf, Patio, Decking and Other Outdoor Areas, 1250W, 18 Litre

Why did you choose this product over others?:Looked for an outdoor vacuum to clean my patio and paths this got good write ups. Turned out to be better than expected. Excellent machine.

It is lightweight, easy to use and does have a good suction power. However, the bend in the tube and the lips on the joins means that leaves and debris easily gets clogged up and found I spent a bit of time having to take it apart and pulling the blockage out again before starting it. But as long as you take this into account it is good value for the money and has a large capacity to collect the rubbish.

I had to write a review because after reading all of the glowing recommendations, as I was convinced to buy after seeing them and I don’t want others to do the same.The suction is honestly the worst I’ve ever seen. I suppose it cant be too powerful as to not suck up the infill but honestly I expected it to be a lot better than it was! I’ve given up using the ‘artificial grass’ attachment (don’t let that lure you into buying this either!!) and now I just use the tube without anything on to suck up anything I can see. This obviously leaves anything which was nestled between the fibres, and takes me a fair few hours for a 35m2 garden.I have to constantly unblock the pipes too as no matter the size of what it’s hoovering it always gets blocked.The storage for this item has to be a joke too. Everything is lose, apart from a few points to attach the attachments, and as far as I can see you just have to throw the cable on the top! Looks very messy and takes up a lot of space this way.Personally, I wish I’d spent a bit more and got something half decent.

I was thrilled when it came. Now alone, it's very difficult for me to manage everything re house and garden. My gardener likes his leaf blower for clearing the ground. I I don't. I find paying out for things then having to build them rather tedious so after faffing for an afternoon, I used the vac next day. It was fine on the small flowers, such as jasmine, digitalis and such, but when it came to my biggest bugbear - eucalyptus leaves - that was a different story. The machine just didn't want hem. Every few minutes it clogged up the pipe or in the vac head. I had to poke a long cane in the pipe to clear it. My hands are very arthritic and having to remove the pipe every time was such a job, difficult and painful. I have astroturf at the front of my home and even more at the back. The back has a very tall conifer and an oak both of which drop lots of foliage at varying times along with many other shrubs and trees - honeysuckly, more jasmine, clematis, fruit trees and much more so I thought I was doing myself a favour. I've used this vac and it has collected quite a bit of dust and bits, so can't return it but it really won't do the job and certainly won't clean the leaves from the driveway. Something else for the gadget graveyard?

Extremely disappointed with product.!Initially given the dirt on the box,the amount of cello tape over it and looseness ofthe items inside I got the impression that this was not brand new.About this itemDESIGNED FOR OUTDOORS - Built with an extra-long 10m cable for easy outside use and wide-stance castors designed to prevent tipping and to provide stability while in use. Perfect for uneven surfaces like astroturf, decking or paving slabs - for best results always dampen the grass first.I have only used it once to clean Astro Turf with the grass dampened first as advised.The inside of the metal poles have rusted.SPECIALIST TOOLS - The artificial grass tool is manufactured to be tough on dirt and gentle on your synthetic lawn. The moulded combs lift debris and dust from the grass, while the nylon brushes drive out trapped dirt.Both the grass tool and brushes struggle to make an impact on Astro Turf.Tom McGuinnessSent from my iPad

Easy too use easy to assemble

Great piece of equipment, we used it to pump put water from out our boat water tanks, used it to vacuum dog hair in our patio, and generally handles well, it is also quite powerfull as a vacuum.

This is not an artificial grass vacuum, it’s a standard cylinder hoover meant for carpets, the so call ‘grass adapter’ (blue) is next to useless, it hardly picks up even the smallest leaves! Hardly fluffs up your grass either, and is way to small. Whilst it’s powerful and light, it does not work on grass, it’s unstable and keeps falling over!Be warned, for artificial grass, DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY!