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Has anyone got one of these?

http://www.lakeland.co.uk/compost-aerating-tool/F/product/50954?src=gpgar&sq=compost%20aerator

Looks a bargain at 2.99 (although postage is 4.25) but the reviews are very mixed.

Come on,


If you have a garden fork (as a multi purpose tool) you can make four holes and twist.

I never offer an apology for my total honesty.

Frankly, I am amazed any one  is daft enough to promote a tool such as this and for any one considering a purchase. Please e-mail me your details there are loads of things which I could offer you for sale very cheap.......... You might as well send me your money which I will donate to a good cause........

To be honest if you have one of those dalek type bins, I just pick the bin up, move it to another site (generally next to the heap just uncovered) and refill.  I doesn't tak elong and sor to fmixes the stuff up a treat.

I use a garden cane to plunge into mine.  But a suppose one with a t-bar would be easier to handle.  The compost in my darlek is over a metre deep so using a spade would be difficult and only reach a small percentage. 

But it seems very expensive once you include the postage as some of the reviews state they are not very impressed.  But if you are going to order something else as well £2.99 might be worth a try.

Many thanks for reminding me my compost is overdue for a bit of aerating.

tho Lakeland have an uncanny knack with the must-haves you didn't know you needed, i'm with lottie lou

"If they had a competition for the World's Best Compost Heap - I'd be in it"