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Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2025
Love this product. Would never buy anything else.
E Rogers
Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2024
Very good quality - should last for decades Easier, faster, and more accurate method of obtaining soil samples than digging in multiple places with a spade. Used this on 10 wildlife food plots and 2 lawns. Some soil was damp, other soil dry. Worked well in all locations.
RKB
Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2023
Great product and exactly as described
Nick Miller
Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2023
The tool arrived quickly. It is very sturdy and performs as expected. I have rocky soil in my private vineyard and need to take soil samples often. The sturdy, pointed, tubular end with the foot pedal along the shaft gives me the ability to penetrate deeply into the rocky soil in multiple locations with minimal effort. The plunger/extractor works well and alleviates the user from having to stoop over to expel the soil from the shaft. Much better than using a shovel or hacking into the ground by hand to reach the necessary depths to ensure accurate analyses by agronomists. Good product.
Fayresident00
Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2023
Broke on first use. The steel tube seems strong but they put a cheaply made piece at the end of the tube that broke off and jammed inside the tube.
Joseph B. Lucchetti
Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2023
This thing is *solid*. Like, keep in the back seat instead of a baseball bat solid. I only used it one season, but I took a *bunch* of samples with it. I submitted like 8 different soil samples to get tested, so lots and lots of cores extracted. It did the job just fine. The plunger was even more helpful than expected.There were two main problems. 1) soil built up behind the plunger. It got really bad, and got super compacted. I ended up being able to remove it with a metal skewer, but it wasn't easy. And a bunch of the dirt got forced up into the long shaft, probably never to be seen again. I think this could have been prevented by somehow filling in the top part of the cylindrical probe connector, but this might make manufacturing much more difficult. And it isn't *that* big of a deal, more a modern annoyance. The bigger issue is 2) the inside of the sampling end is kind of rough. I didn't think this would be nearly as big of a deal as it ended up. The texture makes it fairly difficult to slide your samples out using the plunger. It's still possible, but it requires quite a bit of elbow grease sometimes. I'm considering trying to rig up the Dremel or a drill with some sort of polishing pad to get it down to a smoother finish, but I'm not sure if this will be more effort than it's worth. It *does* work, it's just a bit cumbersome.That said, the only other decent looking alternative to this is the Oakfield soil sampler. I've used it a few times, and I'm not sure it's really any better than this guy. I would say very clearly *not* worth twice the price. I'm not really disappointed in this product, but even at this price I think it could be slightly better.
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