Foldable rakes with bendy spokes.

[Hedonologist]

I recently bought a foldable rake with bendy spokes from Homebase. Well I don't think I've ever bought a more useless piece of gardening equipment! The bendy spokes just brush past leaves without raking anything at all, and you can forget about larger twigs too. Does anyone know if they are designed for a specific purpose that I'm missing here?

 

[Becky]

That's not great! Ours is metal, but usually it takes a few drags to gather the leaves from the lawn. Perhaps you need something a bit weightier?

If it's not fit for purpose then you should be able to take it back and swap it for something better - might be worth a try

 

[keengardener]

It sounds like it's not really fit for purpose, I'd take return it to the store you bought it from