Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 26-30 of 36
 This product delivers April 26, 2008
Ivy (Tyler, Texas)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you have dandelions, this is the tool you need. We can dig up fifty dandelions in just a few minutes with ease. No bending or stooping. We have had a Weed Hound for several years, and recently bought two to give to give to family members. We highly recommend it.
Weed Hound May 30, 2008
Marian D. Hall
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I think that this works great. I love it and have not put down any bad chems to get rid of weeds.
 Only okay June 24, 2008
Rosanne Fischer (Port Richey, FL United States)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Was fairly disappointed in this product's performance. Have to place it Just Right and soil needs to be Just So - otherwise wind up yanking away at branches of weed and not the weed itself.
 Don't Buy August 20, 2008
First Citizens Bank (NC USA)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
This item does not pull up weeds. It does make a hole in the ground. Save your money and pull the weeds yourself, because even with this you'll be doing just that.
 Clever design. Poor durability. September 12, 2008
Eric Coker (Durham, NC)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The Hound Dog did wonders helping me pull up large amounts of crabgrass in my yard. However: The tool quickly wore out.
The first point of failure on the Hound Dog was the moving central shaft that pushes the nails into the ground. If you are working in sandy or gravelly soil, the shaft will bend if you apply too much force or weight. Once the shaft is bent, the nails will not come together at a point, and the tool will no longer be able to pinch the weeds to pull them up. You can only push down from a step located on one side of the tool, which greatly increases the chances of slowly bending the shaft in one direction through repeated use. If you get one of these, my suggestion is: Don't put all your weight on it. If it feels like it doesn't want to go into the ground, reposition and try again.
I managed to hammer the shaft partially back into shape. This got me a little more use out of the tool before I hit the second point of failure. The nails came loose from the tool and fell out. Beating the tool with a hammer might have brought this on of course, but I wouldn't have gotten any more use out of the tool otherwise. At this point, the Hound Dog was unfixable and I threw it out.
Of the tools that I have seen, the Hound Dog has the best mechanism for pulling weeds. I will probably buy another one, even though I know it will not last me very long. I would be willing to spend more on a similar tool that lasts longer, as I feel wasteful having to treat such a tool as a disposable item.
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