Kärcher S 4 Twin Sweeper

Perfect for my artificial lawn! Having ummed and ahhhhed about this am so glad I finally bought it. Had also purchased the kaercher WD4 to hoover up my garden which worked really well at first. However, getting a hoover out is a chore in itself. You need to unwind the cable, attach the hoses and parts, get the extension cable out etc. And afterwards you need to put it all away! With the S4 you just lower it down and away you go. Granted it doesn’t pick up every speck like the hoover, however, it’s really easy to use and takes less time to cover a large area. It’s manual so no electricity required, just a bit of elbow grease! The S4 works on small leaves - eg those deposited by my neighbour’s incredibly annoying willow tree which drops all sorts of rubbish all year round on to our artificial lawn. It’s a horrible mess and was a constant battle to keep our garden looking tidy. With the S4, I just had to run it over the lawn a few times (had to go over some areas 2-3 times), but it certainly beats raking, sweeping up with dustpan and brush, and definitely beats hoovering! Pushing something across the lawn is much more satisfying than bending over to hoover up every square inch. The S4 also loved the debris on my patio, a further plus - a high traffic area which brings in a lot of dust into our kitchen! It does not like long twigs - anything longer than the length of the bristles itself basically. The front circular sweepers sweep everything in their path into the middle section, which then gets swept into the bin as the S4 is pushed forwards. The only downside is that the opening to the bin is at the foot of the S4, meaning that if you stand the S4 up after use, the rubbish empties out onto the ground. Therefore you need to empty out the bin before storing it away. Secondly the price - mechanical machine but at £105 it’s a little on the expensive end. That said, the less high tech things are the better these days, I find! (Case in point is the messing about with cables etc for an electric hoover). Finally the weight - it is a tad heavy/heavier than I expected, however is manageable. I can imagine that the S4 would not be great with big leaves - the autumnal shedding in vast quantities. But it’s great at pick up little bits - small willow tree leaves or broken up leaves.

Game changer for keeping driveway clean

Lightweight and easy to use. When i first set eyes on it i was a little disappointed that it had no power to it as i thought it was going to be mains operated, if i had read a little more carefully i would have known this before buying. With great reserve i started on the driveway that was full of leaves and small sticks . The karcher swept up all of them like it was nothing ,made the driveway look amazing without much effort at all. I have given the karcher 4 stars as the only thing is when you pull back the leaves spill out¬ keep going forward and it does an amazing job. I found it simple to assemble and have had no problem with the brushes as some have had. It really saves on bending down ,just carry the sweepings box to the bin and empty ,put back in and start again.

So pleased I bought this. The block paving outside my house collects dirt in various places. Before I bought this sweeper, the only thing for it was to use a dustpan and brush which is the most arduous job (sweeping dirt onto the road is not possible because it's 100 yards up a slope and sweeping it into the garden reveals how many weed seeds are contained in the dirt). Bits of trod down dirt needed a bit of a going over with a broom to loosen them, but then the sweeper was able to pick them up ok. Also picks up small twigs and leaves, but if you're looking for a leaf picker upper for autumn, you'll need something like a leaf blower which vacuums. If you're undecided, take a look at videos on YouTube (even the one in German!) and you'll see what it does. Brilliant for picking up dry (even slightly damp) dirt, which is what I wanted it for. I thought I needed a powered tool, but actually this manual push-along machine works great and is easy to operate - even for a not very strong, five feet tall woman like myself.

Good tool,well made but not very good on even small debris,ok for getting grit up but that's about it.

Does exactly what it states on the box, cleans really well and makes life really easy without breaking your back and covers a massive area very quickly, perfect for drives, patios, walkways and garage. Excellent !

Bought this to keep on top of sweeping up leaves and other garden debris as we have a lot of trees. The sweeper is great, it gathers up everything in its path; stones, leaves, small twigs and is great for areas where soil deposits may collect after heavy rain. This device does not work well with lots of twigs at once. After cutting a hedge and gathering the trimmings by hand the sweeper will finish off the job nicely. A great tool that saves a lot of back breaking bending (and the grandchildren enjoy playing with it without realising they are helping to tidy my garden 😉)

Value for money handy sweeper.. Easy to assemble and a doddle to use. Bought two as part of warehouse cleaning work.. Collects 90% of debris,dust etc. Bigger items beed picking up by hand and put into the sweeper bin - no biggy! Avoid sweeping up any lengths of selophane / soft plastic as it coils around rear sweeper brush and intetferes with movement of sweeper. Still use the oul sweeping brush to get into corners / door openings etc but the sweeper has sped up jovs x 10 ! Recommend.