Corona GT 3050 Extendable Handle Rake, Extends reach to 34 inches, Red, 18"-36"

Works great for poop scooping. It’s very durable & easy to use. The design is very comfortable & a great value.

My partner loves it! Perfect length and works well. Fits good in hand and has no signs of wear after several uses.

Very sturdy. This is just what I need to get into narrow areas. The only negative I see is that the "open" arrow to extend the handle pointed in the wrong direction.

So... I'm not using this like ya'll are, so this review may not be entirely relevant to you. That said, I am putting in insulation in my attic. There are already antique remnants of loose fill laying around. I use this to rake, or more often push the loose fill into a pile, then measure, cut and install batts of insulation to fill the space I've just emptied. I can't stand up in my attic. Luckily there are a few places I can pretty much sit up, and many I can't.So, on to the review. Between the braces, cables, ducts and other structural members, I can't always get specifically, absolutely where I'm working. This rake is short to haul around without catching on stuff but can extend to give me the extra reach I need occasionally. It fits well between joists, and is narrow enough to maneuver around junction boxes I have to clear at times. If something I need is out of reach, I can hook it with the rake as opposed to taking 5 minutes contorting around to get to it. You understand the problem with being in the attic is the possibility of suddenly going from attic sweating, to downstairs with broken bones. The less I have to move around the better my odds.The 'Open' arrow on the handle is not backwards. The arrow is on the handle, not the extension. The handle twists that direction. Not rocket surgery. There's a detent internally I can feel when I twist the handle. You twist to lock it, and a little more twist lets it lock into the detent. It hasn't collapsed on me, but I'm pushing loose fill insulation with it and sometimes moving 2x4s or romex. If that was enough to collapse it, it'd already be on it's way back. To repeat, I'm not digging in the dirt with it, and I'm pushing with it as often as I'm pulling.It feels quite sturdy. A good bit heavier than I had anticipated. Not a deal breaker but a little more consideration crawling around in my attic hauling, it, insulation, tool bag, tape, and the only true essential a big LED light. Heavier than the old dried out 6' cedar picket I had used to poke 8' batts of insulation away from me to inaccessible places, but far more maneuverable.So, it's gotten 'light use' from me but not light handling. Dropped, tossed, banged into braces and whatnot, and sweated on. It's holding up quite well and doing the job, once again, For My Purposes. YMMV

This is a great rake for gardens and flower beds. You can work around the plants without damaging them. The tines are nice a strong and wide enough to rake over the top of newly growing plants but not pull them out or damage them. So you can gather the debris but don't damage your plants. I also use it to scrape out moss in my flower beds, pressing pretty hard and the tines hold up to the pressure. The telescoping handle is nice... I leave it extended, so I don't mind that it's a little tough to change the handle length once it's locked. You need a strong grip to twist it. I liked it so much that after one use, I bought another one for my sister.

Comfortable length and seems sturdy. Only 3 stars as when you put it under the weed, it doesn't grip very well and if you are lucky enough to pull out he weed you then need to remove it by hand. Not good value for what it does/doesn't do

Excellent little tool! I bought it for clamming, finding quahogs specifically. We frequently go clamming at a place close by to us in the summer, it has all types of clams; razors, pacific razors, steamers, all sizes of quahogs, and the stray surf clams here and there. The easiest clam to "dig" is a quahog since they sit only a couple of inches under the sand. I was previously using a small handheld mini three prong garden tool just to drag through the sand if I thought what I saw was the 'show', a simple drag of the metal prongs will give a distinct ting when it hits a quahog, then you simply reach in the sand and pull it out. Easy enough, but I'd have to bend down every time just to drag the rake through and then bend/squat again to dig the clam out. After hours of bending and squatting my legs would end up getting really tired, and my knees would be in pain. This amazing little cultivator has changed the clamming game for me, now I only have to squat to dig the clams, not to rake the sand too.This tool is light, easy to carry, but has a good sturdiness to it also. The extending handle is just the right length for me (I'm 5'7") to drag through the sand without having to bend my legs or bend over using my back. The handle can be a little tricky to extend, especially if it's tightened up really good, it takes a strong grip to loosen it. We haven't had any issues with it not staying extended as other reviewers have stated, but we haven't had it that long either, so time will tell.Overall, this is an excellent little tool that can easily be used in soft soil and/or sand to dig without having to bend. However, I don't think it would be too good for digging through very dense soil as it's not that heavy and would probably require a lot of arm power. For a basic rake job it's a fantastic tool!

The handle will not twist and release to extend as described. I will now have to get down on my hands and knees to use it. I was already having to do that before I purchased it. Waste of money. Would not recommend.