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.

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.

We have a very large part of our property that is concrete, we also have a lot of chickens who love to dig and scratch and poop all over and around the concrete area. Keeping on top of that is hard work, I bought this to try and save my hands from sweeping every day and this does just that. The build is good quality, it’s very easy to assemble. The only thing it really struggles with is longer twigs but these are very easy to remove from the brush roll. It has also great capacity, is surprisingly lightweight and is also pretty good at turning around. My only criticism is that I think the front brushes could be slightly stiffer. Overall a decent bit of kit for the money.

Highly recommended

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

Delivered much quicker than expected. Once assembled (2 minute job) I put this to work. I have a large building with a smooth concrete floor which suffers from dust and other debris. A few laps with this sweeper and it's clean, without stirring up lots of dust. It doesn't want to pick up larger debris but that doesn't bother me. This will do an area in 5 minutes that previously would take over half an hour.Unlike some other reviews, this definitely came with 2 round brushes.I think this may be the best gadget I've ever bought!

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.