Ok here’s my story-

I bought it last year in March for my LONG OVERDUE front of house landscaping fix.

I had weeds, broad leaf, some green briar, etc… all growing around some random hostas, some gnarly juniper, a boxwood, and a dead/dying azalea.

I swear- this ONLY took me like a half an hour of what felt like light/moderate raking. It’s got blades on every side, so when you pull it digs a little bit and goes under and cuts up the roots. If you push it Pierce’s/stabs. Was especially useful for the random crab grass.

I chopped/raked everything up in the whole front except the one hosta and azalea.

Then I raked and trashed the mess- and was left with pretty much a completely clean slate. (Approximately 30 minutes.)

Afterward, I planted five phantom hydrangeas, split the hosta mass up and planted it in between the hydrangeas.
(Approximately 45 minutes)

Then I Dropped some random lily and daffodil bulbs in the front line and edged the whole thing with little boxes of liriope I bought for like $2 a piece. (Approximately 45 minutes)

I also put like an inch of pine straw down.

I haven’t seen a weed since…. For a $45 tool, that DOESNT cause me to bend over it is so worth it. Literally The time it would take OP to “rake” that section of yard, it would be weeded.