Kärcher S 4 Twin Sweeper
The Kärcher S 4 Twin sweeper makes light work of all your sweeping tasks, from petals in spring to autumn leaves and winter grit. Kärcher S 4 Twin Sweeper collects the sweepings in its 20-litre waste hopper, achieving superb results all around the home and garden. Twin long-bristled side brushes give this effective machine a sweeping width of 680mm, allowing it to sweep up to 2400m² an hour, effortlessly. Kärcher S 4 Twin Sweeper cleans right up to the edges, and the side brushes attach without the need for tools. To allow you to work comfortably, the push handle can be adjusted to the exact height you require, so it’s kinder to your back. It’s also easy to carry and store, collapsing away to save space when needed and with no need to stoop. The waste container can be emptied without coming into contact with the dirt.
Zebra –
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.
shane –
Really happy with the unit, I have used it to clear small stones , hay, and even sheep droppings.The only thing I would say it could do with is a set of stiffer brush heads too
Sue d’Nym –
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.
Mrs Abbass –
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 😉)
bullybeef –
Good tool,well made but not very good on even small debris,ok for getting grit up but that’s about it.
Amazon Customer –
Best thing I’ve ever bought apparently! My husband loves it, does a great job of tidying up the driveway
Emma Smith –
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.
KMC –
My wife had borrowed a friend’s same model last summer to sweep around our tarmac and concrete which is quite a large area. I was quite sceptical the machines was a bit of a gimmick. I was very wrong, it swept up leaves light gravel loose moss and around kerbs.After I gave any stiff moss a loosen with a hard brush the sweeper done the rest.
Chris S –
I’m torn by this sweeper. It doesn’t pick up big leaves or twigs longer than 5cm. So you need to rake the serious Lumps up first. The 20 litre collection box overflows, on level surfaces when it’s 1/4 full, so you empty it every 2 minutes. If you try sweeping up hill, nothing gets into the collection box. Also the standard brushes are not great outdoors, they won’t shift a wet leaf. I bought the wet brushes, which are much better. It’s also really irritating that the collection box just sits in place, so when you pick it up, it’s really easy to push the box out and drop it …. So in many senses it’s rubbish.But if you do clear the big stuff first, and sweep in a down hill direction or on the flat,it sweeps really well and it picks up… It’s tempting to use the leaf blower instead, but if it’s windy everything goes everywhere and you have to pick it up, so in that scenario the sweeper is great.If I’d had the chance to test drive one, I’m not sure I would have bought one…
Theodora –
Had to return it. Did not pick up leaves properly. Needed to go over areas maybe up to 3 times to get it partially swept. But once you go backwards, already swept leaves fall out of the sweeper. Also, container gets only one quarter full and doesn’t take any more debris. Had to use a broom and pan to get courtyard swept to my satisfaction. Not worth the time, effort, and expense.