GreenviewLawn Food with integrated Ready2Go Spreader - 8 lb. Covers 2,500 sq. ft.

This seems to be a nice idea to make it easy to spread fertilizer on a small urban plot that’s too small to warrant getting a traditional push spreader. It’s basically a plastic container with a battery-powered fan blade that spins and ejects granular fertilizer. However, the build quality is so poor that using it to get an even fertilizer dispersion is a hit or miss process.The battery compartment on mine was misaligned so that before I could use it I had to bend the connectors so they would contact the batteries (it takes 4 AA batteries, which are included). The compartment that houses the battery and fan blade snaps off, but the plastic is so thin and bendy that getting it back together is a chore. This does not have the build quality that gives me any measure of confidence that it will last for more than a season or two.Once I got it functioning it did spread out the fertilizer in a reasonably even spray. You can stop and start dispensing by pushing a lever at the base. Again, that’s not well-built and it sometimes jammed a bit in use.While the idea is good, the execution is very poor. If you have a small plot and don’t want to deal with a traditional broadcast or drop spreader, you’re far better off using a hand spreader or one of those new mini spreaders. The latter will take up more space than this product, but will do a better job by far. Plus, you can use better fertilizer than the stuff that comes with this, such as Milorganite. It won’t green your lawn as quickly, but it’s far longer lasting and there’s no danger of burning the lawn with too much nitrogen, or contributing to nitrogen runoff into streams.Nice idea, but not worth the trouble. Not recommended.

I got this for free, but at the price they are charging it is a serious premium over just basic fertilizer. I get the concept for a small area, however there are some drawbacks over just a simple, rotary hand spreader. My Republic, hand-crank spreader throws about 15 feet, which makes it much easier to avoid the "overlap stripes" of missing and double-treated areas. This unit throws about 6 feet (when the batteries are full power, less as the power drops). This will make it more likely to have the stripes, missed areas, and spots (because of clumping of fertilizer the impeller can't break). The unit I got had the pre-filled jug with the spreader attached, plus a "refill" bag. I became disappointed within a row or two, and drained the contents into my hand spreader. I was done much faster and felt more sure of the results.Having said all that, if you want to fertilize a small area and you don't already own some sort of spreader it will do the trick. You also don't have to worry about storing partial bags of leftover fertilizer, as it just stays in the jug until you need to fertilize again. A rotary hand-spreader is about $10 and 5,000 sq ft of the same type of fertilizer is about $15 tops. When I checked the cost of this at $33 to do 2500 sq ft...it just doesn't seem like a great bargain to me.

This Lawn Spreader is great in concept with a refillable/reloadable container that's battery operated to automatically spread the lawn food. This also came with a 8 pound bag of lawn fertilizer. I liked the combination fertilizer and spreader in one and that's it's already pre-calibrated so you don't have to adjust the settings on it. I also liked that the leftover fertilizer can be stored inside the spreader and fits nicely on my garage shelf. A few days after I used it, the spots that received the fertilizer were greener and more grass had sprouted. So the fertilizer part worked excellently and is highly recommended.However, the spreader itself is terrible. The spreader fan blades that disperse the fertilizer continually became jammed and eventually didn't allow any fertilizer to get out, so now it's useless, even after I tried to clean it out. I ended up spreading the rest with my old push spreader. Bottom line, the spreader is junk but the fertilizer is fantastic and works extremely well so I'd recommend buying just the GreenView Lawn Food.

I love new technology and especially when it works. This Greenview Rady2Go Spreader is exactly that. But only after I applied some of the more basic electronic skills know to us humans. Before I get any further, please permit one caution: Read and Follow the enclosed (under the back label) INSTRUCTIONS. Intuition does not work or at least did not work well for me.Turn the container upside down after reading the instructions. Test the motor of the spreader to be sure it works satisfactorily. Mine did not; however, this is where my electrical skills, huge overstatement, came in. My motor would not work not even after resetting the new batteries. I replaced Lebanon's batteries with 4 AA new ones I keep for special ocassions such as this. It worked. I did not change the supply door to a smaller size which I highly recommend. After using the first application I closed the trap door to about ½ size and it worked better and obviously used less product. Take the bottom off and then remove the paper disk. Replace the bottom and begin the short process of walking the yard while spraying the lawn food.I sent my push spreader to the home for aged spreaders and kept my hand turning little spreader for all applications. Now, the hand spreader has been relaged to the top shelf of the Hooisier Cabinet and out of the way.I do wish there were calibrators on the trap door so that I would know what 2,500 feet represents. Of course, that is a varible that is almost impossible to solve since the batteries will fade with time and use. Having the On/Off Switch on the back and bottom creates a minor problem for me when attempting to get the first amounts on the ground.When I finished my first application, I turned off the switch and waited for 2 days (just love that rain), refilled the container with the extra bag, a ½ trap door setting and all went well. With a few minor issues such as mentioned above, this tool is a 5 star product and I expect to continue using it or its replacement.