Portable Soil Sampler Probe - Contractor Grade Stainless Steel Core Sampling Tool - 12 Inch Compact Size With Kit Test Bags - Garden Lawn Farm Golf Course Review

Overall a nice tool for the mo ey with o e shortcoming. The bore is extremely rough and makes pulling the plugs difficult. I used some sandpaper and smooted it up a bit and it helps. Overall pleased for the cost.

This did not work well for me. The dirt is almost impossible to get out and in trying to push the dirt through with a stake, I sliced my finger on the raw edge of the opening in the middle of the probe. All this and it collected no more than a tablespoon of dirt.

Simple probe that was easy to use, but didnt work well with more clay like dirt. I liked the handle which made it easier to pull from the dirt. It think it was over priced.

Fairly well built, skimpy welds though haven't yet been an issue. It wasn't easy to yield a complete core. Either, it crumbled in the process and/or was broken during removal. I don't know if it's a result of New England soil, but the core was so packed in the tube, I had to push hard from either bottom or top with a dowel and sometimes 16 penny nail. I was taking approx 2 dozen samples of a 2/3 acre lawn and it took about 1 1/2 hrs. My hands were pretty beat up wrestling with the cores. I…

This is the only soil core tool I have used, but I would have thought it would be easier to get the sample out. It may be the fault of my soil, but I have tried in both wet and dry conditions and the core compresses when I press the tool down, then won't come out.

Like some other reviews state, the inside of the tool is incredibly rough and holds the dirt. The cut on the side of my probe wasn't straight and the first time I put the tool into the soil, the whole tool snapped in half as there was a weak spot.

For loose or garden soil this will be fine. For anything else. Try something else. Broke in less that 2 minutes. No full weld, just tacked together.

Junk ! Broke the first time tried using ! The handle broke off the collection tube . Seems to be like a child’s toy for playing scientist /gardener .

What is there to say it's a laser cut tube. None of the flash from the laser cutting process has been cleaned thus making it a sharp nightmare for anyone that does not wear gloves. A quick go over with a flap disc on a angle grinder has cleared away most of the sharp flash but some is only able to be gotten with a round file. I would not buy this again if I known how unfinished it was. The end where you cut the plug is also very blunt for how sharp the inner burr is.

If you want to easily get a proper soil sample, you need this! Gets the sample from top to down at roots. Only leaves a small hole (that disappears)

I had the same problem as others: it simply compacted the soil and left a hole (soil did not go up the tube).From the advice of a different purchaser, I filed the inside of the tube (which was very ruff) and after that it worked well. I push it down and use a rubber mallet to drive it down further. I would give it a five if they finished the inside of the tube during the production process.

Did what I needed it too. Super compact which is nice. Only down side is you need a hammer to drive it in and the top cap is plastic. Other than that great deal.

Excellent quality and value. I purchased this specifically to take lawn soil samples. So many other probes I looked at were considerably more expensive. I didn’t want to spend that kind of money for a probe to take simple lawn soil samples. This was perfect.

Used it about twenty times with wet and dry soil and cannot get a nice core. Just compacts the soil in the tube. Even tried pushing the probe all the way into the ground only to have a 1” of soil stuck in the end. Maybe it needs a larger ID.

I was honestly looking for the cheapest probe possible and this one has done the job. I used a hammer to push it way down into the soil and just tapped the dirt into my collection bags. Worked fine, seems to be solid.

I used this device for a grand total of maybe twenty minutes before the welds holding the bars together broke. Piece of garbage, and for some reason, I'm not able to get a refund. DO NOT BUY.