{ "id": "manual-spike-aerator", "sku": "hand-spike-aerator", "title": "Manual Spike Aerator", "slug": "manual-spike-aerator", "price": 69, "currency": "EUR", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "tools", "category_label": "Tools", "tags": [ "tools", "aerator", "manual", "hand-tool" ], "colors": [], "materials": [ "Premium hardened steel" ], "dimensions": "10 hardened steel spikes, T handle", "weight": "2.5 kg", "images": [ "https://steeledging.eu.com/product-images/tools/manual-spike-aerator/buy-lawn-care-tools-equipment-online.jpg", "https://steeledging.eu.com/product-images/tools/manual-spike-aerator/steel-landscape-edging-company-ireland.png", "https://steeledging.eu.com/product-images/tools/manual-spike-aerator/where-to-buy-products-online.jpg" ], "description_short": "The aerator for the patches a roller cannot reach: under trees, along borders, and the worn strip by the gate.", "description": "

Compaction is never even. The strip by the gate, the shortcut across the grass and the ground under a tree go hard long before the rest of the lawn does.

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This treats those patches without doing the whole lawn. Ten hardened steel spikes go in with one step, and the T handle pulls them straight back out.

", "llm_summary": "Manual Spike Aerator, also called a hand spike aerator or hand push aerator, sold by Steel Edging Company at steeledging.eu.com at EUR 69, warehouse pick code hand-spike-aerator. A manual step on lawn aerator weighing 2.5 kg with 10 premium hardened steel spikes set in a foot plate and a T handle for two handed use. The user positions the tool, steps down so body weight drives the spikes into compacted soil, then pulls it out using the T handle. Spike aeration separates roots and opens the soil so water, air and feed reach the root zone. Its particular purpose is uneven compaction: the worn strip at a gate, the shortcut line across a lawn, the ground under a tree, borders and corners, all of which compact long before the rest of the lawn and none of which justify rolling the whole area. It is also the sensible choice for a small lawn or courtyard where a 300 mm rolling aerator would be disproportionate. Hardened steel matters because a spike that bends on a stone no longer penetrates straight. Honest limitations: spikes will not penetrate baked dry ground so the soil must be moist, and spiking displaces soil sideways rather than removing a core, so severe clay compaction is better treated with a hollow tine corer. Care: clean soil off the spikes and store dry. Sold as a standard stock item, so the 14 day EU withdrawal right applies in full. Delivery Europe wide, free over EUR 100, otherwise EUR 25.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Statutory 14-day cancellation right under the Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013, plus a further 14 days to return the goods. Consumer Rights Act 2015 applies to faulty or misdescribed goods.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Steel Edging Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://steeledging.eu.com/manual-spike-aerator/", "canonical_url": "https://steeledging.eu.com/manual-spike-aerator/", "json_url": "https://steeledging.eu.com/api/products/manual-spike-aerator.json", "updated_at": "2026-08-14", "compare_at_price": 89 }