hi welcome back to garden ninja now today henchmen sent me one of their
massive wheelbarrows to do a review and a test for you the garden ninja
followers I'm not saying that size is everything but if you've got a large
garden or loads of plants and compost or leaves to shift then sometimes bigger is
better when it comes to a wheelbarrow so come on let's check it out!
So I've got the obvious bits such as the wheels then got what looks like wheel
bracket, theres a frame that this fits onto a load of other bits and bobs so fingers crossed I
managed to put it together correctly!
So come across the first kind of niggle and which is that you've got this leg
that's listed in the instructions and the instructions seem to be a bit back
to front in it if you don't insert it into this axle here first you'll never
get it in and I've tried so I think these structures the wrong way around
but it is making it a little bit fiddly so my advice to Henchman would be to
try to simplify these instructions or where possible get it sent out as one
bit because I'm not sure that you know the non DIY er who would really relish
this task so just want to take a quick moment to mention these which are the
wheels and tyres that go in the henchmen wheelbarrow what's great about
wheelbarrows that have these kinds of wheels that have the valve in you'll see
that at the top there is it they're basically, like a bicycle tyre so they've
got an inner tube so if for example you get a puncture you can replace them it
means that you can either increase the air or let it down depending on the
terrain and it just means that the wheelbarrow will work on a much broader
variety of ground you see those plastic bowl wheel barrows and other types of
tyres but these are my preference I think they're much more multifunctional
you can repair them look after them and they'll last an awful lot longer
so these are the clips that was just talking about in relation to the old
motorcycle we all know clips now these have got a sprung edge there should be
able to just push this through but it should clip on I'm going to show you
that in close up now so if you can see this pin here this is what attaches the
wheel if you push that through there should be a click so there should be no
need for that awkward bending that you find on other tyres I really like that
its a good bit of innovation. Nice and neat so if you ever needs to change the tyre or taking off
to repair a puncture you literally just pull that back out by leaving that
pulling it out it's just a spring-loaded pin so another top tip of
troubleshooting and I think Henchman should take this feedback is that by the time you get your second wheel on
and put your washer on as I have found that it obstructs the last hole so
it looks like it's not gonna fit well but I've just turned it on its side if I
apply some pressure and there is a bit of give and I can get the pin in I think
for the majority of people that might not be obvious and henchmen will end up
with loads of emails and calls saying the washer is too thick so I think maybe that could
be put in the instructions.
So I've given a henchman wheel barrow a good run and trial around the exploding atom
garden do my usual chores and here's my honest feedback. So I think the tub size
is great think this one's either 300 or 350 liters you can get loads in it I
really like the fact that you've got those spring loaded pins because when
you need to change a wheel to repair if you get thorn in your tyre and you need
to pump some air in that's far easier than the old-fashioned
motorbike pin or the feedback I thought the construction and the time taught me
to put it together and was a bit far to be honest and the instructions really do
need some work so henchmen I think you just need to review those instructions
and even consider sending this one out fully formed because I think for most
people if you have not got a socket set and a bit of DIY experience you may
struggle. Other bits of feedback if you stand up I think we could really do with
some form of rubber or material on the handle just hand slip enough when it's
wet in order to get really cold so I've got other wheelbarrows that have that
arm that's a great feature that I think this one could benefit from the next bit
of feedback would be the leg down here now I think that's too close to the
ground because when you lift it up to engage the wheelbarrow you're having to
push it quite far up before it clears I've caught a few small mounds and lumps
and bumps him along with that and the effect is that you push it further
forward meaning that end of the wheelbarrow is pointing downwards and I
don't think you'll be able to fill it as full as if it had a bigger lip there or
you had more clearance that's another tip
so like I said before I like to use larger wheelbarrows what will hold a lot
will hold a little and if you're dealing with things like compost leaves moving
plants so you're so much more in here it's far easier on your hands and legs
if you've got the space for on your garden it's big enough and I think a
larger wheelbarrow is a really good investment I'm gonna show you this now
next to the regular-sized wheelbarrow just to give you a basis of a comparison.
Come on Barry time to move! So just to give you a basis of comparison you can see my
old trusty wheelbarrow here they're really dirty when it's rusty that are
for years its comparison with the henchmen so the size difference is
significant you're gonna be doing far fewer trips in that when you are in your
average sized wheelbarrow another point to note is in the old-fashioned
wheelbarrows the wheels there we go are usually with a bolt mechanism where
you've got type of spanner whereas with the henchmen you've got that quick
release pin tip need to swap the wheel or do any maintenance it's far so all in
all I think it's a nice bit of kit with some good features but I think it needs
a bit more finesse the ground clearance the complicated instructions some of the
tweaks you have to make to get it to fit together in my experience I think let it
down slightly do you like the tyre pins it's a nice
size but there's so many other wheelbarrows on the market in this
competitive setting so I think if henchmen could just tweak it slightly
then it would be a winner for me at the moment just needs a little bit more for
less so there we have it my review of the henchmen wheel mode now I'm a
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