I bought this back in 2006 and ten years later it's still tearing up the ground. It's easy to use once you figure out how to use it. You adjust the height wheel, set the metal curb guide against the side of the driveway or sidewalk and start cutting away. I use a back and forth motion to clear everything, but it rolls easily on the wheels and the motor and blade make easy work of the grass roots, dirt, etc. You have to make sure you're keeping the guide against the edge, as it likes to fall off, but the edger is light enough most people won't have any problems handling it. Once you start using it you recognize how to stop the sparks from flying off the concrete. Clearing out the stuck grass is easy with the big hatch covering the blade, which also makes replacing and tightening the blade easy to get to. I found over the years I have to occasionally tighten the blade down from the vibration slightly loosening it, but again it's easy to get to. I have a string trimmer that doubles as an edger, but usually all but the very top of the grass edge laughs at it. I break this thing out and then who's laughing? Me...hysterically...while my neighbors wonder what is wrong with me. That'll do Edge Hog, that'll do.