Chapin 8701B Garden Push Seeder Planter With 6 Seed Plates for up to 20 Varieties of Seeds, Zinc Plow Blade, Row Marker, Powder Coated Steel Frame, Red/Black

Oh my goodness! This is fantastic! My husband and I are in our late 60’s and we both LOVE to have a garden in the summer. It has been getting harder and harder on us to plant one and we would have to plant a couple of rows at a time and then rest for the day and then do it again the next day. With this seeder we were able to do half of our large garden in the time it would have taken us to do two rows before! It’s lightweight, easy to handle and keeps the rows fairly straight. I feel like the cost of the seeder is very good and it is easy to use, easy to understand. If you have trouble like we do….buy this…..you won’t regret it!

This product worked like a charm! I'm a new-to-farming-Gen-X "oldster" and needed a foolproof way of planting my flower seeds...sunflower, dahlias, zinnias, peonies and wildflowers. Each seed comes in so many different sizes so the easy to switch out discs were a breeze to use.I'm not even joking when it comes to using this thing. I'm about 5'7 and out-of-shape and pushing the Chapin Seed Planter was easy, the occasional rock or two in the soil might slow down progress but most rocks the wheel just ran right on over and kept on going. I wasn't strained, nor did I ever have to fight with this Planter, I thought it was a bit flimsy out of the box but really it's a magnificent device designed to save your back and your soul. Who knew?I had help from my 13 year old assembling the handle, which helps with two people but one person could do it alone. I think overall for the value, the time saved by not having to bend over and move row to row is truly what makes this nifty little seed planter so great. Can't imagine I'd be able to walk if I had to do it all by hand. Save your back and some money.

Takes a little bit of trial and error. I figured out if you keep the level of the seeds under the plate hub you can actually see the plate pick up a seed and drop it. Because every now and then a seed doesn’t get picked up. Also the instructions leave out some Important information. You need to set the depth of the seed and adjust the belt Tension. Also, the ground needs to be tilled and soft., It won’t work on hard packed soil.

The Chapin 8701B seeder is decent but has flaws. The seed plates work for most varieties, but some smaller seeds jam. The zinc plow blade and row marker are helpful, though assembly could be clearer. The frame is sturdy but heavier than expected. Overall, it’s functional but needs minor improvements.

I almost did not buy this product because I was tired of being greatly disappointed with other so called planters. I am glad I decided to gamble on one more try on a planter. This planter actually works and is based on the planters that are used on farms. Easy to use in garden. Multiple planter plates worked perfect for me. My corn rows are coming up great. Even the plate for tiny carrot seeds work well. This is a great value for the priceAND IT WORKS. I would definitely recommend this planter to anyone who asks. Very light and was simple to assemble. Should have gotten one much earlier

Well....seemed like a good purchase for the price point. I originally bought this to plant sunflowers. Box came pretty beat up so that made me pretty concerned that the parts inside were broken or missing. HOWEVER when I was trying to install the row attachment, I noticed the chute that goes from the hopper to the cutter where the seed is inserted to the ground wasn't even in the hole in the base of the frame. Could this have been from the rough shipping???? maybe but there are two bolts on both sides of the base plate and this thing was stuck on one of the bolt heads. This was probably due to manufacturing (China) and very poor-quality control.I was ready to just to send back but I needed to get this field planted so I decided to take the chute apart and see if I could move it over into the hole. Had to take 6-8 screws out and remove the bolt on the bottom to move the chut into the hole. All this to say it did work and I was able to get this back to together and get my sunflower field planted. It worked well and was easy to use.See if it holds up. Only tested with sunflower seeds.NOTE: have your soil prepared or this will not work correctly, and you don't want debris (grass, weeds etc) in the dirt because this stuff will clog the cutter and part that pulls dirt back over the seed and you will have to keep stopping. I would rake that stuff out before planting.Crappy assembly and poor-quality control is the reason for my low rating!

This is a really great seeder, I’ve noticed with other brands they don’t provide as many seed plates as this one. It has a lot of different options and I appreciate that you are able to plant carrot or broccoli seeds with this since those are really small seeds. It also makes planting long rows of corn and beans really easy. Great planter!

Very responsive manufacturer. Had a broken sprocket. Manufacturer madenit right. No hassle