Re: Responding to a Poor Product Review

**m* l* <m*@earthlink.net>**

Sandie, I disagree that the people trialing the Cobra were not real 
gardeners.  They may have been gardeners.  I am, and I did not find 
the Cobra very useful for the following reasons: 1. I prefer to weed 
with a scraping tool when weed seedlings are tiny.  The Cobra does 
not cover a very large area when used in that manner.  2. One must 
have very strong hands to use it on more mature weeds. 3. My hands 
are not strong enough to use it against taprooted weeds such as mallow.

OTOH, I loaned it to friends who have more alluvial soil than mine, 
and they liked it.  They are, however, younger and stronger.  I did 
not review the tool in my column. Margaret L

>Noel,
>
>I love your CobraHead tool. I use it for everything...weeding, digging
>holes, getting out small rocks, making rows for seeds...whatever. It is
>always in my bucket with my "go to" tools. You have also supplied a couple
>for my master gardener trips and the feedback I got back was positive.
>
>My guess is the three people that trialed the tool were not "real"
>gardeners. If they are the type that just plant some annuals every spring,
>they might not find a use for it. Or, there seem to many that have their
>favorite tools and just don't try anything new. Gardeners that are
>constantly in the garden digging, weeding, planting, fussing...something
>everyday, should definitely find many uses for it.
>
>You have testimonials on your website, including some writers and
>horticulturists...so you can either let it go (some publicity is better than
>none?)...or have more of the garden writers test your product and include it
>in their articles.
>
>Sandie Parrott
>Freelance Garden, Travel & Features, Writer/Photographer
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