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| View Larger Image | Fiskars 9424 Garden Bucket Caddy | Tools & Hardwareby Fiskars
| List Price: | $11.99 | | Price: | $13.15 | | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours |
| | Sales Rank: | 165th |
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FEATURES | - Garden bucket caddy featuring unique and clever design
- Fits snugly on 5-gallon bucket
- Sturdy canvas construction with deep pockets for various hand tools
- Includes cell phone, beverage, and seed packet holders
- 8.9-by-10-by-13.4-inches at 2-pounds
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EDITORIAL REVIEWS |
Amazon.com Product Description
The Fiskars garden bucket caddy features clever, durable design to make gardening easier. In addition to its deep, large pockets for hand tool and glove storage, the caddy has a space for seed storage to keep seeds dry and protected, as well as a beverage holder and even a cell-phone pocket. The durable cloth caddy fits snugly around a 5-gallon bucket. Tools and bucket are not included. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 49 reviews)
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Very handy. Well made like all Fiskars by C. Giles (Rochester, New York)  4 Stars
November 16, 2009
It's great, but I put it on a Home Depot bucket and the handles don't detach so it was hard to get it on so it doesn't slip down the side of the bucket. I wish the designers of the velcro attachment would take that into account.
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Handy garden bucket caddy by P. Mancini (Michigan, USA) 4 Stars
September 01, 2009
I use this all the time. Holds everything I need to garden. This is made of very sturdy material and I would recommend it to friends and family. My only compaint is that the bucket gets a bit heavy because I have a lot of gardening tools!
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Good idea, poorly executed by The Mechanic (AZ, USA)  2 Stars
July 23, 2009
This is a good idea that has been poorly executed.
There are ample pockets for your most used tools, and the size of these pockets gives you plenty of flexibility.
For my own personal use, the seed packet storage is a lot of wasted space, which really can't be converted to use for anything other than seed packets. I think the cell-phone pocket is another waste of space on this rig as well. I don't want to be bothered while I'm out in the yard. I'm sure some of you might agree!
Where I am truly disappointed with this product is in it's quality. The materials are fine, but the assembly is truly poor. There is a snap closure on this rig, and when it was made, the snap grommet cut right through the back rubberized fabric, causing that closure to be totally useless. It isn't worth the time and effort to patch the fabric, and install a new snap (or other closure device). The hook-and-loop fastening strap that holds the body of the rig to the bucket is a generic low-quality velcro. The stitching overall is pretty low quality, and less than accurate at the seams and attachment points. Don't overload your rig, or it will sag. Don't remove the rig from the bucket frequently, or it will fail to "stick". Use a dedicated 5-gallon bucket, and leave it attached.
I would suggest getting something like a "Bucket Boss" rig, and adapting it to your gardening needs.
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Right idea? Wrong execution? by C. Coleman (Atlanta) 2 Stars
July 02, 2009
EDITED NOTE: This review is of the 9424 GARDEN Bucket Caddy. Please note, this product is marketed as a gardeners product. It isn't marketed as a heavy duty tool or construction tool caddy. My review is based upon the product's intended useage - in the garden. While the product may have other uses (and I think it may), I would NOT recommend this product as a heavy duty or specialized "tool" tote.
The Fiskars 9424 Garden Bucket Caddy surely has appeal to somebody, but I can't imagine the Caddy really having any kind of mass appeal. It's a good idea - for someone who has the need to tote a bucket and yard tools - but that leads to this question: Who needs to tote a large bucket and garden tools?
Answer: gardenders who do a lot of weeding?
That's the answer I got from a number of people who said that the bucket had "all kinds of uses in the garden" and then had difficulty explaining those needs coupled with the need to tote the tools with the bucket.
I'm not intending to be short sighted here. Believe me, I see lots of uses for a bucket and tools - weeding, harvesting, seed toting, bulb toting, or just extra space to store larger gardening items - like bags of lime or fertilizer.
But you should ask yourself first, before you buy - do I tote things in a bucket and need my gardening tools when I do?
The design seems fine, but has some flaws. For starters, some of the pockets have no bottoms... and if you don't have the right size tool in there, these pockets are then useless. When you do have something in there that's large enough to provide resistance, it's a bit unweildy.
Loaded down, the Caddy is heavy, maybe even too heavy to fit nicely on the bucket. The more you have in the caddy, the snugger the fit. Completely loaded with a series of tools, we found the caddy almost impossible to fasten aroung the bucket we had. There is no counterweight overlapping the lip of the bucket, extending into the interior of the bucket, as you might have seen with a construction bucket tote. And be careful selecting a bucket. Buckets with heavy trim or banding near the top may be the right volume but will not work with this caddy - it just won't reach around.
Fiskars would be wise to recommend a bucket or two to send customers in the right direction. You may find a quick trip to your local bix bog hardware store doesn't yield a good bucket.
The other major issue is this: You can't empty the bucket with the caddy on unless you want to play fruit basket turnover with your tools. There's no locking mechanism or tie back to keep the tools in place when the bucket is inverted - so you can fill the bucket, but you'll have to remove the caddy first before you then empty the bucket.
Also, depending upon the handle on your bucket - you may find it difficult to get the handle out of the way when the caddy is in place.
Bottom line: I'm just not sold on this device that looks like it should be handy and useful in the photographs. Practicality, design issues, and limited use make for a below average product.
UPDATE: We saw an AVID SCRAPBOOKER with this device, wrapped around a bucket. She has all sorts of scrapbooking tools in the caddy, and the bucket became a portable trash can. Not the intended use, but very resourceful. Go figure!
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Garden Bucket Caddy by S. Doherty (Clinton Twp, MI)  3 Stars
July 02, 2009
I loved the concept of having my tools attached to my bucket, but the caddy has failed in execution. Once you fill all the pockets of the caddy with your gardening tools, it gets too heavy to stay attached to the bucket and falls off without warning. I have tried different ways to keep it on, but haven't found anything that works yet with the velcro closure. The other problem is you can't really dump your bucket with the caddy on unless you want to throw away your tools with the weeds. And the caddy is hard to get back on the bucket with the tools in it because of the weight and gravity pulling it down as you are trying to re-secure it to the top of the bucket.
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