My friends were impressed with the style. For bare, tilled soil, this hoe worked great for weeds. Grass was harder. As noted before, could use dull side to mark a row for planting. For mulched plants, not much better than traditional.
Long handle is nice.
Am glad to have this lighter, smaller, useful tool. I used it to clear a whole area for Morning Glories. It really chops down those big weeds. The circlehoe is ideal for removing single or small clumps of weeds in close plantings. It is effective and much more efficient than hand weeding.