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I don't do much on that side of things so I don't pay much attention!
I think 5-600 is enough to spend for people like me who would use it 10 times a year
I'm not sure, but I think this one throws out the waste forwards into a collector - fine for a bowling green etc, but a pain for domestic lawns as the collector fills up too quickly, but if removed, you're chucking waste into the flower beds. Better to get a rear discharge like the eliets etc. Good looking eliet 501 finished bidding this evening - went for £640. The Camon's also get good comments on here and more of those come up on ebay rather than the eliets.
Whilst on the subject....... I've an old push Sisis scarifier which I bought for £35 many years ago......... it has the spring tines for raking out the moss and works really well though exhausting to push. Why do some scarifiers use blades and others spring-tines? Are the blades more heavy-duty perhaps? They both seem to work well though I would have thought the blades would quickly get the "point" rounded off and become less effective.
Generally perform different functions - springs really deal with light dethatching and surface cleaning, where as blades do dethatching and verticuting (getting down into the soil), helping to promote new growth, opening up the soil and removing material, which is good when topsoiling and overseeding.
When I was at college (MW), we had the 'benefit' of having a SISIS sales/distribution depot on site, so we gained some insight and got to use a number of their machines during our course.
.....does the "blade" have to be maintained with a sharp "point" then? If yes, can it be sharpened with a grinder to get the point back?
As they're thin already they effectively self sharpen, biggest issue is generally wear or damage from hitting underground stones just below the surface etc. We've just changed out a set of blades on our Camon more due to wear.
We don't sharpen, but then we mainly use Eliets that have self sharpening blades... apparently.
Our bigger maintenance issue is the occasional bent blade especially on the bannerman which has thiner blades than the others.
Self sharpening doesnt neccesarily mean they never need to be sharpened. But it does mean that they essentially stay sharp for longer before needing to be sharpened.
On the Camon, you do not sharpen - you either turn the blades around or replace.
The Camon is mainly a Scarfier and not designed for true deep verticutting.
Can't comment on other makes, depends on service instructions.
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