This is the third brand of roller I've purchased and is hands down the best! The first one I bought, Garden Weasel, didn't sell any kind of dumping mechanism so you had to pull the tines apart with your hands. The handle was too short, I'm 5'9. And you really had to push down to get the apples in the basket.
The next one I purchased, the Nut Gatherer, from Amazon has a pop of lid on the side for dumping. It's mostly plastic and didn't even last one season.
Now I have the Nut Wizard and I LOVE IT. The handle is plenty long enough. The construction is wood and metal and very solid. All I have to do is roll it over the apples with about the same force as pushing a vacuuum. And dumping it is a breeze. I picked up a full wheelbarrow of apples in less than 40 minutes and my grass is about 6" tall. I plan to order more so that my kids can help as well!
