Moorland bilberry
You want a pocket metal comb and you will sort leaves later. The CKB at about £12.32 is 4.5 from 356 ratings, and UK reviews name bilberries and currants. Check the tines on the day it arrives.
The best berry combs, compared.
Top pick: Fowybe plastic berry picker Best value: CKB berry picker, green – Best value at about £12.32: the lower price of the two 4.5 listings with at least 100 ratings. Updated 21.10.2026.
In the UK people buy one for wild bilberry and for garden currants, not for strawberries. A comb is faster than fingers on a dense, thin-stemmed bush. It also brings leaves, twigs and unripe fruit home with the crop. Fruit, catch and tooth material are set out in the [berry comb buying guide](/hub/garden-tools/berry-comb/sub/berry-comb-buying-guide). A berry comb strips small fruit off thin stems into a scoop or basket. A berry comb is chosen for the job it has to do.
In the UK people buy one for wild bilberry and for garden currants, not for strawberries. A comb is faster than fingers on a dense, thin-stemmed bush. It also brings leaves, twigs and unripe fruit home with the crop.
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What are you picking?
The Fowybe is an all-plastic picker at about £5.29 and 160 g. The star line is 4.9 from 7 ratings, which scores 98 and still does not take a badge: the method keeps badges for listings with at least 100 ratings. Four texts are in the file, one marked United Kingdom. It is the lowest shelf price here. It is not evidence that a plastic comb matches the CKB on bilberries.
Pros
Cons
Best for: The lowest price and a plastic baffle, if you will not treat seven ratings as a finished verdict.
Less suitable: A large UK review sample, or metal tines with a stopper plate reviewers have described.
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Common questions
Why is 4.9 not the top pick?
Seven ratings are below the 100-rating line used for badges. The Gardena and the CKB are both 4.5 with 442 and 356 ratings.
Is it the cheapest listing?
Yes. About £5.29 is the lowest shelf price in this set.
Gardena’s 17400-20 is a 234 g plastic combisystem head with teeth that rotate from narrow to wide and a 0.8 litre basket, at about £21.58. The star line is 4.5 from 442 ratings, the larger count of the two 4.5 listings with at least 100 ratings, which is why it is the top pick. UK reviews in the sample talk about cherries, plums and the pole fit, not a pocket bilberry rake. Gardena UK states a 7.5 cm working width. The handle is a second purchase. The listing says hand wash only.
Pros
Cons
Best for: You already own a Gardena combisystem handle, or you will buy one, and you are picking cherries or plums above shoulder height.
Less suitable: A pocket comb for heath bilberries, or a pole inside the box.
Specifications
Common questions
Is a pole included?
No. The included component is the berry picker. A combisystem handle is how you reach higher fruit.
Can it go in the dishwasher?
The listing says hand wash only.
The CKB green scoop is a handheld comb with nine metal tines, a metal stopper plate and a rubber grip, listed at about £12.32 and 460 g. Across 356 amazon.co.uk ratings it sits at 4.5. Reviewers use it on bilberries, currants and elderberries, and they also mention sloes and damsons. The stopper holds fruit until you tip the opening down and shake. It is best value because it is the cheaper of the two 4.5 listings with at least 100 ratings. It is not a pole head, and it does not leave unripe blackberries on the stalk.
Pros
Cons
Best for: A pocket metal comb for bilberries or garden currants, if you will check the tines on the day it arrives.
Less suitable: A pole for cherries or plums, only ripe blackberries, or strawberries left on the plant.
Specifications
Common questions
Does it have metal teeth?
The listing says nine metal combs and a metal stopper plate. The body and the grip are plastic and rubber.
How do you empty it?
The listing says the stopper plate holds the fruit in. Turn the opening downwards and shake gently.
This black-red GUGULUZA scoop is the colour whose spec prints a metal head, at about £12.99. Weight is 330 g in the bullets and 350 g on the spec. The star line is 4.2 from 1,662 ratings, and the same texts sit on the black-green and red sister listings, so this is one shared pool. UK comments praise a faster pick on bilberries and blackcurrants, and they also report cracked bodies. It does not take a badge.
Pros
Cons
Best for: The GUGULUZA colour whose spec line says metal, if you will reject a cracked body before you travel.
Less suitable: An independent star line for this colour, or a tool with no transit-crack reports.
Specifications
Common questions
Is the comb metal?
On this colour the spec says head material metal, and the bullets say a metal comb.
Are the 1,662 ratings only for black-red?
No. The black-green and red GUGULUZA listings repeat the same review text and the same star line.
The black-green GUGULUZA is about £12.99 with the same 4.2 from 1,662 ratings as the other two colours. Bullets name a metal comb. The spec says a plastic head. Weight is 330 g in the bullets and 350 g on the spec. The review texts are the shared file, including cracked sides. Confirm the tooth material before you rely on this colour.
Pros
Cons
Best for: This colour, if you will confirm the tooth material against the conflicting spec.
Less suitable: A listing where the bullet and the spec agree on metal, or a review pool that belongs only to black-green.
Specifications
Common questions
Do the bullets and the spec agree?
No. The bullets say a metal comb. The spec says a plastic head.
Is this a separate test from black-red?
No. The star line and the review texts match the sister colours.
The red GUGULUZA is about £12.99 and shares 4.2 from 1,662 ratings with the other two colours. The spec says a plastic head, handle and grip, and lists 290 g, while the bullets say 330 g and a metal comb. Treat the 1,662 ratings as one GUGULUZA pool. UK comments in that pool cover bilberries and blackcurrants, and they also cover cracked plastic.
Pros
Cons
Best for: The red finish, if you accept that the evidence is the shared GUGULUZA file.
Less suitable: A spec that confirms metal teeth, or a lighter plastic comb with its own star line.
Specifications
Common questions
What does the spec say the head is?
Plastic, including the handle and the grip. The bullets still say a metal comb.
Does red have its own 1,662 ratings?
No. The star line and the texts are the shared GUGULUZA file.
Spesh SGC04 is a plastic-bodied scoop with a metal comb and a stopper, at about £12.99 and 330 g. The bullets say it is dishwasher safe if you then air-dry it and keep it out of direct sun. The star line is 4.0 from 206 ratings, shared with the green SGC03 and the red SGC01. UK comments credit a time saving on blackcurrants and also describe wires that bend and a tool that arrived broken. It does not take a badge.
Pros
Cons
Best for: A metal-comb scoop the listing says you can put in the dishwasher, if you will straighten or return bent tines.
Less suitable: The stronger 4.5 review pool, or tines that UK reviewers say stay straight out of the box.
Specifications
Common questions
Can it go in the dishwasher?
The bullets say yes, then air dry it and keep it out of direct sun. Gardena, in this set, says hand wash only.
Do the wires stay straight?
A UK review in the shared file says the wires bent on first use. Another says the tool arrived broken in a bag.
This is Spesh part SGC03, the green colour, at the same about £12.99 and the same 4.0 from 206 ratings as SGC04 and SGC01. The spec weight is 320 g against 330 g in the bullets. The review texts are the shared file. Treat 206 as one Spesh pool, not a colour-specific test.
Pros
Cons
Best for: The green SGC03, if you treat the 206 ratings as one Spesh pool.
Less suitable: A rubber grip, a 4.5 star line of your own, or tines that arrive straight without a check.
Specifications
Common questions
Is this a different model from the green-black one?
This listing’s part number is SGC03. The green-black listing is SGC04. The star line and the review texts match.
How do you empty it?
The bullets say flip it so the mouth faces down and shake.
Spesh SGC01 is the red colour at about £12.99, with a spec weight of 320 g against a 330 g bullet. It shares the 4.0 from 206 review file with SGC04 and SGC03, so red is not its own test. The bullets say a metal comb and a stopper, and a dishwasher cycle followed by air drying.
Pros
Cons
Best for: The red Spesh finish, if you accept the shared 4.0 review file as the evidence.
Less suitable: A colour with its own UK reviews, or a comb that reviewers say stays straight on first use.
Specifications
Common questions
Does red have its own reviews?
The star line is 4.0 from 206, and the review texts are the same file as SGC04 and SGC03.
How should it be stored?
The bullets say air dry it completely and avoid direct sunlight when it is not in use.
This generic red rake is polypropylene at about £7.89 and 272 g. There is no customer review line and no review text in the saved listing, so the score stays 0. It is not a substitute for the metal-comb listings UK reviewers describe on bilberries. Judge the catch when it arrives.
Pros
Cons
Best for: The cheaper PP scoop that at least prints a weight, if you will judge the catch yourself.
Less suitable: A reviewed metal comb for bilberries, or a listing that names how the fruit stays in the scoop.
Specifications
Common questions
Is there an amazon.co.uk star line?
No. The saved listing has no customer review line and no review texts.
What is it made of?
The listing says polypropylene, at 272 g.
ARMYJY’s yellow rake is an all-PP comb at about £9.20 and 160 g. Bullets say 22 × 17 × 14 cm and the spec says 18 × 14 cm. The listing claims raised rims hold about 800 to 900 berries. There is no customer review line, so those claims are untested in this comparison. The score stays 0.
Pros
Cons
Best for: A light plastic rake, if you accept that this listing has no star line.
Less suitable: UK review evidence before a moorland trip, or metal tines with a stopper plate.
Specifications
Common questions
Are there reviews?
No customer review line and no review texts are in the saved listing.
Do the size lines match?
No. The bullets say 22 × 17 × 14 cm. The spec says 18 × 14 cm.
The EfforPrac rake is about £9.48 and 160 g, with polypropylene teeth. The saved listing has no dimensions and no customer reviews, so the score stays 0. Compare it as a listed weight and a price, not as a tested bilberry comb.
Pros
Cons
Best for: Comparing cheap PP combs by listed weight and price, if you do not need a review count before you order.
Less suitable: A printed size, a metal comb, or any UK review text before you buy.
Specifications
Common questions
Is a size printed?
No dimensions are in the saved listing.
Is there a star line?
No. There is no customer review line.
The number on each card is the amazon.co.uk star rating times 20, rounded. Prices and counts are the snapshot in this set. There is no laboratory test, and no tine gap was measured. A higher score from a handful of ratings does not outrank a large pool when badges are assigned. The weight below is 100 because the printed score is the star line. Badges then use the count and, where two listings tie on 4.5 with at least 100 ratings, the price.
Amazon stars
100%Star rating times 20. No customer review line scores 0. Fewer than 100 ratings can still produce a number, and that number is not used for a badge. Sister colours that repeat one review file are one pool.
Choose the fruit before the colour. Bilberry and currants want a handheld comb with a catch. Cherries and plums above shoulder height want a head that fits a pole you already own. A 4.9 from seven ratings is not a larger fact than 4.5 from a few hundred.
A berry comb strips small fruit off thin stems into a scoop or basket. In the UK the usual plants are wild bilberry, also called blaeberry, wimberry or whortleberry, and garden currants. Strawberries are the wrong job. A hard stroke can tear stems. The comb also brings leaves, twigs and unripe fruit, so you sort the bowl afterwards. Three forms sit in this snapshot.

The teeth suit thin, springy growth. Strawberries are the wrong plant, and mixed blackberries come off ripe and unripe together.
Three GUGULUZA colours share 4.2 from 1,662 ratings. Three Spesh colours share 4.0 from 206. A 4.9 from seven ratings is not the best tool on that number alone.
The 17400-20 listing includes the head. A telescopic combisystem handle is a second purchase. Two UK reviews say it would not attach.
Start with the plant. Bilberry and currants suit a handheld comb. Stone fruit above shoulder height suits the Gardena head if you already have the pole. A stopper, raised edge or 0.8 litre basket is the difference between a scoop and a bare rake. Metal tines are what UK reviews describe on bilberries. All-plastic PP tines are lighter, and three of those listings have no star line. The gap in millimetres is not printed on these pages. Spesh says dishwasher safe. Gardena says hand wash only.
Read the count with the stars. Gardena is 4.5 from 442. CKB is 4.5 from 356. GUGULUZA is one shared 4.2 from 1,662. Spesh is one shared 4.0 from 206. Fowybe is 4.9 from 7. ARMYJY, EfforPrac and the generic scoop have no review line, so their score stays 0. The Gardena head can be handheld, and a combisystem handle is extra. Do not expect it to replace a pocket scoop for moorland bilberry.
Three typical situations, each with a recommendation from this comparison.
You want a pocket metal comb and you will sort leaves later. The CKB at about £12.32 is 4.5 from 356 ratings, and UK reviews name bilberries and currants. Check the tines on the day it arrives.
You already own a Gardena combisystem handle, or you will buy one. The 17400-20 head is about £21.58, 4.5 from 442 ratings, and the pole is not in the box.
The Fowybe plastic picker is about £5.29 and 4.9 from 7 ratings. Seven ratings are not a badge, and there is no large UK sample.
In this set the top pick is the Gardena 17400-20: about £21.58, 4.5 from 442 ratings, a 0.8 litre basket and rotating teeth. It ties the CKB on 4.5 and has the larger count. UK reviews in the sample are about cherries and plums, not bilberries, and the pole is a second purchase. The best value is the CKB green scoop at about £12.32, the lower price of those two 4.5 listings, with nine metal combs and 4.5 from 356 ratings. The Fowybe is 4.9 from 7 ratings at about £5.29 and does not take a badge. Three GUGULUZA colours share 4.2 from 1,662. Three Spesh colours share 4.0 from 206. ARMYJY, EfforPrac and the generic PP scoop have no star line.

CKB berry picker, green
Best value at about £12.32: the lower price of the two 4.5 listings with at least 100 ratings.
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