Honest review of Vego, Vegega, Anleolife, and Kesfitt raised beds
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.พ. 2025
- There's been an explosion of metal raised beds on the market lately! Are there any actual differences between them? Or are they basically the same thing in different packaging? I'm reviewing Vego, Vegega, Anleolife, and Kesfitt raised beds in depth as a non-affiliate, so these are all my honest opinions.
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I'd love to add more brands to compare! Who else should I try out?
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Welcome to Auxhart Gardening! I’m Rachel, a small-scale southern gardener growing near Clemson, SC, zone 8a. I mainly garden in-ground, with containers as secondary production spaces.
Knowing where your food comes from is powerful, and empowering, and I believe we can change the world through gardening education.
The agricultural system is broken; we’ve monocultured nearly every major crop, forcing the use of chemical pesticides and inorganic fertilizers to maintain large-scale food production. I believe there’s a better way.
By teaching people to rely on themselves, even just a little, for their food supply, we might be able to create some breathing room for our strained food system, allowing for change to start happening.
By educating people about where food comes from and how to grow it, we can raise awareness about our broken agricultural system and form a community that understands how to fix it.
By forming a community, we can move toward creating real change in the world.
My goal is to educate; yes you can grow food, yes you can do it without chemicals, yes you can do it in your backyard or on your windowsill. And yes, that can make a difference in the world.
Ooh I’m glad you messaged me yesterday and told me about this video. It’s just what I needed and right at the perfect time.
Really great review, thank you! The one aspect I'm curious about tis where these products are made. I'm interested in buying raised beds made in teh USA. If you know where any of these are made, can you please post the answer? Thank you.
Great review, I appreciate your review covering multiple areas. I hope to see a review over time in the future but I am most likely going to be purchasing before your 1 year/2 year reviews come out. Again thank you for your thought out review. As my profile photo shows I have build raised beds before using treated wood and corrugated metal inside of the wood. The treated wood doesn't last long so I feel the type of beds you reviewed are a much better option. The one drawback over the wooden beds I have built is that my wooden beds have a 2x6 ledge on top for setting things on while working in the bed and harvesting. We use that 2x6 for leaning on, sitting on and setting tools and havest baskets on.
Yeah, that is a definite drawback to these bed types that I hadn't considered! Maybe a couple garden tables are in order for you?
Thank you for sharing such a detailed and thoughtful review! I’ve been using Vego garden beds for two of my gardens and absolutely love both the company and their products. They often have great sales-I was able to snag the 9-in-1 Novel beds for just $119.00 each. Their bundles are also a fantastic value. I really appreciate your honesty and transparency in this review!
thank you for your reviews, it confirms my research that Vego is the one to go with. I wasn't as organized as you in my information gathering, but I did decide based on materials, options available, food safety aspect and potential longevity of the beds.
Absolutely excellent presentation... and precise in her analysis. A brain to be loved as it is this sort of review that is so very helpful. Very fair & charitable in her comments.
I noted at her introduction of the 4 companies (timecode 0:49)...that she slightly preferred Vego, just by her vocal intonation...the cute guy of the pack, if you will...( not a criticism , just funnieeee).
Great job on this one. Extremely useful.
Good comprehensive review.
Thank you for this review. It will be most helpful as we are looking to purchase a different brand. The birdies beds were great at first, then started having a couple issues with them so have been wanting to try a different brand. Thank you again. 🌻
Oh really? What kind of issues? I’ve only heard good things about them.
@@AuxhartGardening They did really well on the flat areas. In the couple areas that had a slight decline, we used the longer option like you have (the 8 in 1 I believe it was called) & put a little in the ground evenly on one side & now a couple yrs later is bowing out at the bottom. It seems a bit too flimsy. Thinking we did something wrong, double checked birdies video to make sure. I have them 1/2 full now with lettuces, radish, onions & peas but after harvest, we are trying a different brand. I'm thinking that the trapezoid design may be sturdier. One of the other birdies have areas of rust from under the rubber seal after 3 years which could be a flaw in the material. The last 2 birdies we purchased were the smaller ones, so far seem like better choice; still hopeful of them. Thank you again for showing your review. It is right on time as we were looking to try another. Appreciate you. 🌻
This is really great and helpful as I plan my garden for next year. Thank you so much!
Glad it was helpful!
I really appreciate this video. Im looking now to replace some of our containers. I loved how you broke this down for us. ❤
This is an awesome comparison! I love the transparency/honesty, even if you could have cashed in.
Great video! Thank you! The side-by-side comparison was fantastic! Very in-depth on the issues I am concerned about.
Glad it was helpful!
Great report. Thank You.
The features that I liked the most are:
rod supports (for the taller beds, I would like the supports to cross)
acorn nuts (to keep the threads clean in the dirt
I would like to have seen carriage bolts (Screw with a rounded head and a square that connects to a square punch in the metal. They only need one tool to tighten.)
I like the rolled top. (I would have preferred a better overlap, like one side cut just under the rolled top)
I also like different heights. 11" for tomatoes and 30" for herbs, onions, etc.
Colors, I am not particular, as long as they are earth tones.
As for accessories, I would like to attach poles to which I could attach strings.
Very helpful.
Thank you! What color is the Vego bed they sent you?
It's the terra cotta one.
Thank you!
What almost certainly happens here is these companies are not making the corrugated metal themselves, they're just buying from another supplier, forming them into the raised bed panels and packing them with the fittings. All the raw material is coming from the same big companies so the raised bed manufacturers are just trying to put their own marketing spin on their metal being better.
We have to buy direct from source!😂
Bạn xây dựng một khu vườn mới ,chúc bạn sớm hoàn thành và phát triển tốt 👍🙏.
Hey they are all too damn expensive for me lol.
Yeah I get that. Gardening in-ground is often a really great option! Usually raised beds only make sense when your soil is too poor or you can't bend over to garden in the ground. Although poor soil can still be fixed without a raised bed, it's just still an investment to get the compost and amendments. I have them to illustrate different types of growing for learning purposes, but you definitely don't need them!
@@AuxhartGardening I do a mix of in ground and raised bed. I would probably move much more raised bed if it was financially attainable for me. Those really tall metal beds are super nice. The older you get, the nicer it is not having to be on your hands and knees weeding lol. I just can't get past the sticker shock. Come on powerball.