Customer Rating: - Earthway Precision Garden Seeder
Very Poor recommenadtion:

Don't be fooled into buying the Earthway Precision Garden Seeder, thinking that it is a quality piece of machinery. Cheap, cheap, plastic TV trays are made of better stuff. The hopper and wheels are made of cheap black plastic, the rest is made of very flimsy and thin aluminum. The whole thing does not weigh enough to make the wheels turn under its own weight when you push it. You have to bear down on it to make it roll.
It will not stand the test of time in your garden.
It will just be another broken do-dad laying around with weeds growing up in it in your yard.
If all that is not bad enough, the seed plate for corn picks up anywhere from two, to four, pieces of sweet corn seed in every seed cup, leaving you with four, to sixteen, seeds of corn planted every 9 inches.

I was dis-mayed at the poor quality of this product and dis-heartened at the poor planting results.

I am currently using a home-made planter consisting of a funnel attached to a three foot length of 1" PVC water pipe via hot glue gun and I am very satisfied with the results, and the precision at which the seeds are placed as I drop them one by one into the funnel and down the length of PVC pipe. The funnel cost $1.00 at Dollar Tree. The PVC water pipe cost .35 cents per foot. Total price = $2.05 + TAX.

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Customer Rating: - I hate this thing
I just finished planting 35 x 25 ft of corn, and my back is killing me. I thought the reason I bought this thing was so I wouldn't be in pain after planting. The main problem is it's lack of weight, thus requiring your garden to be free of anything but fine soil and very level. I had to grab it at both ends and force it through the soil as I walked sideways all the way down the row. Then I went back and re-planted the corn that was laying on top of the soil (20%).

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Customer Rating: - speed planting
This product greatly reduces the time and effort to plant seeds. However, the suggested wheel selections for each seed type isn't correct. For example, I use the wheel for beets to plant beans. I did not use the beet wheel for planting beets as it would deposit way too many seeds (each beet seed is really 4 seeds). The workmanship on the wheels was lacking. There was way too much mold flash so that some slots would not scoop up seeds. The drag chain, that is suppose to close the furrow, is too light and doesn't close it in heavier soils.
This product is in need of further engineering.
I suggest that, before taking this to the garden, test runs with the desired seed and wheel be done to see how that wheel works with the seed and that the seed spacing is as desired.
All in all, this still beats the hoe and rake method of planting

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Customer Rating: - A great quality product
A wonderful tool for the home vegetable gardner. The seed plates that come with the seeder will cover most gardeners' needs, and you can purchase optional seed plates with your planter that should cover most any other application. The only negative I have found is that if you plant in freshly tilled, plowed, loose soil your seeds will wind up being planted much deeper than the setting you choose. A solution would be to lightly pack the soil before planting. All in all a real handy, well designed, and effective addition to a gardners' arsenal. (and it will save many a backache)