Editorial Product Review:Amazon.com Item Description:The Fiskars long handle digging shovel features an all-steel construction for heavy-duty strength and durability. The shovel's blade features an oversized step for additional leverage and comfort, and comes pre-sharpened to cut through the ground easier. Ideal for personal or professional use, the teardrop-shaped shaft provides ergonomic comfort and control during use. For added strength, the blade itself is directly welded onto the shaft, and the entire shovel is powder-coated to prevent rust. This tool comes with a limited lifetime warranty.
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This is a tremendous tool
I've used this several times, and have been extremely impressed.
1) I used it to dig down around a stump; it also sliced right through smaller roots with ease. It easily helped pry up roots.
2) it slices right through most of my clay soil with ease.
3) it is heavy, but the balance and sharpness makes up for it (I'm a fairly strong, average sized guy)
4) it really excelled at slicing through sod (or rather bermuda grass!), and leveling out a former garden area.
I fully expect this tool to last as long as my 25-year old Smith & Hawkens spade and fork have.
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Fiskars is the best - GREAT shovel...Seriously!
This entire Fiskars binge began with a hoe [incredible product] and then a rake [excllent] and eventually have replaced nearly entire outdoor garden tool set with Fiskars.
My husband said we didn't need another shovel but I was so happy with the other garden tools that I bought this for myself...I've not been able to use it once because he immediately adopted it. According to him it 'digs itself". I'm not exactly sure what that means but he brags about the weight and balance - says it makes it so much easier. The same applies for the square shovel. Super nice weight, well balanced, Comfortable.
While it might initially seem counter-intuitive to buy a heavy shovel...it actually is much easier to work with than a light weight shovel. The weight allows maximum efficiency so you don't need to strain and struggle to break the earth - it does the work for you. He has a tendency to have lower back pain when working (age related) and within an hour this became his new favorite shovel....he quickly insisted on buying the square head equivalent (every bit as good).
The other major difference is the long handle. It seems more and more tools are trying to scrimp by on less material - this is a very solid, very heavy item with an extra nice long handle that is perfect for those who are a bit on the tall side. It also has the rolled edge to keep the foot from slipping...lots of nice little extra's that set this apart from the rest.
Very pleased with the Fiskars line of garden tools - either buy two or don't let your husband borrow it...you won't get it back
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Best shovel ever made
I've owned this shovel for two years and I'm here to say that it's the best constructed shovel I've ever seen. I've broken fiberglass and wood-handled shovels. I've had them come apart at the handle-blade connection. Not this shovel. All metal construction, the handle is all one piece and welded to the blade. The most important aspect of a shovel is it's ability to leverage out roots and rocks and dirt. It does that in spades ;-) The handle is oddly shaped, yet comfortable. Highly recommended.
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The Best shovel ever
I've gone through a number of shovels in the past 35 years and this one is the best. Most shovels last me about two years then the handle breaks. I had a Fiskars Long Handle Digging Shovel for 4 years before the handle finally bent from my trying to pry tree roots out of the ground. Other shovels would have broken long before this one did. So I sought a second one. BTW when I received the new shovel it had a toll free number for a life time replacement for any shovel that breaks. I called the number and they replaced my broken one for free. I now have two which is OK with me. Now I have one for home and one for work. Oh and I did win the war with the tree root before the shovel handle broke.