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...before it snows again and its too late. A neighbour has a Fiskers extra wide thing that he bought when living in Finland and he cleared his drive / pavement in no time last year, but I'd just like something that doesn't crumple and snap at the first sight of heavy snow like the supermarket jobs. I'm not if my goggling skills are failing me but the best i can do is a telescopic job from Halfords, which doesn't fill me with confidence.
As someone who has had to shovel tonnes of the stuff I find the cheapo bog standard ones to be the best. Just shovel smaller amounts but faster. More heavy duty ones, or those with a metal lip, just dig in and catch the surface you can’t get a smooth and efficient action going with them
This is type I use
https://wybone.co.uk/product/lightweight-snow-shovel/
I ordered one of these it hasn't snowed since so it might be a magic one 🙂
Do NOT get a telescopic one, they fail every time.
Broom Handle plus a bit of 1/8" plywood and a couple of nails is what you need.
Me and my Dad made a couple and they work brilliantly and cost about £5 plus an hour of your time :o)
I have a gorilla shovel, basically it’s like the sort of thing that would be used in a food factory. Goldilocks, not too big, etc. no moving parts to fail. I think it was about £30 iirc.
It didn’t snow the year i bought it, i guess it’s like the cloud tax when you buy a telescope.
That one Houns linked is good. But I misplaced mine and now I just use a standard steel spade, you can burst ice with it too so that's pretty handy, or cut into snowplouged up hard snow. Obviously a bit odd to use a tool that weighs so much more than the amount it can shovel but it doesn't make a lot of difference unless you're doing a huge area.
Not a plastic one would be my only real criteria.
Board on a broom handle good for drive clearing.
For digging out a cheap and large bladed shovel, and I didn't mean a spade! e.g.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/333709530502?hash=item4db2a35586:g:BncAAOSw7b5hu0Tn
For carrying an aluminum one. E.g.
https://www.absolute-snow.co.uk/V/Black_Diamond_Lynx_Avalanche_Safety_Snow_Shovel_Limelight-(90973)
I use a (horse) mucking out shovel bought from a local ‘horsey’ place. Long metal handle and thick plastic shovel which has worked fine for years now.