True Temper 1625300 SnoBoss Poly Snow Shovel/Pusher/Scraper with Ergonomic Aluminum Handle, 56-Inch

I originally purchased the first one at the big orange box home improvement store (HD).It worked well enough in soo many ways, we got another.After the first use with a major storm last season, I tried to buy another, and the local stores were out, so ordered a 2nd one via amazon.Both have now been use for 2 complete snow seasons, and we got a lot of snow for both seasons.We have spots where we can't shovel snow immediately to, and have to either make piles of small shovel loads and snow blow the piles away, or as this shovel allows you to do...easily scope and either drag behind you or "plow" in front of you a good size pile to another spot.Even with the wet heavy snow, get a load into the shovel, don't pick up the shovel, just rock it back a bit and drag the load away.For digging and lifting large loads of the light stuff, the different lower handles let you find a position that helps not to cause you to use your back to lift.Also has a great spot to put your foot onto to help dig the edge into the deep snow banks.Once you break off a chunk of snow bank, get it in the scope of the shovel and drag it away.Eventually all the dragging is going to wear the plastic body thin, and weak.The plastic is very thick, so I doubt it will happen any time soon.So when / if it does, it won't bother me , I won't hold it against it.I don't feel / see places in the plastic body where it's flexing under load, so I don't think the body is going to break , at it's designed thickness.I've broken every other snow shovel I've owned in one way or another over the years in a few seasons, it's not been a case of wearing them out, they've broken and I've just thrown them out.Many of the ergonomic bent handle designs work well for saving the back, but each and everyone of them I eventually snap at one of the bends on the handle shaft.The two True Temper SnoBoss Poly shovels I have are slightly different (and I can't remember which one I got where):-One has a wrap around front edge protector, like a U shape, and seems to have dimples in/thru from one side to another to attach/hold it to the front edge of the plastic. These dimples are very well recessed and aren't wearing out.Seems you'd really have to just wear thru one side of the metal protect to get to where it's down to the dimple and the blade wont stay on.The U shaped metal protector doesn't scrape that well for the final cleaning down to the pavement.-The other one has a single blade of steal and it's riveted to the bottom of the plastic front edge of the body. Well done, good size rivets , but this season the bottom wore enough that the heads of the rivets wore off on some, and this single edge of metal was half hanging off the shovel.This single edge of metal is a much better "scraper" of the pavement than the U protector is. But when you scrap with it , it wears the rivet heads down compared to just shoveling.I found some very large headed pop rivets, and used a washer on the top side (the plastic of the shovel).It worked well, the top side where the pop rivet shaft forms into a much room doesn't impede getting the snow off the shovel.Normally I don't fix a snow shovel, once broken I toss it.But the rest of the shovel and this protect blade seem to have a lot of life left in them, So pop riveting the blade back on seemed to make sense. I'm sure my rivets will last longer than the OEM ones, and a box of 'em was 15 bux, so I have a lot more to use if mine do wear out before the shovel and blade does.I'd guess the two are different 'cause the manufacturer was trying to find a way to solve the rivet problem??If I couldn't fix it, and didn't see possible evidence of the manufacturer attempting to fix a small design fault, I'd probably give it only 2-3 stars.But since :- I can fix it easily- It seems they may have attempted a fix- We do find both versions very useful, and the first we bought soo useful we bought the second.- And it seems the rest is well designed form/function and strong...I'll give it 5 stars.

How often can you refer to a shovel as "awesome" or "incredible"? Not often, I'd assume, but this is one case in which that kind of praise is warranted! I live in New York City, and this winter has been brutal. Last week, we were due for an ice storm, but the car had been stuck, plowed in by the Sanitation Department with no hope for release, as our old shovel had been stolen. I needed something quick, and wasn't prepared for all the options in shovel technology.Having no clue what to look for, I picked this for 2 reasons: I liked the idea of ergonomic grips, and it's bright, blinding yellow, so if it gets stolen, it'll be more easily recovered.When it arrived, I was shocked by how huge it is - it's hard to tell, looking at a picture of it, that it's actually that big. My boyfriend actually laughed at me for buying such a crazy big shovel - he thought it was overkill!Once I got to shoveling, I had both snow and ice to contend with, and this shovel handled both with ease. The ergonomic handles and the foot step area made it as easy as it could've been to plow through mountains of the stuff standing as much as 3 feet high. The way the handles are spaced, as well as the fact that the shovel itself is surprisingly lightweight, made it pretty easy to lift large piles of snow without feeling like I was going to break my arms or back, and the edge of the shovel worked so well to get under the ice down to the pavement. I can't believe how (relatively) quickly I was able to get through all the mess with this thing! A friend & I nicknamed it the "Bad-A** Shovel" - it's that great.I'm super happy with my purchase - it gets the job done really well, it seems pretty durable, and you can see it from a mile away so it'll be easily tracked down if a jealous neighbor gets their hands on it. And my fiancee is no longer laughing at my shovel-purchasing prowess!

Great shovel to shovel snow!

I bought my first years ago, and just bought two more, because these shovels are the best I've ever used, in terms of the amount of snow they clear and the ergonomic design. The double-handle design makes for firm, solid control as you push forward, and the lower grips make lifting and clearing snow much easier and far less fatiguing than when using more traditional shovels. Or, if you want, you can simply push a snow out of the way, and never have to lift or throw it, because the shovel is especially wide and well-designed. I have to clear a couple of long drives every year, and this shovel makes the task bearable.My first shovel has popped a rivet, where the plastic bucket attaches to the aluminum blade. It has lasted years before this happened, and it probably happened because I was using it to break up ice. I may pick up a rivet gun and fix it, myself, rather than toss the shovel.That said, this is probably the best snow shovel available. You will not regret getting one.