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

Before I got the Garant I reviewed elsewhere, this was my go-to shovel. It's like a sleigh shovel in that one may drag it around full of snow, but it's very tiny for a sleigh shovel so it's much slower than it could be. BUT it's equally usable as a regular shovel, the wide corners doing wonders on stairs and other places where the Garant is simply not well suited. This is the third one of these I've bought because the metal strip on the bottom simply doesn't last more than a couple of years, which is the only ding I have for this product. Once the metal strip starts to fail the plastic will be breaking soon after. Yes it's expensive, but it works so well I still gave it four stars even though I have to replace it. If one doesn't have a sleigh shovel this is an excellent alternative.

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.

I have used these shovels for the last 5 years. I'm on my third one and it's perfect. I can push , shovel and scrap with this monster. I will use this for the rest of my life!!

I bought this shovel for a friend. He said it really does the job and makes it easier for him to shovel snow.

This shovel allows me to do my entire driveway at one time. You do not have to lift and throw the snow. I highly recommend it.

The media could not be loaded.  Most my family, a few neighbors, and I have tried over and over again to use and like this snow shovel. No one has ever had a single thing good to say about it. Other then it being yellow and it being light. That's it... During the second use, the side of the blade lost a rivet. On the 5th use, the other side lost one too. I re-riveted only to have the shovel flip me off and shove me into a snow bank before pushing the foreign rivets out during the 6th time. It's temperamental... Besides those 2 far side rivets all others have held. It's been 10 years and the shovel is still giving me a hard time. It has one more chance during the coming snow storm to prove it's self otherwise I'll put it by the street with a sign that says "Free to a Good Home". I'm going to try something new this time. I'm removing the metal blade and going full snommando. I think it might fare better if it's not digging in an stopping every 3ft. It's a push shovel after all... I'll update afterwards. ***Update*** Removing the metal guard Blade made this shovel the best shovel I've ever have used. It glides easy while digging all the way to the surface. I suggest you remove it before your next snow. You'll most likely need a drill to drill out the rivets. Trust me. Do it... 😎🍻