Radius Garden Natural Radius Grip PRO Shovel #202

List Price: $39.99 Discount Price: $29.95

Features:

• Four times the gripping surface of conventional tools, with room for both hands
• Unbreakable resin-encased steel shaft
• Unique stainless steel blade design
• Extra-wide raised forward step, offset from shaft for better leverage and comfort
• Professional quality with a lifetime guarantee; Dimensions: 8.5 by 5.0 by 41.3 inches (width by depth by heigth)

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Customer Reviews:

A very easy to use shovel [Posted on 2008-01-19]
I like this shovel a lot. The green parts are easy to grip, and the loop at the end makes it very easy to pry or pull if you hit a root/rock etc. The blade came very sharp and wrapped in a plastic cover.

I'm a very tall person, and the only shortfall with this is that for me the shovel is an inch or two short, for most people that wouldn't be an issue.

Digability [Posted on 2008-01-19]
I really liked the idea of this series of tools, but I doubted it would work out for me. As the earlier review mentions, the tool is short - mid-length, technically - and, like the other reviewer, I'm tall. Also, it seemed to have the potential to be mere gimmickry. I figured I'd get one of the tools, test drive it for a bit, and then grab the rest if I like it. I wound up picking the shovel for that first test.

My yard formed the testing grounds. It's thick clay in most parts, as the builders did their best to truck away the good topsoil and replace it with something that wouldn't sink their equipment. Clay, and rocks. Dig any spot and you'll hit at least one sizable rock. It killed two shovels and a digging fork, so it is dirt that does not play well with digging tools.

The first round with the shovel was somewhat simple: relocate some mud from the roadside stream to deepen it in one spot and prevent erosion in the other. This really put the lack of height at a disadvantage as I had to reach down into a 1.5' ditch. I was surprised it wasn't all that bad, and easier to use even in this case then the full-size spade. My son - who is a bit shorter than me for a few more years, anyway - did prefer the full-size; so there's some personal preference there. Where I found it really excelled was in walking down the street 50' or so without spilling any of the mud - the shovel, empty or full of clay mud, had an exceptional balance.

Some time after that, I did a round of planting - about a dozen trees, shrubs, and ferns in one to five gallon sizes. I'd gotten used to the luxury of having my son assist; this was a solo planting. With our soil, it's nice to trade off the digging, as it wears you out quickly. In actual use - much more strenuous work than the moving of mud - it did even better. I had absolutely no stress or strain, no trouble getting it to cut through forest floor or backhoe & bulldozer packed clay. As I was doing the whole deal, the balance again came into play - this time as I set it on the wheelbarrow or across the frame of the sifter. Usually, tools like to tip or slide away from where you'd rather they stay: this would settle against the round handle and stay where I put it. A great help when there's not a second set of hands to chase things for you - or keep a wooden handle from falling on your head while you're placing a delicate plant!

I've since picked up a number of the other tools in the series, and plan on getting the rest as I prepare for the Spring season.

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