I can't say enough good stuff about this shovel. In the Pacific Northwest, we've had occasional snow days, but nothing significant enough to need a shovel—until about four years ago when we started getting serious snowfall that would paralyze entire cities (because we don't have any equipment or experience dealing with snow.) In preparation for more regular snow, I bought this in 2019, and thought it might get used once or maybe twice. I've used it multiple times to dig our household out of major (by PacNW standards) snow storms and it does an amazing job every time.
It's lightweight so you don't get exhausted swinging it around. It has a good balance overall, and the spring-assisted second handle creates a fulcrum so you can use both arms to lift and swing the load before chucking it into a pile. This allows you to clear even slushy snow without feeling like you're heaving bricks around. The blade is wide enough to clear a big swath of sidewalk or driveway in each scoop, but not so big it's unwieldy or hard to balance, even loaded with snow.
The shaft is strong and stable; you can push the blade along the ground to scrape up snow and ice without feeling like it's going to bend or twist, and the second handle is easy to grab to lift and toss the scraped snow out of the way.
My only suggestion would be adding a catch to the shaft to connect the second handle for storage to keep it all together, but this is not a serious issue and the shovel works wonderfully.
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This Item  Snow Joe Shovelution SJ-SHLV01 18-in Strain-Reducing Snow Shovel w/ Spring Assisted Handle, Blue |  |  |  |  |  | |
| Price | $20.57 | -33% $29.99 List: $44.99 | $39.92 | -32% $42.99 Typical: $62.99 | $29.99 | -15% $27.99 List: $32.99 |
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| Customer Ratings | ||||||
| Light weight | ||||||
| Ergonomic | ||||||
| Sturdiness | ||||||
| Sold By | Amazon Warehouse | Great States | Amazon.com | Superior Houseware | Yocada Clean | ExceptionalConcepts |
| material | Poly (blade) | Polypropylene, Metal | Polypropylene | Plastic | Aluminum, Iron | Powder Coated Steel, Premium Canadian Resin |
| grip type | Ergonomic | Ergonomic | — | — | Ergonomic | Ergonomic |
| foldable | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | — | ✗ | ✗ |
| style | 18-inch Snow Shovel - Blue | 18-Inch Poly Snow Shovel | 18-Inch Manual Snow Shovel | — | — | 35" |
| weight | 3.7 pounds | 4.8 pounds | 3.4 pounds | — | — | 1.15 pounds |
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My Back Loves This Shovel
I remember seeing ads for this and skeptically checking it out, wondering if it’s a gimmick. I live in the Denver area and the amount of snowfall here doesn’t warrant a snow thrower for me, but we do get a couple of storms a year that make me wish I had one.Snow Joe shows up, we get our spring storms, and there is a substantial difference in how I feel after digging out the cars. I don’t feel completely wrecked after flinging a couple of feet of wet, heavy snow around.Man I’m sold.
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