Ames True Temper 1574600 18-Inch Poly Snow Shovel/Pusher with Steel Handle

If you want a snow shovel and are trying to decide which to get--GET THIS ONE.

We live in Puget Sound, outside of Seattle. It doesn't snow often here, but when it does a good snow shovel is a priceless thing to have. After a moderate snowfall two years ago we bought 2 snow shovels--this Ames True Temper Klondike and an Ames True Temper Arctic Blast with an ergonomic (bent) handle and a metal edge. We thought the other one would be the better one. Although the other one is a decent shovel--THIS is the one we grab first.

We like it for many reasons. The main one is that it can act like a snow pusher. You set the blade against the pavement and push and it shoves through the snow like a snowplow, gathering snow in its blade and pushing the excess snow in front of it. If the snowfall is light enough (say a few inches, I can push 10 to 20 feet before I have to stop and shovel it). I suspect that the way the grooves in the shovel are set might be what helps it to...Read more

This shovel is lightweight and should make it easy to move a lot of snow. However, the handle is short which forces taller people to have to stoop and bend when using it. When I say taller, I mean 5 feet 5 inches or more. That is my height.

This is my second one. My first one broke when I allowed a friend's son to borrow it to shovel off their roof during the 2008 record breaking snowfall in Spokane, WA. My heart sank when he returned it broken, because over the years it was so hard to find a good shovel that had all the features that this one had. Snow doesn't stick to this plastic shovel like it does with other materials. The handle is sturdy. The plastic shovel tip bends if you put too much stress on it, which I like so that you don't break it. I was so happy to see another one of these show up when all the stores here in Spokane had been completely out of shovels for a week because of the huge snowfall. I will buy this product again if this one breaks.