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(12 customer reviews) 28 of 29 people found the following review helpful
Good Concept, Poor Implementation,
February 17, 2004 Scott Owen "GadgetMan" (Lombard, Il United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Vertex Ergonomic Snow Shovel
I purchased this product with high hopes. I have a 40' driveway and typical shovels just don't do the job. This worked great until about the fifth stroke. The wheels are kept on the axle by metal caps at the ends. The caps get forced off by the pressure of the wheels in nothing flat. Since you're shoveling snow with this product, trying to find one of these caps after it falls off is a lost cause. The handle is bolted together midway between the scoop and the top of the handle and it is not very stable. This product would be excellent if it had a one piece handle and holeds drilled through the axle and the cap with a pin to hold the caps in place. In it's current form it is nearly useless.
22 of 23 people found the following review helpful
One more failed snow shovel,
June 15, 2004 Will (Colorado Springs, CO USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Vertex Ergonomic Snow Shovel
This was one of about 4 different shovels my wife bought over the past 3 years. It's a good idea with too many faults. Because it is an assembled item, it has too many weak points making it almost flimsy. Two days after we received this shovel, my neighbor bought a Snowmaster Snowscoop, it is what these guys should have made, one piece orange scoop with a wheel...best snow shovel ever. Check them out first...wish I did. Happy shoveling!!
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Disappointing,
January 15, 2007 J (Colorado) - See all my reviews
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Although the instructions are poor (imagine squinting at low-contrast monochrome "photos" of jet-black parts), it wasn't too awful to assemble. The blade is surprisingly sturdy, but the cheap plastic wheels negate any other aspirations to quality. On the first use, I almost gave up in complete disgust. After a clumsy and inconvenient adjustment of the blade/handle angle it became slightly less useless; but it's still not an effective snow-pusher. The blade tends to "porpoise", alternately grabbing the pavement and then releasing & riding up over the bottom layer of snow. The wheels, following behind the blade, enhance this effect. You look back, and your push path looks like a railroad track. You'll have to go back over again with a regular snow-shovel to clean it up. The blade is exceedingly unforgiving of surface irregularities: any bump, crack, or dip will jerk you to full-stop. Also, since there's no play between wheel axle and blade it can't adapt to even tiny changes in...Read more
