Draper 78430 Long Handled Irish Shovel

I have never been a great gardener. Now that I am not as young as I used to be, I find digging with a conventional spade very hard on my back. When you do something and it hurts, you tend to stop doing it. That was why my garden did not appeal to the Royal Horticultural Society.My wife, not unreasonably, thought that the garden should not look like a builders yard so, something had to be done.When I was a kid, I saw my uncle and his farm labourers digging with long handled shovels, often for hours on end and without being crippled with back pain the next day. I thought, 'It's got to be worth a try.' And so it was. I stand upright, throw the heavy shovel into the ground with my right hand, guiding it with my left hand sliding up the handle, help it in a bit deeper with my boot and pull back on the long handle without bending over.I love it. Can't think why I didn't buy one years ago. It would have saved a lot of earache as well as back ache.

Only fault I can say if it is a fault, but I find the handle a bit thick for a smaller hand, otherwise it works fantastically fine a fantastic product.

Fantastic item till it broke the first time I used it digging a hole to plant a small tree. 2ft hole in mud

easy shovelling,little heavy because of good thick metal and ash handle.

Just the job. Purchased specifically for shovelling compost.

This shovel is ok value for money, but not what I was looking for.

I bought it for a cousin he loves it

For opening rows to put potatoes in brilliant bit of kit