Customer Reviews

Suncast SP2725 27-Inch Snow Shovel/Pusher And D-Grip Handle, Navy

5 star:		(22)
4 star:		(6)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

Excellent shovel for pushing snow to clear the driveway, sidewalk, etc. Sturdy and tough, and the handle is terrific. Would require different type of shovel to clear large piles of snow created by street plows. (This is a push shovel, not bend & scoop.)

I would recommend this over the one with the metal edge. My son in law has one like that, and it catches on every little thing. I would prefer the plastic edge and put up with the eventual wearing down. It will last a long time before that comes into play.

Years ago, when we lived in NC, we bought this shovel (I have no idea where) to clear the stoop on the rare occasions that it snowed. Since then, we moved to a small town south of Buffalo (in the snowbelt). I quickly learned that maneuvering a snow blower was just plain out of my ability range. So, since this was the shovel we owned, I started using it every time I shoveled. Our driveway is long and narrow, so, since it's less tiring, I'd push the snow width-wise (this is probably how everyone knows to shovel a driveway, but I totally felt like I'd discovered the wheel when I figured out that pushing snow in width-wise strips meant I could do the whole driveway without getting too tired or sore). I bought a smaller shovel to scoop up the snow to make snow banks along the edge of the driveway, and to get up the snow at the end of the driveway that snowplows dump. (I make my snowbanks only on the right hand side of the driveway. I drive a short little car, so this way I can see to get out of the driveway. Again, I'm sure everyone already knows this but I felt like a dang genius when I figured it out for myself!)

So we've been in WNY through two full winters, and by the end of last winter, my awesome blue pusher shovel was leaving blue bits of plastic in the driveway and just not as effective. So I went to the various hardware and big box stores looking for this shovel and couldn't find it. Instead I bought a pusher shovel that had a metal strip across the bottom edge and I thought it would solve the problem of all the wear and tear my blue plastic one suffered. Which it did. It also made the most intolerably grating noise. It was like nails on a chalkboard amplified a few thousand times. I should just give that shovel away to someone because I'll certainly never use it again.

So when I found the shovel here -with Prime shipping, no less!- I was overjoyed! Thanks so much for selling this - I hope you'll still be selling it in a few years when this one dies, and a few years after that and a few years after that. I'm enclosing pictures of how the shovel came shipped - it arrived in perfect condition, as well as side by side pictures of the new shovel with the old shovel.

This shovel is exactly what I was looking for. With this shovel you simply push the snow just like a snow plow truck. The 27" on this shovel assists in finishing the job quickly. Others have mentioned that they prefer to have a metal shovel. I'd have to say that I would rather replace a shovel every 5 to 10 years than destoy my walkway, driveway, and wood porch with a metal one. The bottem line is that this shovel is in my opinion the right tool for the job.

This is a great shovel. It uses the best shovel style I have found because it plows the snow and can handle large amounts without spilling over the upper edge. The only thing this particular shovel is missing is the metal edge that would increase its durability.

During February's blizzard of 2010, parts of WV received more than 30 inches of snow! We're SO glad we had this particular shovel! It's lighter weight than our metal snow shovel/pusher, and makes pushing snow easier. The blade is wide (27 inches) and allows easier and faster creation of a foot path in deep snow. The blade has grooves that help prevent the snow from forming a solid heavy mass on the blade when shoveling. Snow doesn't seem to stick to the blade as much as it does on our metal one. So it's good for use when snow is the heavy wet kind. The D-Grip handle made lifting easier on the back. I'm ordering a 2nd one to replace our smaller metal one.

not an expensive shovel, but light and perfect angle - i put two together and push the snow away - its perfect, and my old ones were worn out and couldn't find them anywhere - amazon to the rescue!

I ordered this during a blizzard when all the stores in my area were sold out of shovels. It arrived quickly and works very well, the width of the shovel is excellent!

I bought one of these in January 2011 to augment a yellow poly snow shovel with a metal wear edge. That snow shovel served me well for short, concrete walkways during 2 Philadelphia winters, but I wanted a pushing shovel for clearing driveways in Northern Illinois. What I've found is that it works best to have both kinds of shovels. This pusher is great for just pushing snow when it's not too deep or wet, but when you get to the side of a driveway it's not as easy to use as a shovel to keep a neat edge. It also doesn't work too well if you're trying to dig out a snowbank or scrape off steps.

Also because there isn't a metal strip the poly edge is already chewed up after 1 winter. I cleared snow on a concrete driveway, asphalt driveway and concrete sidewalk, and I can't tell you which surface did the most damage because I didn't notice the wear until the season was over and I was putting it into storage. I also clear the driveways of a friend and her parents (total of 6 parking spots and 60' of sidewalk), so 1 winters use by me may be equal to 2-3 winters by someone who is only clearing a single driveway.

I was looking for a 30" shovel. I bought this since a lot of people had bought it and it is also from a familiar web site i.e Amazon.com

There is nothing special about this. They say it is steel core handle but it does not weigh heavy at all. Actually it is lighter than the 25" shovel I bought from the local store 6 yrs ago which I still use. The bottom edge is not reinforced with steel and it was also wavy. I expected a straight edge. Like any shovel this also gets stuck at the grove in the concrete. So it is not like you can just push it all the way. Every time there is a grove in the drive way or walk way it will stop or if you go too fast you will get hurt. But this is the case with any shovel as they are supposed to scrape the surface close to remove all the snow.

If this is your only shovel then it is ok. But if you already have a 24 or 25" shovel from a local store, you do not need this one. There are 30" and 36" shovels online that claim to have better construction. It has an off white blade. I cant recall the name. I should have gotten that 30" shovel instead. I think I wasted money on this. It is not worth 40 bucks. May be 20 bucks. I see that the price has come down to some 14 bucks now!! I paid some 40 bucks!