Root Slayer Radius Garden Shovel – 2017 Green Thumb Award for Most Innovative Garden Tool, Red

This is the real deal. It is worth every penny, making planting shrubs so much easier. Cuts through roots and matted fibrous mess with ease. Well made and solid and worth paying a bit more the real thing.

I did not think a lot of a radius digging fork I bought, but this is my favourite garden tool and has so many uses. I have not actually tried it to dig out tree roots, but I do use it for many tasks and no other tool can come near it. First, it is immensely strong - it has a resin coated steel shaft from head to toe. This makes it heavy of course, but you either get something that's light and breaks, or this! Don't be put off by reviewers who say you aren't meant to use it as a lever. Although it is true, that if you are cutting through big roots, then levering is not the right action, but it is more capable of hefty levering of stones etc than any other tool I have. My soil is chalky with a lot of heavy clay. After a dry summer I could not get anything through it. But this just cuts through like magic! The teeth and the shaped end are extremely sharp. It is also good if you need, say, to dig a hole to plant something in the middle of a border, because it cuts down deep but in a narrow radius. So it can be used as a blunderbus but is also good for precise work. It seems to clean well after a session of clay digging too. I like the radius handles, which look awkward but actually are better than D handles, and provide good grip and leverage. I also like the substantial foot plates which really help with pushing the shovel in. I recommend going on to you tube and searching for reviews of this tool. There is a good one by someone digging through frozen earth and so on.

Brilliant spade. Used it to break into hard ground and through bush roots. Light enough to carry around (metal detecting) but also great for new planting in the garden.

A must have for any dedicated gardener. I bought this upon the request of a family member who is a gardener - she is thrilled with it. It is amazing and makes it possible to dig the previously impossible - worth every penny. It is good and sturdy too so should stand the test of time.

When this arrived I was skeptical because it's quite narrow and small. Also the handle doesn't look that comfortable. But I'm glad to report that it really is a great spade and I couldn't have removed multiple roots without it. But I also couldn't have removed roots without the help of other tools like a pick axe, saw and long shovel aswell!

This is AH-MAZING! We have plants in our garden that will break your back trying to uproot them. I'm very strong and I'm not exaggerating when I say that before this tool, I would spend 20mins+ uprooting the grassy bushes. With this purchase, it takes between 5-7mins. Don't even hesitate to buy this. It has fundamentally changed my gardening experience. It's super sturdy, super strong, and super effective.

It certainly does the job when required on certain soils.

The best tool in my shed . I have shared before and after photos of a very large clump forming bamboo in my garden that I needed to remove . After lots of research I saw the rootslayer reviews and decided to give it a go . I am a 62 year old female and with the help of the rootslayer I managed to dig up the whole bamboo in about 5 days myself . I would recommend this tool to any serious gardener.