Spear & Jackson MICROSQUARE Square Mouth Micro Shovel

With it's non-rotting, as wood does, fibreglass shaft and proper quality steel used on the tang and blade and the almost ubiquitous heavy duty plastic handle this is a great little bit of kit and should deal with most situations with ease. Fortunately it is available as a spade or shovel which is good to have that choice. For extra ease of use you may want to sharpen up the edge a little as the shovel head is of a decently thick steel (Spear and Jackson, so is as you'd expect), almost 3mm but haven't measured it to be precise, so if you think you will encounter the odd concealed root or have heavier clay like soil then having a sharpened edge will help tackle the job without too much wrist attack. If you intend to use just to clear snow or similar light duty job (snow = shovel, dirt = spade) then you can use as is, no problem. *Notably, if you do sharpen the blade edge it will most likely remove the coating that has been factory applied to the steel and so expect early onset of oxidation if you do so. The fibreglass shaft is nice and sturdy, all 10/12" of it, and will put up with most if not all jobs expected of a micro-shovel but being fibreglass I, personally, wouldn't expect it to put up with the absolute heaviest of tasks such as a professional-grade site shovel can do when in *continual use (* all day every day which is a different situ than to likely be expected here with the vast majority of people) which tend to be full welded steel throughout but keeping in mind that this is a micro-shovel, not a JCB, and so it will do very well in it's specified tasking. If there is to be an area that may fail then I'm guessing the semi-ubiquitious plastic handle may fail. On other brand spades/fork's this can often be the achilles heel, the sides of the plastic handle can snap suddenly so am hoping this doesn't happen. All-in-all so far a nice little piece of kit that works well within it's design brief and also is compact and light enough to go camping if you choose to. Bargain.

Why have I waited so long to buy one of these? This is the best border spade I have ever bought. It's short handle allows you to dig holes in an already packed border without squashing other plants when tilted down towards the ground. The heavy pointed spade head cuts into the ground with ease. It's strong but not overly heavy. Great price and such a useful piece of kit.

A quality product, it is small as many have commented, but is ideal for flower beds, especially if you want to kneel whilst digging. The price is especially good.

Good quality small shovel, handy tool

great little spade perfect for metal detecting, very strong and light, can easily be hooked onto a belt strap

Very satisfied with the quality of the product and would highly recommend it.

Great for kids shovels that don't break! Small but strong.

Great little shovel brilliant for tight spaces cuts through hard under soil layer rocks and rubble no problem handle nice and comfortable hardly any shock rebound

handige schep voor bloembakken, en kleinere ruimtes in je tuin ,ben er de hele dag mee bezig geweest en ben zeer tevreden over de schep, prima materiaal ,goede handgreep ook voor de wat grotere handen.

Lovely little shovel good for planting and digging small amounts

Kleiner und stabiler Spaten. Schnell geliefert und gut verpackt. Die Farbe ist Geschmackssache, schränkt aber die Funktion nicht ein 😉 Für meine Zwecke,ein super Teil. Vielen Dank

Bonjour. J'ai acheté cette pelle dernièrement. C'est impeccable pour faire un trou pour planter une plante. Le manche est court et l'on peut mettre son pied sur le haut de la pelle. C'est plus facile qu'avec une grande pelle, de plus le produit a l'air solide. Je recommande ce produit !

Well built! Very strong. Lightweight. Love it