Very strong, will last forever. But, the handle is too short compared to similar scoop shovels.
Excellent product enjoyed by the entire staff. Light weight yet, very durable. We will be buying more.
I give this scoop a 4.5 for being rugged and holding up to the punishment I give it every day. I'm an arborist and I use it to pick up rakings from tree chipping operations and to help push debris safely into the chipper. The plastic scoops don't hold up long and the aluminum scoops wear out as well and can bend. Being all poly I don't have to worry if it does get pulled into the chipper, there are no metal parts to harm the blades. All arborists probably know how quickly the wood push paddles break and should consider the poly scoop as a safe alternative and they scoop up rakings as well. My only complaint is that it is a bit unbalanced, being heavy toward the scoop end.
I was hesitant to buy this shovel because it is all polymer/heavy duty plastic. Ironically that is its best feature. I own a medium size landscape company and we install tons of mulch, hardscapes and do tree work. This shovel hardly shows any wear after an entire season. It is not going to rust and there aren't any handle parts to break. In fact the "D" handle is comfortable. Not only is this scoop seemingly indestructible but it is light weight and priced fairly. I would recommend this shovel to anyone who currently uses the aluminum grain/transfer shovel. My only criticism is its size. If the shovel were 10% larger in the actual scoop part I would have rated it "5 stars." So if you make it a little bigger I personally will buy several more.
This shovel is a great product. I havent had any problems with it. I use it for many things. It's durable and it holds up.