On Tue, 28 Dec 2010 15:15:30 -0500, Rebel1 wrote:

Anyone have experience with the yellow Ames Snowboss shovel shown here?

http://search.gifts.com/find?keyword=snow+shovel

What I like about it is that the left hand has a handle to grip so the
hand doesn't slide up a slippery pole away from the blade toward the top
handle. But I'm not wild about its being made of plastic. And its 24"
width can make the snow load heavy, especially on a warm day when the
snow has melted and is heavy.

I have a couple - a 24" plastic scoop thing (rather like the Garant one
on the site you linked to) and an 18" metal shovel. I cleared around
100'x12'x1' with them last week so the propane truck could get through
and my back's not complaining (some idiot put the tank waaaay round the
back of our house :-)

With the scoop one I keep the adjustable handle short so I can grip the
back of the scoop with one hand (with the other hand left on the end of
the handle) and lift - I find it's easier to move snow out with less
strain on the back doing it that way.

I'm indifferent about the curvy handle on that Ames one, I think. I
expect that wedge-shaped blade would **** me off though; snow usually
packs pretty well so it's useful to run the blade a few feet into the
snowfall to pack it tightly before lifting it out of the way, and I could
see a lot of it just falling off the back with a wedge-shaped design.

cheers

Jules