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Garden Bed Test and Manual Tool Comparison

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Roto shovel! Auger + shovel = garbage or garden miracle?

What happens here

Moving to a garden area with existing plants and softer soil, Stanley continues testing the Roto Shovel. He also uses a manual garden claw tool for comparison. He notes that even in relatively softer garden soil, the Roto Shovel still encounters resistance, particularly from roots and occasional small rocks, causing it to slow down or activate the anti-kickback feature. He observes that the manual tool seems to be more effective and less frustrating for such conditions, as it provides better leverage and feedback for maneuvering around obstacles. He hypothesizes that the safety shroud, which acts as the shovel part, might be causing the tool to bind rather than assist in digging.

Goal: Assess Roto Shovel performance in garden soil and compare it to a manual garden tool.

Tools and materials

  • Manual Garden Claw — Comparing performance in garden soil
  • New Roto Shovel Roto Shovel — Digging into the garden bed
  • Garden bed soil N/A — The digging surface, including roots and occasional small rocks

What they say

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meant to be used all right now we're in a dedicated garden area there may be rocks may not be rocks but this soil was designed to grow so let's see what happens when we start to use these two we're actually going to compare this tool which is one of my wife's favorites versus the roto shovel i mean i'm going to tell you yeah it cuts off but it is actually pretty easy so on soil that's not too compacted and overly hard you can see how she operates let's see how this thing goes it's not difficult but here's the thing is i'm twisting it i can feel it all through my core not bad but i'm thinking if you're 65 70 years old and you got a bad back or you don't like twisting on your back

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