Spear & Jackson5060SS Traditional Stainless Soil Scoop

I love this scoop for removing potting soil out of the plastic bag it comes in. The sides of the scoop are tapered up (rounded) so soil does not go everywhere like with other tools. It hangs beautifully on a hook on my potting bench. I would not hesitate to purchase again.

well made just what I wanted

Very solid. Good size. I like the quality so far.

For years and years I've made do with trying to manage with a plant pot, which inevitably crushes when you dig it into the soil or a trowel which is just to narrow for the job and precious compost ends up being spilled on the floor. Finally I decided to treat myself to one of these as I am doing larger amounts of planting up in my polytunnel.I have to say it works really well. I can move larger quantities of compost without spilling and it cuts nicely into the compacted compost. A definite advantage over the plant pot method.Comes with a handy thong to hang up out of the way.Look after it and it should last forever.

Build quality is what you would expect of Spear and Jackson - solid enough for the money.However the design of this scoop is not the best conceived. It's a little on the small side which is fine for small sized jobs, but tedious for medium and larger jobs. The handle is attached through a short shaft and while it's not that long it places the weight of the scoop to far from the handle, basically it's a poorly balanced tool.All in all it's not a bad tool, however it has shortcomings and I would certainly hesitate to recommend it. It looks good but it is not that well designed.

This is a beautiful looking scoop - expected of Spear and Jackson. A nice solid wooden handle, high polished scoop, nice weight to it and a leather loop, if you like to hang your tools. It puts my other plastic handled garden tools to shame!

I've knocked a star off, because it's pricer than other, similar products, so not ideal value-for-money (£13.99, June 2020).However, it's otherwise excellent- no more spilling soil or compost when transferring them, which is a huge improvement to my day-to-day gardening bugbears.Excellent.

unfortunately I did buy one that's a little smaller than I wanted , but that was me not reading it properly , metal parts are a decent thickness , its very well put together and I have found a thousand different uses for it , very useful tool