Multi – Purpose 5-in-One Survival Shovel
Multi – Purpose 5-in-One Survival Shovel
- Made Of Heavy Duty forged Steel
- Comes With nylon Carry Pouch
- Black
- Shovel, Saw, Pick, Axe, compass -5-in-One
Multi – Purpose 5-in-One Survival Shovel: made Of Heavy Duty Forged Steel. Comes With nylon Carry Pouch. Contents nestle together Compactly For Easy Storage And Transport.
List Price: $ 16.49
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Great idea, marginal execution.,
This seems to be standard, these days.
Take a great idea, send the drawings over to China, find the lowest bidder who is able to make something ’shaped like your idea’ for the lowest possible price, then produce it as cheaply as possible and bring it to market in the West with very little consideration for things like durability and quality.
This is a good concept. I do some treasure hunting in remote places and the idea of a multi-tool with these functions appeals greatly to what I do. There are times when I need a shovel, need a small hoe, need a saw, need a pick… I sure wish there was a version of this tool made in America or Germany or Britain that I could pay $99 for and have it be solid quality that I could trust. Unfortunately, we have another great idea rendered from the junk workshops of the Orient, hamstrung from the get-go by needlessly low quality.
Since there isn’t a higher quality alternative to suggest, I have to grudgingly recommend this one as a ‘buy’ since the functions are quite handy, but to be sure, don’t expect it to last very long if you use it a lot… I’ll be firing up the mill and lathe and duplicating this concept with quality materials with a much more robust execution.
Boy, do I ever miss the days when things were built to last, rather than built for the widest profit margin.
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|Give the little guy a break!,
I love this thing. Yes, it’s small- I would not want to fill sand bags with it. The surface of the shovel is about as big as an opened hand. For non-critical missions I would definitely pack this thing. I have used it as a kindling splitter, latrine digger, garden trowel, fire poker, ash scoop, tent stake hammer (axe has a hammer head on other end), and it keeps your hands clean and dry when making sand castles, snow-men… you name it. I keep it in my ever present bug-out bag and it is just a great little tool despite it’s appearances. You can even stuff some junk in the handle for extra storage. The tools it has are a shovel(trowel), mini-axe/hammer, pick/spike which can go straight or at 90 degrees to the handle, and a funky little saw. I have not tried the saw… i’d estimate it could probably take down a 3″ stump if you were determined… but the other tools are sturdy enough. It is pretty cheaply made, but the beauty of that is you can buy two instead of some other junky chinese made survival item with a fancy *cough*Gerber*cough* label. I subtracted one star because the included fabric carrying case is a marvel of bad engineering which is impossible to put the tool into unless you take everything out and carefully arrange each attachment in a puzzle-like manner. Mine already came unsewn in the axe holder spot. Who buys a tool for the carrying case anyway?
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|Small, but excellent,
This kit is pretty small. The spade is only about as big as my hand. The axe is also very roughly ground and won’t chop anything. But, it fits neatly inside my back-pack and does the job (after grinding down the axe). I’ve actually grown to appreciate having the extra tools in a smaller kit. It is much more useful than my old combat shovel. It has definitely found a place in my camping gear.
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