Best shovel I’ve ever owned! I’ve pried up a ton of root balls and have used this shovel to uproot no less than a couple hundred buckthorn bushes. It’s still in great shape.

This is a unique tool which easily cuts into turf or digs into weeds or hard grass.My wife loves this tool since she can manage it and dig up what she wants.

I have bought alot of tools that didn't deliver on what they promised to do.This tool did what it claims and more.This shovel cuts through roots like a sharp knife going through vegetables.

I had to remove old, ugly trees and bushes from my landscaping. I never knew how hard it is to get tree roots out of the ground. That is true, backbreaking work. But this shovel made the job so much easier. I was able to cut the roots while they were still in the ground so I could bring them up little by little. The only thing I would say to watch out for is that you cannot put too much pressure on the blade of the shovel to pull the actual route out of the ground. Have another shovel there to actually do the work of getting the roots out via leverage. The blade on this shovel would bend if you used it as leverage and put too much pressure on it. A little pressure is ok, though. But having a saw blade and a very sharp edge on the shovel made cutting up the roots while they’re in the ground and getting them out of the ground much easier.

Liked how easy it was to work with dividing plants.

Much better than the circle handle version.

This shovel is legit. It’s lightweight compared to the other kind. I like the rounded top on the handle it’s brilliant when digging up plants and small trees for banzai. And on the sides of the long blade are idk like saw blade kinda cut into the side to cut through lateral roots quick.

Huge help with removing invasive plants from the garden; real energy and back saver. Excellent for root pruning as well.

I’m not able to really get a lot of force when I try to dig stuff up normally. This shovel’s sharpness allows my best efforts to go a long way! Even I could pummel a root an inch thick!

I tried the Grandma long-handle derooter because I had one a long time ago and it worked for smaller weeds. However, California had an unseasonable deluge rain season, and it not only filled up our reseveroirs, it overfed all kinds of weeds, including what I can only call a fennel plant infestation. Unfortunately, Grandma's derooter wasn't much use on this jungle.Well, I just experimented with the root slayer. It's a breeze digging up normal weeds as expected. The test was a fennel plant whose roots were bunched up like 5 thick fingers. It had sprung sky high up inside an enclosed concrete square block. The root-slayer didn't exactly "ease" into the dryish dirt. Nor did I use the jagged teeth. But that's what the extended wings are for, to step on and pound it deeper. Slowly but steadily I tamped the tool down on several sides. Essentially, I loosened it up enough to gently leverage it out with the shovel and then pull it entirely out. I'm not able to bend down much nowadays, but using the shovel, I lifted it up and dumped into my plant debris box. Or use one of those long handle "claws" for about $15 on Amazon.So, this is a keeper. I've got quite a few more of these fennel roots to pull up - well, a few scattered stands actually. It'll make a good couple of hours of exercise. Fennel is prolific and I'm sure more than I can harvest will come back in full force after every rainy winter. Fennel based tomato pasta sauce is DELISH!I'm also planning to add some new herb and pollinator bushes to my yards and with the jagged cutting sides and step-wings, I think it'll be more efficient than my large shove;.Some caution: This is a heavy tool, not light like some of the aluminum/alloy/plastic long-handle tools also sold on Amazon. So if you're a bit lower on the strength side, it may not be for you.But, as their ad says, it's built to last a couple of lifetimes.