AA Emergency Snow Shovel - For Car, Home and Travel - Compact and Tough for Winter and Adverse Weather, klar

Sturdy and compact, fits into the car boot nicely

Good quality, easy to use, very sturdy, folds easily to a compact size all making this shovel great value for money

Purchased this to keep in the boot in case I ever get stuck in snow, which to be honest is fairly unlikely in the UK! But you never know, so a necessary purchase.The shovel is made ok for the money and will certainly cope with occasional snow and ice, for which it's designed for. It folds up nice and compact too and comes with a storage bag.I recommend purchase (for snow), not recommended if you are planning to use it to dig 2ft holes in soil for fence posts!!!!!

Good item

This AA 'snow' shovel is very similar and almost identical to a Gerber Entrenching Tool.For the price offered on Amazon UK, i ended up getting 2 of these.Bought them not only for winter use, but for light duty shovelling for camping, hiking, gardening and as an emergency shovel .Handle made of tough light weight nylon plastic, shovel blade is coated steel (not sure what type). The connecting rod between handle and steel blade is a rectangular piece of hollow aluminium. Beefy nuts and bolts keep the different parts in one connected piece.After doing some research, the main noticeable difference between this and the other shovel I mentioned above is the thickness of the aluminium rectangular tube that connects the blade and the handle. The AA shovel's is thinner.I have no idea if this blade is of the same quality and hardness as the Gerber. But for the price offered here on Amazon, I am not bothered!The two pivot connection platelets at the center of the shovel blade are WELDED on, as opposed to being riveted as in many other foldable shovels sold here and online. This welded connection is something that's also found on the Gerber E-tool.My guess is the shovels blades that are found on the AA shovel and the Gerbers come from the same factory. The only difference could be that the heat treatment for these might be done differently and maybe in different countries?When folded, there's alot of free play at the shovel blade side (at the connection to the aluminium rod). I might add in some plastic shims/washers to remove the rattle/freeplay.Overall an excellent buy.Visually A Very High Quality Product.

Great size and weight for me to clear the two steps at my front door. Very easily folded to put in the bag provided when not in use and doesn’t take up much storage space in the car. Would highly recommend for small areas and emergency in car.

I bought this as a gift for someone who works through the night and can find themself coming back to their car in the early hours of the morning before the streets have been warmed.I am impressed with how little room this will take, even in the box it is very compact about 10"x4"x3". This is the sort of thing you can fit in even a small car - I would imagine it would fit underneath most passenger seats with little difficulty. The shovel head is made of metal with a slightly pointy end and I would say it would be hardy enough to chip away even frozen snow and ice. The handle is made of heavy duty plastic and it all feels very firm to hold. I think it could also be used for camping enthusiasts as it really is a very solid shovel.I scratched my head a little at the instructions for securing the shovel head and I would imagine this will be the one area that the shovel might fail after protracted use. The other thing worth mentioning is that this shovel is very short. The vast majority of people would have to either kneel down or bend to use it.

Looking for a shovel to add into my emergency car kit when I came across this - so glad I got this! I would say it's 100% worth the money - it feels sturdy, is compact and can fold away. When you unfold it, you twist to tighten so that it doesn't fold on you when using it. I don't know how it was fair up to repeat usage as it is for an emergency kit, and I didn't rate it on "easy to assemble" because there's no real assembly involved. It comes with it's own bag too to stop it dirtying your car. If you're looking for one, this is worth the money.