Heavy Duty Mattock 5lb Head and 36” Solid Wooden Handle

I bought this mattock for some tougher gardening jobs, and it has been a brilliant tool. The 5lb head has a good weight to it, making it powerful enough to break through compacted soil, roots and old garden beds. It saves a lot of effort compared to using a normal spade. The 36" wooden handle gives great leverage and feels solid when swinging. Despite the weight it’s well-balanced, which makes it easier to control even when doing heavier digging. I’ve used it for removing bushes, breaking ground for new flower beds and digging out stubborn roots of trees, and it handled everything really well. The wooden handle is comfortable to hold, and after long use it still feels sturdy with no cracking. The head stays firmly attached and doesn’t loosen, even with strong impact on hard soil.Excellent product.

Does the job, if you want to shift some stuff you’ll find this much more useful than a spade, is quite simply made, but was grateful for just digging down under some weeds and was a good price

I have used it only once, in a very hard clay soil and has done his job quite nicely. The metal head suffered a bit by hitting stones and rocks, few dents here and there but overall was easy to assemble and use. Poor package, the handle was exposed and a bit scratched. As I said, has done the job and I will have to use it soon again.

This is honestly the best £20ish I've spent in a long time. I've had a lot of digging to do in my garden and the ground is full of rocks, concrete, and whatever else the previous owner decided to bury. I've got a couple of decent shovels but they just couldn't get through it. This mattock has made my life so much easier and carved through anything in the ground with ease. I've found the wooden handle is strong and just the right length for me. The digging/axe head is a good weight, enough to deliver a decent strike into the ground but not so heavy as to be difficult to weild. I've found it went through rocks, bits of concrete, and thick old roots without any trouble and has shown no signs so far of bending or breaking - brilliant. Is it perfect? No. The head does have a tendency to wobble a bit at times (it's not fixed but slides over the thin end of the handle so can loosen). However, nothing about it has stopped it from being an excellent digging tool and worthy of many stars. For the price, I don't think you can go wrong, especially for occasional DIY use.

Excellent bit of kit

Superb value for money, it as been used a few times now and in some pretty challenging conditions and just feels strong robust and more than capable of anything you throw at it.

Amazing value, very good quality and briliant quality

I believe the proper name for this great tool is a 'grubbing mattock'. It is designed especially to help in 'grubbing' out the roots of shrub and trees from the soil. For safety make sure anyone you are working with stands well back as you swing the mattock from above your head down to sever the root. Much more effective than using a spade. It can also be used as an adze for breaking into really compacted soil. It is my favourite tool and almost certainly preceded by a flint equivalent by our neolithic ancestors...