HMK Large Handle Shovel with Saw (Orange) Reviews

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Bought this for a gift with the backpack that it can slide into the side for snowmobiling adventures. My bother was extremely happy with it and said it worked awesome on his trips out west. The icepick on the handle was apparently a life saver for knocking the snow out of his tracks. The only thing that bothered me was the compass on the handle did not work when we got it. I was disappointed but he didn't seem to care at all.

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this is a perfect shovel for the hmk backpack but also more than i expected in quality. its lightweight and breaks down small but still feels solid when extended and digging out sled

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This shovel worked great on its first trip to the big horns. Big enough to actually move snow but compact enough to fit in my backpack. the saw is superb and a necessity when snowmobiling, used it on numerous occasions to hack off branches and cut down small trees that my sled didn't quite make it over!

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Use this shovel for ice fishing and it works great. I like how it comes apart so I can put it in my tool box of my snowmobile while traveling.

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This shovel was instrumental in saving the life of my 13 y/o son and myself when we found ourselves stranded in the mountains during a winter storm while snowmobiling. The shovel is stronger than a few other similar shovels we own. This shovel provided us with the means to make fire and water to drink. The shovel has holes near the edges of the shovel, but NO HOLES in the middle area which is key. After using the saw to gather branches (we eventually cut a ~14" log for some dry wood) for lining a snow cave and starting a fire, we were able to melt snow in the shovel and then pour it into our water bottles. The compass in the handle was a fail from the moment we bought the shovel, but is of no real consequence as we carry our own compass. The bright orange shovel works well as a flag to mark the entrance to a snow cave when searchers are trying to find you. The saw is very sharp and I'm ever-thankful we had one of these shovels with us when we found ourselves in a mountain survival situation. After seeing how instrumental this shovel was in us surviving our ordeal, I strongly recommend this product and will not be without it myself.

Items to be improved on this shovel;

Compass; just pretend it is not there and don't let it lead you in circles.

Collapsible handle; The inner tubing slides JUST a bit too far into the outer tubing, making it nearly impossible to get it back out when one finds themselves in the snow. To make this better, HMK could design the tube so it will only slide into the outer tube until it is flush. Even with this design problem, the shovel was still instrumental in our survival situation.

Shovel; Design a leading edge corner for pouring the water from melting snow into a container. To see what I mean, fill the shovel with water and attempt to pour it into a bottle. Much of the water spills onto gloves (which is bad in a winter survival situation) and onto the ground vs. going into your container. When the wind is blowing and the snow is trying to put your fire out, every bit of water is quite important. If this shovel were designed with melting snow and pouring the water into a bottle as intended uses, it would be an even better life-saving product.