Fiskars Softouch Polished Aluminum Trowel #7062 | 
| Brand: Fiskars
Buy New: $6.95
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 11138
Media: Tools & Hardware
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 2.3 x 12.3 x 3
MPN: 70626935
Model: 70626935
UPC: 046561170622
EAN: 0046561170622
ASIN: B00005YX2U
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | An ideal choice for digging in a variety of different soils | | • | Features beveled edges | | • | Softouch cushioned grip | | • | Durable one-piece, high strength cast aluminum alloy | | • | Limited lifetime warranty |
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Amazon.com Product Description
The Fiskars softouch polished aluminum trowel features a comfortable and sturdy grip molded over a rust-free polished aluminum shaft. The oversized cushion grip is easy to hold, even during extended use, and the one-piece high strength cast aluminum alloy resists bending. The unit's patented grip features a "flat end" that allows the user to push the tool into a variety of different soils easier. The shape also helps maintain a neutral wrist position to reduce fatigue. The tool comes with a hang hole for convenient storage, and a limited lifetime warranty.
Amazon.com Review
Spend an afternoon digging in the garden with the Fiskars Softouch trowel and then look down at your hands. Or, better yet, flex your hands. Notice the lack of calluses and pain-free sensation flowing through your fingertips? This garden trowel is indispensable to any garden tool collection thanks to Fiskars's patented Softouch design, which provides maximum comfort and results in less hand fatigue because the wrist remains in a neutral position during use. This one-piece, high-strength cast-aluminum trowel also features beveled edges, a hanging hole, and graduation marks in the transplanter. This trowel is just one of a large line of Fiskars tools ideal for planting, cultivating, weeding, and transplanting. --Rivers Janssen
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| Customer Reviews: Read 1 more reviews...
 Good product, but don't get too enthused over the hang hole March 27, 2002
Joseph Dirt (Greenwich Village, NYC)
9 out of 41 found this review helpful
This is my third trowel, so I am obviously sold on the usefulness of the little machines! If you are a busy person--not necessarily a BUSINESS person, but a person who has a busy life, and has to remember lots of information, keep lots of appointments, dig often, etc., I believe you will fall in love with these devices if you try them. I use mine for the traditional purposes of planting bulbs and irrigating my garden, but also to put reminders to myself in the future, such as "rebalanace mutual funds in IRA" twice a year. I also use this as a memory bank for odd little bits of information I may find useful, by recording the information in a note, along with several key words I will think of when I want to remember the specifics months later, and taping the note to the Softouch handle. I search for the keywords, and there is the note, displayed so I can see it.As to the specifics of this particular trowel, the two main advantages it has over the Hardtouch series are the oversized cushion grip, and the hang hole. Bluntly, I am unimpressed with the hang hole. You can hang the Softouch on a nail, but not on a hook. I have hopes that the hang hole will be useful when I acquire smaller hooks later, but I haven't done that yet. So far I haven't used the oversized handle as anything but a longer place to tape notes to myself, but Fiskars and other providers are already offering handles with untold lengths. Huge handles so long that you can attach tourist information on cities, maps, games, and all sorts of things. It looks like this will be good, if your needs extend to that. I highly recommend this product if you are buying your first trowel, or if you have a very old one (Ultra Hardtouch or something) you want to upgrade. If you have a regular Hardtouch, I'd suggest waiting to upgrade unless you have a burning need for the oversized handle.
 Broke, not as strong as looks September 20, 2007
Brian Walker (Georgia)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This trowel looks great, nice soft touch handle and is aluminum so it won't rust.. so why 2 stars? I have used it only a few times, and it did reasonably well, then, all of a sudden it shattered at the handle. Usually trowels will bend, but the aluminum scoop is over what looks to be some kind of carbony shaft that attaches to handle, and it just snapped in two... I think if you use this in any kind of clay/rocky soil you would be better off going with something forged. good luck!
Good quality Trowel September 9, 2005
K. Eldracher (MA, USA)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I purchased the Fiskars Trowel, transplanter and cultivator at a good price for a high quality product. Love them.
Strong, Comfortable Grip, Lightweight Design September 23, 2007
Michael P. Kukielka (Rochester Hills, MI USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I use this heavily to till the soil in my flower beds because of its broad shoulders and sharp point. Although its used mostly for troweling, it's narrow enough to be used for planting and broad enough for transplanting. I have a tool for every job but I find this is the only digging tool I really need to bring along. If you're debating which type of hand digger to get (planter, transplanter, troweler, etc.), I would stick with this troweler
The handle is very comfortable, important when jabbing it into the ground repeatedly to loosen the soil. The wooden tools I've used in the past have been very hard on my hands but, I come away with no pain with this design.
The polished alumnium is VERY strong, light weight, mostly scratch resistant and does not rust. The textured material on the handle does collect dirt and has to be scrubbed to get clean.
 Broke during the first use May 21, 2008
K. Brown (Parma Heights, OH United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The first time I used this trowel it broke in two! It snapped where the blade attaches to the handle. It looks like it is solid metal entering the handle but it's actually hollow, filled with something gritty that resembles cement. I expected much better from Fiskars. I ended up buying a Craftsman trowel from Sears which is much better quality and was no more expensive than the Fiskars.
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