The Best Snow Shovels of 2023

• Blade width:20 inches
• Blade material:Aluminum
• Weight:5.5 pounds
• Overall length:53.3 inches

固体全能铲艾姆斯这样的脾气moves a lot of snow and has an ergonomic design to help you maintain good form. The aluminum scoop is durable and scrapes well against the ground, clearing away ice and snow.

Two issues with this shovel kept it from the top spot. First, the shallow ergonomic curve of the handle meant that the True Temper functioned much more like a straight shovel. I had to bend my knees and/or back much deeper to pick up a full load. Second, the True Temper wasn’t great at plowing because of the handle. I had to push at more of a downward angle, and that meant that I got stuck more.

While the True Temper wasn’t quite comfortable enough to earn the top spot, I would recommend this aluminum snow shovel over any straight-handled shovel. It’s very versatile and will last a long time.

• Blade width:24 inches
• Blade material:Polyethylene
• Weight:3.98 pounds
• Overall length:58.5 inches

The Garant Yukon features a deep curve in the handle so you don’t have to bend nearly as much to lift snow. It plowed well, pushing a lot of snow with its wide scoop, but the shovel was still easy to control on decks and stairs.

The width of the scoop did mean that a full load was heavier than shovels with narrower blades, so lifting was tiring, even with the ergonomic handle.

The Yukon also didn’t scrape well because it doesn’t have a metal wear strip, and the shovel did not cut through ice or compacted snow.

• Blade width:14.5 inches
• Blade material:Aluminum
• Weight:4 pounds
• Overall length:48 inches

This Forest Hill scoop shovel is functional, durable, and one of the best looking, featuring a beautiful wood handle and a shiny blade made of thick aluminum.

我们最喜欢的一个straight-handled shovels, it’s not just for snow, and it’s suited for garden or farm tasks. Its shorter handle makes it slightly more compact than most of the other shovels, too, and it’s well-balanced. This is a product that just feels good in your hands and is easy to use.

有一些缺点森林山推l, including its price. Also, it lacks a steel or nylon wear strip. The non-ergonomic design of the shaft is also a disadvantage when compared to other shovels.

The blade design is best-suited for scooping—it can pick up a lot of snow (or dirt, or other materials) at once. However, there’s a limited amount of plowing action, though.

Despite the drawbacks, the Forest Hill is still a great shovel to use. The thick aluminum of the blade didn’t show much wear after use, so even without a steel edge, you should still expect this shovel to last a long time.

• Blade width:26 inches
• Blade material:Polyethylene
• Weight:5.8 pounds
• Overall length:56 inches

The SnoBoss has an innovative design that helps with its versatility. However, the SnoBoss is first and foremost a plow shovel. Its large mouth, high sidewalls, and double handle mean that you can use it to push a lot of snow along the ground.

Unlike the other plow shovels we tested, this shovel has a second handle closer to the scoop so that when you’ve pushed the snow to the edge of the driveway, you have a way to lift it into the snowbank.

That said, there are a few drawbacks in the design that really limit the versatility. While yes, you can pick up the shovel and toss the snow, the large scoop means that you’re probably trying to lift a LOT of snow, and it is very easy to overdo it.

In 12 inches of snow, it was a challenge to use—I had to take half-shovel fulls, at which point it would have been easier just to have a smaller shovel. The SnoBoss is also too large to manage in small areas like stairs and decks.

If you’re specifically looking for a plow-style shovel, the versatility offered by this one makes it a real contender. But if you don’t have a specific reason for wanting a plow-style, this probably isn’t a great option for most homeowners.

• Blade width:18 inches
• Blade material:Polyethylene
• Weight:2.94 pounds
• Overall length:51 inches

This shovel from Suncast is well built, affordable, and functional. It will do the job just fine, but at the end of a shoveling session, your back and legs will hurt a bit, as with other straight-handled shovels on this list.

The Suncast would be a great compliment to a plow-style shovel because it is best suited to getting to small areas like decks, walkways, and stairs.

• Blade width:18 inches
• Blade material:Polyethylene
• Weight:3.7 pounds
• Overall length:50 inches

The Snow Joe Shovelution is a good all-purpose shovel for heavy, slushy snow or light, fluffy powder. It easily breaks down for storage, making it great for an apartment closet or the trunk of a car.

The design appears well thought out. The shovel is light and has a sturdy poly blade with aluminum wear edge. It also has a second handle on its own mounting bracket that makes it easy to lift heavy shovelfuls. There’s even a loop of cloth to keep the whole assembly tamed during storage.

The second handle makes it easy for you to lift the shovel when it’s heavy with snow, but it does wobble. That doesn’t interfere with the shoveling so much that it takes extra energy and attention. However, using the extra handle can be confusing at first because you’re not quite sure how to flip the snow off the blade.

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• Blade width:30 inches
• Blade material:Polyethylene
• Weight:5.09 pounds
• Overall length:56 inches

When it comes to pure plow shovels, this one is fine. It has a wide blade, but it’s not so big that you can’t push a full load of snow with it. It’s a bit hard to control with only one handle, and it twists and turns as you’re pushing.

There are also no sides, so a great deal of the snow simply falls away, requiring quite a few passes to get the same path clear. But, for a plow shovel, it’s light and maneuverable, so you can move in and around objects that some others can’t.

• Blade width:18 inches
• Blade material:Polyethylene
• Weight:3 pounds
• Overall length:54英寸

Ames True Temper Mountain Mover is pretty standard, the type of shovel you will see at a lot of retailers. It will definitely work to move the snow, but it won’t make you feel any better about it.

While solidly built, it’s not as solid as our top scorers. The top handle is attached with a single small screw that is likely to put up with only so much abuse. The rest of the shovel is made from materials that appear durable. The ergonomic shaft is a sturdy steel tube, and the plastic parts are thick.

The scoop mounting ensures that it’s not going anywhere, but it does allow for some wobbling while you’re shoveling. The wear edge is made of metal and is attached by rivets.

The design of the scoop is better at picking up shovelfuls than it is at any kind of plowing action. The shovel can hold a good amount of snow, and it’s not that heavy on its own.

• Blade width:22 inches
• Blade material:Polyethylene
• Weight:3.6 pounds
• Overall length:56 inches

This compact shovel is handy and light. It’s got a blade of thick, durable plastic and a fiberglass handle. It does just as well as the metal-edge shovels when the snow isn’t wet, icy, or heavy.

The “boxed” design of the blade helps make tidy rows if you’re using it as a plow, and its lightweight lets you move a lot in winter with less fatigue.

A pair of bolts secure the shaft to the blade, and the oversized D-shaped handle is pinned through with a big rivet. You likely have to work a little harder in certain conditions with an all-composite blade, but it should last a very long time. Its slightly shorter overall length makes it easy to maneuver, too.

• Blade width:24 inches
• Blade material:Polyethylene
• Weight:10.4 pounds
• Overall length:58.4 inches

The Garant Poly Sleigh Shovel is built like an excavator bucket. It can move and hold a lot of snow. Too much snow, in fact.

When shoveling through a 3-inch storm, I could move the snow side to side on my driveway. When I tried in a 12-inch storm, I barely made it halfway across before the shovel was too full to realistically move. It’s also difficult to use on a deck.

Unless you have a very specific use case, there are better shovels out there.

• Blade width:24 inches
• Blade material:Steel
• Weight:4.69
• Overall length:58 inches

During testing, the Bully Tools Steel Snow Pusher got stuck on everything—tiny pieces of ice, very small rocks, cracks and divots in the driveway, even the snow.

This shovel’s only saving grace is that when it wasn’t stuck on something, it moved a decent amount of snow. Steer clear.

• Blade width:18 inches
• Blade material:Aluminum
• Weight:3.22 pounds
• Overall length:51.25 inches

This shovel arrived with a bent blade, which did not inspire confidence in this shovel’s durability, nor did the way I was able to bend the aluminum back into shape with my hands.

Durability wasn’t the only issue with this shovel. It was just hard to use, even for a straight-handled shovel.

The blade is almost completely flat, so if your scoop is off-balance, it tips a little bit, and that was enough for the snow to fall off the metal. When I did manage to pick up a full scoop, half of it usually fell off when I went to throw it.