Sea To Summit iPOOD! Pocket Trowel

It's very sturdy and still lightweight. it's about 1/10 the weight of the old shovel I used to own. Also it folds up to help save space.

There are four key features that make this product worth getting (in my opinion):
1. Lightweight (2.6 oz)
2. Packs small (the handle slides over the face of the trowel to half the pack size)
3. Hollow handle (store hand sanitizer or some toilet paper)
4. It keeps your excrement in the ground, not on the trail or in the water

I can't say it's a bad product, but you can get a fiskars composite trowel at walmart for one dollar, and it weighs just 2 oz.- only difference is it doesn't fold up, but it does have storage in the handle. Quite a bit cheaper.

This trowel is great. It's small, lightweight, compact, strong, and has a storage compartment. Get one...for everyone's sake

Come on, how can you not like this trowel?

I used to carry a bulky shovel axe combo, when the axe head started to fly off mid swing on ocassion, I started looking into other options. I replaced the saw portion with a 0.1 ounce ring saw, while this next to nothing weight, cleverly named iPOOD! is infinitely lighter and more compact form of shovel, especially for the purposes I use it for.

CONS: I have a hard time getting the plastic cap piece off to access the hollow compartment in the handle, and sand can quickly (although temporarily) gum up the function of the retractable handle.

I hate it when my dog starts eating some human poop it just found in the woods. Do us all a favor and buy one of these and teach yer kids and yer wife how to use it too. Thanks.

You people make me sick. Hahaha.

Every once in a while a product comes along that changes the way you do backpacking, and I really wanted the iPOOD! to be one of these products. It was light, sleek and seemed like it would be handy because you could stuff toilet paper or wetwipes in the handle. The first problem resulted from the metal adjuster button not lining up with the hole in the handle, it was a metal bracket inside the handle which kept bending and not snapping into place. After fixing it, I'd try to slide it out again for use and the same thing would happen. This happened SIX times in a row. The next problem was in the plastic cap on the handle where you are supposed to stuff toilet paper into, it would continuously to get stuck and was really hard to pull out. My brother tried to pull it out and it ripped half his fingernail off- seriously. Keep in mind this was all after one time using it. On it's maiden backpacking trip, it was never to be put back together again. I guess it was my fault for buying a shovel that had moving parts. I would recommend looking at another shovel or not using a shovel at all. In fact, there's not much a rock can't do the same as this shovel except carry toilet paper, at least a rock works and you don't have to carry it. iPOOD!- R.I.P.