Gear Review
Sea To Summit Pocket Trowel - Reinforced Nylon
Great if you are building a sandcastle
By bsgodfrey2157200
Ranked #964 - Cookware
August 4, 2009
Alright, had to replace a misplaced U-Dig-It trowel and saw this in the store. . . Nice lightweight product and the stuff sack was quite a bit lighter than the heavier belt holster model of the previous trowel. The hollow handle seemed to give it strength without weight as well as nice storage for a small bottle of hand-sani. However, after a week in the woods we are not impressed. The blunt tip does a very poor job of penetrating the ground when you gotta go. The storage compartment is virtually impossible to open and the push button to retract the telescoping handle is likewise impossible, without something to push it in. Not to mention that it eventually rotated inside the handle and became useless, and the handle would not stay extended. In the spirit of LNT and Sustainable Living; I will repurpose the nice, lightweight stuff sack, for carrying a toothbrush and paste but unfortunately the trowel is garbage. I would not let anyone else struggle with it, when they too have gotta go.
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1 Comments Last Reply: August 11, 2011 By: Shawn K.
With the exception of the fiddly nature of the storage compartment cap, I completely disagree, especially about the trowel's digging abilities. I've hacked through frozen, rocky, root covered soil with mine. Short of a true shovel or an ice ax, I haven't seen a better tool for digging cat holes in difficult terrain. Using a stick or rock makes easy work of the handle button. The button has to have a fairly stiff action to prevent the handle from collapsing during use. It's unfortunate that the iPood didn't meet your expectations, but it's far from garbage.
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