Posthole Digger with Fiberglass Handles

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I have heavy clay with a deep sod. I used Hole Deal along side a conventional hole digger. The Hole Deal took twice as long to dig a 24" hole, 10 min vice 5 min. I can't keep pounding it down and closing and opening and pounding and load up the jaws and take out a jaw full, like I can with a conventional digger. Hole Deal dosen't give you enough leverage to squeeze the jaws shut. You have to push the handles together and in heavy clay they just touch, and because of all the pivot points and brackets and bolts(all very tight), I cant twist the digger much because the handles are so close together and there is so much slack in the linkage it looks and feels like something will bend. I had it set at the lowest pivot and it only helped a little bit. Also it tends to taper to a smaller diameter as I go down, because I have to consiously pull the handles apart as I jab down, with a conventional digger I just hold the handles closed. Because it only takes small bites I am constantly lifting the heavy Hole Deal out with a handful if dirt. This is time consuming and tiring. One good point: it excells at cleaning the very last bit of dirt at the bottom of a hole. And it might be OK for deep over 2' holes. I see this tool as an accessory to a conventional digger, power augers, and digging deep holes. Finally, its made in China.

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This is a great product. It took a few holes to get used to the reverse action, but once I mastered it, it was so much easier. Being a physical therapist, I thought it is about time that someone made a product that was set up to be more ergonomically correct and required less energy to use. Plus, the diameter of the hole at the top is the same as the diameter at the bottom of the hole. That means you are moving considerably less soil. Less soil, less toil.

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This is the way a posthole digger is supposed to work. It's great for
installing mailboxes or fence posts/corner posts etc.

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Great for mailbox intallations.

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i could not get used to the operation of the tool. It's completely opposite to working a regular post hole digger. A total waste of money. Now i have another boat anchor.