a plastic came out like this and the shovel's blade started shaking
354886
Was trying to dig a hole in backyard. After two minute taking off the grass, a plastic came out like this and the shovel's blade started shaking.
I don't really believe it would last long.
3871788
The block I received had a lot of little pieces of white, green, & blue plastic mixed in with it. Plus, when I got to breaking apart the very center of the block there was small to medium pieces of concrete chunks. I was mildly annoyed about having to pick out plastic, but the sharp pieces of concrete really made me nervous about trusting the quality assurance of the product. It would be awful for my snakes to get cut or ingest a piece of stone if I missed any picking it out. Don't think I'll be ordering again!!
712825
I think the material of outside wil be comes out. it looks so weak. becouse of the material litke poly. it is not gonna work from external shock
1774985
Blade detached from handle comming out of the package. Hopefully rubber cement works to put it back together. Its a cheap plastic toy good for costume or character work, just be careful.
400542
I bought this last year after being caught off guard by a freak snow here in Washington. It took me all day to locate this one. I used it the one time and maybe once during the summer. I pulled it out yesterday to shovel the snow we got up here in the great northwest and it had a huge split right down the back of the shovel head. I made it 10 feet before it snapped off. Were am I going to find a snow shovel during a snow storm. I should have know better than buying something like a plastic shovel made in China. I guess part of this is my fault. I will be looking for a steel American made coal shovel for my snow shoveling duties.
3837659
I was bluffing with my friends about my beautiful knife, but when I was using it on the field cutting some bushes, the handle was detached from the body of this knife !!!!
3687696
Worked great until I put just a little too much force on it in hard ground, then the handle broke off.  But if the soil is soft or kinda loose, it worked great.  I can't blame Fiskars for it breaking, its a plastic trowel and I used it like a metal one, my bad.  Great product otherwise.
3462586
The arm is kind of shaky. The middle piece is made of plastic that is a little too flexible, so the camera that I've mounted on my motorcycle vibrates way too much.
3001437
Awesome blade but plastic handles made this knife feel strange.
500799
Plastic parts don't hold up to firm tightening. Shovel quality is consistent wit cost.
4769789
We received the breadboard and knife set as a wedding present and I thought it was beautiful. I used it a few times and didn't have any problems. Then I used it again last night, and left the knife in the sink with some other dishes overnight. This morning I found that the wooden handle of the knife had split right down the middle into two pieces. If you're going to get this item, make sure not to get the handle too wet!
4328654
Not for real-life, practical tasks. Handles made of low-grade metal, bend; worse, internal gears making the blade drum spin, are made of plastic! Easy to imagine, those gears start shaking and wearing out at the very first sight of the grass. I have a lawn 55'x35'. With this contraption I have only been able to cut about 2/3 of the lawn (for the doubters: no, this was NOT the first cut this season).
When the drum stopped spinning, I took the thing apart and was stunned to discover plastic gears with crumbling teeth.
3900138
My knives come out of the block with fine particles of black plastic (wipe with a paper towel to see). I can't use this anymore. This happened after a few months.
3222973
I thought it had a metal blade at the bottom to prevent wear based on the pics but it actually seems to be a rubbery plastic just like the handle and scoop. I'll see how these handle Wisconsin winters and probably update my review next year. The curve on this means it pretty much does have to be used to push snow away and not scoop and lift but that's okay as long as you know before buying. They arrived in a heavily damaged box and I'm not sure if UPS was at fault or if the seller just used a gnarly box but thankfully both shovels arrived in excellent condition. They are in 2 pieces but extremely easy to put together, Simply remove (Philips head) screws from the bottom of the handle, slide the scoop onto the handle and put the screws back in. So in summary if you have a snow blower for heavy snow these pushers should do just fine for lightweight snow removal.
2082782
When I first received this, I was happy to see that it was just the size I needed to reach all over my truck to remove snow. However on the second use, the end plastic coupling that swivels and attached the head to the pole cracked off. The temperature was 33F and I was just clearing off my windshield. I can't tell if this was a manufacturing or design defect.

I would not recommend this!
2304957
We have several ceramic knives and understand that they can be fragile compared to metal, but this one shattered about a month after we bought it while chopping vegetables. Perhaps we were unlucky or it was defective, but I'd expect a ~$40 knife to be slightly more robust.
1195392
I inherited this blender and it seemed to work fine for a few smoothies.  During one smoothie making episode, I heard a horrible sound and the blender blades stopped spinning.  I realized that I had somehow sheared the plastic fins off that run the blades.  Why would one make a beautiful, heavy glass container and place it on a cheap plastic base?  I was going to try to replace the fins, but they cost $25.88 from Black and Decker and since the fins on the base may also be sheared, it didn't seem worthwhile.