Root Slayer Radius Garden Shovel – 2017 Green Thumb Award for Most Innovative Garden Tool, Red

This is the real deal. It is worth every penny, making planting shrubs so much easier. Cuts through roots and matted fibrous mess with ease. Well made and solid and worth paying a bit more the real thing.

I did not think a lot of a radius digging fork I bought, but this is my favourite garden tool and has so many uses. I have not actually tried it to dig out tree roots, but I do use it for many tasks and no other tool can come near it. First, it is immensely strong - it has a resin coated steel shaft from head to toe. This makes it heavy of course, but you either get something that's light and breaks, or this! Don't be put off by reviewers who say you aren't meant to use it as a lever. Although it is true, that if you are cutting through big roots, then levering is not the right action, but it is more capable of hefty levering of stones etc than any other tool I have. My soil is chalky with a lot of heavy clay. After a dry summer I could not get anything through it. But this just cuts through like magic! The teeth and the shaped end are extremely sharp. It is also good if you need, say, to dig a hole to plant something in the middle of a border, because it cuts down deep but in a narrow radius. So it can be used as a blunderbus but is also good for precise work. It seems to clean well after a session of clay digging too. I like the radius handles, which look awkward but actually are better than D handles, and provide good grip and leverage. I also like the substantial foot plates which really help with pushing the shovel in. I recommend going on to you tube and searching for reviews of this tool. There is a good one by someone digging through frozen earth and so on.

This was a great purchase. Have used in a number of occasions to get deep roots out. Was great for slicing through bamboo tubers while removing a bamboo that was getting far too big. Does what it claims to do. And great quality item with cover to keep it in good condition.

A must have for any dedicated gardener. I bought this upon the request of a family member who is a gardener - she is thrilled with it. It is amazing and makes it possible to dig the previously impossible - worth every penny. It is good and sturdy too so should stand the test of time.

The best tool in my shed . I have shared before and after photos of a very large clump forming bamboo in my garden that I needed to remove . After lots of research I saw the rootslayer reviews and decided to give it a go . I am a 62 year old female and with the help of the rootslayer I managed to dig up the whole bamboo in about 5 days myself . I would recommend this tool to any serious gardener.

This is really so good in getting roots out. Really does what it says. Had a big area to did out with lots of tree roots. I tried using a normal spade in the beginning but didn’t get anywhere. The sharp edges really does cut the roots and make it easy to go deep and loosen the roos to get it out. Definitely worth the money.

Our garden is heavy clay which has broken spades and garden forks before. This fierce looking shovel slices through it more easily than standard shovels and has really helped digging the garden. I am less confident in its abilities as a "root slayer". It is good for cutting through fairly small roots, and the serated edge does help saw through thicker roots, but it doesn't "slay" thicker roots as the marketing blurb suggests. Roots of 2cm diameter or above are still a problem. The shovel will saw through them but it requires a fair bit of effort. Overall though I am glad I bought the shovel. It has made digging through the clay much easier. There are now a number of spades of a similar design - with sharp pointed ends. I cannot compare this one with any others. I feel this one was worth the money and a good choice. Other cheaper ones may also do as good a job.

What a brilliant piece of kit. Came ready assembled I took it straight out the box and was able to remove 4 foliage roots within 30 minutes with very little effort, most impressive, don’t compare this with a normal spade because they are worlds apart.