recommend a garden fork and spade?

optimus_primera

What brand do you lot recommend? ...... i have broken yet another spade today, and i think the garden fork saw me do it,and hid, cos i cannot find that either .......

Farway

Sad to say, but the more you pay the better they are

Spear & Jackson for instance?

But as many not now made in Sheffield the quality may not be as it was when I had mine

I did get stainless steel as well, so if you can afford it that is worth looking into

Lotus-eater

Next time I'm going for a bulldog spade or fork. I've tried loads of others including spear & jackson and they are mostly without exception a load of junk. Including stainless, which seems to bend easier than normal forged steel.

I like what I see from Bulldog, hopefully they'll live up to my expectations.

oligeo

I've got a Spear & Jackson stainless steel spade & fork, they are great and i'd really reccomend them.

mi_jardin

I have Homebase cheapo fork and a spear and jackson spade, both have done me well, including digging over a new allotment plot.

ginvzt

We need a new fork as well, as it snapped in two when OH was clearing the [STRIKE]soil[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]clay [/STRIKE] mud from the roots of the stumps.

And it was not cheap one - we only bought it last year, it was rather expensive, can't remember the brand - not shop 'own', we bought it either from B&Q or some garden centre, but can't remember which. I am a bit annoyed that it is now in 2 pieces and we need to buy another one!

Lotus-eater

oligeo wrote: »

I've got a Spear & Jackson stainless steel spade & fork, they are great and i'd really reccomend them.

I've broken 2 of those!

optimus_primera

Thanks for the suggestions .... i need another fork as well now .... as i did find it ... but yep you guessed it i bent that as well ....!! lol

I hate digging clay.

grandmaster00

ive snapped, broken , bent etc etc 6 forks of varying quality and brands during the last 2 yrs on my very very rocky allotment. The brands are almost irrelevant and Id say just go for the cheapest you can except for yes maybe the bulldog brand and perhaps the wolf ones but you really are looking at quite a few quid for those. Its not worth it to me they will still break or snap or bend on me lol

grandmaster00

Lotus-eater wrote: »

I've broken 2 of those!

ive broken 3 in 1.5 yrs lol - not quite what they used to be are they

Lotus-eater

grandmaster00 wrote: »

ive snapped, broken , bent etc etc 6 forks of varying quality and brands during the last 2 yrs on my very very rocky allotment. The brands are almost irrelevant and Id say just go for the cheapest you can except for yes maybe the bulldog brand and perhaps the wolf ones but you really are looking at quite a few quid for those. Its not worth it to me they will still break or snap or bend on me lol

I don't know, the Bulldog premier range have a lifelong guarantee, so they say anyway.

Taking in to account chances of injury when breaking tools, time lost when fixing them or being unable to use them, annoyance when the tools not working properly and the general cheap build feel, I reckon £40 for a fork isn't that bad.

That's about the cost of two S&J stainless forks, which my last one (a replacement sent by S&J) lasted 10 minutes. Junk.