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carbon/fibreglass shovel - any downsides?
 Poster: A snowHead
Poster: A snowHead

Hi everyone,

I've been looking at snow shovels and came across this one from ARVA:

http://www.arva-equipment.com/en/Products/product_138.html

It has a carbon/fibreglass shaft and is therefore nice and light - just wondered if anyone knew of any downsides to this (will it be strong enough etc) other than the cost, as most others are made of aluminium?

Thanks in advance for any advice!
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person

i would be pretty dubious of safety kit designed for competition use. my concern is that it would be designed to meet the rules (ie must carry a shovel) with the minimum of weight, with little regard to whether it is any good in practice

my experience of carbon fibre is that it is strong in some ways but very prone to chipping/sharp edges
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 Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?

Carbon or composite shovels are light enough but you try shifting snow with it....it will bounce off hard stuff. Also some of the lighter metal blades will collapse or buckle under a big boot when digging....

That seems a good compromise but check out how thick the blade is.... or you'll get the problems above..IMV.
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I use a shovel alot (I guide walking holidays in the Pyrenees) and have broken plastic many times, carbon is light and stronger but pants at anything harder than fluff. A good alloy does the best job I have found - lightish but usefull (mine has a probe in the handle too) BCA Tour is what I use. Same goes for ice axes, light ones are rubbish if you want to stop on hard surfaces or actually cut a step before spring comes and melts it...
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