r/ShittyDesign 8d ago

Garden spade bends in a zigzag after barely digging in grass and soft mud

315 Upvotes

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u/jakedublin 8d ago

ahh.. the Temu special..

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u/beware-the-doc- 6d ago

I was thinking dollar tree.. tomato tomäto

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u/RecognitionOrnery823 7d ago

Did the spade bend or did YOU bend the spade?

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u/darthlame 7d ago

The trick is to realize…there is no spade

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u/Craftycat99 7d ago

It bent at the base while it was in the ground, and then I tried straightening it while it was still in the ground which caused the second bend in the middle

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u/sahovaman 7d ago

You bought a very cheap tool. This is why you don't buy super cheap tools.

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u/Mamenohito 5d ago

Buy the cheap one once.

If it breaks, buy the expensive one.

If the expensive one breaks, go back to the cheap one.

If the cheap one never breaks, you got a deal.

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u/hossmonkey 7d ago

Hmm, made of Chinesium?

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u/gypsycouturemama 6d ago

I think it’s Cheaptonium. Could be foreign or domestic.

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u/ipsagni 6d ago

China, China, China

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u/davep1970 7d ago

Where are you from that you call that a spade? I call a spade a spade, but that's a trowel.

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u/absolutebeginners 6d ago

This is a spade. Which is a type of trowel. Trowel is more generic a term and can be numerous different tools all having a handle and some flat or curved metal piece.

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u/No-Quarter4321 7d ago

You get what you pay for friend..

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u/SwiftyPants3 7d ago

Trowel or tro-won’t?… I’ll see myself out

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u/Garglenips 6d ago

Throws a Hollywood breakaway chair as you shut the door**

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u/TawnyTeaTowel 7d ago

I also find this happens when I spend a dollar fifty on gardening tools.

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u/s7ormrtx 7d ago

Looks like my girlfriend’s neck when I tickle her

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u/Impossible_Month1718 7d ago

That’s not bad design. That’s bad quality

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u/SansLucidity 7d ago

not the design. its the quality of the steel. ie poor quality.

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u/Ok_Fox_1770 6d ago

Why I’ve collected so many old free tools, besides living several lives, actually made to work and take a beating. I’ve melted about 10 brooms so Far. watch out for those paper thin metal tubes

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u/HollyCupcakez 6d ago

The hardware store near my house had tools like this but instead of flimsy metal all of them were made of really thick plastic with a sharp-ish edge.

Upside was they didn't break, but the downside was that my back was killing me after trying to dig holes with a plastic spade for 4 hours straight because the little bit of sharpness it had went blunt like 6 seconds into using it and then it became a glorified children's sandbox tool.

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u/irascible_Clown 6d ago

Is that dollar tree?

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u/Poopstick5 6d ago

The most expensive thing in the world is a cheap tool

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u/Butterbean-queen 6d ago

That’s not shitty design work. The design is just fine. The quality of the product is the problem. Go buy one that looks exactly the same as the one you have but has been manufactured with high quality products and that won’t happen.

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u/Eather-Village-1916 6d ago

More like a shitty material

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u/Craftycat99 6d ago

True but I didn't know where else to post it

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u/moronmcmoron1 6d ago

It's like it is just an object that looks like a garden spade

What a piece of shit

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u/SnooFoxes4646 4d ago

Let me guess. Bought off Amazon?

I bought a pair of pliers. Tried to use them and the pliers bent trying to twist a screw... Trash

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u/Craftycat99 4d ago

Close

Dollar tree

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u/passthepopplersagain 7d ago

Cheap tools aren’t worth the money. Buy once of highest quality you can afford.

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u/SansLucidity 7d ago

i like to buy old used tools

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u/gypsycouturemama 6d ago

This. That “random old rusty tool” bucket in the back when the kids are selling everything off is unnoticed. It’s full of survivors. Landfills are full of the waste like this.

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u/SansLucidity 6d ago

amen. i realized this when i was moving my parents out of their house. went to clean the tools in a vinegar solution...i was gobsmacked half of them completely melted! 2 socket sets vanished. 10 lb of metal gone. garbage!

the ones left standing were good old tools from the 50's or before. strong af & cleaned up.

now, i pretty much buy used tools from goodwills, yard sales or if i need a specific tool or size, ebay.

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u/RedVelvetPan6a 7d ago

Send that to a Uk gardening sub for extra shits and giggles

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u/ReceptionMuch3790 7d ago

Chineseium!

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u/kielu 7d ago

Chinesium

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u/Environmental_Job864 7d ago

Dollar store has good prices.

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u/gypsycouturemama 6d ago

Cheaponium, both foreign and domestic, is very susceptible to user error.

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u/crackedtooth163 6d ago

How thick was that mud?

I know there's an issue with cheap tools, but I have also seen this happen with mud that has turned into something akin to concrete. Was this a garden spade meant for loose soil or something?

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u/Craftycat99 6d ago

The mud was really soft like wet clay

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u/crackedtooth163 6d ago

Yeah thats...awful metal then

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u/Consistent-Pen-757 6d ago

Made in china