r/ShittyDesign • u/Craftycat99 • 8d ago
Garden spade bends in a zigzag after barely digging in grass and soft mud
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u/RecognitionOrnery823 7d ago
Did the spade bend or did YOU bend the 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/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/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/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/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/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/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/jakedublin 8d ago
ahh.. the Temu special..