10 Best Snow Shovels In 2020

The Lifeline Aluminum Sport Utility Shovel is made to help you out of the jam and keep you safe in sudden snowstorms. It isn’t going to scrape and shovel your whole driveway or sidewalk but isn't meant to. This is another shovel that’s meant to be kept in your car or on hand and pulled out in situations such as when your tires are stuck in the snow.

The shovel has a 12” blade and an adjustable shaft. You can collapse it from 32” down to 26”. This makes it easy to use as well as easy to store in your car or backpack. The collapsible design is achieved by the shovel breaking down into three parts including the blade, the shaft, and the grip. It has extension pieces on these handles that allow you to adjust between these lengths as well. This makes it easy to lash together and toss it in the trunk or in the backseat.

It’s aluminum construction also makes it lightweight at only 1.6 lbs. Aluminum is also durable and rust-resistant, so it’s going to last you years when used properly. These durable, lightweight, collapsible, and easy-to-use design means it’s a particularly choice for colder climates and for inexperienced drivers.

Lifeline backs up their quality claims too. Primarily, the company is ISO certified. In other words, their products go through strict quality control testing before hitting the market. This also comes back to Lifeline’s dedication to safety and helping you get out of a tough jam.

An interesting detail of this shovel is that you can order it in different colors if you want. It’s available in black, olive, orange, yellow, red, and blue. Just like the last emergency shovel we’ve looked at, brighter colors like yellow and orange can help add additional safety measures since they’re easier to see in cloudy conditions.

The Garant Poly Blade Snow Mountain Mover is a model that’s easy to use and will help you clear paths quickly. Rather than a shovel, this is a snow pusher. So, you’ll be able to push large quantities of snow out of your path with no problem. This will make short work of clearing your driveway or path.

This snow pusher doesn’t have a metal wear strip. At first glance, this might seem like a disadvantage. However, this is actually a great thing. Without a metal wear strip, you don’t have to worry about damaging your wooden steps, porch, or deck. Metal strips can scrape and damage the wood if you aren’t careful but a polyethylene blade will scrape the snow away and leave you pristine wood.

This shovel has a blade width of 18”. This means that it’ll clear large areas of snow with no problem. Remember, this isn’t meant to scoop snow up but rather push it out of the way. This makes it especially helpful if you have a light snowfall or if the snow is powdery. The polyethylene construction and fiberglass handle are also durable parts that will last you through many snowfalls.

You’ll also notice that the shaft of this snow pusher is rather long. This ensures that you don’t have to bend down too far to use it which lessens the strain on your back. It also gives you a comfortable grip on it while you use it. The handle itself is also wide and ergonomic, so you don’t have to worry about your hand being squeezed or feeling uncomfortable.

The Snowplow Pusher 50548 is unique to our list because it has a wide variety of size options from personal to industrial. The smallest they offer is 24” across and they recommend it for homeowners. The 30” option is meant for larger projects such as clearing public sidewalks. At 36”, they recommend use at schools and universities. Their largest size is 4 feet across and its recommended for use in ice rinks, car dealerships, and shopping centers. They advertise that it’s been used at NHL hockey games.

This is another option with a polyethylene blade and a handle made of fiberglass. The polyethylene blade helps to keep wood surfaces in top condition. On a more commercial and industrial level, it also won’t cause uneven scratches or grooves in the ice of a rink.

The snow pusher has a fiberglass shaft and handles as well. It uses a wide D-ring comfort grip to give you a good, comfortable place to hold on. The handle is also rather long to makes sure you don’t have to bend over in a way that hurts your back every time you want to shove some snow out of the way. Since you’re only pushing snow rather than shoveling it, you aren’t going to need to worry about lifting up and down with this snow tool.

This snow pusher has a handy feature of the blade being sharper when you flip it over. So, if you find a stubborn spot of ice or frozen footprints or tire tracks, you can use the sharper side to scrape them away. Don’t worry, though, because even this side is made for tougher scraping, it still won’t damage more delicate surfaces.

The snow pusher has a bolted-together style construction. If anything goes wrong when you’re using it, all of the parts of this tool are easy to replace. This ensures that your snow pusher will have a long life even if it starts to break down.

The Ivation Heavy-Duty Rolling Snow Pusher/Shovel is especially unique in the fact that it’s a shovel with wheels. It’s fashioned much like a moving dolly but with a curved shovel blade at the bottom rather than a straight carrying platform.

The big draw to snow shovels with wheels is that they basically do all the work for you. You don’t need to bend down to get leverage on the shaft or exert yourself too much to push snow out of the way. Instead, you just push the shovel straight forward and you’ll be able to collect the snow effortlessly. Ivation describes it as easy as pushing a baby stroller down the street.

This shovel with wheels can also be adjusted so that you can be comfortable no matter how tall you are or what your build is. Its perpendicular metal handle adjusts between 45” and 50”. The padded handle also makes using this shovel easier to use.

Of course, an obvious worry would be if the wheels could even be pushed in deep snow. That’s why this choice is equipped with heavy-duty, all-terrain wheels. They’re gripping 6” pivot wheels. This means that not only will they roll over any terrain but they can find traction on ice as well. At the same time, though, this design isn’t going to add a lot of bulk and weight to the snow pusher either.

Most snow pushers aren’t made for quite the same quantity in a pass as a shovel but the Ivation Heavy-Duty Rolling Snow Pusher/Shovel uses a combination of both to break the mold. Thanks to its large, deep, and curved blade, you can move as much as 5” deep snow in a single pass.

The Suncast Shovel with Wear Strip is meant to help you move a lot of snow quickly without any strain or struggle. It has a blade that’s 22” across and large enough to scoop large quantities of snow at once. It also has a no-stick design so you don’t have to worry about clumps of snow getting stuck on the scoop.

This shovel is also collapsable. This makes it easy to store and adjust to your height. It extends as far as 60 inches. This prevents the struggle of having to bend over too far over when you’re trying to get a shovelful. The design of the handle is also deceptively simple. It has a simple rectangular design that allows you to grip the top as well as the side. If you have a particularly heavy shovelful as well, you can always grip the sides for leverage. Most of the time, you’ll want to use the top handle to reduce the stress on your back.

It also has a one-piece design that makes it durable. You don’t have to worry about a small piece breaking.

The Snow Joe 323E Electric Snow Shovel is probably the best electric snow shovel available today. Just like any other electric yard tools, this is not only going to help you get the job done, but it’s going to help you get the job done faster.

This electric shovel has a width of 13” and can get as much as 6” deep of snow in a single pass. To put this into perspective, this shovel can help you move as much as 400 lbs of snow in a single minute. Needless to say, your driveway, walkway, deck, or even part of your yard won’t take long to clear. It also throws snow as far as 20 feet, so you don’t have to worry about simply blowing snow to another part of the path you’re trying to clear out.

This shovel does this with a 2-blade paddle cutter and a 10-amp motor, it needs to be plugged in to work but with a comfortable 100-foot cord length, you won’t have any trouble reaching the spots you need to. If you find it a little short, though, Snow Joe does sell a 50-foot outdoor extension cord accessory if you need one but almost any extension cord will do.

To power on this electric shovel, all you need to do is press a button. It also has a safety switch to help you keep from accidentally starting it. The electric shovel also features two ergonomic handles. One is at the top and one is partway down the shaft. These work to promote good posture and comfort while you use it. Since it blows the snow away for you, you also don’t need to worry about bending and lifting shovelfuls of snow.

To solidify why this is the best electric snow shovel available on the market it has a CSA certification and it’s also covered by a full 2-year warranty.