- Hey folks, it's Lauren
from Snowys here with the hardcore multi-tool shovel.
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This is the Swiss army knife or shovels.
It's modular for compact and easy storage and transport
and it's also really light weight
so your hardcore multi-tool shovel will come
in this product box here
and as you can see on the back
it will run through all the different components
that you will be getting
but firstly we will take a look at the storage bag
or the carry bag and then we'll get into the parts.
So the altogether the pack dimensions
are about 44 centimetres long,
23 centimetres wide,
and about nine centimetres deep here
the storage bag itself
is a heavy sort of duty polyester I guess,
or nylon type material.
As you can see in here
it doesn't have a specified waterproof rating
but it does have this coating
on the back of the fabric here
which I...
Which I'm thinking will make
it quite sort of water resistant.
If it's raining or you've got mud
or any sort of other water
around it will protect your components in the bag.
And on the side here we have these D loops
which you can add the supplied shoulder strap
to make it easy to move around and carry around like that.
Now, before we actually opened the bag
all in all it's weighing around about 2.3 kilos
or just over two kilos.
So inside the bag we have multiple components
which I've already laid out in front of you here.
First thing first we have this protective cover
which goes over the shovel head in storage.
We have the end module of the shovel
which is the shovel head itself.
We have three independent segments
of the shovel handle and our shovel end cap.
Then we have this little mini knife attachment,
a spear attachment and also this little set of multi tools.
So to put the shovel together
there's no specific way
but there is an order that I like to do just
because it seems a bit more functional.
First Thing First is the heel end of the shovel handle
so this bit is really nifty in and of itself
it's got this little carry strap here
which you can keep on you at all times.
It's got this little Flint rod here
for allowing you to start fires.
And if we unscrew that little Flint rod section as well
we will find a little safety whistle
in here nice and hidden.
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So pop that one back in and then last
but not least underneath this little silicone cover here
and if you'll be able to see is a glass breaker
which will allow you to smash any glass.
Now the next component of the handle,
you will see on the end
it's our little magnetic tool a bit holder
so I'll just pull one of these out here
and pop that one in
so that slips in nice and easy.
Now I like to attach this one
or I'll just tighten up the Flint a little bit there
to the shoulder or the handle end
because if you do need to have access
to a multi-tool or use a multi-tool
then all you need to do is just unscrew this one segment
and then you can pop it in
and Bob's Your Uncle for using this particular function.
The next one I like to put in the middle
of the handle is the end
that has nothing in it or no fitting in it.
This one houses the knife attachment
which hard-core also say on the back of their boxes
like a fish knife or an efficiency scaler
so I'll get this one screwed into place
here be a little bit careful cause it is quite sharp.
There we go but once it's in
so you've got this nice straight sharp blade here
and then on the other side
we've got this serration blade as well
so then that one can screw on
now the nifty little thing about this segment
and the knife attachment is it's nice and narrow and thin
so you don't actually have to remove it
which is probably pretty handy given that it's quite sharp
and probably once you've screwed it in
and screwed in quite tight
it will be a little bit tricky to get out again.
So then the third component as you can see on the end here
has this little middle recess
which allows you to attach your spear.
So that one just sits in there
and screws down nice and tight
and the reason I like to put this on as the third module
in the handle is because if you do want to use this
as a spear you already have a complete handle ready to go
and all you need to do is remove the shovel head
and pop the spear bit on
so take this one off
and then we will attach the shovel head like so ,awesome.
That's all twisted up nice and tight and locked together
and that is your hardcore multi-tool shovel.
So up the top here we've got
a couple of double collars on
this shovel head piece here
the first one I'm thinking it doesn't specify anywhere
but I guess the reason why they've got two here is
because the shovel head itself can come under a lot of load
if they were to just rely on one collar and that failed
then you'd be in a bit of strife
so I think this extra collar here gives you a bit
of backup for that.
When we loosen on this one off
you see here this little metal nut.
I'm not sure if you can see that there
there are these two little tiny indents
and then on the actual shovel head itself
both in this position this position and this position
you have these little notches
so as you screw the colour of the shovel up
those little indents will line up with the notches there
and help to lock that head into place.
So from a shovel into a pickaxe component there
and then again
if we release this one off
keep a hand on it
cause sometimes it can swing down with the weight of it
and then we'll slide this one down
like so, lock it into place
and then we have
sort of like a crowbar attachment I guess
so there's a couple of different ways
that you can set that head up.
Now on the actual shovel component itself
we've got a couple of additional features as well.
The first one being on the side here
we have a nice sharp blade sort of
like an axe head up the top here on both sides
we've actually got this little indentation
that sharpened off which acts as a rope cutter
down the bottom here
we've also got a bottle opener
these little hole components here particularly
this one in the middle is a nail head remover
so you can just pop any size nail
in place and lever it off like the back of your hammer
on this side here we've obviously got a bit
of a saw component going on
and a side measuring gauge here
and these are also your hex head spanner sort
of attachment points there as well.
So the head of the shovel itself
is a really strong stainless steel as well
as the other small components
like the spear head and the knife head as well.
So it's gonna handle whatever you throw at it.
The handle of the shelf itself is also alluminium.
Our overall dimensions when it set up
in shovel mode is approximately a metre
or just over a metre long around
about 17 centimetres wide
on the shovel head itself
and from this angle sitting
on the ground looking about seven
or eight centimetres tall.
So that's about it for the hardcore multi-tool shovel
it's an amazing compact light shovel
which obviously also prepares you for anything
that might come up on your adventures
including may be fighting some zombies.
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