Almost silent snow removal
December 15, 2009
The Hardware Aisle has already praised the Sno Wovel, a large, wheel-mounted, hand-operated shovel that uses seesaw technology to easily fling snow out of the way. So why bring it up again? For one, snow season is upon us—again. For another, the $120 Wovel (rhymes with shovel) has been redesigned to weigh less and fold flat for easy storage and transport. And did I mention the fact that it’s quiet? I live in the city, where it’s so noisy you can’t walk and think at the same time, yet it’s often while I’m out in scenic New Canaan, Conn., visiting my mother, that I’m rattled by the ceaseless whine of combustion engines. There isn’t a homeowner within earshot who isn’t armed with a motorized hedge clipper, lawnmower, leaf blower, SUV, or all of the above. The only sound you’ll get out of the Wovel is the sandy grating of metal meeting a hard surface; it shovels so efficiently you won’t even pant, says the inventor, Mark Noonan—a New Canaanite, as it turns out. “It’s quite more sophisticated than the original,” he says of the new model. Not that it’s any less funny-looking. Haul one of these 19-pound, adjustable-height contraptions out of the garage and start wheeling it down the drive, snow flying, and you may hear your neighbors’ laughter all too clearly. Unless, of course, they're running their snow blowers.
Posted by Deborah Baldwin | Categories:
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Another completely non-informative posting. Very clever little hook -- but I don't care about you visiting your mother in CT, or the noise levels in Manhattan. I'm trying to figure out what the heck this is, and how it works, and I know little more now than I did before.
This article is a waste of space. If you're going to push a product, really push it - show a composite picture, and a link to a site.
If you know anything about the net, you would know they DID give you a link -- see the blue Sno Wovel in the first line of the article..that is a hyper link...click it to go to the company web page which includes an action clip of the Wovel.
True, there is a link, but people clicked the link to this page because they were interested in the tool. I have to agree with truefeather77 that the article is not what people want to read.
Sno Wovel looks funny but I think it doesn't look light weight as they said.
A popular snow removal here in North Dakota (where there is LOTS of snow), is the Dakota Sno Blade. This bi-directional snow blade makes it easy and simple to clear your drive and sidewalk in half the time with half the effort needed for conventional shoveling.
The Dakota Sno-Blade's simple design is ideal for use at your business or home. Simply push and it will automatically pile the snow to the side you choose. Come back for your next pass, and with a flip of the blade, the snow is pilled to the same side, or snow can be piled to the opposite side by just walking the other direction. need to change the direction of the pile in the same pass? Just turn the Sno-Blade 180o and the snow is piled to the other side.
At 1/10th the cost of a snow blower, less than $100, with no fuel or maintenance, the Dakota Sno-Blade is a cost effective approach to snow removal.
Dakota Sno-Blade is easy to use and makes snow shoveling a thing of the past!
Made in the USA!
I've seen a video of this thing in action and I almost still can't believe it. It does look worth a try though, and anything that makes shoveling less of a chore is alright in my book.