I recently bought a folding shovel from a well known company it was approx. 15 dollars. On the 3rd hunt it broke and I dug by hand until a hunting buddy that was running late grabbed my replacement. I was hunting in a farm field with soft soil( digging by hand) my kids plastic shovel would probably hold up better. I think most of you know the company I'm talking about, I still order from them I just dont want anyone else to run into this. By the way it was rated as the best folding shovel.