Bought a Silverline GT52 azada / digging hoe to replace one I had stolen. On first inspection it was clearly poor quality - and significantly below the standard of my previous hoe - the head is poorly finished, and the handle is obviously softwood, not hardwood as described. I have asked powertoolsdirect to clarify exactly what kind of hardwood it’s supposed to be and they’ve failed to reply. The handle is very thick - to compensate for the softwood needing to be thicker for strength no doubt - is lacquered, making it as slippery as an eel and creates hand strain after 10 minutes of use (I’m a 15 stone 6’3” karate instructor, so it’s not me!). Fortunately further hand strain was avoided by the hoe head detaching itself after 10 minutes of use on previously dug ground. Now how could the head come off a digging hoe? Because the handle has not been turned with a flair at the end to prevent the head slipping off when used - this was revealed when the cheap plastic collar dislodged. A couple of screws I’ve put in to secure the collar went in like a hot knife through butter - softwood! Only a chocolate teapot is of worse design.