The Snowplow 36-Inch Snow Pusher Review

The most underused snow tool in America is the wide pusher, and The Snowplow is the one that started the category. The idea: instead of lifting snow a scoop at a time, you push a three-foot-wide blade from the middle of the driveway to the edge, turn around, and push the next strip. In a 3-inch storm on a two-car driveway you're done in six or eight passes, never lifted anything, and never started an engine.

The material is why it works. UHMW polyethylene is the slick, tough plastic used in ice-rink boards and truck-bed liners; it glides over pavement and pavers without catching, doesn't stick to wet snow, and doesn't scratch a composite deck. The blade is thick enough to push a full width of snow without flexing and can be replaced when it finally wears. The handle is long enough to lean into.

Understand its job. It pushes; it doesn't lift. You'll still need a scoop shovel for the pile at the end of each pass and the steps, and in a foot of wet snow it's the wrong tool — that's what the blower is for. But most winters deliver a dozen small storms for every big one, and for the small ones this is faster and kinder to your body than anything else in the garage.