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Best Fiskars spade

Updated: October 2026

You want the best Fiskars spade named before you open Amazon, and the star lines on these four listings are not a fair race. A 2026 magazine round-up did not crown any of these ASINs. Best here means a top pick for hard, stony ground and a best value for soft soil, plus who should skip each. Prices and ratings are the amazon.co.uk snapshot on the [Fiskars spade comparison](/hub/digging-tools/fiskars-spade). Peter F. checked those listings and public UK sources in October 2026. There was no lab test. None of these tools is an insulated cable spade. A qualifying purchase can earn a commission at no extra cost to you.

You want the best Fiskars spade named before you open Amazon, and the star lines on these four listings are not a fair race. A 2026 magazine round-up did not crown any of these ASINs.

Our top picks

Fiskars Fiskars Ergonomic pointed spade 1070639

Best overall

Fiskars Fiskars Ergonomic pointed spade 1070639
9.6/10about £42.88
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Fiskars Fiskars Solid round spade 1066717

Best value

Fiskars Fiskars Solid round spade 1066717
8.8/10about £15.59
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Fiskars Fiskars Xact telescopic pointed spade 1066732

Rank 3

Fiskars Fiskars Xact telescopic pointed spade 1066732
8.8/10about £46.75
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On this page
  1. 1.What this page means by best
  2. 2.Top pick for hard ground
  3. 3.Best value for soft soil
  4. 4.Why the telescopic Xact is not the default winner

What this page means by best

Best, on this page, means three checks the listings actually support. The blade text has to match the soil you dig. The review count has to be large enough to read. The price has to make sense against the other three tools, not against an unsourced claim to be the best in Britain. Fiskars’ anatomy page can name a pointed blade, a step, or a weld. It cannot award a winner, and it does not print these sterling prices. Eleven ratings at 4.6 are not a stronger result than 402 at 4.8. Use the count beside the stars, then the blade, then the price. The soil-and-shaft order is the Fiskars spade buying guide.

Top pick for hard ground

The top pick for hard, stony ground is the Fiskars Ergonomic pointed spade, article 1070639, at about £42.88. The listing describes a pointed blade for that ground and says it is suitable for digging roots. The shaft is a fixed 125 cm with a SoftGrip D-handle, boron steel, and a tread. Across 402 amazon.co.uk ratings it sits at 4.8, the largest review base in this set. Review themes praise it on stony clay. That is buyer comment, not a clay laboratory. Skip it if you only cut soft turf, if two heights must share one shaft, or if you needed the point to sever woody hedge roots. One reviewer said it did not. It does not telescope. Skip it if you are much shorter than 125 cm. The contents weight and the item weight disagree, so do not treat a single kilogram as a fact.
Fiskars Fiskars Ergonomic pointed spade 1070639

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Fiskars Fiskars Ergonomic pointed spade 1070639
9.6/10about £42.88
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Best value for soft soil

The best value is the Fiskars Solid round spade, article 1066717, at about £15.59, the lowest price in the set. The bullets describe a round high-carbon blade for soft, low-stone soil and turf, on a fixed D-handle shaft of about 116.6 cm. Across 114 ratings it sits at 4.4. Reviewers praise the length and say the shaft angle feels too straight, more like a shovel than a conventional spade. Skip it on stony clay. The title mentions low stony floors. The bullets do not, and a bad translation is not a soil claim. The title prints 1003456 and the contents line prints 1066717. Use 1066717. The pound gap against a telescopic shaft is the Fiskars Xact vs Solid spade page.

Why the telescopic Xact is not the default winner

The pointed telescopic Xact, article 1066732, is about £46.75, a few pounds more than the top pick, for about 111–130 cm, a reinforced boron-steel blade, sharpened sides, and a measuring scale. Reviewers praise the length and root cutting, including dry hard ground. One reviewer said the grip moved under pressure. That is a single report. Sixty-one reviews are a much smaller base than 402. Buy it when two heights share a pointed spade on heavy soil, not because Xact sits higher in a range diagram. The round telescopic Xact, article 1066733, is about £46.44 and shows 4.6 from 11 ratings. Eleven ratings are too few to outrank the Ergonomic. You pay about £31 more than the Solid for an adjustable shaft on soft soil. A 25-year cover is not confirmed here for either telescopic article.

Common questions

Which listing is the top pick, and for whom?
The top pick is the Ergonomic pointed spade 1070639 at about £42.88, for one person digging hard or stony ground on a fixed 125 cm shaft. It has 4.8 from 402 ratings, the largest count here. It is the wrong top pick if you only edge soft turf, or if two heights must share a lock. The listing says it is suitable for digging roots, and one reviewer said it did not cut hedge roots.
Which is the best value, and who should not buy it?
The best value is the Solid round spade 1066717 at about £15.59, for soft, low-stone soil and turf, with one shaft of about 116.6 cm. Do not buy it as your only spade for stony clay. UK reviews also describe a shovel-like shaft angle, so the saving is for ground that is already easy. Match shops on contents article 1066717, not on the title number 1003456.
Does 4.6 from 11 reviews beat 4.8 from 402?
No. The round Xact shows 4.6 from 11 ratings, and the written comments do not repeat a fault. Eleven ratings cannot outrank 4.8 from 402 on the Ergonomic. Read the count with the stars, then read whether the blade is pointed or round. A higher star on a tiny sample is not a stronger result.
Did Gardeners’ World name a Fiskars winner in 2026?
Their 2026 best-spade round-up, in the summary used here, names other brands, including Sneeboer and Wilkinson Sword. It does not award these four ASINs. Their 2020 review of a fixed-size Xact pointed spade is a different article, scored 4.5, and it is not the telescopic listing. Do not treat that older score as a result for articles 1066732 or 1066733.
Is the telescopic pointed spade the premium pick at about £46.75?
It is the pick when heavy, stony soil and more than one height belong together. At about £46.75 it is only a few pounds above the Ergonomic, on 61 reviews rather than 402. One grip complaint is a single report. It is not the default winner, and 25-year cover is not confirmed for article 1066732.

Related pages

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Fiskars Xact vs Solid spade: lock or pointed blade

Sources

Public sources used for this comparison. Listing prices, stars and review counts are the amazon.co.uk figures saved for this set on 20 October 2026.

  1. Fiskars — how to choose your shovel type (retrieved 20 October 2026)
  2. Fiskars — anatomy of a shovel (retrieved 20 October 2026)
  3. Fiskars UK — Solid pointed spade, metal shaft 1066716 (retrieved 20 October 2026)
  4. Gardeners’ World — Fiskars Xact pointed spade review, 29 January 2020 (retrieved 20 October 2026)
  5. MyToolShed — Fiskars warranty (retrieved 20 October 2026)
  6. GOV.UK — accepting returns and giving refunds (retrieved 20 October 2026)
  7. legislation.gov.uk — Consumer Rights Act 2015, section 23 (retrieved 20 October 2026)
  8. HSE — underground electrical cables (retrieved 20 October 2026)