Procrastination by Poulton

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Friday, December 29, 2006

The Wovel? You have to be kidding me!

As an Internet savvy shopper I'm subscribed to my share of retail store newsletters. One of this is Home Depot. In the latest email there was an advertisement for the Wovel.
What is the Wovel you ask? Why a shovel on a wheel of course! It is advertised as "The world's safest snow shovel. It's fast. It's safe. It's easy. Outperforms snow blowers without the expense, fumes, maintenance, or noise."
I thought it was a joke at first based on the picture, it looks completely ridiculous, but alas Home Depot feels they are going to sell these -- at $149.95 a pop!

It seems there is some strong precedence for it as well. Time magazine awarded it a Best Invention of 2006 with Popular Mechanics giving it an Editor's Choice award.

You judge for yourself. Would you buy one?

The Wovel