10” Garden Broom Outdoor with Wooden Handle Natural Stiff Bassine Hard Bristle Broom Yard Brush Heavy Duty Outdoor Stiff Sweeping Yard Brush

Strong and useful when cleaning my driveway.

This is an excellent 10" wide yard brush that is ideal for sweeping leaves and for cleaning Indian stone after applying a suitable bleaching agent.The brush arrived with the head separate and with a nail positioned in a pre-drilled hole in the head - this is a loose fit and can easily be removed with your fingers.After removing the nail I pushed the pre-tapered shaft into it and made a mark with a pencil to check how far the shaft had gone into the head and pulled it out again to check the depth.The taper was an excellent fit and the shaft inserted itself deep enough to be secure so I re-inserted the head and inverted the brush to tap it downward in traditional fashion to drive home the taper just a little further to make a really tight fit.I chose not to hammer the supplied nail into the brush head but installed a screw of similar size as I thought it would be a neater solution and would allow the easy removal of the head if ever required in the future.In use I found that the handle was a little shorter than my full sized yard brush and found it not to be as comfortable to use because of this, but the main problem is that the brush does not want to be pushed forwards!The angle of the handle is wrong and demands that a vertical hold be taken so that the brush can be pushed forwards - however - if the brush is used for an extended period in a "dragging backwards" action the brush soon becomes "run -in" and once the rear edge has been worn down a little it is them possible to use the brush in the pushing forwards direction as well, and this becomes progressively easier as the bristles wear down more on the back edge.This assumes that the brush is always picked-up and used in the same direction so that the rear edge of the bristles wear down ! Fortunately this is not too much of a problem as the brush head has a label on it so it is easy to make sure the brush is only used in the one direction during the "running-in" period - and after that the direction of the hold is easy to find as the brush will only want to be held in the one direction.

Not as stiff bristles as we would have liked, but it is well made and value for money.

Solid brush, does exactly what it needs to! Very very sturdy too, highly recommend, easy to assemble with a nail you just whack it in

Great broom head, can't really fault it - but awful broom handle! Made of cheap softwood, it was already curved when it arrived and is so flexible in use that a lot of the energy put into sweeping is wasted! So, 5 stars for the broom head, 1 star for the handle. I may have been unlucky in getting one made from the outermost and softest part of a tree, but I'll be replacing it with a stiffer, hardwood one asap.

Good sturdy brush. Nice stuff bristles, easy to assemble.

Great broom but know that you need a hammer to fix it together.

Speedy delivery and a quality product. Excellent value for money.