EstwingSure Split Wedge - 5-Pound Wood Splitting Tool with Forged Steel Construction & 1-7/8" Cutting Edge - E-5

Why did you pick this product vs others?:Excellent. It was used to split maple logs (3 feet long x 8-12+ inches in diameter). Total of a cord of wood. Worth every dollar for this wedge.

Is holding up to spitting even the hard wood. Storm damaged trees of all sizes and depth. Easy to use an size is great. Splita them well and is very functional.

This wedge does as good a job, better and safer than my axe. I did have to sharpen it, which you want to do before using it. You'll need a heavy one handed mallet or small sledge hammer to use it. I haven't used a maul, but I think for small jobs or occasionally splitting logs this works fine, is safer and spares my shoulders from using an axe or maul. It is a workout to split logs this way.

Works great! It was able to drive through a big piece of oak with knots in it. Once you get it started it drives through logs easily. Worth the price!

Great wedge, splits the wood well. I use it for splitting camping firewood, I would not like to split large amounts of wood this way but it's a great wedge and designed to split large roundals of wood.

Heavy duty works as expected

Great quality

I bought a Milwaukee 18V Hack Chainsaw which has just an 8" bar. I use the tool to create a slot to place the wedge which works perfectly with my old wedge. Even with the slot, I could not get the Estwing wedge to engage. It kept bounding out after every hit. The bottom width of the wedge is too wide. What the wedge is good for is as a second wedge on a larger 3' dia round, or after a wide split has started. So I give it 3 stars as a SECOND wedge to help open the split created by a different first wedge on larger rounds. Knowing Estwing, I'm sure the wedge is forged well.