I just had the fiberglass handel break on my trumper from rual king. Its not from over strikes it just started cracking due to the shock of splitting. I used to get 4 or 5 years out of them but the last two have not lasted but about a year. Im not splitting as much as i used to becuse we put in an outdoor wood burner with a 2'×2' door and a 47"x36" fire box so i dont need to split it to get it into the burner rather i split it just to get it small enought i can pick it up/some a bit smaller so the wife can load it when I am not home but even then its larger than when i used indoor wood stoves.

So what do you like and why? Figured i would ask here before going to buy another one that wont last a year.

I like how well the 2.5 lb fiskers ax has held up to my boys using it for the last 3 years. But their maul seems a bit light. May pick one up for the boys anyway becuse 8lb maul is to heavy for them yet but they do try.

So i am really shopping for 2. One for the boys and one for me.

I’d choose a fiskars over a heavy maul anyday. Get the long handle one if you do.

What kinda wood you burn? That could make a difference on what to choose.

Mostly hard wood but since the burner is outside I will burn about anything. Burnt green pine and cotton wood for over a month becuse a tree guy brought it. But cut that down with a chain saw. It was huge and did not bother to try and split it. Also my back was giving me problems at the time and i could not handel swinging a maul.

Monster maul. 12-15# steel wedge welded onto a pipe handle

You will not have to worry about ever breaking the handle out of one

If you are bad enough to swing it you can split about anything with it

Bought these to replace the old broken wooden handle mauls. I like the red one the most. It is 16 pounds but you don’t have to swing it very many times. An old man like me sure feels it the next day though.

Some of them are guaranteed, take it back and they might give you a new one.

Been splitting wood since I was big enough to swing. I like my Fiskars, if it was lost or stolen, I would buy another.

I've split alot wood with a monster maul, think I've had mine for over 25 years.

I like the Fiskers ,have the splitting maul and the splitting axe. They have held up very well for the five years ive had them. And they are guaranteed.

A heavy maul won’t out split a light one. Busting wood is about technique. I’ve used an 8 lb one in recent years but recently borrowed a friends 6 lb maul and it does better. I prefer wood handles over fiberglass because wood seems to absorb the blow better.

Thats why Fiskers maul has the ISOCORE handle. It absorbs the shock.

6 pounder with wood handle
remember to work the edges then split the center
once you take the rings on the outside off that hold the tree together, then easy to do center splits
ever wonder how a barrel is held together. remove one lathe and it falls apart.

https://www.halderusa.com/PM/Hand-T...ith-cast-iron-housing-and-hickory-handle

This, paired with their splitting wedge is the best that money can buy. I burn non stop from October through March. I burn ash, elm, mulberry, locust and hackberry exclusively and I hand split it all. This combination will handle the nastiest knottiest wood, and it splits the easy straight grained stuff like ash with ease

The black one is like the ones that i have that im breaking. Except the handel is yellow.

I always used a 8# maul, I never liked the 6#, you can say what you like but in my experience I can split a lot better with an 8# maul. But then my dad bought me a Fiskar a couple years ago, and I was really impressed. I had heard people brag them up but just didn't believe they could split better than an 8# maul. But it made a believer out of me. Father-in-law bought me a short handled Fiskar this year (didn't know I already had a long handled one) and it is lighter and the short handle doesn't give you near as much momentum on the swing. Works good for kindling, and the wife likes it, but I would recommend the long handled one. Also picked up a knockoff brand (Husky?) laying in the road last year, it works good also but I doubt will last like the Fiskar, haven't used it much, but it seems cheaper quality but the same design.

There is only one maul.....the MONSTER MAUL from the 70s. Split wood for years with it along with a lightweight ax. Orange handled thick walled steel tube, I don't know how much wood I split but it was years worth.

Whatever you find just make sure it not one of those Chinese pieces of junk. I look for all my tools like picks, axes, shovels, etc., in yard sales and second hand stores now.
A friend of mine recently bought a Chinese pick, absolutely worthless, I honestly think it was just stamped out of mild steel, the pick tine immediately bent over and was worthless. People need to return all this junk to the big box store where they bought it. Maybe if enough people did something the suppliers would finally have to do something to improve quality.

I can't say it better myself.

I broke truper brand too. I have used Collins axe brand without breaking it yet. I prefer a wooden handle overall.