HeatTrakHeated Snow Melting Mats for Entrances - Heated Outdoor Mats - Snow Melting Mats for Winter Snow Removal - Trusted Snow and Ice Melt Products - No-Slip Heating Entrance Mats (24” x 36")

We finally had our first major snow that made it OK to put this out on the porch. Front door faces north and if there's wind & blowing snow drifting up, we can't get the front storm door open. Well, the mat never heated up. It turns out the cord is VERY hard to get it pushed in. Another review recommended oiling it, but that's dangerous considering you have electricity flowing. After the snow melted we tried pushing in the cord with all our might and finally we have a heated mat for the next time. We'll keep the extension cord & power cord attached, so no struggling for future snows.It's weird that this takes a LONG time to heat up. It took an entire hour plugged in before we could feel the heat with our bare hands, and even then, it's not all that warm. We're still not sure if this is a defective mat since others say it gets so hot your pet wouldn't be able to stand or sit on it. The way our mat is, I can hold my hand on it for 15 minutes or longer and it's never that hot.Note: The HeatTrak online guide says there's a shiny side and a gritty side of the mat. That the gritty side is supposed to be facing up. When I put my hand against the gritty side vs. the shiny side, the shiny side is *much* warmer. Maybe the online instruction guide is wrong? Not sure.If there were other brands that were the same quality, I'd probably try a different brand. There's another sold here, it starts with a V, but their instructions say you can't leave it plugged in more than 24 hours. What good is that!!! I'll stick with HeatTrack for now since you can have it plugged in indefinitely. The HeatTrak is made in Mexico.

Live in Bloomington MN.Have all ready made it through two snows storms.Last one drop about nine iches of snow.Have one clean spot on front steps after the storm passed.

I thought I'd try this for my dogs,NO, not a good idea. It gets much too hot BUT it is a great product for what it was made for, keeping walkways clear of ice. If you doggies have access to the mat, be sure you monitor them as I think it gets too hot for little dogs/cats. Larger dogs maybe able to handle it, great products but watch out for pets who may be inclined to sit on it.

The rubber housing on the matt connector makes it very difficult to properly click it into the plug connector; it looks connected, but it's not, and the matt doesn't work of course. Neither my husband or I could push the connectors together fully, until my husband had the brilliant idea to put a tiny bit of oil on the edge, and Click! The matt works great.

It works very well and does a great job

Updated: 11/7/22We plug it in for the first time of the season about a week ago and it worked great! Did its job! Today it is no longer working. Absolutely no heat is coming from the element despite the light being on and doing all the troubleshooting. Very disappointed for something so expensive to not work less than a year later. I have put in a request to talk to someone at the warranty department so hopefully they will honor their warranty and help us fix this issueWe purchase this because we have a significant problem with ice buildup by our front door. The way our house was designed was stupid and we will get a block of ice right in front of the front door. Even with salt and like it is extremely hard to manage. I saw this online after hearing about ones for stairs. We decided we'd take the plunge and worst case scenario if it wasn't working, we could always return it. This thing melted the ice block in front of our front door in less than 24 hours. And that was with temperatures not getting above freezing! I am shocked. So far it has been extremely durable and believe it or not we actually have our metal grate that we use for clearing snow off our shoes on top of it. It immediately melts the snow under the grate and is very sturdy. This is seriously a game changer! I might save money to put these all across my front porch lol. We are definitely considering the stair add-ons! We have recommended it to our friends in the area as well. I'm not lying when I say that this was still efficient at negative 7 fahrenheit! That's about -22 Celsius if you are like the rest of the world and use the metric system. I highly recommend this item. I also love that as an on-off switch for the days that it's above freezing we can just shut it off. I haven't noticed a significant increase in our electrical bill either when we run it. Definitely a worthy investment

I wanted a melted path to get to our hottub if it snows. These are perfect.

I got the smallest size due to price but its big enough for my two small dogs to stand on to warm up their paws from the snow. Its warmer than the 40 degrees above temp they mention. I step out on it barefoot sometimes to coax the snow loving pups in and on a 0-10 degree day it feels just like stepping on the floor in the 70 degree house. On 30 degrees its noticeably warm, but comfortable warm, no too warm. Works perfect for my goal of making sure the dogs can warm their toes if i’m distracted for a few minutes when they’re ready to come back in. If it was cheaper i would make something for the stray cats around but at that price i can’t afford it.

We bought this to keep our doorway ice free through a Winnipeg Manitoba winter and it out preformed our expectations! Our dogs were so happy they could get outside even during our crazy 2021-22 weather. We’ll definitely buy more for next winter.

We bought this mat for safety and comfort between our patio door and out hot tub, and it has been wonderful. It prevents ice build up from wet feet, and the associated slip hazard, and is also a pleasant “dash”. At -21 last night it wasn’t warm on our feet, but it was significantly better than the bare deck would have been!

Works very well

Produit de qualité, faible consommation d'énergie , bref cela fonctionne très bien.