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(More customer reviews)We bought nine of these HeatTrak HR20-60 Heated Walkway Mats to make a snow and ice free path between my front porch and our driveway. These mats require the HeatTrak HR-P Residential Snow & Ice Heated Stair Mat Control Unit With 6-Foot Power Cord to work and up to 5 of these mats can be connected to a single unit (so we needed two of these, one for two HeatTrak HR10-30 Residential Snow & Ice Heated Safety Tread, 10-Inch by 30-Inch, 120 Volt coupled with four of these Walkway Mats and one for the remaining 5 Walkway Mats). These work pretty much as expected, with the following observations:
Pros -
+ Easy To Install; mats connect together via waterproof couplers and have grommets in each corner to allow securing to the ground with stakes (we used 6" Timber Tie nails)
+ Heats Up Fast; was over 80 degrees Fahrenheit after fifteen minutes
Cons -
- Curls; if not secured, the ends will curl up (see video)
- Protruding Connectors; the connectors stick up a good bit and are prone to be stepped on
Fortunately we had sleet the day after these came in so we had a chance to try these out and they melted the little bit of ice accumulation very quickly.
UPDATE: 01/27/2011 - We had 6" of snow last night and the mats worked exactly as hoped to melt off the accumulation to provide us a clear path to the driveway (see picture in "Customer Images").
Recommended!
CFH
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Reduce slip-and-fall accidents outside your home with HeatTrak's Heated Outdoor Walkway Mat. This electrically heated mat is designed to prevent snow and ice accumulation on walkways around the home. The mat is portable and plugs into any standard 120V outlet generating heat to melt snow at a rate of 2-inch per hour. The HeatTrak Residential Walkway Mat is made of customized thermoplastic material and is designed to be left outside for the entire winter season. Each mat is designed with watertight connector cables enabling it to connect to additional Walkway Mats or Safety Treads. A customer can connect up to five Residential Walkway Mats, 15 Safety Treads, or a combination thereof (up to 15 amps) on a single control unit (sold separately). The HeatTrak Control Unit has a built-in ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) and comes with 6-feet of cord.
