Bought one of those fancy heated driveway mats for $800 last winter

Installed two of them in my driveway in Anchorage back in November, and they barely kept a 4-foot strip clear before the heavy snow buried them. Ended up having to shovel around the mats anyway since they couldn't handle the drifts. Anyone else waste money on these things or find a brand that actually works?

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angelac6314d ago

Wait, did you actually read the install instructions or just wing it? I've had the ThermoFlow mats on my driveway in Fairbanks for two winters and they've kept a solid 10-foot path clear even through the 2-foot drifts we get out here.

the_dakota14d ago

Wait, did you get the ones with the rubber backing or the sticky tape? I've heard the tape ones fail way faster in the cold.