W105 Salt Shaker for Pathways and Steps, Green

This is a very well designed tool, and it's helping me get much more mileage out of my salt supply (which is being consumed by this New England winter we're having). When I first read that it holds 10 lbs. of salt, I thought that was not enough, but I was wrong -- it's just the right amount. That weight lets you shake and spread the salt easily. In the past, anything I tried (including flinging the salt by hand) proved to be inaccurate and wasteful. I'd get little piles of salt right next to bare spots. And I'd end up using way more than was necessary (basically, just from putting down too much trying to cover the bare spots). With this, I get a very even spread very easily from the start, and every pound of salt is obviously a) covering more square feet than before and b) leaving no bare spots. This is particularly important for my 50 foot driveway. It's packed gravel, which "eats" salt much faster than pavement. If I can't get the right spread much of my salt will be wasted, then I'll run out, Home Depot won't have any left, etc. I've found that, if I just focus on the two tire tracks, I can get the driveway done with this device in about 15 minutes, and it takes me about seven or eight refills at most (about two 40 lb. bags) to get a nice, dense coating that cuts through the snow and ice and keeps working for days on the gravel. Very gratifying! My only concern: the top is hinged on two sides (with a split down in the middle of the top) and the "hinges" are actually just molded plastic. So, you're bending plastic over and over again each time you open it and I wonder how long that will last. But I've opened it dozens of times with no actual signs of wear, so I'm not going to worry about it. Simple, reliable device that just works and is very easy to use.

We had a lot of snow this winter and a lot of days where it snowed, then was warm, and then freezing cold again.....making for a lot of slippery ice. This little item really helped ALOT with spreading salt evenly. Spreading the salt evenly with something like this makes it a lot more effective than simply throwing handfuls of it. What happens when you throw it randomly is it tends to clump together unevenly. Some areas have too much salt and others not enough. You get stubborn patches of unmelted ice plus salt piles people step in and drag into the house. This device solves that problem cheaply and efficiently. It's very good and spreading the salt evenly...which is a lot more effective and the salt goes further when you have to cover large areas. I found it especially effective with calcium salt (which is expensive but worth it), particularly on thick, hard to remove patches of ice. I actually purchased a propane ice melter this year and didn't use it once because this cheap device was so effective with the salt.

A HIGH QUALITY PRODUCT THAT WORKS GOOD - but - there is no way to turn it off. I had to buy a 2 gal. paint pail to put it in to turn it off. I take it out of the pail and salt runs out of the bottom. I put it back in the pail to turn it off. It's great for a narrow pathway. I just walk along and the salt runs out. 4 times faster than reaching into a pail with your hand. One star off for no shut off. You know - like a fertizliler spreader - you can turn it off and turn it on.

this product was a waste of $29, plus change. The product is overprice for pieces of cheap plastic; didn't do the job. I had refill the container 3 times for a 50 foot driveway.

Works well for sidewalks. It's a bit cumbersome and I wish the setting for how much comes out was marked clearer and worked more smoothly. It's difficult to fine tune. I still use a cup and bucket for the driveway - used to play softball and I can get even coverage on that large area, but for the sidewalks, this works better.

I was skeptical at first but this let me lay down a nice even layer of salt with no piles and without having to throw it by hand so I'm very happy. You just open the top like a clamshell and pour in your salt. Then you twist the bottom to the rate you want it to fall and you walk around lightly shaking it. I moved it in a twisting/shaking way and it did my drive-way and sidewalk nicely without throwing a lot into the lawn and without dropping clumps. It was well worth the couple of dollars I spent on it.

This is a little pricey but works great and makes dispensing the product stupid proof. My child can dispense it without clumping the stuff and creating hot spots that damage the cement.

Worked well and was easy to use. You can regulate the amount of rock salt that is dispersed.

Bought salt spreader for private estate in anticipation of snow. When snow fell, used spreader to scatter fairly coarse grit / salt mixture. The hole size is adjustable (and can be closed when filling it to avoid spillage) by rotating the base. With the coarse mix we use, it needed the widest setting of 6. The grit / salt can then be spread just by walking along shaking the spreader up and down to spread the correct amount. Worked perfectly and very easy to use, many times easier than having to stoop continually to use a shovel for scattering. For use with finer salt, a lower setting with smaller holes would be needed and you would probably agitate or swing the spreader rather then shaking it up and down. Thoroughly recommended as a brilliantly designed product perfect for its purpose. Other reviewers who have complained that not much comes out at a time should be aware that the correct rate of spreading is only 1 tablespoon per square metre and it achieves this. Scattering more would just be a waste and wouldn't have any more effect. The melting is caused by people then walking on it or vehicles driving on it which mixes the salt into the snow, not by the quantity of salt spread!

Un peu à yoyo pour la livraison mais produit satisfait par contre le prix est un peu cher pour ce que c'est

Perfect for my usage. We can spread the salt without getting dirty hands and we can use it to store the salt too. The quality is good enough.

Much better than scooping salt back and forth to a bin or from a heavy pail.

Bought 2 of these but wasn't too sure how long they would last when they arrived. So easy to use (remember to make sure the holes are closed before filling). Been an absolute godsend, very economical and surprising how much coverage you get. Sturdier than they look. Gone are the days of lugging a wheelbarrow and shovel around! One in each hand and you have a walk and work out at the same time :-) Would highly recommend