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[–] wieson@feddit.org 13 points 5 days ago (1 children)

We have a narrow walkway of our pretty steep driveway heated. It came in clutch several times when we had black ice, but is also useful in snow.

[–] ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Do you get heavy snowfall? How does it handle 6” or 12” or more? Does it ever get overwhelmed?

I have no interest in getting such a thing but am curious as to function

[–] wieson@feddit.org 6 points 5 days ago

We used to have 10cm (1 hand or 4 ") throughout the winters. But lately it's either slush or ice.

But back then it was practical, because I had somewhere to stand on and start shoveling instead of slipping about.

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