I did like this product. It made take two feet of snow off of the roof much easier that trying to pull it off with the old style snow rake. My back is much happier.
This thing works great! My husband was able to clean off this side of the roof in less than 10 minutes. This snow was very deep and heavy. Im looking forward to using this regularly to keep the roof clean and I suspect it will be even easier to use with lighter snow.
I live in Fairbanks AK, where the cold/dry climate makes light snow that accumulates all season. This simple tool made a difficult task become fun and easy. The snow on my roofs built up with my procrastination... about 3ft of snow compacted into a very dense 18". Im 5'2" and my upper body strength is ok. Ive used regular roof rakes before, which was exhausting work that caused neck/back pain, as its all pulling effort. But this thing just whizzed thru the massive wall of snow with minimal pushing effort! I completed a task in 30min that used to take hours.
This is a great innovation. I used it on my camp out in the woods recently. There was about 2.5 to 3 feet of snow built up on the roof because I had not had time to clear it. Unfortunately, there were also two layers of crust in the snow, which made things much more difficult. Still, this got the job done. Took some muscle, and about an hour. If the snow had all been fresh powder, I would have been done in about 15 minutes. Great product!
Product works as advertised. It will take some learning & depending on the amount of snow it will take some shoulder muscle strength/agility. We had almost 4ft of packed heavy snow on the roof and did need to get on the roof to reach very parts of the shop roof. Overall a good product. Recommend it based on our experience.