I saw this heated walkway and had to post. If you live in California, Australia or someplace with hot and sunny weather 365 days a year, you might want to skip over this post. However, if you live up North, you need to check it out. I almost want to buy the mat just for the novelty factor and the look on my neighbor’s faces. Imagine how great this would be for that little old lady who can’t rightly shovel her walkway. Basically, it’s a heated traction mat that stays out all winter long and you would turn it on when it starts to snow – heating up and melting the snow.

Specs? Of course. The mat can melt up to 2” of snow per hour, and plugs into any standard 120V outlet. Price wise it comes in a little over a grand, for a 15′ long x 24” size. Larger versions are available but will cost more.

My particular corner of the world doesn’t receive quite enough snowfall to warrant such a purchase, but I can imagine those living farther east finding it very useful.