National Blue Ice Melt and Snow Salt 35lb Bucket - Fast Acting Ice Melter - Pet, Plant and Concrete Friendly, Environmentally Safe - Free of Magnesium Chloride - Melts to -15°F

Works better than any other I've tried. Still I'm not using it where my fur babies walk. Package states safe but I don't believe in taking chances. Very good product!

It has worked well on sidewalk and drive way.

So lets get the first thing out of the way: the 50gal bucket is rediculous with how they designed the top. Its almost impossible to open. It LOOKS like a normal 50gal lid, but what is happening is the center of this entire thing unscrews ... the sides stay in place. Like others here, I hacked, and pulled, and dropped and even thought about using a sawzaw. Complete by accident, I jammed a screwdriver into a chunk of the lid and torqued and the darn thing started to unscrew. FINALLY, on the second one, I realized there is a white, rubber, "gasket" inside under the lip. You leverage a flat screwdriver in, pull that white cord up, the just "unzip" the cord. It breaks the seal on the lid and the whole thing just unscrews. I guess in a way it keeps it completely water tight for long term storage. But WOW was that tough to figure out. As to how the product works, well its tricky. Just got through Winter Storm Blair. I used this to presalt my sidewalks. It appears to be a blend of old style salt melt and the newer white pellets (don't real the chemical). As a pre treat down before the snow, it worked AMAZING. It keeps all the snow on the ground from freezing by holding it above the freeze point even though the ground was very cold and frozen. Even after folks were walking and packing down snow all day, I honestly could have shoveled it right up. Now, after that? I put some down on the spots with some snow still in place and it barely melted it. So I went back over with those white pellets and within 15min all the remaining snow and patches were melted and gone. So we will see tomorrow are a night's freeze. I think the old fashion ice melt crystals will keep the water from freezing, but who knows.

Great product, works great, will order again

National Blue Ice Melt Had Good Reviews, I Wanted Something That Was A little Safer For Pets And The Environment, The Tub Came To My Door Step In A Rough Looking Box, But The PlASTIC Tub Was In Great Shape!, I Have Ordered Salt Melt Before That Was Just In A Bag That Was In A Box That Barely Made It To My Home In One piece!!, I Have Not Tryed This Yet I Am Going To Use Up The Old Calcium Chloride Which Is A 2nd Choice., This Is More Money Than The Other Regular Non Environment Ones But I Feel Better Using This.!!!!!!!

Heavy item but arrived with the plastic container cracked and ice melt all over the box. Now I have to find another container to store it in 👎

Works very well.

I would not purchase this product. When it arrived I could tell there was a problem. The top was not put on right and had broken. Salt was in the box all over the place. I have purchased other products from different companies with no problem. The container was very poorly made. The salt was large granules with just a small amount of blue covering and the salt itself melts very fast!