Chapin 8705A 1.6-Liter (0.3-Gallon) Ice Melt and Salt Hand Crank Spreader, Poly Toothed Edge Scoop with Thumb Control Gate and Impeller, Ideal for Small Spaces, Blue

As a maintenance mechanic at a hospital, we maintain the helipad & sidewalks in winter. The icemelt we use at the hospital works great in this spreader! It throws out a wide 45° right to 45° left area. It covers the area with a nice even consistent blanket. The hand crank is enclosed so it doesn't get dust build up or granules lodged in the gears.

I got this for my husband and he said it works as it is described, he uses it for our business which we do snow removal and ice managment.

This seed in fertilizer spreader, very handy neat easy to operate, especially in spreading the fertilizer or grass seed evenly

First time I used this product it broke. I loaded it up with salt to spread around my driveway and went to work. Within the first 30 seconds it was stiff to move the handle. The handle was the first thing to break. I had already loaded it up with salt so I tried to move the handle around without the peg and it was very stiff. Mind you this brand new, not clumpy salt. When I continued to try and spread the salt, the handle would get stuck and not move. I continued to try and loosen the handle by moving the spreader disc and it wasn’t budging. Eventually after trying to rotate the handle the mechanism that connects the handle to the spreader wheel broke and the handle spun freely without moving the spreader disc completely making the device unusable. Disappointed in the quality. I live in Montana where I need a dependable device like this. Unfortunately I was hoping this would be it.

Pros -- Gives a nice even spread, makes you realize how much you're using more salt then you have to when you're spreading by hand.- Small, and is designed to be shoved right into a bucket of salt.Cons -- Right handed only. If you're a lefty, this is going to be a bit awkward to use. More than you think.- The spreader mechanism is pretty small, so if you're going to use this, you're not going to be able to use some of the chunkier (and usually cheaper) salt out there. I found that in my area, the only salt that worked reliably with it was the most expensive salt they carried at anyplace around me. It would work alright with some other salts, but would jam, and the jams are pretty difficult to get out.If you're used to buying the formed pellet salt, as opposed to the more rough cut stuff, there aren't really any issues with this, it works great when it works, and the lefty thing... well that comes with being a lefty. If you're looking to save money, and part of why you wanted to get this was to use less salt, you're going to spend more on upgrading to the fancy salt then you save by reducing waste.

Excellent spreader I recently bought fertilizer for my shrubs and this worked out great

One of them arrived broken.

Have a sloped driveway and we are getting a lot of ice here in the North Country. Very dangerous at my age. Spreader has no problem handling the ice melt salt and can even spread poultry grit for increased traction. Really glad I found this product.

Great machine

Would work amazing for home use if only using a little. Got it for my store here and it was broken within / days the spinning thing doesn’t spin anymore. Still works great as a scoop. Not to bad but could have survived longer if it was for at home use

All great

Only works well on small granulator products (seeds, etc.)

It is unfortunately a very expensive scoop only as it doesn’t disperse the salt at all. Very disappointing.