I'm a fellow southerner living in upstate NY for college, so I had little to no deicing experience when I bought this for my car. Turns out, it works much better than I expected! The material looks plastic-y and it's a little deceiving, but so far this thing's been able to withstand 14 inches of snow PLUS an additional 3 inches of ice for a solid 2 months now, and it's still going strong.

You can use it with your bare hands without any discomfort, but personally I wear my snow gloves using it since it helps give a little more leverage for when I'm scraping off some stubborn parts of the ice. All-in-all, very good investment!

It iOS great

This Snowbroom did the job in quick time on our first snow of the season back in November. It's hard enough to leave the warm confines of ones house to trudge out into the snow and unearth the car from snow; however this made it fast, fun and easy. I think the fun part was my little dog yapping as he watched me wielding this Snowbroom. The rubber squeegie at the end was fabulous. I really got "into" it out there and did a pro-style wipe-down. It removed ALL of the snow, ice and melting water. The other end makes thick ice no problem to remove from the car. I even broomed my way down the steps and broomed off the rails of the stairs. I could broom off three inches of snow from the roof of the car, effortlessly with this thing. My dog knew I had become Super Snow Woman. I had the right tools. Loved this!

While I only got to use it once this year given my late purchase and the warming weather, this brush deserves 5 stars. The long length lets me reach all the way across my car if I need to but more important is the bristles. My old brush had stiff plastic bristles that made a scraping sound when trying to sweep snow off of my hood or roof. This brush however, has flagged bristles. The ends of flagged bristles look like regular bristles have been crushed or cut lengthwise numerous times, almost like split hairs. This makes them far softer and more pliant than regular bristles. With this brush I can sweep the snow off of my car with no scraping sound and no worries about scratching my car.

I will note that the flagged bristles tend to collect more snow on them but a quick hit or two to my boot and it came off well enough. And what's the bigger concern? Some extra snow sticking to your brush? Or micro scratches all over your car?

As for the scraper section, it did its job and as of its first use, stayed flat while providing even contact with the ice.

My only complaint is that I got red instead of blue. It would be nice if you could choose your color rather than it being random.

I live in Colorado so I can get my fair share of snow. I've had the opportunity to use this a few times. The thing I really like about this particular tool is that the brush is on the opposite side of the tool than the scrapper. I never understood or cared for the scrappers that also had the brush on the same side. I always felt I was more prone to scratching my car's paint if I angled the brush incorrectly. With the Mallory SnoWisp I don't have to worry about that because the brush is on the other side. Added bonus is that the bristles are soft and thick which really aid in not scratching the car, but removing heaps of snow too.

The scrapper, well all the plastic ones stink in my opinion. Brass tip blades are the best but they are hard to find and mostly come in small sizes.

The brush is excellent and the scrapper is average.