Customer Reviews

Ames True Temper 1634500 Roof Snow Rake

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I had about 2 feet of medium packed snow on the roof of my tall two story house. This roof rake with all extensions just barely touched the edge of the roof when I held it way up over my head. I needed to deal with the snow problem quick and no local stores had other roof rakes so I bought another identical roof rake and used the poles together. I was using up to six poles! It was very bendy. I could just barely raise it with four poles and then could add the others and needed to remove them before taking the rake down. It was an exercise in frustration and it was very hard to control, but I did get a lot of snow off the roof from way up high. I clearly pushed this product way above what it was designed to do and it did do the job. I think I will get another roof rake that is more heavy duty and is designed for 30 feet. If you have a one story house, I think you may be fine with this, but keep in mind it is not that long. Do your measurements first. If you have a two story house and if you are a bit nuts with no other options, try two together.... :)

I've had this hard to find item for the last month, throughout the blizzards of January of 2011, here in Connecticut. So far in one month I've had over 80 inches of snow in the NE hills. I couldn't be more pleased with this item. I've used it dozens of times and dozens of hours. I've used it on snow from 4 inches to 24 inches and it never failed to amaze me at its performance.

Pros: Easy to assemble. Performs great. Very strong. With all extensions making it 16.5 feet long it will bow-out but is very capable of supporting the full length with no problems. If it were heavier in design it would be impossible to hold out at the full length.

Cons: None.

I live in New Hampshire where we get a fair amount of snow. I bought what looks like this rake about 20 years ago. Its held up. The big problem is the flex when all extensions are used. Of course the flex rate is related to pole diameter. Increase the pole diameter and of course that increases the weight which results in more difficulty using the thing. Since its held up for 20 years (although the corners are severely rounded now), I'd have to say that it does the job quite well.

I finally purchased this tool at Lowes. When I was checking it out at the store, I saw that it was made in Canada. That was a nice thing to see. I assembled it today and was very satisfied of the quality. Thank you Canada.

Have used a couple of roof rakes over the years and this is the best yet. Most of them feel flimsy and flexible - it's the nature of the beast - they must be to be lightweight. This works as well as any, and is priced fairly. AND...it is NOT made in China! Shipped quickly.

It is pretty flimsy if you add all 3 extensions. I have not yet done so. I added two and I really think that is all it can handle. If there is a lot of snow on the roof, it feels even with two that is will break. Although, it did do as it was designed, I think it would have performed better had I had it for the first snow. I did have about 7" on the roof before the first use.

I am speaking about a model of the Ames Roof Rake that is not yet sold by Amazon. It is the same in most ways -same rake and sturdy "Made in Canada" construction but with one major difference in that it telescopes. The double push-button, telescoping design makes it sleek and collapsible for easy storage. It's designed for strength, durability, and ease of handling by making the telescoping sections out of lightweight oval shaped aluminum. The oval wide axis is vertical to the rake resulting in far less tendency to bend when fully telescoped out to 17'. It stores to a manageable 6' length and the rake part can be easily detached for storage. This innovative design puts Ames well ahead of other Roof Rake manufacturers. The best part is that it retails for a paltry $46 and probably will be sold by Amazon in the near future. Find it now and buy it -you will not be sorry!

I just broke this out as we finally have snow here in California. This is the second roof rake I have purchased and it is much better than the other one i have. The handle is textured which is terrific when your hands get a bit snowy. It allows much better control over the rake. The head of the rake is much better than the metal designs. It pulls the snow off much cleaner than the metal rakes especially on the plastic tarp type roofs on our portable garages. The head of this rake is also much sturdier in the support system. For the money this is much better than some of the more expensive ones.

My neighbor has the rake shown. I ordered

yours but what I received is nothing like

what's shown. The one I wanted is shown.

The one I received rakes head was small and

ineffective if used to pull deep snow off ones

roof. Returned absolutely untouched. Hope

we get our full refund.