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Originally Posted by MG1
If anyone is looking for Ice Melt. Costco has Alaskan ones for $19.99. 50 lb bags. Brighton and Willingdon each got one pallet this morning. That's like 50 bags. At 9:30 am, there was maybe 40 bags left (they opened at 9:00 am). I got enough for next year, lol. They're out of stock everywhere else and pricier. Every time I buy them, weather gets better, so let's hope that's the case again this year. The stuff keeps well, as long as you keep them out of the sun (UV rays). I keep mine in the dark corner of the garage. If you open a bag, store leftovers in a black or dark 5 gallon plastic pail with a good lid. I found one that was 6 years old, maybe older, and it's as good as new.
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That's a good price. I saw 10 5kg bottles of Alaskan at London drugs last night. Surprised they had any left.
I've used Alaskan for years, but this year I picked up a 40 lb bag of the Scott's EZmelt to see if it works better. Cost was the same as 40 lb bags of Alaskan, both at Home Depot. The Scott's stuff has the NACl/CaCl/MG etc all mixed into one chunk, and the particles seem to be denser and more solid than the Alaskan formula which seems to be more flakier.
I had a new bottle of the Alaskan melt to compare to, and the Scotts does seem to melt the snow/ice faster like it claims, and the denser chunks seem to last longer than Alaskan, so I've used less melt. Not sure if there's less concrete spalling/damage yet, we'll see after the snow's over.
It's a good deal at Costco, as having any melt is better than none, but I'm thinking of switching to the Scott's stuff going forward.