These 5 Ice Cleats: Save Lives, Prevents Falls? Honest Frozen Test Review

[@AwesomeMan2696]

the cool thing about the orange straps are you can quickly rotate them to the side when going into stores, only takes a few seconds and thats what their design is built for. thanks for the great video!

[@MakeItorBreakItNow]

Great point, thanks for sharing AwesomeMan. Stay safe out there.

[@splinterinthemind5158]

Got my snow tracks 5 years ago at Costco works very well still.

[@MakeItorBreakItNow]

That's great to hear, they can last a long time!

[@WhitneyDahlin]

THANK YOU! My husband does commercial Hvac and im worried about him being on the roofs in snow and ice. So i wanted to get him some to keep him safe but there is wayyy too many online and its hard to find out which ones are actually good❤

[@MakeItorBreakItNow]

Whitney, you're welcome. Sounds like a hard working man, we need to keep him safe for sure...

[@margie3675]

One of the biggest problems with many designs is that the rubber becomes rigid in cold temperatures and they lose their stretch quality, so the pull on varieties fall off without you knowing (black rubbber on a black shoe/boot means you cant easily see that it's fallen off. I put red paint or nail varnish on the toe piece so that when i look down while out running i can quickly determine if they are both still on! A bummer when you get hime and find you lost one on yiur 15k run!

[@MakeItorBreakItNow]

Great idea Margie! I'll have to look into that red paint trick for when I'm testing these things in the future.

[@rocketdogos1267]

Dude this is gold , thank you

[@MakeItorBreakItNow]

You're welcome, be safe out there.

[@ellyreads4886]

Thank you for your advice

[@MakeItorBreakItNow]

You're welcome Elly, they all work great and will hopefully keep people from getting hurt.

[@jdizzelthepig9401]

Great review thanks

[@MakeItorBreakItNow]

You're welcome, it was fun putting this test together. Glad it was helpful for you.

[@lisarobertson4485]

Where do you get those cheap orange strips ones at cost?

[@MakeItorBreakItNow]

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[@danieltische1493]

god damit, why is every video about pure ice? im not living in the antarctica :-D. can you use thoose on concrete? i want a pair, which i can go to work with, with mixed conditions. some snow, some relly thin ice, some concrete street. does anyone know?

[@MakeItorBreakItNow]

I used pure ice because its the worst condition. You can certainly use most of these on mixed surfaces but the larger spike might be too much and the smaller profile spikes with wear down over a couple of seasons.

[@danieltische1493]

@@MakeItorBreakItNow cool thx!

[@iowa_don]

According to Consumer Reports, 2/23/2026, the Stabilicers Maxx was the superior option.

[@MakeItorBreakItNow]

Interesting, I'll have to check out their review, thanks for the heads up.

[@jakecolvin3167]

Only Amazon and like Chinese resellers called micro spikes crampons kahtoola The company that makes them or at least the brand name version of those do not claim them to be ice crampons, But micro Spike traction devices

[@MakeItorBreakItNow]

Good point, that's why I call them cleats.

[@medic8613]

kahtoola products don't come with straps because they're high quality...

[@MakeItorBreakItNow]

okay, thanks for sharing.

[@HoboGardenerBen]

Sorry, not a good test. Go to a hilly area when it's icy and walk around for a while on as many surface types and angles as you can. Nothing else can tell you whether the product will handle it. A flat sheet is only one of many potential shapes of ice found outside and one of the easier to design for.

[@MakeItorBreakItNow]

Thanks for the feedback, next time we have an ice storm I'll find a hill and do part 2 with all this gear.

[@HoboGardenerBen]

@MakeItorBreakItNow That'd be great thanks. Might end up with the same exact outcome, don't know :)

[@FISHH00KS]

100% agree. Had to spread gravel on a customers 400’ driveway that was a 50% grade After, I just threw away the Yaktrax and got Snowline Chainsen Pro’s.

[@MelodyJ_123]

Nice video but it doesn't help me at all. First of all, I'm a dog walker, and I ride public transportation all day. How the heck I'm supposed to walk a dog with a pole in my hand? Poles don't work for everybody. So maybe you should do a video without poles next time.

[@MakeItorBreakItNow]

Good point, you don't need to use a pole, I have friends in Colorado that use these all the time without poles...

[@Pugggle]

Sheesh, poles help some people, it's not all about you

[@danieltische1493]

i mean he does a test, if the gadgets are working. The poles are for safety, when they do not work. If you have a good product, you shouldn't need them