With record breaking winters around the country, excellent snow removal tools are very important to keep snow off of driveways, stairs, roofs and porches. Today, most snow removal tools are made of durable but lightweight materials and have an ergonomic design to make your task of removing heavy snow a virtually easy one. I recommend that anyone living in an area with heavy snowfall to have a variety of snow removal tools ready each winter.Electric Snow Shovels are one of the best investments you could make in snow removal equipment. They are designed to cut a path from 12 to 19 inches wide, 6 to 11 inches deep and throw snow up to 20 feet. The most popular brands of electric snow shovels include Toro, Greenworks, and Snow Joe. One of the benefits of using an electric snow shovel is that they are environmentally friendly eliminated the noisy, air polluting gas powered engine. The electric snow shovels are perfect for clearing snow from driveways, sidewalks, porches and pathways.Another very handy tool for snow removal is a snow roof rake that comes with a telescoping handle to reach snow on your roof. Most brands such as Snow Joe, AVALANCHE, and Garant are made with lightweight aluminum poles that come in 3 to 4 sections and are easily put together. It is important to be able to remove snow from your roof and save your home or business from roof damage.Snow shovels and pushers come in a variety of sizes and materials such as poly or aluminum. Most have handles that are ergonomically designed to limit back injuries when shoveling snow. Brands such as Suncast and Ames True Temper make a snow shovel/pusher that combines both options in one useful tool. Garant makes a lightweight snow pusher that easily pushes snow off of decks, patios and sidewalks. It would be optimal to have a smaller portable size shovel that you could toss into a vehicle and a larger wide scoop shovel or pusher for the bigger areas at home or work.Lastly an amazing snow and ice removal product is an electric roof de-icer by Easy Heat. It comes in lengths from 20 feet to 200 feet. Easy to install, this de-icing cable is perfect for melting snow and ice in gutters, along the roof and downspouts. It provides an uninterrupted path of water from melted ice and snow to flow off the roof.