The brush itself is very good. Sturdy and well designed. The handle is long enough to let you scrub the grill while it's still warm and strong enough to let you use some elbow-grease. The bristles are densely packed for better scrubbing. If they were longer you could get a bit more of the grate at one time, but I don't think they'd scrub as well (since it's the tips of the bristles that do the real scrubbing and not the sides). The curved scraper does a good job getting each individual rail of the grate clean too.

I have only two complaints. First, the wood can get pretty dirty after a while and is hard to clean. Second, this isn't the best price I've seen for this brush. I've seen it at almost half price at the local [store]. In general, I'm very happy with the prices on Amazon, but I was disappointed when I saw this for much less at the store.

Anyhow, if you're buying a grill (like I did from Amazon) then definitely get yourself a good brush like this to keep it clean. If you're still using steel wool to clean the grill, you'll like this much better. Don't use it to clean the dog...long story.

Hope this helps and good luck with your purchase!

over-rated! (Rating: 2.00)
Review : i cannot believe Weber put their name on this! bristles don't hold up. after about 10 cleanings, it looks like my old brush (that lasted a whole summer)

Doesn't clean well (Rating: 1.00)
Review : Bought this brush to use with my Weber Grill. The bristles don't go deep enough to clean between the grates and the metal tip for doing this is useless, as it doesn't fit between the grates either.

Good for cleaning the grill--an essential for the barbecue (Rating: 4.00)
Review : This is a lot nicer to use than the nylon composite scrub pads or steel wool but...why did they use a wooden handle? Eventually, this handle will crack. And forget soaking it to clean the bristles. I personally favor a plastic handle, but even so, this brush is a classic for getting the residue off the grill and a must-have, wood handle or not.

A nice grill brush - but ... (Rating: 2.00)
Review : The Weber 1647 18" grill brush is certainly a nice looking grill brush, and performs quite well for awhile. (bought in March'04; this is June '04. Today, I was cleaning my Weber Q, and noticed brass bristles all over the grill where they had come out of the brush. Needless to say, I didn't want brass bristles in my food, so the next half-hour was spent cleaning up from the brush. Weber should have attached the bristles better to the handle head. There was also a problem with the bristles really being too short to clean the cast iron grates.