Thanks for making this demonstration video on 20" deep snow driveway. My snow discharge chute was off alignment like yours when I first assembled it; however, after reinstall the chute it has not been of any issue since. Even in 20+ inch snow 99% of the time I would keep the auger and impeller at ECO as this speed has enough torque to do the job while increase runtime a lot. I only increase the speed when throwing distance needs to increase. Deeper the snow the slower the wheel speed I use to avoid the snow spill over by the intake housing as the auger and impeller will not be able to clear the intake snow fast enough when the drive wheel is traveling fast. Thanks again for this great demonstration video.
I just bought mine and I have mixed feelings on it. Now, I don't regret buying it and it will do its job as intended most of the time. I bought one when my Toro I had for 20 years just died. I bought the EGO because it's been snowing where I live for the past 2 days. The one obvious thing I noticed with the EGO is that it's not as powerful as my old gas one, but that's to be expected. It's more noticeable when the snow is heavy, wet snow, especially at the end of the driveway where the snow is built up from the city street plow. I was able to get through it with the EGO, but it was a little more difficult and I had to push it a bit. I also had to go over some places a couple times to get it all, but I was able to get it. Where my old gas blower had no issues getting through hard, wet snow at the end of the driveway. With that being said, most snowfall during the winter will not be wet, heavy snow, so the EGO will work just fine for most situations. The one negative with the EGO is battery life. I wasn't able to finish my driveway before the batteries died. They last about 25 minutes. So I'll have to finish the rest of the driveway later on. My conclusion: I love how easy it is to use the EGO. You just turn it on and go and it's pretty quiet. It will be great for most situations, but can be a little tricky if the snow is really heavy and wet. It will work, but it will take longer to get through the packed down, wet snow, especially at the end of the driveway as the EGO is not as powerful as a gas blower. Also, you have to be OK withe only 30 minutes of use for one charge of the batteries. You can either buy more batteries, or just finish the rest later after the batteries are charged again.
Re-do the chute install. I had the same problem and found I had not installed it in the lowest position. Keep it on eco unless you really need more power.
Agreed for both tips. You can also slightly bend the tongue of the chute to help bring it down for a better fit. But keep the machine in eco mode, you'll get the whole driveway done with 15" in a single charge
Looks like you weren't using the standard method of overlapping your rows by a few inches to ensure it each row is cleared? This allows the machine to work slightly less to prevent overheating. Also the same technique as used for grass mowing.
Thank YOU! finally a video showing what this can do in a real snow storm. all the rest show it moving one inch of snow only. thats just a heavy frost where I live hahahaha. but any snow blower that is wheels and not tracks is just a toy! these guys need to get real! I will buy one when they have tracks
Great video, I own two ego 2 stage snow blowers, one with the 7.5 ah and one with the 10ah batteries. I've never had the shoot problem that you showed. I think they are the best battery platform brands out there.
I would say the fact that it could not complete the clearing of a moderately sized driveway is another "con". Also, having to choose between self-propelled or getting the driveway clear is another compromise.
There is 20" of snow and the EOD that's higher. And he was using Turbo mode. You monster snow blower guys are a tough crowd. It's not for everybody but it will work for most people in most snow storms.
@@bob15479 In this case lack of context may have created a negative perception. Anyone looking at this video casually may not know about ECO and Turbo and their effect on battery life. My perception was that under those conditions I was impressed.
Hello there great video! lots of snow. so in the video you talked about the chute getting pushed out of place and it looks to me that you chute is not attached correctly. if you remove the green knob and carriage bolt from the chute it should drop down about 1 more inch. locking it in and stopping that issue. if you have any question let me know i can make a short vide and show you. thanks for the great video.
Nice video and review , that is a nice amount of snow , I have the same snow blower , it almost looks like the shoot is not sitting close enough down on the port , I have not had any issues with mine , I use it on the echo mode mainly , unless it's really slushy like snow , thanks again for your great video 👍
If you stay away from Turbo and keep your speed a bit lower, you'll have no trouble finishing with a full charge. My batteries are 6 years old now and they still do the job as long as I take it easy. I've done about a foot of snow and made it through the snowplow stuff at the end of the driveway no problem.
I have watched a ton of videos on this unit, and you are the only one I have seen with the problem of the chute dislodging from the base. Are you sure you have it installed correctly? Have you contacted EGO support or your dealer about it?
By 'finally' you mean that you saw a bunch of positive reviews before finally getting to one that wasn't 5 stars and so *this* one is the 'honest' one.😂
Plenty of "honest" reviews. This is a great machine, as is many of EGO's products. Nothing is perfect, just a matter of what one can afford, and what best meets their needs. I have a gas blower that has let me down too many times. I prefer the quiet power of the EGO, and since I'm on the sphere, I have enough batteries that adequacy won't generally be an issue. To each his own.
@@frankgenovese472 the self-propelling could not push through the thick Blizzard snow as it is lighter then a conventional snowblower, but it will pretty much go through anything other than several feet high blizzard weather.
An honest under produced video was a nice change. My blower is 20 now and keep thinking I’ll buy an Ariens next. But where I am I could probably get away with electric 2 stage. Any idea how the gearbox is made for the auger and are the wheels direct drive or using a friction plate?
For their new Power Max e24 and e26 electric models Toro is using a friction plate for the drive and for the auger, just like their gas-powered equivalents the Power Max 824 and 826. They’re nearly identical in all the mechanics and pulleys, only with an electric motor instead of gas.
For all those saying thanks but I’ll stay with gas, you do realize that this is an unusually big snowfall right? 1 option would have been to come out half way and do a first pass, recharge and then come back out when it is done. I have the one stage 5amp version and I can easily do a 5 car driveway, 20 x 20 patio and 10 x 12 deck on a 15 cm snowfall. This blower will be more than adequate in most conditions. It doesn’t need warming up, you don’t smell like gas when you go back in the house, you won’t be breathing fumes, no need to do drain gas, tune up or oil change. I’ve had battery operated snow blowers for 5 or 6 years now and never once have I told myself how I wished I still had my gas blower. In my opinion there are more pros than cons to having a battery operated snowblower, even more so if you have other tools from the same brand giving you more than one set of batteries and pretty much eliminating the need to wait to recharge to complete the task.
@@dds360 very true. Gas snowblowers can be great. It’s easy and cheap in the short-term to supply fuel for them. However, the electric snowblowers have the same or more power as a similar class of gas-powered snowblower. They’re also better for the environment long-term, even if the battery prices don’t make them the best short-term value. You’re dealing with less fumes and emissions. There’s also less maintenance for electric. It all depends upon what you want to prioritize. Thanks for this really well-done review. By the way, the first snow-storm in your review looked like a good test. Have you been able to reassemble the chute so that it stays secure? Also, please remind me if you were using ECO mode to slow your pace for such a large volume of snow? Maybe the auger was trying to push snow too quickly through the chute.
@@fate7623 that’s a great question! The answer comes down to looking at a few factors, which together would seem to weight things in favor of battery-operated devices. Here’s a video that considers electric cars with lithium batteries vs gas-powered cars. He describes the equation better than I can. Maybe it will help. th-cam.com/video/6RhtiPefVzM/w-d-xo.html
How many of us have battery operated drills in the basement needing batteries? It's cheaper to buy a new unit than buy batteries. What to do with this when the batteries die? I have a corded electric snowblower that works very well for my area, and it hangs on the wall when not in use.
* Battery Life - to greatly extend the life of your batteries, store then at 50% charge in the offseson. All lithium Ion batteries will degrade much faster if they sit at 100% charge or 0%. They like being between 20-80%, with 50% being ideal. P.s. this also applies to your smartphone, laptop etc
That's a nice review with a more real world scenario than others I've seen. I'm still waiting for some good snow to test my new Greenworks 80v model which I think is very similar to this one if the same. I kind of wonder if they are made in same factory.
@@KRUGE67 We have not had much snow yet this year but I tend to shovel the snow into a pile then use it on the pile. So far so good! I will be putting a video up soon, I need to edit it.
Great snowblower until it’s cold out. Last storm The chute control at the controls would not love left or right. Ego support said bring it inside to warm up. A winter tool has to be warmed up!!!!
You should always brush off snow when done with it. I noticed you put this comment on multiple snt2400 review videos. You seem to be the only one complaint about it.
Yeah.. I have to say the same. I have a bunch of those ego tools including the single stage snowblower, and it's pretty nice and convenient, but the battery situation is probably untenable for multiple properties even with this 2 stage model.
That snowblower is a dud. I have the 2 stage ego and the chute don't slip. Send it back and get another one. Have you used it at dark time. How well are the lights?
just keep in mind the EGO claim is an 18 car with 8 inches of snow on it. with that amount of snow i would avoid taking a full width of a hopper after the first pass down the middle. Like others said keep on ECO and take less snow, that should eliminate the over heat issue.
I am trying to decide between this model and the new Toro. Very differnt units to be sure but about $50 difference with the Toro being the more expensive. I think I am leaning towards the Toro.
Don’t run it in turbo the whole time and drive slower and it wont overheat the battery. If you need turbo at the head of the driveway Justin use it only then
I'll wait for the next generation Fusion Battery ...lol.... By the way the 2 hour recharge time is a con ..... The next variable in all of these machines will be the expected liftime of the individual motors before they have to be replaced ....! In the meantime ..... Drill, drill, drill baby cuz I'm gassing up !
Other reviewers complained that you only get 20 minutes run time on the batteries. Unless you have other Ego products that use this battery platform. It's not a very good buy!
Everyone has different experiences i guess. I have a lot bigger driveway than you and have never ran out of battery. I couldn't be more pleased with mine. Will never go back to gas. I would watch other reviews before basing any opinion off one review lol.
so many try and use the whole width on 2nd cut and there after. use half the cut width once 1st cut is done. wont over heat then iam sure. 2nd.. the sute popping off. something is missing or bad design. i would call them up and find a fix or return it. also. dont push the top over so much. when snow hits it from inside. it will push up on it more.
I’m having trouble with warranty service with this company. The self propel system has failed after 1 season and tech support is dragging their feet. I uploaded videos showing the problem a week ago and they tell me that it has “been elevated” to another department because there is no local service near where I live. They say I may need to repair it myself with parts but they can’t tell me for another week. It’s the middle of the winter and their machine is worth no more than a lump of junk metal right now. They are difficult to contact and slow on service, not good.
Great point about the cost of "fuel". I was thinking of getting an electric but until it's proven to me that the batteries will last 5 or more seasons I'm holding off.
I should get into politics. I just flip-flopped like one. Picked up the EGO SNT2405 a few days ago. Could not resist after watching this and another video demonstration. I have a Toro SS 2 stroke so I won't be completely dependent on batteries. th-cam.com/video/Dqvs6jGebMg/w-d-xo.html
Thats why i will stick with my Ariens 24 delux for long long time.. would hate to wait for charging in between.. think in 3-4 years the capacity on those batteries will go down plus would be very expensive to replace those batteries..
Only $1500 for a snow blower that can't do a 6 car driveway. In 3-5 years he will be replacing the batteries for another $700-$1000. Still not there on battery powered snowblowers yet, I would wait another 5 years.
Looks like the kind of machine when money is not a consideration (costs similar to a 32" gas unit) that you can count on when you don't need to count on your machine!! half the driveway from $800 worth of batteries. If you think this is maintenance free then you really might want to revisit a gas powered unit. While they make noise and use gas - I have done ZERO maintenance to my machine in 3 years.
Right, good to know tat its less maintenance.. which brand do you use ? maintenance + noise is what we thought to be a problem and went with an electric one
Electric snow blowers are a colossal waste of money. Electric is fine for your drill but for this gas all the way. You had to be mindful of using self propel over power consumption and the fact your small driveway could not be cleared in one shot is ludicrous. This model now is over $1000 and that's insane for a plastic snowblower.
If your machine does not allready have the upgraded chute kit instaled .. They have released a fix to address the floating chute issue th-cam.com/video/3laqFwjOwtE/w-d-xo.html
You bought an over price door stop. If that were gas powered you would have to wait for it to cool down or have to stop throwing snow LMAO! Electric snow blower hahaha Garbage.
Thanks for making this demonstration video on 20" deep snow driveway. My snow discharge chute was off alignment like yours when I first assembled it; however, after reinstall the chute it has not been of any issue since. Even in 20+ inch snow 99% of the time I would keep the auger and impeller at ECO as this speed has enough torque to do the job while increase runtime a lot. I only increase the speed when throwing distance needs to increase. Deeper the snow the slower the wheel speed I use to avoid the snow spill over by the intake housing as the auger and impeller will not be able to clear the intake snow fast enough when the drive wheel is traveling fast. Thanks again for this great demonstration video.
Thats a very good information.. Thank you again !!
I also observed my chute out of discharge, still monitoring.
No problems with the chute on my 2 stage Ego
Yes., with 5 inch snow we did not have any problem. Only on 18” & more we had this chute problem..
I just bought mine and I have mixed feelings on it. Now, I don't regret buying it and it will do its job as intended most of the time. I bought one when my Toro I had for 20 years just died. I bought the EGO because it's been snowing where I live for the past 2 days. The one obvious thing I noticed with the EGO is that it's not as powerful as my old gas one, but that's to be expected. It's more noticeable when the snow is heavy, wet snow, especially at the end of the driveway where the snow is built up from the city street plow. I was able to get through it with the EGO, but it was a little more difficult and I had to push it a bit. I also had to go over some places a couple times to get it all, but I was able to get it. Where my old gas blower had no issues getting through hard, wet snow at the end of the driveway. With that being said, most snowfall during the winter will not be wet, heavy snow, so the EGO will work just fine for most situations. The one negative with the EGO is battery life. I wasn't able to finish my driveway before the batteries died. They last about 25 minutes. So I'll have to finish the rest of the driveway later on.
My conclusion:
I love how easy it is to use the EGO. You just turn it on and go and it's pretty quiet. It will be great for most situations, but can be a little tricky if the snow is really heavy and wet. It will work, but it will take longer to get through the packed down, wet snow, especially at the end of the driveway as the EGO is not as powerful as a gas blower. Also, you have to be OK withe only 30 minutes of use for one charge of the batteries. You can either buy more batteries, or just finish the rest later after the batteries are charged again.
Re-do the chute install. I had the same problem and found I had not installed it in the lowest position. Keep it on eco unless you really need more power.
Thanks for the info. I will try to reinstall and check.👍🏼
Agreed for both tips. You can also slightly bend the tongue of the chute to help bring it down for a better fit. But keep the machine in eco mode, you'll get the whole driveway done with 15" in a single charge
Looks like you weren't using the standard method of overlapping your rows by a few inches to ensure it each row is cleared? This allows the machine to work slightly less to prevent overheating. Also the same technique as used for grass mowing.
Thats right..! shud try..thank you!!!!
Thank you for the real world experience review.
Thank YOU! finally a video showing what this can do in a real snow storm. all the rest show it moving one inch of snow only. thats just a heavy frost where I live hahahaha. but any snow blower that is wheels and not tracks is just a toy! these guys need to get real! I will buy one when they have tracks
Good Review and great test of this machine. Appreciate the closed captioning as well.
Thank you..
Great video, I own two ego 2 stage snow blowers, one with the 7.5 ah and one with the 10ah batteries. I've never had the shoot problem that you showed. I think they are the best battery platform brands out there.
Fixed the Shoot problem and it great
Indeed it is an inevitable that everybody should have especially those who live and facing all sorts difficulties in snow season.
I would say the fact that it could not complete the clearing of a moderately sized driveway is another "con". Also, having to choose between self-propelled or getting the driveway clear is another compromise.
Right? Lack of endurance was a major con.
There is 20" of snow and the EOD that's higher. And he was using Turbo mode. You monster snow blower guys are a tough crowd. It's not for everybody but it will work for most people in most snow storms.
@@ralphfraumeni6190 oh I absolutely would be happy with a battery blower. I’m just saying run time is a definite con.
@@bob15479 In this case lack of context may have created a negative perception. Anyone looking at this video casually may not know about ECO and Turbo and their effect on battery life. My perception was that under those conditions I was impressed.
For the $ just get an ariens 24” deluxe and have a better machine
Hello there great video! lots of snow. so in the video you talked about the chute getting pushed out of place and it looks to me that you chute is not attached correctly. if you remove the green knob and carriage bolt from the chute it should drop down about 1 more inch. locking it in and stopping that issue. if you have any question let me know i can make a short vide and show you. thanks for the great video.
Sure.. that was initially delivered to us from LOWES and we dint have a chance to check the chute again ourself…thats a good info.. ll try it out
Nice video and review , that is a nice amount of snow , I have the same snow blower , it almost looks like the shoot is not sitting close enough down on the port , I have not had any issues with mine , I use it on the echo mode mainly , unless it's really slushy like snow , thanks again for your great video 👍
If you stay away from Turbo and keep your speed a bit lower, you'll have no trouble finishing with a full charge. My batteries are 6 years old now and they still do the job as long as I take it easy. I've done about a foot of snow and made it through the snowplow stuff at the end of the driveway no problem.
I have watched a ton of videos on this unit, and you are the only one I have seen with the problem of the chute dislodging from the base. Are you sure you have it installed correctly? Have you contacted EGO support or your dealer about it?
Contacted and got it fixed
Finally an honest review.
I will stay with a GAS 2 stage
By 'finally' you mean that you saw a bunch of positive reviews before finally getting to one that wasn't 5 stars and so *this* one is the 'honest' one.😂
Plenty of "honest" reviews. This is a great machine, as is many of EGO's products. Nothing is perfect, just a matter of what one can afford, and what best meets their needs. I have a gas blower that has let me down too many times. I prefer the quiet power of the EGO, and since I'm on the sphere, I have enough batteries that adequacy won't generally be an issue. To each his own.
I also live in western new york and i ordered one with 4 10ah batteries, im looking forward to trying it out
Will be happy to hear your experience too..
How did it deal with last Christmas’ storm?
@@frankgenovese472 the self-propelling could not push through the thick Blizzard snow as it is lighter then a conventional snowblower, but it will pretty much go through anything other than several feet high blizzard weather.
An honest under produced video was a nice change.
My blower is 20 now and keep thinking I’ll buy an Ariens next. But where I am I could probably get away with electric 2 stage.
Any idea how the gearbox is made for the auger and are the wheels direct drive or using a friction plate?
Direct drive, pretty much all the electric 2 stage units are direct drive
For their new Power Max e24 and e26 electric models Toro is using a friction plate for the drive and for the auger, just like their gas-powered equivalents the Power Max 824 and 826. They’re nearly identical in all the mechanics and pulleys, only with an electric motor instead of gas.
For all those saying thanks but I’ll stay with gas, you do realize that this is an unusually big snowfall right? 1 option would have been to come out half way and do a first pass, recharge and then come back out when it is done. I have the one stage 5amp version and I can easily do a 5 car driveway, 20 x 20 patio and 10 x 12 deck on a 15 cm snowfall. This blower will be more than adequate in most conditions. It doesn’t need warming up, you don’t smell like gas when you go back in the house, you won’t be breathing fumes, no need to do drain gas, tune up or oil change. I’ve had battery operated snow blowers for 5 or 6 years now and never once have I told myself how I wished I still had my gas blower. In my opinion there are more pros than cons to having a battery operated snowblower, even more so if you have other tools from the same brand giving you more than one set of batteries and pretty much eliminating the need to wait to recharge to complete the task.
Thanks for sharing a valuable review.
I have the dual 7.5 steel auger non self propelled model. I do a few houses with it but we haven’t really gotten over 5 inches here in Chicago.
Cool tnq for the info..!
Maybe tonight we do here in Chicago
@@rhdtv2002 yea its snow now ill probably make a vid if it gets deep like his snow!
Good service indeed
Great review. A gas 2 stage snowblower would have had no problem completing the job without stopping to charge.
Yup, the only problem with the gas blowers are they r louder and heavier
@@dds360 very true. Gas snowblowers can be great. It’s easy and cheap in the short-term to supply fuel for them. However, the electric snowblowers have the same or more power as a similar class of gas-powered snowblower. They’re also better for the environment long-term, even if the battery prices don’t make them the best short-term value. You’re dealing with less fumes and emissions. There’s also less maintenance for electric. It all depends upon what you want to prioritize. Thanks for this really well-done review.
By the way, the first snow-storm in your review looked like a good test. Have you been able to reassemble the chute so that it stays secure? Also, please remind me if you were using ECO mode to slow your pace for such a large volume of snow? Maybe the auger was trying to push snow too quickly through the chute.
@@ulysses01 isn't mining lithium bad for the environment as well though?
@@fate7623 that’s a great question! The answer comes down to looking at a few factors, which together would seem to weight things in favor of battery-operated devices. Here’s a video that considers electric cars with lithium batteries vs gas-powered cars. He describes the equation better than I can. Maybe it will help.
th-cam.com/video/6RhtiPefVzM/w-d-xo.html
Dint try it yet @Ulysses .. ll comment the results here once we try the above..
How many of us have battery operated drills in the basement needing batteries? It's cheaper to buy a new unit than buy batteries. What to do with this when the batteries die?
I have a corded electric snowblower that works very well for my area, and it hangs on the wall when not in use.
Thats a good suggestion!
can the blower still be pushed if the batteries are dead or do the wheels lock up? thanks
Yes the blower can still be pushed if the batteries are dead and not that hard
@@dds360 thank you!
Nice review, you gave people a lot of reasons why even a basic Ariens Compact 24" will run circles around it. ;-)
* Battery Life - to greatly extend the life of your batteries, store then at 50% charge in the offseson.
All lithium Ion batteries will degrade much faster if they sit at 100% charge or 0%. They like being between 20-80%, with 50% being ideal.
P.s. this also applies to your smartphone, laptop etc
The Ego batteries will self-discharge to about 30% when unused for at least one month. Ego has really good battery health management.
That's a nice review with a more real world scenario than others I've seen. I'm still waiting for some good snow to test my new Greenworks 80v model which I think is very similar to this one if the same. I kind of wonder if they are made in same factory.
I belive the greenworks is the better snow blower, have you tested it yet ?
@@KRUGE67 We have not had much snow yet this year but I tend to shovel the snow into a pile then use it on the pile. So far so good! I will be putting a video up soon, I need to edit it.
@@redsquirrelftw oh good, I would like to see it, and thanks.
My biggest problem is we don’t have this much snow. I have two Hondas waiting
Great snowblower until it’s cold out. Last storm
The chute control at the controls would not love left or right. Ego support said bring it inside to warm up. A winter tool has to be warmed up!!!!
🤣
You should always brush off snow when done with it. I noticed you put this comment on multiple snt2400 review videos. You seem to be the only one complaint about it.
Thank you sir. I've been thinking of buying one of thease for doing about 8 houses. I just dont know if it will be efficient.
As long as the inch of snow is less , guess the battery ll hold better.. when v tried in 5 inches the battery was much better..
To do 8 house your going to need too many batteries. Go with gas. A Toro 824(6) OE or a similar Ariens..
Yeah.. I have to say the same. I have a bunch of those ego tools including the single stage snowblower, and it's pretty nice and convenient, but the battery situation is probably untenable for multiple properties even with this 2 stage model.
Feb 24, 2022 Just bought this unit at Ace Hardware. Was shocked it was in stock and Ace is NOT PRICE GOUGING!!!
No longer the case. ACE around here doesn't have any, and they have them priced at $1539 even though MSRP is $1499. I hate ACE.
That snowblower is a dud. I have the 2 stage ego and the chute don't slip. Send it back and get another one. Have you used it at dark time. How well are the lights?
The lights are really powerful and good along with the drive way light we were able to clear the snow even at 10pm.
How is the battery holding up? I am curious about the long term battery degradation
Its just a year and we used it for 3 months…its good
EGO SNT2406-4 with 4 x 10ah batteries or EGO SNT2807 with 2 x 12ah batteries would solve your problem😂
Thanks for this video 👍🏻
No problem 👍
These conditions are a good test.
just keep in mind the EGO claim is an 18 car with 8 inches of snow on it. with that amount of snow i would avoid taking a full width of a hopper after the first pass down the middle. Like others said keep on ECO and take less snow, that should eliminate the over heat issue.
I am trying to decide between this model and the new Toro. Very differnt units to be sure but about $50 difference with the Toro being the more expensive. I think I am leaning towards the Toro.
Don’t run it in turbo the whole time and drive slower and it wont overheat the battery. If you need turbo at the head of the driveway Justin use it only then
would be nice if you could change the power delivery to 1 or both of the stages as needed or not needed to avoid excess power
Power output is adjustable.
I'll wait for the next generation Fusion Battery ...lol....
By the way the 2 hour recharge time is a con .....
The next variable in all of these machines will be the expected liftime of the individual motors before they have to be replaced ....!
In the meantime ..... Drill, drill, drill baby cuz I'm gassing up !
Other reviewers complained that you only get 20 minutes run time on the batteries. Unless you have other Ego products that use this battery platform. It's not a very good buy!
Everyone has different experiences i guess. I have a lot bigger driveway than you and have never ran out of battery. I couldn't be more pleased with mine. Will never go back to gas. I would watch other reviews before basing any opinion off one review lol.
so many try and use the whole width on 2nd cut and there after. use half the cut width once 1st cut is done. wont over heat then iam sure. 2nd.. the sute popping off. something is missing or bad design. i would call them up and find a fix or return it. also. dont push the top over so much. when snow hits it from inside. it will push up on it more.
I’m having trouble with warranty service with this company. The self propel system has failed after 1 season and tech support is dragging their feet. I uploaded videos showing the problem a week ago and they tell me that it has “been elevated” to another department because there is no local service near where I live. They say I may need to repair it myself with parts but they can’t tell me for another week. It’s the middle of the winter and their machine is worth no more than a lump of junk metal right now. They are difficult to contact and slow on service, not good.
the cost an the price of the batteries is the killer ,,staying with my 11,5 hp ariens ,,,i use less than 5 bucks in gas...
Great point about the cost of "fuel". I was thinking of getting an electric but until it's proven to me that the batteries will last 5 or more seasons I'm holding off.
I should get into politics. I just flip-flopped like one. Picked up the EGO SNT2405 a few days ago. Could not resist after watching this and another video demonstration. I have a Toro SS 2 stroke so I won't be completely dependent on batteries.
th-cam.com/video/Dqvs6jGebMg/w-d-xo.html
Thats why i will stick with my Ariens 24 delux for long long time.. would hate to wait for charging in between.. think in 3-4 years the capacity on those batteries will go down plus would be very expensive to replace those batteries..
yeah, good example of why I'll stick to gas
Only $1500 for a snow blower that can't do a 6 car driveway. In 3-5 years he will be replacing the batteries for another $700-$1000. Still not there on battery powered snowblowers yet, I would wait another 5 years.
Looks like the kind of machine when money is not a consideration (costs similar to a 32" gas unit) that you can count on when you don't need to count on your machine!! half the driveway from $800 worth of batteries. If you think this is maintenance free then you really might want to revisit a gas powered unit. While they make noise and use gas - I have done ZERO maintenance to my machine in 3 years.
Right, good to know tat its less maintenance.. which brand do you use ? maintenance + noise is what we thought to be a problem and went with an electric one
Electric snow blowers are a colossal waste of money. Electric is fine for your drill but for this gas all the way. You had to be mindful of using self propel over power consumption and the fact your small driveway could not be cleared in one shot is ludicrous. This model now is over $1000 and that's insane for a plastic snowblower.
Gas blower are far Superior I do driveway / walkway / deck etc
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If your machine does not allready have the upgraded chute kit instaled .. They have released a fix to address the floating chute issue th-cam.com/video/3laqFwjOwtE/w-d-xo.html
Well, it's better then shoveling... but a gas powered blower would have crushed it!
Yup.. well better than shoveling..
Yep stick to gas folks
You bought an over price door stop. If that were gas powered you would have to wait for it to cool down or have to stop throwing snow LMAO! Electric snow blower hahaha Garbage.