Features:

  • Ideal for quick snow pickups on mid-sized driveways and walkways
  • No gas, oil or tune-ups make it effortless to start and maintain
  • Powerful 13.5-amp motor moves up to 650 lbs of snow per minute
  • 4-blade steel auger cuts 18 in. wide by 10 in. deep with each pass
  • 180° adjustable directional chute throws snow up to 20 ft
ONE VERY IMPORTANT THING!

9/16/17 this is my review of the assembly of the snow blower . the snow blower was packed well despite having a fist sized hole in the box there was no damage to the unit , one of the nobs came lose but it did not fall out of the box , UPS put tape over the hole in the box. assembly is simply unfolding the push bar tightening the nobs then connecting the rod to adjust the rod that controls the direction of the snow leaving the blower. i plugged it in and the unit works and so dose the light. ONE VERY IMPORTANT THING do not do what i almost did and most people do buy the cord the amazon has in the frequently bought together part of the page ! it cant handle the rated currant of the blower i found this out just in time after watching and reading the comments on a you tube video and i canceled the extension cord and bought the cord with proper amperage rating as there is no snow for me to give it a proper, test i will update the review when i actually get the opportunity to use it on snow! (UP DATE after first snow) First snow 6 in so far the kind of snow that sticks to the shovel and you have to bang it to get it to fall off. The snow joe did a good job my back is not sore. i am glad i got the heavy duty cord the motor did not even bog down . i have used 2 stage gas blowers when i was a kid doing my parents driveway. this one is only a single stage but did a nice job and saves you from lifting that heavy shovel full of snow. the straighter you keep the shoot the better it throws the snow. the light is good and a must if using at night to keep track of the cord.i did one long path down the driveway the rest at a 90 degree angle to that path. just know the limits of a single stage blower and if your going to get 18 inches be willing to do the driveway more than once i would do it 3 times. it much faster and easier than using a shovel and i can throw it far enough that i should not get two very high walls of snow lining the driveway . (update)1-4-18 first major snow even classified as a blizzard 9in of snow by my closest weather underground station. and with the way the snow blows off the roof of my house had more in my driveway estimate 12 in. the way it drifted . it was good snow for snow-blowing it had no trouble at all and was able to blow the snow into the yard no big pile along the driveway. did it twice that why the estimate of 12 in. it passed the test today very happy with it .

This Guy Should Be Called Blizzard Champ

If I could give Amazon one star for not honoring Prime here, I would. But this little blower is a champ. When it became clear that we were going to have major snow in the D.C. area last weekend, I ordered this guy on Wednesday, January 20. For whatever reason, "two-day" delivery guaranteed delivery by Monday. Really? What is with that, Amazon? So instead I paid about $15 extra for one day delivery and got it on Thursday. When the snow hit, we waited until there was about 10 inches on the ground—Friday night—and started this guy up. I was surprised at the power it had. Some reviewers have commented that it is kind of cheap, with little toy wheels and a flimsy chute. Well, this is not a $1500+ blower. It costs about $200. But for my money, it way outperformed its price. We had a total of about 27-30" of snow, and we took it in increments, because it didn't stop until Saturday night. Despite all the blowing, we were able to clear our double-width drive way (about 20X30') and a neighbor's driveway—and another neighbor's driveway. Sidewalks, too. While it did take time, and work—people die of heart attacks using snow blowers, too—this thing right now looks about like it did when it came out of the box. I'm impressed. While the cord isn't exactly convenient, one of my biggest concerns was having yet another yard tool implement to store, which is why I went electric. This is not a whole lot bigger than a reel-type mower and will be a breeze to keep out of the way when it's not in use. (Although I ordered black, because it was listed as cheaper, I got the blue one. Color doesn't make a whole lot of difference to me.) Frankly, I could kick myself for not getting one of these a few years ago—or more. I could have saved that much in busted shovels. But I could also kick Amazon for making me pay extra for next day when they clearly could have gotten it to me in two actual days, not two (five) days.

Passed the Northeast Blizzard test!

Ok..,. Just got about 8” of snow yesterday during the blizzard, with drifts as high as 12”. Went out this morning in -13 windchill weather and fired this machine up. Worked great! Most of the snow was powder and it cut right thru. It even made a dent in that wet part at end of the day driveway where plow dumps. Exceeded my expectations. Quiet, powerful for an electric. All I had to shovel was a small section of heavily impacted snow by the road. Managing the cord wasn’t too hard and I’d rather do that than deal with a gas machine.

Love it

So glad I bought this. Does a fantastic job. Handled blizzard today with no problem. Seems like it works well with snow up to about 10-12 inches at most. Dealing with an extension cord is a bit of a pain, but I like the quick start and no hassle of dealing with a gas-powered machine. This thing has good power.

This is an excellent machine. It is light

This is an excellent machine. It is light. I can lift it with one hand. It is easy to operate. It throws the snow effectively right left or forward. This I consider to be a good investment.

Snow Joe is basically a snow vacuum cleaner!

This machine is powerful despite its diminutive size. It is very capable and I actually enjoyed using it! (So much better than having a backache!) It comes fully assembled (you just have to straighten out the collapsable handle portion and tighten up the bolts) which is a huge plus in my book. It is only about as loud as a vacuum cleaner, and weighs about the same as a heavy vacuum. And, it pretty much works like a vacuum cleaner for snow. I was able to test this out for the first time on a wet, heavy spring snow that left about 3-4 inches on my driveway. It cleared that without any problems and chucked the wet snow about 20+ feet away. (Don't forget to tighten the chute adjustment or else the snow will shoot almost straight up and then come splattering down again.

Very pleased with my new snow blower!

I just moved into my first house and, after a couple of shoveling sessions, decided that a snow blower would be a good investment. I paid about $175 on Amazon and wasn't sure what I'd be getting for that money, given the price of the more expensive gas-powered machines. I've been pleasantly surprised. Even in deeper snow, the blower does really well. Note that the wheels are not powered, so you have to manually push the blower along (the deeper the snow, the harder you have to push). I have a medium sized driveway and am able to clear it in about 15 minutes. It is not effort-free but a lot easier than shoveling. The cord is a bit of a pain and I have already destroyed one extension cable by running over it, but for me the fact that it's electric is not a huge deal as the alternative gas powered models would have been beyond my budget anyway.

Great for deck

I purchased this for one purpose; clearing our large deck. We live at 9200 feet above sea level in the Rocky Mountains. The pictures attached are what we came home to after a big winter dumped over 2 feet of snow. It closed local airports. We ended up flying to Albuquerque and renting a car to get home. I don't think little thing was designed to move snow well over twice the the hight of the blower housing, but it did it. This was 2 days of snow, plus what came off a steep metal roof. It was deep heavy wet snow, that had melted some and re-frozen during the day. Was I able to just push it straight through and clear it all in one pass, NO! The snow was at least x2 higher than the blower. I had to push and clear the bottom portion 1st. Then kind of overlap and collapse the top layer and hit it again to clear it. But it did it! It did it in probably 1/3 the time and effort it would have taken to shovel it. I have used it several times on less snow. 4-6 inches of fresh snow is a breeze. It will clear it in one pass. Our deck is about 24 feet x 14 feet. I leave it on the deck covered for the winter. Then just pull the tarp off, plug it in, and squeeze the trigger. Very happy with performance, exceeds my expectations.

Joe Toasted the Snow

Background: For years, despite my bad back having the structural integrity of a stack of Bud cans, I shoveled snow all winter long. Standing on icy pavement while chucking snow over my shoulder seemed like a quick route to a life of adult diapers, so I finally decided to get a better tool. I'm told only idiots buy electric snow throwers. Maybe -- but if you are like me, you don't have $600, a garage, or a good record on getting annual maintenance done, then gas power isn't perfect. For a quarter the price of a gas machine, I have a little blue thrower that I can store in my basement. Observations: * Delivery: Prime, two days, no problems. * Appearance: Problem. Don't expect something manly. The blower looks kinda like you are pushing a big blue toaster down the walk. This device is 100% testosterone free. When you push this past the big gas blowers, you will have post-traumatic flashbacks from junior high school. You'll feel inadequate. You'll remember that wedgie. But remember: wallowing on the ground, crying for your wife because your back went out doesn't look manly either. * Ease of assembly: Imagine opening a box and finding a big toaster that needs handles tightened. Done in minutes, completely intuitive. * Ease of Operation: Like a toaster you plug it in. Like a toaster, you push a little lever for it to do its job. * Safety: Like a toaster you don't put your fingers where it's doing its business. Like a toaster look out for things popping out the top. * Handling the Gas Guys: my buddy took one look and started a lecture on the virtues of gas power. I quickly asked how much he paid for his tune-up last year. He said $275. I told him that was nearly as much as the $150 I paid for my toaster, delivered new to my home. We laughed and talked about something else. * Use: Snow #1: Storm Iola left about 3 inches of very wet snow last week-- the very kind of snow Consumer Reports and reviewers tell me electric toasters fail to manage. I donned my boots and tromped down to the basement and hefted the thrower up the narrow stairs. No problem - about as difficult to carry as one of those old TV/VCR combos you took on car trips. With a couple extension cords I went to work. In under 60 seconds I cleared my walk to the fence, about 50 feet, in two passes. I went on to do my front walk, the walk of my neighbor, my drive and his drive. I cleared a bit of my deck. I then cleared the drive of a second neighbor who owns a snowblower the size of a Buick, but was reluctant to drag it out for only three inches of wet snow. Snow #2: Blizzard Juno. Juno dumped 18 inches on us in about 36 hours. Mid-storm I went out and blew a nice arc of white powder off the front walk. Then hid till the storm passed and did it all over again. I did my drive, cleared my deck and even cleared a huge mound of snow next to my house that I feared would cause water intrusion. The little toaster did not shrink from its duty. * Sound: about as loud as a blender on high. You can talk over it and you won't feel like you just left a rock concert when you are done. * Performance: It did fine! On the wet snow it did not shoot the snow in a great beautiful arc like my neighbor's behemoth can, but rather coughed it about a dozen feet. It didn't clear down to the pavement, but I don't think they are supposed to. Both snows required a little shovel work to get the last packed half-inch off, if you are inclined to do so. [About that last half inch. I had good luck pushing a flat gardening edger down the walk, under the snow to make it bunch up, then used the thrower to remove it from the walk. IMPORTANT TIP: as you push the edger along, you'll be tempted to put the handle end in the vicinity of your pelvis. Do not do this as you will find a pavement line and the handle will joust you there. `Nuff said.] * Electrocution: Not applicable. * Cut Electrical Cord: I have brightly colored cords and had no trouble seeing them on the snow. I'm not sure why other reviewers fear cutting a cord - perhaps they have white, or transparent, electrical cords. * Coming Unplugged: One reviewer said this was a problem, but as there is a plastic fitting on the machine that one loops the extension through to secure the cord I have no idea why the cord would come unplugged. * Durability: No idea. It made it through two good snows without a problem. I'll report back should it fail in the coming months. Fine print: I am not an Amazon Vine person. I'm not a shrub of any sort for any company. I don't live in the Philippines writing reviews for $0.25 each. I own no stock in any companies. The opinions expressed in this review are strictly my own, unless they piss someone off, in which case, these opinions are strictly someone else's. ******** UPDATE: I feel remiss not mentioning that while clearing deep snow (about a foot or more) it required me to thrust forward, pull back, thrust forward, pull back. While strangely satisfying, its not a steady forward activity. ******** UPDATE #2: Winter Storm Linus. Another couple feet, the same run of clearing. But I also cleared a 40 foot long, 2 foot deep trench from sidewalk to the house's oil tank valve. (Don't ask, it's a New England thing, but, yeah, our houses need lots of oil). Also, the roof was getting overburdened with snow and ice, so I had to rake snow off the roof on to the deck, then use the toaster to hurl it into the yard. I can't imagine how many cubic feet I've moved at this point. Exhaustion is setting in. ******* UPDATE #3: Winter Storm Marcus. I'm about to give up. The toaster is doing fine, but I'm beginning to think I've offended God. This snow is coming slowly over a few days = but another couple feet expected. The toaster looks completely new, acting perfectly but I observe the little rubber pads attached to the steel rotating bits is wearing down to the metal. They will probably need to be replaced before another snow or two. I'm not sure where to locate them, but a word to the wise - the machine is called a "Snow Joe", NOT a "Joe Blow". If you google "Joe Blow Rubber", for goodness sake, turn off the image search. If I find the pads, I'll get back to you. *************** UPDATE #4: Blizzard Neptune / Octavia. Beautiful Boston area Victorian home for sale! Built in 1892, has many original features like windows and insulation! Offers great ventilation all year around! Oil heat! A snow thrower, only a few months old, conveys with property! Honestly, Boston's 2015 Biblical proportions winter - something worthy of a snarky Pharaoh - deserves a bigger... and yes, possibly, gas machine. The thrower is doing fine. It's been sufficient to face this apocalyptic series of snow events, but it's fighting well above its weight. How long will it last? One reason I made the purchase is it's portability. But the friggin' snow won't stop long enough to carry it downstairs! So it has spent the last 5 weeks sitting on the deck - I could have done the same with gas machine. I bought it because I thought it would handle the occasional 4 inch snow ... not the serial 18 inch dumps, week after week. This winter calls for a far larger, faster, machine ... but even so, thank goodness I have it. I can't imagine what sort of rehabilitation center / psychiatric institution I'd be in now had I worked only with a shovel. Minor issue: For the first time I was working in the dark and I fumbled around trying to make the headlight work -- and failed. Regrettably, I had to go to the OWNERS MANUAL. Few things make me feel so impotent as having to go to the written documentation on an bit of machinery. Anyway, the light works by manipulating a little plastic box (which turns out to be flexible, allowing one to click a switch) on the handle side of the toaster - do not grope around on the light side, it will get you no where. *************************** Winter 2015/16 December in Boston this year allowed me to do my final Christmas shopping in my #1 Hawaiian shirt, cargo shorts, and Keens. But this balmy bliss ended suddenly a couple nights ago with a wintery mess swirling down and leaving an inch of icy snow. I could put it off no longer, I needed to buy "Snow Joe Replacement 4-Pack of Auger Blades" for $39.99, +$8.39 postage, which totals to about 25% of the purchase price of the entire machine. I bet these will be amazing auger blades! Winter Storm Jonas: My wife and I had dined out at the local pub last night to celebrate the storm, then sauntered home in the winter splendor, with good food and excellent beer warm inside us. The snow was tapering to an end as we neared our home, when we spied the shadowy form of lonely neighbor struggling with a shovel. Perhaps it was the bracing cold, perhaps it was my love of neighbor, perhaps it some inner cry against the struggle of frail man against an overwhelming and cruel nature - I don't know what it was (probably the beer though) -- but I was suddenly moved to do-good. I snatched the toaster from the deck and went to work. I blew down my walk, the golden glow of the blower's lamp guiding me, then up the walk along the street. With three extension cords snaking though my yard and over my fence, I made quick work of the neighbor's task. Then I realized this: While the blower isn't quiet, it's not loud either ... it won't wake neighbors snug in bed. So I went as far as my extension cords would allow, blowing long pretty snow arcs from drive and walk of this neighbor and that, do-goodering well into the night. Albeit later, no one sleeps so soundly as he who has augured clear the paths of his slumbering fellows. * Disclaimer: I do not endorse or support the notion of heavy equipment use after the consumption of alcoholic beverages. I'm not sure the toaster is heavy equipment, but I bet it could take a wandering thumb off pretty quick. ************************** Winter 2016/17 Quick observation from the last snow, which fell late on a Friday night. I got up and powered down the sidewalk. The blower had no trouble with the 4 inches of snow and shredded the Saturday edition of the New York Times hidden below with ease. However, if you wish to attempt blowing through a Sunday paper, you might want a larger machine. ************************************ Winter 2017/18 --- The Cyclonic Bomb and the Toaster of Doom New England was maliciously attacked with a Cyclonic Bomb. Authorities are attempting to determine who is responsible for this shocking onslaught, but I for one believe you need not look further than Moscow, which is historically warm and snow free this year. Coincidence? I think not. However, setting aside attribution for the time being, I set about administering what I call a "Home Heart Stress Test". This is where wrap my middle aged bod in as much clothing as I can find, exit my home into zero degree weather, and begin uncharacteristically vigorous exercise; in this case shoveling, driving the Toaster around, scraping the walk with the garden edger, chuffing through the yard's deep snow to consider taking my hammock down for the year (keeping it up a couple more days). I passed the stress test! That is, I did not need to call 911 with chest pains (though I have an annoying ache in my left shoulder, radiating into my arm, cold sweat, and shortness of breath. I'm sure I'm fine). The Toaster had no problems facing the 10 or so inches of snow the Cyclonic Bomb released over my community. And I have a couple firsts to share with you. The first first is this: I used the blower going down my front steps, which greatly reduced the amount I needed to lift off. I found it easy to do and found no health and safety issues; however, I suspect, upon reading this, the legal team at Snow Joe will modify instructions to specifically stop future silliness of this kind. I will attempt to add an image to show you what I did. The second first involves the neighbor who has the gas blower the size of a Buick. I found him on the edge of a vast expanse of nicely cleared driveway where he was doing the fine work with a shovel. We chatted for a bit and he mentioned he was about to help a relative in need with clearing snow and it was obvious by his forlorn demeanor that he was not taking his titanic blower on the trip. That's right, my little blower is now on a field trip coming to the aid of some fellow citizen. I'm proud my Toaster is out making America a safer place (at least some of its sidewalks). And to those who sent the Cyclonic Bomb, know this: your cowardly bomb attack has only made this community closer and stronger.

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