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
  • 3 W LED light for safe nighttime clearing
  • Powerful 15-amp motor moves up to 800 lbs of snow per minute
  • Steel auger with 2 rubber blades cuts 21" wide and 12" deep in one pass
I asked way more of this little machine than it was designed for, and it delivered!

My area is said to have had the highest snow fall of Winter Storm Jonas (Jan 22-24, 2016) and I believe it! It took me about 2-1/2 hours to clear my deck of this snow. I will let the pictures speak for themselves. I am very pleased, this was well worth the money I spent and assembly was pretty simple too.

Great snow thrower for the price. Really does the job for my 4 car wide driveway and sidewalks.

I've owned my Snow Joe since Nov 2015. This winter is setting records for our area. More snow than ever before in recorded history. None of my neighbors had snow throwers. Well, that is until this winter. Watching me clear my 4 car driveway in just minutes while they slave away manually shoveling theirs. So, I began doing my next door neighbors driveway as he is elderly. Then have loaned it out to two other neighbors across the street. My elderly neighbor now owns a snow joe and my neighbor across the street ordered his today. Pros: Really throws the snow, especially fresh stuff when the temperature is cold enough to keep it frozen. Even though it's not self propelled, you can just about push it as fast as you can walk and it will clear the path in front of you. I like the LED lamp and very torquey motor. Doesn't bog down unless the snow is very heavy. Cons: Theres room for improvement. 1) If you have ANY imperfections in your surface over 1/8" the snow joe will catch it and stop so fast it will just about throw you over the handlebars. 2) The LED lamp is not really bright enough to help unless it is pitch dark outside. 3) The chute throws about 95% of the snow in the direction it is pointed, but about 5% of it shoots to the right. What this means is that if you begin at the right side of your driveway, it will constantly shoot 5% of the snow over swaths you have just cleared. This can be remedied by starting on the left side of the driveway. 4) If you use ice melt on your driveway after cleaning it, the snow joe will have problems clearing the next snowfall due to the slushy snow below. It's best to just not use snow melt if you want to use the snow joe to its fullest. Summation: Look at the photos so you can see my snow joe in action, clearing 6" of snow from my neighbors driveway. I'd buy it again, but really wish they would fix the annoying issue with the unit snagging any imperfection in the surface and add a guard to the left of the chute so it throws snow in only one direction.

Excellent performance and durability

I was a bit skeptical about purchasing an electric snow blower. But didn't want to spend the $600+ for a gas one or worry about all the maintenance . So I got this snow blower. I opted for the 15 amp instead of the 13.5 amp I was originally going to purchase. I'm glad I did! Not sure how the 13.5 does, but I can say this 15 amp is great. I live in Idaho, where we've gotten roughly 6 feet of snow this winter. Most of it I didn't have a snow blower, but our last couple of storms I had this. The first storm was about 10 inches, and the snow blower handled it awesome. I was surprised how quickly I could push it and it wouldn't bog down. Especially through that much snow. Granted it wasn't really wet heavy snow, which our second storm was, but that was only about 6 inches and handled that great. This snow blower is really light. Easily picked up with one hand. I wanted a light one just in case I was ever tempted to take it up on the roof. I have no worries about doing so. The cord doesn't get in the way for me, and the rubber blades are great. I went through some gravel on accident and it didn't do anything to the blades. I'm very happy with this purchase. I would gladly purchase again and recommend this to anyone.

Got me through the Blizzard of January 2016. Had ...

Got me through the Blizzard of January 2016. Had to go out several times, as we got over 3 feet of snow, but this little thing is a real workhorse. So thrilled with this purchase, and would certainly buy again if this one needs replacing down the line.

Used on rough terrain for stress test

I thought I would give it the tough test, and return it if it was too weak. I have 3 acres with a barn in Michigan. The driveway is gravel 110 feet long and distance to barn 150 feet or so. I used snow blower to clear path up dway, over to pole barn, and around barn. Path around barn was 60 feet across semi-rough terrain of knotted weeds. Path to barn across open field and also semi-rough. Snow varied between fluffy and semi-crystalline version of same - snow heavier than fluffy, but not as heavy as wet snow. Overall, the machine did the job - cleared a total of maybe 400 feet of pathway. I also had to clear snow from a shed rooftop - the snow piled up on the ground maybe 24 inches high. I took shallow cuts on the pile, throwing it 8 feet away. I had to take maybe 6-10 cuts on these piles...This is easy work, since you are just pushing forward as you walk without a lot of effort. If the machine became overloaded from hitting an obstacle (weeds buried in snow) or a pile too high, it would begin to lug down, and I usually just tilt it back to take a smaller cut. Sometimes I just powered through, and most of the time it dug in and threw the snow. Electric motors put out more power if the they are lugged down. I kept half-expecting it to fail under these conditions, but it kept snarling through and exhibited toughness under stress. At no time did it stall or fail. I used #12 extension cord from Harbor Fright - 100 feet plus another smaller one, 25 feet. Worked OK and I got used to it tailing everywhere. The wheels can get chunks of ice attached to them, immobilizing the unit. These are easily removed, once the cause is recognized. Overall, this tool is a more limited version of an $600-800 2 stage snow blower. It will do most of what the expensive ones do (except cutting through packed snow and ice), the reality is, you will go slower.

Epic!

This is our 3rd electric snowblower in the last 15 years. Out of all of them, this model is the best of these kinds of electric snowblowers. History: Our first, the Toro Powercurve 1800, finally died this year after 14 years of service. The huge ice chunks plowed in from the town broke its blade. Side by side with the Snow Joe, the Toro looks puny. But, the Toro gave us many years of trouble-free service. Because parts are still readily available, we'll repair it and use it to clear porches and steps. It's lightweight and small enough to replace a manual shovel. The Toro is a champ and we expect many more years of service out of the Toro after our repairs. Our second electric snowblower was a Greenworks model. It was inexpensive and worked OK as a fill-in. BUT, it's cheaply made and poorly designed. Bolts flew off during service. The turning chute wasn't designed for snow because all it did was collect snow in the collar and ice up. In order to use it we had to use a hair dryer to de-ice it so that the chute would turn. It's completely zip-tied together at this point and we'll be glad so see the back of it. We're sending it to the dump and won't buy this manufacturer's products again. None of these problems occur with either the Toro or the Snow Joe. Now we come to this Snow Joe. We bought this older, soon to no longer be available model because we like several features not available on the new and 'improved' versions of this snowblower. The first is the handlebar across the top for the power and the second is the stability bar across the handles for the chute turning control. For power control, all of the newer Snow Joe models have the flip out plastic lever on one side and they're a pain (same as the Greenworks) to use because they're only for one hand. If you have a lot of snow to blow, that hand gets tired fast. The top bar on this particular model means that it can be powered with either or both hands, it reduces fatigue and makes it easier to run. The removal of this bar in the newer designs isn't an improvement (Snow Joe, take note). For stability, the removal of the stability crossbar for the chute control is also not an improvement. When the snow gets deep, this bar serves double duty. It also makes the control of the chute direction easier, it stabilizes the chute control and stabilizes the machine's entire handle structure in heavy work. Snow Joe, please bring back both of these features in your next versions. Lastly, it has POWER!. We love the big back wheels for movement and stability. Its 21" chute width makes the job about 2x faster than its predecessors (in our lives). The machine's blade is hardened rubber attached to a steel auger. This is a huge improvement over all other manufacturers who still use plastic blades. This rubberized blade won't crack or chip in cold weather and the steel auger is strong. The blades will be easy to replace once they get dog-eared by removing a couple of bolts. The chute's turning mechanism is smooth and neither sticks nor has a mind of its own during operation. It stays where it's set until the operator moves it. In wet snow the chute doesn't direct the snow as well is it might. For some reason the snow sputters around the exit instead of shooting out. But, it still throws deeper snow about 15' - 20' and clears right down to the pavement. It's good in both powder and wet snow. Lastly, it's good for snow depths that are deeper than its 12" rating. To use the Snow Joe in deep snow means smaller bites (not the full 21" width) and a slower walk. But, hey, for handwork anything's better than manual shoveling. We've cleared snow as deep as 18" in a single pass. We don't recommend this and normally will remove snow 2-3x over the course of a storm instead of trying to do it all at once. But, it does snow overnight...lol. In places like Tahoe where it's 3-5' feet of snow over a couple of days, the only thing that removes this amount of snow is a full-on plow. So, no, the Snow Joe won't tackle 2-3' of snow in a single pass. There's the nifty LED light up on the handle. In the newer models the light is now in front of the discharge chute. In deep snow that light placement is useless, so we're glad to have the light on the handle even though we'll most like never use it. But, never say never. Out of the box, set-up was a breeze. All that was required was the connection of 4 super large, easy to handle knobs, install the chute control, snap the power lines into their clips and you're ready to go. Our only nit is cord control. With an electric snowblower, one of our major gripes with all manufacturers is that it doesn't seem as if anyone in design & development has actually used one of these snowblowers. The cord has to be out of the way for every pass. We need to be able to move the electric cord from one side to the other easily to keep it out of the snow and far from the blades. Once the first couple of paths are cleared, the electric cord is put in the cleared area so that we can see it, not slip on it and plow the rest of the snow quickly. To address this cord management problem, we installed a second stabilizer bar across the handles that allows us to tie the cord around it and then connect it to the machine's plug. This also stops the cord from unexpectedly coming unplugged. This way, we can easily slide the the cord from one side of the snowblower to the other without wasting time fiddling with it or the need to have it in hand while operating the machine (take another note, Snow Joe). All in all, we like this machine so much and Amazon's current amazing price that we ordered a 2nd one as a back-up until we decide that we want a Kubota for all of our landscaping and maintenance needs.

I have to say this is a great machine! A work horse! Love it!

Update: this thing is a work horse! We're ready getting hit here in the Northeast. I've just finished clearing away a good 18 inches of snow in the driveway + over 2 feet of the really heavy stuff the street and sidewalk plows "delivered." It only took about an hour, and that included a couple of breaks to go inside and warm up! I'm LOVING this little guy! So far, I have to say this is a great little machine. At 57 and with severe back and neck issues I just couldn't handle shoveling anything but the lightest of snow anymore. A few years ago I bought another light duty machine and it lasted one and 1/2 winter's. So I was a little skeptical about this one but--being fed up with expensive and unreliable snow removal contractors, and after reading the reviews on the Snow Joe Ultra, and considering the very reasonable price (less than an annual contract), I decided to give it a try. Well, I just finished clearing away two days of moderate snowfall... about 8 inches...and was able to clear my drive down to pavement in less than 30 minutes. It worked really well on the heavy stuff that the street plow leaves at the end of the driveway, however I did have to back up and make several passes. But for the price...and if you don't want to mess with heavier, more labor-intensive gas machines, this is fabulous! *One caveat: I haven't yet tried it on a really heavy snowstorm. I think it may be a bit trickier on the really heavy stuff from the snowplow but I think if you chunk it up first then the Snow Joe Ultra will work just fine... I'll keep you posted. UPDATE: This thing is FREAKING AWESOME! I'm still waiting for the super duper heavy stuff but I think it will be fine. The trick on the deep, heavy stuff is to tilt the machine up and take small bites... going back and forth over it like you would a vacuum cleaner. I still might need to chunk up the really deep, heavy stuff if we really get dumped on but so far I'm loving it! It was well worth the money!!

Super light weight

This thing is legit. when it comes to electric go the biggest and most powerful. Is it a 14hp john deere snowblower? no but Its an extremely formidable snow moving machine. Cheap price, Super light weight, unbelievable for walkways, decks and medium sized driveways, can store in the kitchen or breezeway no problem. My foray into electric started with a chainsaw the biggest and most powerful. It was great. Led me to have confidence in the blower. Heavier duty electric stuff has come along way. In the absolute worst case its the best backup you can have. In my experience instead of cutting driveway at length, its better to cut it short side, working from top driveway (house) down to bottom. Chute almost directly straight ahead. No cord issues either. Easily operated by the wife. :) ..Survived snowmaggeden 2016 and off to a a great start in 2017. Highly recommend

A Cheap Electric Snow Blower That Will Get The Job Done!

INTRO-1: I live up in the Pacific North West, and we are plagued by horrible winter storms. Most of the time we get very little snow, but on occasion, we really get the snow. I chose not to go with a gas blower for 3 reasons. (1) Gas blowers are very expensive! (2) Gas blowers require lots of maintenance, they have an engine afterall! (3) We rarely get enough snow to warrant the power of a gas blower. However, when you look at my pictures, you can tell I could have used a gas blower for the drift alone, but thats what a shovel is for lol. Like I said, most of the time we don't get this much snow, if we get any at all, so it made sense to save money, and go electric. INTRO-2: When choosing a snow blower, you have to think about the job at hand. How much snow do you get? Are you within 100-feet of an electrical outlet? Perhaps you want to skip corded electric and gas all together and go with a cordless electric? I watched video's online of cordless blowers, and to be honest, I am not really impressed. For one thing, they cost as much as a single stage gas blower, and they perform worse then a corded electric. So for me the choice was simple. I chose the 21" 15-AMP electric snow blower form Snow Joe. ASSEMBLY: Assembling this blower is very easy, all you have to do is attach the handles, wheels, chute control arm, and chute top, everything else comes already assembled. If your not sure, just follow the directions in the manual. Assembly can be completed within 30-minutes if you are slow at assembling things, or within 10-minutes if your quick. CORD: Because not everybody knows this, I feel the need to quickly mention that you must match the cord to the draw of the machine. This machine requires a minimum of a 12 gauge 3 conductor electrical cord. I highly recommend you purchase a US & WIRE Extreme cable sold on Amazon, as they remain flexible and easy to manage in freezing and sub freezing temperatures. Also make sure to get the proper length you need. Tiny driveways you can probably get away with a 50 footer. For average size driveways, you want a 100 footer. And don't get anything over 100 feet unless you step up to a 10 gauge 3 conductor cord. MOTOR: This snow blower uses a 15-AMP motor, which averages around 1500-watts of draw. A standard garage circuit or household circuit, has a 20-AMP max breaker capacity. This motor will draw 1800-watts peak power during motor startup only. Because of this, please make sure there is nothing else running on the circuit, otherwise you might risk tripping your breaker. This motor has lots of power for what it was designed to do, and it sure didn't disappoint me! BLOWER: The blower has a 12-inches tall opening by 21-inches wide. It is designed to take on no more then 1 foot at a time, however its pretty slow doing that even with fluffy snow. The blower seems to excel at tackling 6-inches to 8-inches at a respectful pace. Like I said, it will handle a foot of snow at a time, but it will be slow going. If the snow is over a foot tall, you will have to tilt the blower up to take off the top layer first, then come back again to take off the bottom layer. If your drifts are between 2-feet to 3-feet you can forget it, you will never tilt it high enough, and be able to push it through the drift. Your just going to have to grab a shovel if your in that situation and remove the top layer of the drift with a snow shovel first, then come back with the blower after that. I took a picture of the snow blower next to a drift that is too tall for the capacity of the machine. I just needed to shovel that top layer off there, then I could come back with the blower and finish it up. DRIVE: I want to remind everyone, that this blower is not self propelled. Your not going to find self propelled at this price point. This is a blower that you have to push. If you are a senior citizen, or someone with a disability, you might find pushing this thing difficult. However, if you are healthy, you can push this blower no problem, as long as you are not pushing it beyond its recommended limits. AUGER: This is a single stage snow blower, hence it has an auger, but no impeller. The auger spins at a blindingly fast rate, which grabs the snow via the rubber paddles, and throws it through the chute. The rubber paddles are replaceable, but I haven't seen any wear after a single use! On the left side of the blower is a panel that you can remove, to give you access to the sealed belt and pulley's, that link the motor to the auger. This was a good design to help keep snow away from the belt! The belt and pully's are also replaceable if they should wear out on you. CONTROLS: The controls at the operator position are very simple. You have the safety start button, the start bar, the LED headlight, and the chute direction control. In order to start the blower, you have to press and hold the safety button, and then pull back the start bar against the handle, easy! The direction of the chute can be operated remotely via the directional control arm, but the vertical up/down movement has to be done manually at the chute itself. The LED headlight has a on/off switch on top of it, so you can choose weather to run it or not, and the light position is adjustable. WHEELS: The wheels on this blower are not the greatest in the world, however, they are not the worst either. While I would have preferred pneumatic wheels, you won't find those in this price range. At least this blower didn't come with those cheap noisy plastic wheels found on kids big wheels. The wheels move over the driveway pretty well, so I am not going to fault them too much. But the reason I would have preferred pneumatic wheels, is because they are superior at moving over terrain. HANDLE: The handle itself provides a nice foam grip for your hands. It would have been nice if it were heated but again, not found in this price range. If you just wear a thick pair of winter gloves you will be fine. The handle doesn't seem to flex much at all, which really is a surprise considering the cost of the machine. I've actually been quite pleased with the handle, and I can even hang it up on the wall via the handle, so multi-purpose abilities are the way to go here. CLEANING: Cleaning up the blower is very simple, all you need is a small broom, and you just sweep the snow off of it, thats really the only maintenance you need to do on it! If it were a gas machine, you would have to worry about draining the carburetor of gas, and changing the oil for the next season. CONCLUSION: In conclusion, this is a very nice snow blower. It tackles everything I need it to do, except for the drifts. It has plenty of power for what it was designed to do, and it gets the job done. I'm actually happy that I didn't go with a lesser 13-AMP 18" model, as that would have been a pain to use in this situation. This 15-AMP 21" model was surprisingly easy to use. And if your concerned with the noise factor, well, this electric machine can be run without hearing protection on, so it won't annoy your neighbors early in the morning either. If your looking for an electric model, I recommend this one!

Great Job

I am a disabled veteran and recently had cervical spine surgery (September 8th). I decided that I might need help in clearing my large deck when the snow arrived. This past Tuesday the snow arrived in southern Colorado with abandon (extreme winds) and it was piled much higher than the 12" that the Snow Joe was designed for. Well I wanted to get the deck cleared so I powered up the Snow Joe and went to work... remember I can't lift anything, since the surgery, over 8 lbs. The Snow Joe did a stellar job and I highly recommend it. I have attached a picture to show what I tackled on my deck in around 15 minutes. Consequently I highly recommend this electric snow blowing machine. BTW, this was not powder this was very heavy late fall snow.

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