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DeWalt FLEXVOLT 60V MAX 21 in. Cordless Electric Single Stage Snow Blower (Tool Only) $679
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If you're just getting into the home maintenance tool game, I'd probably go Ego if I were to do it again, but I have some sunk cost fallacy working against me
Also gas might be better in snow, because the heat from the engine will melt any residual ice build up as you plow.
But, I live in Montana and we get snow, lots of snow...for six or more months a year... I have a Cub Cadet gas operated one that is fantastic except when you get 10 to 15 six to 10 inchers a year often just days apart, the 20 minute routine to get the gas operated one going is a real PITA. And thus the desire for instant gratification... The Cub Cadet is now dedicated to one foot to three foot snows...
This thing is instant gratification. I get the batts off the shelf or charger and in 10 seconds, I'm snowblowing...and done in 15 minutes or so....
In powder which is 90 plus what our MT mountain snows are this thing is amazing. It does have its limitations and quirks but once you understand those it goes like a bat out of helll without the weight of the Cub Cadet... AND, it is much better than like the Kobalt I watched being used at a motel that got me started on a battery operated snow blower. I was and am already invested in FlexVolt tools having quite a few, (table saw, circ saw, blower, weed whacker etc.) so this was a no brainer for me...like getting free batteries...
You need to be careful as it does not like pine cones and we have a plethora, but it blows most of them out no problem. I know where my area is "uneven" like on the deck and transition from driveway to front walk etc. You do need to kind of lift the front at these kinds of place. At the beginning of a season, we sometimes get wet snow and it is kind of grumpy with that depending upon depth and temperature. It will want to jam up the chute but that is easy to fix as being a single stage it's right there at the opening to the chute and all you do is TURN IT OFF, I repeat TURN IT OFF by releasing the handle. Then you just push the snow down and it's ready to go again in seconds. Now in really wet snow, it really grumbles and doesn't throw snow like powder, but it does get the job done for me that once or twice a year early and late wet snow.
And so that is where it depends. The Cub Cadet will grind through most everything happily but this is a bit more finicky. IF you are NOT mechanically inclined, like my wife, it may not be for you if you think you just go through everything without a thought... I bet this is where it gets knocked down in reviews... So, if you see a bunch of big pine cones or rocks and plow right into them and it yelps and jams up and you get angry at the tool, you might want to go check the mirror for tool issues instead of the snow blower...
IF you live in an area where west heavy slushy snow is the norm, you might consider something a bit more robust and gas driven also. I'm betting therein lies the rest of the mediocre to bad reviews... Also, don't wait in snowy slushy snow, like tomorrow, that stuff does NOT get better or easier with age to blow... When it hits six inches, get it. Don't wait...
So, that is my take on this very nice tool within its design parameters. It depends...
If you're just getting into the home maintenance tool game, I'd probably go Ego if I were to do it again, but I have some sunk cost fallacy working against me
I live in MT, 95% powder. I grew up in Indiana when it actually snowed there and am ambivalent on the snow I grew up shoveling.
I first saw a battery operated snow blower at a motel in West Yellowstone about four years ago, a Kobalt. The motel had gas operated ones and the Kobalt they kept up front. It snowed four or five inches every day sometimes twice in Jan/Feb. I watched the guys get on it and asked them. They loved it over starting up the gas powered units for the daily little bits of snow. It was instant, fast and did the job on the small snows. They loved it but acknowledged the three times a month big snows mandated a gas powered unit. But I was intrigued having similar issues at home in the Helena area of MT. I also have a gas powered self propelled Cub Cadet that is a beast and a PITA at the same time. THIS is instant gratification.
So, I first checked DeWalt and yes they had just released this snow blower and it looked OK but without reviews and at the gasp price of like 1300 bucks vs the Kobalts... no way I was going to bite. Waited two years and finally scored with a 750 price including the two 12 AH batts at Murdochs end of season and went for it. Almost like getting the tool for free... I'm now into my third year with this (already used it once). It is a highly valued tool at my house. We get lots of snow and for the 20 or more 6 to 10 inchers it is great. Wet early/late season snows...OK...
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