I have never purchased a snow blower before and am looking to for this winter season. I am not very mechanically inclined and have been looking at electric models. Have any of you purchased an electric model and how does it work. We have a typical driveway with a 2 car garage. No major inclines or any obstacles. No sidewalk to take care of either. My body is no longer able to shovel the snow as I have in the past and that is why we are looking at buying.
Electric Snow Blower
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My Father-in-Law has an electric, EGO I believe, and he loves it. He travels so the MIL uses it when he's gone and I've not heard a complaint.
My neighbor got an EGO last year and it chews through snow from what I can tell. They're older and I did their driveway for years during heavier snows. I didn’t have to touch it last winter even with the wet half frozen piles after the plow came through.
I'm holding out until I can hand the shovel to the 4 year old.
Our neighbors have the single stage EGO. It does a much better job that I expected, especially on the lighter snows. They don't use it very regularly, so it looks like crap by mid-winter. But that's more of a them issue than EGO issue.
I would go with EGO 2-stage. I have an EGO mower and I love it, lots of power and no maintenance or gas cans. I have a Snow Joe 1-stage snow blower and it’s basically a toy, can’t handle any more than about 3-4 inches of snow.
Have also heard good things about Ego from my parents neighbors. They may have even bought it at Costco.
I have an EGO single stage. It's good for a single stage snow blower. One issue is the battery. It burns through them a lot quicker than the mower. There is a reason it has 2 bays for 2 batteries. Be prepared to spend a lot on batteries if you don't want to do some shoveling or wait for a recharge during heavier snows.
I don't plant to own an electric snowblower but if I did it would be an EGO 2 stage. They work really well, but as others have said they seem to love batteries. For most instances it probably wouldn't be a huge deal but if we get a big snow just be prepared for the possibility of having to stop in the middle to recharge if you don't want to spend a ton on backup batteries.
I also have this and love it. Enjoy that its the same batteries as my lawn mower so never have to worry about power.
Maybe consider a plug in model? With just a driveway, you could spend anywhere from $100-200 and get a highly rated model from SnowJoe, Toro, Ryobi, WEN, etc.
Compared to the $1000-2000 EGO, it might be a more cost effective alternative for your needs.
Compared to the $1000-2000 EGO, it might be a more cost effective alternative for your needs.
I have an EGO mower and leaf blower. Both are awesome and highly recommend. A snow blower isn’t much of a need in Overland Park(snows 1-3 times a year and melts in a few days if not that afternoon on pavement) where I am, but I based on their other products I’d go EGO.
I have a single stage and a double stage. I’ve used the double once in the last three years. I’d have been way ahead to just go with the single and hire somebody for the once every three years snowfall.
Totally depends on where you live and the amount of snow you get each season. I use mine 3/4 times last year, its four years old and it cracked over with no problem the other day. Best under $1,000 dollars I have ever spent. What used to take me 2/4 hours to scoop out the driveway with a shovel, now takes me 30 minutes, and I do the walk all the way to the street for our neighbors. I find blowing snow actually kind of fun.
No way would I pay 2 grand for an ECO 2 stage blower, never figured they would be anywhere near that price.
A lot of it depends on the size of the battery. The two stage EGO comes with two 7.5Ah batteries. Which after one season I think they died on me once when I was nearly done. I may also have had the power clicked up more than I needed/forgot to turn off the peak power setting. That is one of the things I have loved about it the most is the ability to adjust speed, power etc from my old gas powered unit.
This is my biggest concern and what’s keeping me from buying. My EGO mower works great but the cold weather and extreme temps has to impact the battery performance.