First time I used it I could see it worked well. Snow got into the motor and I got some electric shocks from it though. Thought about returning it.. but likely it is a design flaw. I decided to tape up the handle with electric tape and keep it. One week later we got nailed with a storm and this little guy reduced hours of shovelling down to 20 mins! I recommend taping up the handle and treat it like a vacuum cleaner instead ofna snow blower. Deep heavy snow will bog it down but little swipes solve that problem. Before you know it... your done!

Discharge Chute Issue: The lower and upper discharge chute popped out of front of the ring the control crank turns. So, remove the single screw (#2 phillips, use the correct tool correctly please) and re-assemble it. This part (the chute, not the ring which stays with the machine) is currently out of stock, from which one might infer others have this issue. The screw takes the trust of snow material as it discharges and for it to breakaway on being bumped (my pant leg, dungarees, walking by in the hall by the exterior door) is a good thing or at least acceptable. This thing is so light to carry but do not lift by the chute, Unplug it first. Feed it from a GFI. Showjoe offers a cord which looks like what you want and that is what you must most watch when operating. SJ618E is kind of a good medium size for my situation (decks, northern Sierra) and depending on snow that JUST FELL and whether light (in the 20's Fahrenheit) or 30's ("cement") this easy-to-start squealer machine (motor noise) lofts the snow so you don't have to. If wet snow freezes ("cement") freezes no blower would be able to have its mouth (auger housing) pushed into the snowbank. Metal shovel to make digestible chunks and immediately before it refreezes use the snowthrower on the chunks you broke off the bank because everything snow-like and snow-worthy rehardens. Work slow, be safe. The motor noise tells you if you are working it too hard (don't, motor belt sheave pulley auger and scraper will last longer) and others possibly in the area to not move toward an activity involving throwing snow.

We bought the Snow Joe October 2017, now, Decemeber 2019, for our winter home in Garden Valley, Idaho and used it maybe 10x's. When in use, we smelled the aroma of burnt electrical aviance, then it quit, just quit... right in the middle of singing, "I was born a wondering star"... It gave up the ghost when we were using it in about 3 inches of snow. NUTS! We will attempt to return it, back to WAL-MART tomorrow.

I bought this snow blower to clear snow from my expansive deck . ( 80 x10 feet) I live in snow country and snow accumulations have damaged my deck in previous years. I have a large gas snowblower to do my driveway etc. But it is to heavy to lift up the 5 steps to my deck level. I was asked when I first bought the snowblower ( 3 months ago) to write a review. I am one of those people who hate reviewers who have just opened the box or have used the product once. This is a serious review . Number of times used, 8 . Depth of snow removed , 5 inches to 12 inches at a time . The only challenge for the sno joe was a 10 inch fall of wet snow . I did not expect results and had to carry my gas blower up to get results ( and it struggled) . Bottom line .....great product and highly recommended.

I only gave this 4 stars because I have not used it yet. I think u can't beat the price, I have a deck and front porch and small area I purchased it for. There is a video on assembly . I needed something light( back and neck surgery) I read many reviews before purchasing, I am happy with the purchase. Of course it was delayed in delivery because of a snow storm! I already cleared the snow with out it. I am ready for the next storm! I purchased a outdoor electrical cord at Walmart also.

Didn't work for me

Joe snow blower

We needed to have our latest snow to review this. We love it! It does not blow the slush at the end of the driveway, but we didn't expect it to.

Poor quality, snow shoot falls off every two or three steps. A snow shovel is better than this machine.

Live in Rural Northern Michigan , cannot use gas powered blower due to vibration. Snow Joe is perfect me. I use both the Snow Joe 8 inch blower battery powered and this model!