This machine handles the snow comfortably. What is truly a problem is the batteries. In 20 degree weather and four inches of snow, the battery lasted less than 15 minutes. I purchased two more batteries. To get about 30 minutes of run time. Pretty disappointing.

Great little snow blower , on one charge I was able to do my driveway , deck , patio , yard walks , city sidewalk & my neighbours walks. This snow blower is great to use. Lightweight but so far seems pretty durable (Have had it for about 10 months) It will stall when the snow is wet and jams up around the blade, but clean out around the blade and it runs again. Customer support in my experience was tremendous.

I bought this as a supplement/backup to a 28 inch gas blower. The first snow we had was about 4 in of light fluffy stuff, I have a 10 car driveway, and it took care of that, and one pass up my 175 ft of sidewalk, the batteries died with about 15 feet of sidewalk left but I had already made one pass up, so it was clear enough. I wanted to see if it could handle the full driveway in a typical snow, so I didn't use my big 28 inch gas Ariens. I have no complaints given the amperage and size of the snowblower and the size of my driveway. I walked fairly quickly given that the snow was relatively light, but it handled it no problem. I was able to do about 2/3 of my driveway with about five or six inches of wet snow. There were times the machine got clogged a little bit but I cleared it out and it went back to work. Again, not disappointed given the battery size and large size of my driveway. My daughter uses it when I am using the larger gas snow blower. She gets some of the smaller areas in between the cars and in some of the areas where the larger blower can't work. It's incredibly easy to use, it's much more powerful than I expected, and I wouldn't actually be concerned about using it in 8 in of lighter snow, as I have a set of backup batteries and I'm pretty sure I can do my driveway and sidewalk with them. I still primarily use my gas blower for clearing, and use this as something that my kids or wife uses, or I use it in smaller areas where I can't fit the larger blower. But I am very happy with this, and the power and performance have exceeded my expectations. I was also glad to have this because during one storm my larger blower slipped the drive belt digging into the crud at the end of my driveway, and was rendered useless. This was in five or six inches of slushy, heavy snow. While the snowjoe struggled a little bit, and I had to back off and re-approach a few heavy areas multiple times, especially at the end of the driveway (I am at the bottom of a downhill section of road, so I get 2/3 of the street snow plowed onto the end of my driveway). This machine took care of the remainder of job for us, using four of the 4ah batteries to complete the job. I wouldn't want to necessarily use this all the time in heavy snow given the 18 inch width, but it came through big for us when our larger gas machine puked on us. When it's on special, it's an absolute no-brainer bargain. And for somebody who has a two or maybe four car driveway, this is 100% all you need, unless you live in the very Northern parts of the country.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I receive this product as a sample in exchange for a review I don’t call the snowblower snow Joe I call it BIG JoeThis is perfect for Michigan’s snowy winters I tested it out the other day for our first snowfall I was highly impressed the installation it was very simple it already came assembled so that was awesome the battery pack also already came fully charge so it was ready to go I did three of my neighbors driveways as well as myself and the battery was still very for the only thing I will say is make sure that you don’t have any sticks on the ground that’s around because it does pick up those small sticks and anything else that may be on the ground! Very impressed and it also comes with a two-year warranty

As long as the snow was fairly dry and less than 4" the unit did okay. I never expected it would compete with my much larger, two-fisted orange rig. But, like this thing could read, as soon as it was out of warranty it just stopped. I charge the batteries and hit the switch and the headlight flashes for a fraction of a second and...nothing. Very disappointing.

I'm in Pennsylvania and this present for my husband was opened early this year just in time for winter storm Gail. Boy was this a godsend! I can use this too. You just pop in the batteries and press a button. Really simple operation and it was easy to maneuver. I'm a first time customer of Snow Joe products and I liked this very much. This will serve me and my husband well this winter.

This is the second year for my 18 inch Snow Joe with a 40 volt 5.0 ah battery. I can clean all my walks and still have 2 lights of power still available. Today I also cleared my neighbours 2 car driveway. My gas powered John Deere blower just sits in the shed for really severe storms. Love Snow Joe! Great for seniors. Thanks. All I need now is Sun Joe.

I order this the SnowJoe Snow Blower as an alternative to using my gas powered blower for small snow storms. With a recent storm in which my area received over 2 feet in one day I would have usually used my Gas powered blower. Unfortunately, I could not get it started and moved to the SnowJoe Blower. I was amazed how well it handled this storm. I did have to cut the snow piles down some to be able to remove the snow but the machine kept up with the remove and helped me to keep ahead of to storm. I am so thankful I made the decision to purchase this machine and have recommended it to my friends and neighbors.

I purchased this unit after returning 2 larger units of a different brand that quit after the first use. I thought I would need to return this one as well because initially it would only run for 3 seconds under load. I called customer service and they told me to make sure the batteries were charged fully, then press and hold the button for 10 seconds without pulling the lever, release, then operate normally. Since completing this procedure this unit has been a beast. I've cleared 8 in of old wet snow from the sidewalks, cleared my porch, etc. I am very satisfied with the quality and performance of this unit.

I have the 48v 18" . The question asked by most, will it handle heavy snow. The answer is yes, BUT, the battery lasts about 20 minutes . So on a heavy-heavy snow day... it will take about 1+ hr... so requires multiple charging at 2 hours per charge. To help mitigate that, I bought an extra set of batteries... expensive! My driveway is about 3 cars wide by 4 deep driveway. ,re 1-2 inches takes me about 10-15minutes to clear...as fast as I can maneuver the machine 3-5 inches.... about 15-20 minutes 6 to 12 inches... about 30-40 minutes ... may have to do half width of the machine at a time. 12-24 inches...over 1 hr.... but it can do the job, throwing the snow far.... have to do small swaths at a time I have a big gas 26" for the 12-24 inch days. The big advantages Lightweight Handles 90% of my needs... Easy to use, just pull the trigger. Easy, My wife can operate it. I would buy again with extra batteries.