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.

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 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.

After using this snow blower for a few months through several snow storms i feel i can write a fair review The snow blower itself is light weight and does a fantastic job, it will eat through snow just as fast and throw snow just as far as my small gas blower. The problem is the battery life. I get maybe 15-20 minutes of battery life before the machine shuts down. 15-20 minutes isnt enough to clear my small driveway when there is more than a few inches of snow. If the batteries lasted longer this would get 5 stars, as is i will need to order another set of batteries to be able to clear my whole driveway without waiting two hours for the batteries to charge.

This is terrible! It was a replacement for an in warranty machine that stopped working. It is extremely difficult to hold the ON handle for more than a few minutes. It has trouble with just a couple of inches of wet/heavy snow. More of it ended up packed down than blown. I don't mind blowing my driveway a couple of times a day when the snow is heavy, but to have to shovel after just blowing it once to avoid ice and ruts, that's not ok with me. I went from an easy hold handle and toggle switch for the blower nozzle to a difficult to hold handle and a crank (that seems quite flimsy)

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Well this literally got delivered during a snowfall so the timing couldn't have been better. It was a wet heavy snow so the perfect test for this. It comes packed nicely in one box VERY easy to assemble no issues whatsoever. Just have to fold it up tighten some knobs and put the shaft on that turns the chute. It looks great it feels very well made the battery charger is really nice. It's not to heavy has a handle to help carry to different areas. I have a large gas snowblower but I was looking for something for my patio area and for lighter snow and this is perfect. It has no issues with the wet heavy snow. Battery was still good when I finished what I needed to with it. I think I could do my driveway and sidewalk if it's a light fluffy snow without killing the battery. Great product.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] We got this snow blower 2 days before the snow it. My hubby was a little skeptical about it being battery powered. Super easy assembly, took less than 5 minutes to get it put together. We charged the batteries over night and were ready to go! It is light weight and easy to pick up and carry. It pretty quiet, light to push (gets a heavier with heavier snow) and made clearing snow a breeze. We have a big corner lot and it normally takes 20 min to shovel, hubby was back inside and drinking coco after 10 with this thing! My kids think its cool and have no problem going out to clear sidewalk now. Batteries life depends on how heavy the snow is but we got about 30 min before we need to charge. Looking to get another set so we can have one charging while we use the others.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] This snow blower already comes together in the box. There is just a couple steps left for you to finish setup. We got it in the mail same day we got a nice snow storm. We tested it out right away. It does a decent job. The snow we got was heavy and wet. The snow blower did a pretty good job clearing, it was just hard to get down to the concrete. I think it would do an amazing job with light snow. I wish there was more of a shovel on the bottom to help get under the snow, we had to tilt it forward while using. It’s powerful and lightweight. The heavier snow did cause the batteries to drain faster. Keep that it mind. Overall very excited to have a snow blower!

I bought this little gem to help with snow removal while my hubby keeps our very long driveway cleared. Boy oh boy, this was an excellent purchase and performs way beyond my expectations. I would recommend this to anyone. I have yet to run out of battery charge for the large snows that we've had.

This unit is light weight and works well in powder and light wet snow. It worked great the first two times I used it, on 2 inch snowfall. I keep the batteries and charger in my garage. I recharged the batteries after use, then remove them from the charger and store them nearby in the garage. The temp hit -10 this morning. It was pretty cold in the garage. I took out the Snow Joe and it didn't make it 10 feet down the driveway, before it quit. I couldn't get it to run more that a few feet at a time and it stopped. The batteries showed a full charge, but they were freezing cold. I brought the batteries inside and let them warm up for about 30-45 minutes. I tried again, and it ran great (with the room temperature batteries). The only other complaint is that one of the screws holding the crank for the discharge chute fell out while in use, and got lost in the snow. I replaced it with a cotter pin, and it works fine.