I have this snowblower and love it! Like many others I was skeptical at first until my neighbor 3 doors down was out using his. I was so impressed with how it handled and cleared the end of his driveway (and it was deep) that I went out and bought one. That was 2years ago and I have no regrets. Still works great and has saved my back. Time will tell if it holds up long term.

@existential_

5 ай бұрын

Yes there's lots of information on battery care, don't know which ones are true. But I am sticking with: Charging them to 3/4 bars just barely 4/4 Keeping them inside the house Charging them once every 6 months during the spring/summer/fall

@robertbaron3242

5 ай бұрын

@@existential_ I watched a video on Ego battery charging and storage and they didn't mention anything about charging only to 80% or so but I know that is conventional wisdom for extending LiOn battery life. Ego rates them for 800 ~ 1000 full charge cycles which is pretty good. There's many times confusion on what a charge cycle is but my understanding is it's from fully depleted to 100%. If the battery has a 50% charge and it's charged to 100% then that is one-half of a charge cycle. The batteries like to be at about 50% charge for storage so I plan to charge to that level when anticipating a dormant period. The battery "brain" will automatically discharge any capacity above 50% if it's not used for 30 days which is a feature to maximize battery life. I have the same blower and battery package and so far I'm loving it.

Great video of this unit. Thanks!

-- First glace, doesn't have enough power. Second glance: that situation you need snow chains. I don't think an electric would take well to chains but I'd be glad to be wrong.

@existential_

4 ай бұрын

Yeah this was all using Eco Mode as many suggested to start with that to save battery but then causes the unit to lift up on some runs because it's not sucking in enough snow fast enough. Doing a 2nd run of the area was fine. The lighter weight compared to gas may contribute too. We haven't had much of a winter to try again at higher speeds.

Nice demo video. Still can't decide between this 2-stage EGO snowblower or the 2-stage 60V Greenworks. I think most reviews favor the EGO over the Greenworks, but since I already have five 60V batteries from other Greenworks tools, I'm leaning more towards getting the Greenworks. Very impressed that you were able to do all that snowblowing without having to use your 2nd set of batteries. How long do you think the first set would have lasted before having to replace them with the 2nd set?

@existential_

5 ай бұрын

I did some additional work on the backlane corner, so maybe an additional 5 minutes or so. Judging from the video length, I'd say it might've survived 45 minutes in total? Haven't looked at the Greenworks before, just initially did now. It looks very similar to the EGO. For me, as long as it's at least 24 inch, 2 stage, has some weight to it and real wheels (not the plastic ones) it should be good for Winnipeg and similar environments. Just comes down to people's reviews on the motor and battery reliability.

@martinafan64

5 ай бұрын

@@existential_ 45 min might be enough runtime for my needs. I usually use a single stage 60V battery operated Toro for most of our snow removal, but always have to use our 2-stage gas powered Ariens for the end of our driveway and curb after the snowplows come thru. For last week's snow I had no choice but to use the Ariens for everything (12 - 15 inches in my part of Wisconsin). I'm sick of smelling like a diesel truck after using gas powered equipment, so I can't wait to finally replace that Ariens with a battery operated snowblower.

@existential_

5 ай бұрын

@@martinafan64 I wonder if the 1 stage aspect has anything to do with it. My dad had gotten the 2 stage battery Toro this season after 2 of his Toros had carburetor problems. He reports 30 mins of use on Turbo (told him to use lower speeds first), with the 2 7.5ah batteries it came with. Drive way is approximately 36x24ft. Not sure about how it handles curb leftovers from city plows yet.

@martinafan64

5 ай бұрын

@@existential_ That 60V Toro being single stage with a smaller intake height, plus not being self-propelled, made it impossible for me to use for heavy snowfalls and for the 18 - 24" high mound of snow at the end of the driveway & along our curb from the plows. Reviews on the 60V 2-stage Toro are actually good, but I think I'm leaning more towards the EGO at this point.

@robertbaron3242

5 ай бұрын

@@martinafan64 I'm in Wisconsin too and have the same Ego 24" package with the 4 10AH batteries. It got a real workout this month with us getting about 20 inches over 5 days and 14 of that in the final 18 hours. I had a 2009 Ariens 30 inch 9 HP that became a chore to use and I wanted to get rid of storing stabilized fuel I may or may not use and annual oil changes along with having to dispose of the old oil and unused fuel. I have to say I find snow blowing fun with the Ego and it outperforms the Ariens in every parameter except requiring a few more passes being 6 inches narrower and with the 4 big batteries I have zero battery anxiety. For me the Ego has been all good and nothing negative relative to the Ariens but time will tell how rugged and reliable it is.

Does 2 12 AH Batteries fit?

@existential_

5 ай бұрын

I'm not 100% sure but I do remember watching a video that it should, it's slightly bigger than the 10ah and the battery fitting in the equipment has a bit of extra slack when fitting the 10ah. EGO's website also says this for their 12ah: "All our 56V ARC Lithium™ batteries are interchangeable across the entire EGO cordless range"

This snowblower’s self propelled unit stopped working after 1 easy season, and the company has taken over a month to get a resolution that STILL isn’t here. They “escalated” my case to management several weeks ago because they couldn’t find a local repair service. I finally heard yesterday after another other additional umpteenth phone call that they “plan” to send out a replacement. When? Maybe 2025? Terrible warranty service with EGO, just terrible. I would not and do not consider this machine as my principal snow removal equipment. Be warned.

@existential_

4 ай бұрын

Damn that sucks! Hopefully go with a Toro and see how that fares.

Are you allowed to put the snow on the road like that?

@existential_

5 ай бұрын

Snow was blown by the fence, my yard or the field

@davehenderson6896

5 ай бұрын

Yes but are you allowed to blow snow on the road?@@existential_

@existential_

5 ай бұрын

@@davehenderson6896 I don't think you are, similar to how you cannot put yard waste such as leaves on the road.

@davehenderson6896

5 ай бұрын

Yes but I bet people still do it.@@existential_