First of all, I don't even bother getting out my snowblower unless there is at least 16 inches of snow. (Buffalo NY area - Toyota Tundra 4x4). When it comes to how long that blower last, it was tested with the fake styrofoam snow and that is where they get their estimates from. I did buy their riding zero turn mower, will be here in a week. I have an Ariens tank snowblower for when we get real snow. 14 years old, always starts up. I would like a battery operated one because of the gas, oil and filter crap I need to go through, but that Ariens will never die. My brother got an Arians at the same time and just this year took it in for maintenance for the first time. I never have and my driveway is 140 feet long.

Thanks for the follow up review. I guess the only way to find out how much more runtime the snow blower truly can finish for you is to run on full ECO mode again next time since the rating of any tool runtime is always rated at the lowest speed. Base on my personal experience, a set of 10.0Ah provides more that 25% runtime over a set of 7.5Ah batteries ant that is why I only uses 10.0Ah and 12.0Ah sets on the snow blowers and sold the 7.5Ah set while keeping the 5.0Ah batteries for light duty tools and invertors. Perhaps that maybe why the new SNT2410 only comes with 10.0Ah set option and no longer comes with 7.5Ah set due to the requirement of the brushless motor.

@roadtriptinytrucker7829

5 ай бұрын

Even if I ran FULL eco ( which wouldn't work anyway because on eco mode it was bogging down so badly and was barely throwing the snow, so in the middle of the driveway it wouldn't get it off the driveway) you're not going to get a 150% increase. Maybe you'd get another car worth. Maybe. But it's not going to be the difference between 6 cars and 18 cars.

@roadtriptinytrucker7829

5 ай бұрын

I appreciate your input too. There's SO many benefits to electric sparingly used tools. No (virtually) maintenance compared to gas, no carbs getting gummed up, no worrying about it sitting all summer, no oil changes, filter changes, gas, fuel additives, etc etc. The BIGGEST downfalll to this thing is just the life of the batteries, and that's where gas shines. That being said, if you have a normal sized 4 or even 6 car driveway, this would absolutely shine. And for me with 2 sets of batteries it does work.

@Jeo-What

5 ай бұрын

@@roadtriptinytrucker7829 Yes, the power source is very important for these cordless tools. This is why I have 3 pairs of high capacity batteries (12.0Ah & 10.0Ah) to cycle through just for the snow blower to operate, cool down, recharge, cool down & operate again with another 3 pairs of 5.0Ah batteries for the inverters, leaf blower, snow shovel, bristle/rubber paddle, misty fan (circulating hot air from natural gas fireplace during power outage) & LED light. Got to be prepared in the cold winter!

I’m impressed with what it did

I love my Ego blower. I run it on the lowest settings. I have never had to change the settings and it does just fine. I do my driveway which is only a 4 car driveway and then the neighbors driveway across the street which is much bigger (6 car) and my other neighbor which is only a small 3 car driveway. And usually when I’m done with all of that my batteries are dead. Now if it’s a really deep snow 10” or more, I can only do my driveway and the 6 car driveway.

I've got about a 7 car driveway and then about 40 feet of walkway. There are some features of an electric snow blower that I would love, but I really need higher capacity batteries technology before I can make the switch. Sometimes we get 18" of snow. Once in a while we even get 24" of snow. But it's ok, if you're able to swap most of your gas use to electric, keeping a gas snow blower around for big storms isn't going to undo the hundreds of gallons you save each year switching to an electric car for example. What I might do years down the road is get a small electric single stage blower for the small storms and keep the tank around for the big storms.

Time to call the folks at ego

@roadtriptinytrucker7829

5 ай бұрын

I've been escalated to a supervisor. They're going to call me in about two weeks. Lol. I'd love to get it addressed. Maybe they can upgrade me to some 12.5 aH batteries. Haha

@31vox

5 ай бұрын

We’re beating a dead horse here. You trade ease of use with affordability, smoke and unlimited run time. Once that said though, keep your batteries always between 20% and 80%, never store full or discharged, and keep the batteries inside before blowing so that they can operate at their ideal temperature. Batteries suck at cold.

What is the length and width of your driveway not including the RV area and do you have 7.5 or 10 AH batteries? I'm also curious what the temperature was when the snow fell. I bought the 2400 with 4 10AH batteries last November and used it for the first time 2 weeks ago. I'm in Southeast WI and my area got 20 inches over 5 days with the last 14 of it in 18 hours and I used the Ego 4 times during that period. I did use the Ego once before that storm when we got about 4 inches of snow similar to the moisture content of that in your video. My drive is 70 feet long and 3 cars wide at the top, it narrows to a 2 car width and then flares out at the street and I've used Google Earth to calculate that it's about 2000 square feet. I've owned several Ariens 2-stage blowers for decades and also have some experience with Toro. Looking at the snow in your video I wouldn't consider that "light and fluffy". I wasn't there but due to the fact the vertical cuts stayed clean and didn't fall apart and seeing the small chunks left on the pavement tells me the snow is what I'd consider to be of a "normal" or typical moisture content or about a 10:1 snow to rain ratio. With snow of that type and depth, on my driveway, my experience is when finished I'd have some juice left in one set of batteries, maybe 1 or 2 bars. If that snow was "light and fluffy" (20 or 30:1) I'd probably have 3 bars and if wet and heavy (5:1) I'd be into the second set of batteries to finish. I don't know the square footage of your pavement but my hunch is if your batteries are 10AH then your battery life is similar to mine. If those are 7.5's then I'd say you're getting really good run time. I've been looking at this Ego blower for 2 years but never bought due to the package only having 2 7.5AH batteries. When they offered the kit last Fall with 4 10AH batteries for $1899 I took the plunge and frankly am glad I did. I've demonstrated to myself that with the 4 batteries I can handle anything we'll get here in WI and not have battery anxiety. The Ego is so much more pleasurable to use than the Ariens and throws heavy wet snow much further. The Ego is lighter and tracks better than the Ariens and I'm finally done with oil changes and storing stabilized fuel that I may or may not use. Controlling auger speed independent of drive speed is a feature I didn't think would be significant but it is. The Ego can be pushed faster than the drive speed setting which is nice when I come to areas with a shallow snow depth. Changing drive and auger speed on the fly while keeping full torque is another plus. Sure, you can slow the engine speed on a gas blower but that takes you out of the max torque range and changing drive speed requires stopping and shifting. The Ego handles the "mountable curb" at my drive approach better than the Ariens too. The Ariens wanted to climb and leave a snow ramp so I'd have to fight with it and lift on a grips to keep it on the pavement. The Ego just follows the profile of the curb and stays planted. Different strokes but I don't fret over the battery life and instead consider all the benefits the Ego has over my 30 inch 9 HP Ariens which I don't miss at all. Frankly, it's my opinion that the Ego is a better designed machine for its purpose than my 2009 Ariens model and if it holds up over time then it's a great machine. You might want to check out this video at the 18:18 mark where the guy is using it to clear 8 inches of wet heavy snow off his ice 1000 square foot ice rink. kzread.info/dash/bejne/pX2duM6IqdGpg5s.html

That looks about right to me. Like you I would expect more based on their claim but manufacturers always over state things like runtime or mpg. I now have larger batteries that came with the zero turn and with those I can now finish snow blowing on a single set of batteries. If you bought it at Lowes I believe they have a very generous return policy.

December 22 I bought a one stage green works, last week during the blizzards here in Wisconsin both batteries died within five days, of course I wasn't impressed with the performance prior to that. Luckily I got it from Costco, as soon as I walked in they said: batteries. Full refund, and ordered a new two stage gas powered Ariens, that one should last until I can't find gas for it anymore. For the record I have so many battery powered devices including EV but all sucks in cold weather.

@danielroden9424

5 ай бұрын

my ev is fine in winter most of the range loss is from running the heater and a bit from battery chem and increased rolling resistance. the issue with batteries is just amp hours and physics. it takes so many watt hours to make a lb of snow and you cannot out physics that. the battery amp hours at a reasonable price arent up to the task that most people expect coming off a gas model.

i have an ariens amp 2 stage electric. i bought 2 700wh ebike batteries to replace the old lead acids and its enough energy for my 75 foot driveway and some sidewalk for maybe 12 inches of snow. more than that and needs 2-3 trips and recharges. its not ideal but i already had the unit so. if i was in the market for a mower and blower i would think about the ego since you can reuse / repurpose the batteries and not just use them in the snow blower

I know this is way off the topic, but are you still trucking? If you are, how is Mack holding it for you? Are there any major issues with the engine?

@roadtriptinytrucker7829

2 ай бұрын

Yup! Man I need to do a video! I have 2 macks now, won't touch another paccar product to save my life. Maybe subject for next video?

@Broken-Nation

2 ай бұрын

@@roadtriptinytrucker7829 that would be great. "Subed"

Temp is a big factor. might be you store them at 45°f and also the outside temp. If it is only like 5°f outside, that may cut capacity to only 50% vs 40°f. I have EGO leaf blower and when I use it in 15°f to blow snow off car and walkway it does not run near as long as in 50°f fall temp.

@roadtriptinytrucker7829

5 ай бұрын

I'd possiblee see your point if it didn't get up to 47 yesterday... and if a SNOWBLOWER can't operate in the cold. They shouldn't make it. Because that's when it snows.

I have a 100' driveway. I run on eco mode except where plow put snow at end of driveway. I cleaned driveway including in front of 3 car garage and walkeay and srill got 2 green bars on 1 battery and 1 green bar on other battery. The only thing i can thi k of is your batteries are still being maintained in a cool garage. Put your laptop in the garage next to your batteries all night and turn it on. I have an unheated garage so i maintain my batteries in a storage part of my basement.

-- Yeah, with my tractor down, I went out and bought a Husq st224, 212cc. Five hundred feet worth of driveway right on Lake Michigan. That's not working for me.

Not impressed with how clean it got your driveway by the way. 20 minutes REALLY. WOW. Yard Sale item

Im not defending ego, but more of electric snow blowers. I have Ryobi 2 stage, which holds 4 batteries (6ah). So, my thoughts from looking at your vid. It looks like you are over lapping your lines going back and forth. I'm sure if you did the lines perfectly (which, i don't expect any homeowner to do) you would get the distance that goes with the advertise battery life.

Mine broke.

With a driveway that size, you need a tractor lol

@roadtriptinytrucker7829

5 ай бұрын

It takes 30 mins to blow it off. That's a waste of a tractor. I had a tractor, sold it when I moved here from acreage in Alabama.

@mrskwrl

5 ай бұрын

@@roadtriptinytrucker7829 That's some fast blowin!

You might have a problem with the batteries, I would get the batteries replaced.

@roadtriptinytrucker7829

4 ай бұрын

I'm trying with Ego. They keep saying they're not a problem.

@davehenderson6896

4 ай бұрын

You are the customer, and the customer is always right.@@roadtriptinytrucker7829

You bought it in October? Sounds like that wasn’t smart . They invented this thing called a forecast . They tell you when you are gonna get hit with weather . They carry those things everywhere. You should of waited my man

@roadtriptinytrucker7829

5 ай бұрын

So waited for the $300 off sale to expire? Or waited til there was snow in the forecast so every store was sold out because nobody plans ahead?