Originally posted by: Solema
You get what you pay for with this. My best friend across the street has an electric one, and I have a Honda gas-powered one. We live in Cleveland and got a foot of snow dumped on us last week. It took him THREE HOURS to plow his driveway with his electric (also a Toro). We have exactly the same size driveways, and it took me 30 minutes.
Not to be an ass, but I live in Chicago and we got hit by the same storm. I took me less than an hour to shovel the 10" we got - no way could an average size driveway take that long.
As for this blower, I don't think I have EVER seen something so well reviewed on Amazon. I used to have a huge Self -Prop, two stage blower (never mind the fact I worked my way through college as a small engine tech for Sears) and they are great if you ger several feet of snow. But for the average snowfall, I would take this thing. You don't have to worry about it starting every time, I can hang it on the wall in the summer, left it up on the deck, it seems like it has a lot of positives. To each his own I guess.