Battery-powered Snowblowers?

Battery technology is getting better every year and it looks like cordless single-stage snowblowers may be maturing.

My use case: typical Canadian suburb with a two car wide and 1 car long driveway and sidewalk, but I always shovel the walk around the corner and the neighbours 3 car driveway (they are seniors and awesome neighbours so we are happy to shovel for them). Not an acreage - just the burbs.

Does anyone have experience with the Toro, Greenworks or other high-voltage battery powered snowblowers? Do they actually work well enough for the investment?

Something like this which is on sale at Canadian Costcos:

 

I have that greenworks. I got it to replace shoveling a sidewalk, but am impressed with how much snow it can move. I’ve used it for the driveway before too. The battery will run down fast though and if it gets half or lower, it will die. A full battery moves a lot of snow.

 

I decided to go big and bought the EGO 2-stage. My driveway is 1 car length wide and 160ft long. I haven't seen snow that was too deep for the blower, and we had 3 storms last year that dropped over 20" in one day.

I will say, taking 6-10" of snow at a time dramatically saves battery.

 

That's not a snowblower....

Sorry, though seriously, some of my friends in the lower elevations have an EGO and say it works pretty well, but they get a fraction of the snow that we do (around 300"/year where we're at).

 

My biggest worry with the Costco one, was battery runtime. Also, storing outside in -30, as I don't have a garage and not sure how the battery will hold up over time....they aren't cheap to replace.

My CubCadet needs a tuneup and I hate storing gas etc. So I am still looking into it.

I've gone back to shovel for now.

 

No experience with an electric snow blower, but I'll pipe in.

I have an Ego leaf blower for small tasks around my town house and drying cars. I even use it for clearing snow off my driveway/sidewalk for the light fluffy snow falls. Works absolutely amazing for everything I've used it for. I have a buddy with an Ego lawn mower for his small city backyard and he loves it. For small tasks, electric home lawn tools are amazing!

I'd imagine that the electric snow blower would suit your needs. Worst case scenario, pick up a spare battery so if one dies in the middle of your snow clearing, pop a new one in the blower and the dead battery on the charger.

 

It's Costco....so you can always buy and not worry about returning if it does work as expected