Greenworks 80V 24'' Two Stage Snow Thrower - $1,599 (After $400 Savings)

Second "review":
So I just finished doing my driveway and making the path to the back of my house. It took about 50 minutes of active use of the snowblower. Given the size of my driveway, I could probably get that time down to 30 minutes but I had to dig out my car and it led to me being rather inefficient with the path I took with the blower. The fact that I can only throw the snow in one direction and have a few weird angles to work with really extends the time it takes to do snow removal.

I was surprised to see that I ran the batteries pretty much dry, though I managed to finish. I was running the auger pretty fast for the most part because I need to throw the snow pretty far and pretty high because of the configuration of my driveway. One thing that I do is keep the auger running dry when repositioning to avoid having to press the button and restarting it, but now I'm starting to think that for battery management reasons, I may want to hold off on the auger unless I'm actually going through snow. One thing is for sure, from my experience, the runtime is sufficient for most people in suburbs, but it's not amazing, and I would not recommend this snowblower for someone who has a large driveway to clear up.

In terms of power, it's really just not a problem at all, mine just happily ate up snow that was completely filling up the auger housing, that is 15-20 inches of snow without any issue. Given decent traction on pavement/asphalt anyway, it just goes.

At this point, I don't know if I'm fully sold. Hopefully, better habits will help with the runtime. On a positive note though, this is a thousand times more enjoyable to use than a gas snowblower.

dux wrote: ↑ good luck finding a snow plowing service for $300 lol, here in Ottawa it cost 600-800 for a 2x2 driveway

huh..I got mine done for $50....

jenneth wrote: ↑ huh..I got mine done for $50....

Where do you live, 1970?

That's the dream.

djzapz wrote: ↑ Where do you live, 1970?

That's the dream.

Our driveway fits 5-7 cars. Two door garage. Probably the biggest driveway in our driveway...$50.

And it was after 4 day winter storm this November...

I didn't know that was cheap lol....

jenneth wrote: ↑ Our driveway fits 5-7 cars. Two door garage. Probably the biggest driveway in our driveway...$50.

And it was after 4 day winter storm this November...

I didn't know that was cheap lol....

IDK how that guy pays for his equipment on that kind of money, let alone turn a profit.

stcv3 wrote: ↑ I know this thing is pretty powerful but I'm running a 22" 80V Kobalt which could be found for $350 on clearance and it's perfectly suited for a single driveway. Just cleaned the last night's snowfall in about 10 minutes(located in Orleans). No need to overspend if you don't have to.

i have that little 80v kobalt as well, probably over 5 years old now

the wet snow yesterday was fine, but i did go out several times to avoid thick accumulation

however, it did not work on the snow bank (wet heavy compacted snow).... i had to chisel it into smaller pieces and then blow with the kobalt... i'm wondering if i had a powerful 2 stage, i could avoid the chiseling....

I think he meant $50/visit not for the season.

djzapz wrote: ↑ IDK how that guy pays for his equipment on that kind of money, let alone turn a profit.

mangoman wrote: ↑ I think he meant $50/visit not for the season.

Oh, that makes sense. I've always seen it for 300-600+ per season regardless of how many times we get snow. Still, at $50 per it can get expensive pretty quick...

Yup, I had to negotiate this season downto $500+tx!
Definitely, eyeing this if it drops lower...

djzapz wrote: ↑ Oh, that makes sense. I've always seen it for 300-600+ per season regardless of how many times we get snow. Still, at $50 per it can get expensive pretty quick...

ShadowVlican wrote: ↑ i have that little 80v kobalt as well, probably over 5 years old now

the wet snow yesterday was fine, but i did go out several times to avoid thick accumulation

however, it did not work on the snow bank (wet heavy compacted snow).... i had to chisel it into smaller pieces and then blow with the kobalt... i'm wondering if i had a powerful 2 stage, i could avoid the chiseling....

How have the batteries fared over those 5 years? Are you still using the original?

Returned mine due to the runtime and power (throwing distance) not being enough for my needs. Good idea, needs at least 2x the runtime and power.

dux wrote: ↑ good luck finding a snow plowing service for $300 lol, here in Ottawa it cost 600-800 for a 2x2 driveway

Going rate in the suburbs of Ottawa is $450 for a 2x5 driveway.

Oligopoly/cartel in the central areas of Ottawa.

tmkYOW wrote: ↑ Going rate in the suburbs of Ottawa is $450 for a 2x5 driveway.

tmkYOW wrote: ↑ Going rate in the suburbs of Ottawa is $450 for a 2x5 driveway.

Honestly, I don't get people paying for snow removal unless they're unable to clean themselves. I don't want to be stranded home depending on someone to show up eventually and clean my driveway. A decent snow blower cleans most driveways in 10-15 minutes anyways.

All kinds of reasons where someone can't spare the extra time to get out and clean:

1. Needing to get kids ready to drop them off.
2. Need to leave to go pick them up.
3. Sleeping in
4. Not going out when it's -10C and wind is blowing snow around at 30km/h (so with windchill even colder).
5. Not having to go out again after the city plow comes by a couple of hours after the driveway was cleaned (services here tend to follow them and clean that windrow/been/pile). Case in point: came back yesterday with kids from school and the city plow just drove by our house. The snow clearing service tractor was there within 2 mins and cleared it away and we just drove in right after.
6. Not dealing with it when you sick in bed with the flu/Rav/Covid-19/aches and pains from skiing/skating/sledding with the kids!
7. Not having a garage where you can store a snowblower.
8. Not risking getting a heart attack while shoveling (I know 2 ppl who have had them and sadly, 1 died because of it).

That said, I would love getting one of these as there is a point where the cost increases for this service make it not worth it compared to having a cordless 2-stage!

stcv3 wrote: ↑ Honestly, I don't get people paying for snow removal unless they're unable to clean themselves. I don't want to be stranded home depending on someone to show up eventually and clean my driveway. A decent snow blower cleans most driveways in 10-15 minutes anyways.

mangoman wrote: ↑ All kinds of reasons where someone can't spare the extra time to get out and clean:

1. Needing to get kids ready to drop them off.
2. Need to leave to go pick them up.
3. Sleeping in
4. Not going out when it's -10C and wind is blowing snow around at 30km/h (so with windchill even colder).
5. Not having to go out again after the city plow comes by a couple of hours after the driveway was cleaned (services here tend to follow them and clean that windrow/been/pile). Case in point: came back yesterday with kids from school and the city plow just drove by our house. The snow clearing service tractor was there within 2 mins and cleared it away and we just drove in right after.
6. Not dealing with it when you sick in bed with the flu/Rav/Covid-19/aches and pains from skiing/skating/sledding with the kids!
7. Not having a garage where you can store a snowblower.
8. Not risking getting a heart attack while shoveling (I know 2 ppl who have had them and sadly, 1 died because of it).

That said, I would love getting one of these as there is a point where the cost increases for this service make it not worth it compared to having a cordless 2-stage!

I can agree with all of your points to an extent.

A counter-argument I would extend is that unless you pay a fortune to get all of the snow cleaned up, you still end up having to put in a considerable amount of effort depending on the configuration of your house. My parents pay $500/year to get their snow cleared, but in practice what happens is that they either have to rush to get their cars out of the driveway which may require a significant amount of shovelling and then after the snow plow shows up they have to remove the snow that's bunched up against the garage, and they still have to clear up the porch and the walkway to the house, can be significant. If they're not available to shovel at the time the snow plow is coming, they have to manually dig out both of the cars and shovel around them. Ultimately they pay $500/year and still end up having to do a whole bunch of shovelling in their mid 60's. I gifted them a cheap snowblower a few years ago but it didn't last, unfortunately.

Somebody should come and test their machine on my driveway

djzapz wrote: ↑ I can agree with all of your points to an extent.

A counter-argument I would extend is that unless you pay a fortune to get all of the snow cleaned up, you still end up having to put in a considerable amount of effort depending on the configuration of your house. My parents pay $500/year to get their snow cleared, but in practice what happens is that they either have to rush to get their cars out of the driveway which may require a significant amount of shovelling and then after the snow plow shows up they have to remove the snow that's bunched up against the garage, and they still have to clear up the porch and the walkway to the house, can be significant. If they're not available to shovel at the time the snow plow is coming, they have to manually dig out both of the cars and shovel around them. Ultimately they pay $500/year and still end up having to do a whole bunch of shovelling in their mid 60's. I gifted them a cheap snowblower a few years ago but it didn't last, unfortunately.

That is so true and yet so many think they actually save time/money

mangoman wrote: ↑ All kinds of reasons where someone can't spare the extra time to get out and clean:

1. Needing to get kids ready to drop them off.
2. Need to leave to go pick them up.
3. Sleeping in
4. Not going out when it's -10C and wind is blowing snow around at 30km/h (so with windchill even colder).
5. Not having to go out again after the city plow comes by a couple of hours after the driveway was cleaned (services here tend to follow them and clean that windrow/been/pile). Case in point: came back yesterday with kids from school and the city plow just drove by our house. The snow clearing service tractor was there within 2 mins and cleared it away and we just drove in right after.
6. Not dealing with it when you sick in bed with the flu/Rav/Covid-19/aches and pains from skiing/skating/sledding with the kids!
7. Not having a garage where you can store a snowblower.
8. Not risking getting a heart attack while shoveling (I know 2 ppl who have had them and sadly, 1 died because of it).

That said, I would love getting one of these as there is a point where the cost increases for this service make it not worth it compared to having a cordless 2-stage!

Also, what do you do when you have to drop off your kids and those guys are nowhere to be found cause they have so many houses to clean? You clean yourself and basically end up paying for nothing?

In any case, most of those are excuses and not really reasons. Same excuses people use not to go to the gym.

Oh I know I'm not saving $, just time and less nagging from the wife (there's definitely a price on that)!

So far in the past 5 yrs, haven't had to wait for the plow's pile to be cleared in order to get in/out (with this service provider). Had this blower been around 5 yrs ago at this price, I would have bought it though (I don't want a more polluting gas one - I can smell my neighbour's 2 house down and across the street when they're out and I'm outside my door).

Of course kids are getting to the age where they can shovel it for us instead like I used to do as a kid!

stcv3 wrote: ↑ That is so true and yet so many think they actually save time/money

Also, what do you do when you have to drop off your kids and those guys are nowhere to be found cause they have so many houses to clean? You clean yourself and basically end up paying for nothing?

In any case, most of those are excuses and not really reasons. Same excuses people use not to go to the gym.

djzapz wrote: ↑ How have the batteries fared over those 5 years? Are you still using the original?

Operating duration depends heavily on snowfall, so it varies between 1 to 2 batteries to complete my driveway (3 cars plus sidewalk)

Still using the original batteries, but I have 3 of them that I rotate through.

Like I said though, I do wish I had a 2 stage that hopefully takes care of snow banks. The 80v single stage I use cannot handle snow banks like yesterday's.