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Great value and it did what it promised. Compact, light weight, no maintenance, and always started. After last President's Day snow, I decided never to break my back again. Looked around for a snow thrower. Most everything was expensive gas-powered lawn-mower size machines. In this part of Maryland we don't get that many snow storms and I have only a 30 feet 2-car drive-way. So, I wasn't willing to spend that much for using 5 or 6 times a year. This is under $300 and has sufficient power to get me out of the house in 15 minutes, including few extra minutes for untangling the extension chord (not included), clearing about 4-5 inches this morning. Good job Toro.

This product does what it does well. If you know you want an electric snowthrower and not electric, this one is a reasonable choice (home depot for $288).

Some electric vs gas items: 1) you don't need to worry about it starting or not 2) it is NOT self-propelled, so in heavier snows more than 6 inches, the effort to push through the snow starts to increase. So if you're going to get a foot of snow, clearing 6 inches twice will be much easier. 3) an interesting way to use this machine (documented in the manual) is to use the two handles and pick it up and cut down taller snow banks (like at the end of a driveway after a plow has gone by) in a sort of scything motion. Interesting alternative to buying a huge gas powered one so it has enough power to hack down the pile.

I had one difficulty in the minor bit of assembly required -- it appears the bolt are too long, so that the locknuts don't screw onto them as far as they should. Toro was very nice on the phone, and will send out some new bolts and also a new chute discharge (plastic) so I can make it perfect. Good customer service.

This is a wonderful product. I just used it for our first "real" snow of the season. I have a medium-sized driveway and lots of sidewalk running around and through my double corner lot. The Toro cleared the snow like a charm--right down to the pavement (even broke up ice). Most of the snow was about 4" deep, but it even tackled the 1-1.5' mound left by the streetplow without a hitch. Plus, the Toro is so easy to use! It is lightweight (btw, it doesn't look like much out of the box) and easy to maneuver, and all I had to do was plug it in and squeeze the handle! I have many electric lawn/garden implements, and this one is the best by far!