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Originally Posted by mgarblik
My next door neighbor has an EGO brand snow thrower and 2 batteries. 3 inches of snow, no issue. We had a snow of 6 inches of heavy stuff this year. They cleared about 1/2 their drive, both batteries dead and 8 hours to recharge.
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Obviously, they purchased a totally inadequate unit. Sounds more like a toy to me. Hopefully they didn't pay much for it.
I don't know where you live, but if 6" isn't really a big snow fall around here.
My Ryobi is a 24" 2 stage unit that can cut through up to 21" of snow and has four 40V 6 amp batteries, which can all be powering the blower at the same time (but only requires 2). It throws snow up to 55'!
It came with a dual port rapid charger that will charge 4x faster than the chargers that came with my yard tools (weed wacker, etc). I can charge 2 6 amp batteries in less than 2 hours
I have an oversize (over 1000 sq ft) 3 stall garage with a 10' wide pad adjacent to the third stall, so effectively I clear out the equivalent of a 4 stall garage's worth of snow just for my driveway.
This unit is the equal of any gas blower I've ever had. For in town use, I am very pleased. Would it have worked at my old place - hell no! I had a 150' long Y shaped driveway with a 26' wide attached garage at one end of the Y and a 30' wide garage on the other.
But for a city lot in town, it kicks ass.