Ego 24 inch Snow Blower review

It finally snowed here in New Hampshire. Here is first person view of me clearing snow. I tried getting shots of throw distance, end of driveway removal after plows went by and removed about 20 feet of snow on either side of my driveway on the road. This means less cleanup when the plow comes by a second time and less snow for my mail man to access the mail box. We were dealing with about 6-8 inches of snow and the snow was wet and heavy. It should be noted I wanted to put this snow blower through its paces. So I ran this on turn the whole time. More videos of this snow blower in other settings to come.
Note: Please ignore the time stamp on my camera. I had no idea it was on and the date is incorrect.
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[@chrisanderson8553]

Reading your comments, I see you figured out the turbo issue. Heres my findings with it. Turbo not only kills the battery, causes the over heating, it was also responsible for the miss readings you were getting. It will cause the battery to read lower than the power it actually has left. At least that has been my experience so far. Also not sure if your garage is heated or not.... but bring those batteries inside if it isnt. Charging them in the warm house, storing them in the warm house, will extend the run time as well. I didnt realize that either at 1st. But running on eco, and charging andf storing in the warm house, really increased run time.

[@BronzeLincolns81]

Misreadings come from battery sag. happens with all battery powered equipment when you put stress on it. goes back to actual reading when it has time to cool down off load.

[@dissectingdiy]

Okay need to update everyone. I am making another video and hopefully was able to address some of the feedback. I did not use the snowblower on turbo the whole time in the new video. I did cycle it a couple times. Dealing with fluffy snow. 7 to 8 inches. End of driveway about 11-12 inches. I was able to do the entire driveway twice and able to address the end of the driveway clearing out either side of driveway for a path for the blow to push more snow and mailbox. I still had one bar left and I have to say. Huge difference in how far the batteries go. New video should be up in about a week.

[@sawood1031]

Just got the chance to test out my Ego 2 stage today with 14"+ of heavy dense snow in SE MA. It handled it as well as my previous 2 stage gas snow blower, I did an 8 car driveway and then a 7' wide by 60' section of snow plow bank that was 30"-36" high. Highly impressed, but I did experience chute drift as few times and with this type of dense snow (the first couple of inches on the ground were slush) it couple use a little more weight over the rear tires, but the overall weight to make it super maneuverable. Thanks for posting your machine so that I could get a good sense of what I would be dealing with this first time out.

[@patrickmckowen2999]

Impressive results as well with your driveway size and snow amount. chute drift is apparently a simple tie wrap fix where the control cables cross. Cheers

[@georgeleong1572]

There is a recent video here on KZbin addressing the chute drifting. It's a temp fix. Look for it.

[@SteveWKk]

If you call ego customer service they'll send you a fix kit for the drift.....

[@SteveWKk]

Looks awesome! Apparently if you have chute drift.....call ego cuetomer service...they'll send you a fix kit for it...

[@SparklingSilverCurls]

This was great, thank you. I live in Cleveland, Ohio, and have debating which battery powered snow blower to get. We get lake effect snow, which is always heavy and wet. Plus, the major ice buildup in the apron from snow plows, definitely need something substantial. Just wish the price tag wasn't so high...

[@DennisMathias]

Yeah, I don't think a 4 cycle would over heat. I have the Ego single stage blower but I don't think I'll go for the two stage with the over heating issue in only 8 inches of fluffy snow.

[@edwardbechold8946]

I’m in once they offer this with the 10.0ah battery - I imagine this summer they will offer it

[@derek723]

Yeah, once the 10AH becomes more common place there won't be any need for gas albeit for extremely large driveways

[@ttgautam21]

How good is it cleaning hardened ice or big pieces left by snow trucks.. i hav an ego single stage.. which gets stuck so thinking of upgrading..

[@Trainman0401]

Maybe electric blowers caught up in terms of snow removal capabilities BUT my two stage gasoline Craftsman cost me $699 and about $5.00 in gas for 5 hours continuous running. You never mentioned the cost of the unit and the 4 batteries. From other videos i saw on KZbin, it appears the blower , the batteries and charger are very very expensive. As long as my gasoline blower performs the same job at a fraction of the cost then I will keep it. PS....been working fine with no issues for the last 10 years.

[@dissectingdiy]

We got the blower for 1299. The other set of batteries came with my lawn mower and leaf blower. But buying a 7.5ah by itself will run you about 350 a pop. I definitely agree on the length of time the gas powered blowers last. I have a Honda that is about 25 years old.

[@jdesmo1]

A corded version of a 2 stage electric like this would be perfect (for me), and also much cheaper to purchase than this. Also not messing with overheating, charging, degradation, etc. This cordless one is a beast, but will give me range/endurance anxiety every time. I don't think this here can last my 150 ft. driveway on single charge dealing with a foot of snow.

[@patrickmckowen2999]

Looks like a long driveway - 4 times my length - so I am impressed. Lots of side trail left, were you just going to fast and over flowing the main auger area? Cheers

[@SCraig-Handsome]

Very good review, a bit of electric bias, which we all should have but overall a good review of EGO in decent conditions. Without testing an EGO, Honda, Ariens, Toro or MTD etc., I can only give an opinion but... EGO will be the most expensive Electric powered tool out there. It’s a quality product but don’t expect it to be cheaper than gas. If you don’t have 7.5A batteries don’t expect them to be cheap either. This review was with a fairly large driveway and it needed 4 batteries to get through 6-8” of snow. I’m in Canada but here those batteries retail at about $330 each, so let’s say $250 USD x 4. And TBH you should have 4 batteries, prepare for the worst. Here we can get this EGO for $1,800 and it comes with 2 - 7.5A batteries and a charger. So let’s say what you saw in this video will cost you about $2,500 CDN or $2,000 USD. That’s a pretty steep price, is it comparable to gas? Sure. Is it more expensive? Absolutely, in fact you should expect to pay double for the same result. You won’t have to do oil changes or buy gas. You may run out of power, especially in extreme conditions, and you can’t really expect to get more than 3 years out of it. You could keep buying new batteries but this is also an electric motor, not a gas engine like your car or truck has. These are not built to last 50 years... You want 5 years out of this thing? Buy those extra batteries and follow the operating manual. Get new batteries after 3 years if you think it’s a good investment, but also it will get real tempting to replace after year 3 or 4, that motor just won’t run the same way. Also do a real comparison, $2,500 CDN will buy you a Honda, who specializes in Professional use. Ariens or Toro professional level products. This does not compare to those. It all starts with the size of the auger, it’s 10.7”. Similar to Toro and Ariens base models which are 11” and most MTD are 12”. For $1,800 CDN you can get the Ariens Deluxe 28 with 14” auger and 14” impeller. That’s a huge difference when you get a lot of snow plowed into the end of your driveway by city plows. It could be filled with ice, chunks of leaves, soul, grass, heck even cement or asphalt!! It’s nice to look at fluffy snow going through a snowblower chute, but you could shovel the fluffy stuff. You want a snowblower to handle the heavy stuff and be a good investment. Check it out, look at all the options, it might be really tempting to grab that Craftsman at half the price of this one, or better yet an Ariens or Toro that will last you 20 years.

[@dissectingdiy]

A lot of good points made in this response. I appreciate the feedback. The snow might look nice and fluffy but it rained prior and was pretty heavy to shovel. I totally agree about longevity. The Honda snow blower you saw next to the ego is over 25 years old. It needs a new auger and they’re not cheap. I am hoping they can cut the cost of their batteries in half sometime soon.

[@WilliamStewart1]

@@dissectingdiy Unfortunately that's the major drawback to electric anything these days, current battery technology is horrible. Far too heavy and not enough power density, not to mention the cost. Electric is certainly the future, we're just in the stone age so to speak and who knows how long it's going to take for proper battery/capacitor technology to come out.

[@KJSvitko]

Electric POWER. Electric vehicles / equipment are just better. No noise, no emissions, less fuel costs, less maintenance costs. Gasoline and diesel are OLD polluting technology. So last century. Electric cars, electric trucks, electric buses, electric trash haulers, electric snow blowers, electric lawn mowers, electric snow mobiles, electric water craft, electric garden tools, electric mechanic tools, electric motor cycles, electric bicycles, electric scooters, electric farm tractors, electric construction equipment, electric delivery vehicles, ...... everything is going electric. No worries about starting after sitting for a few months. Gasoline and diesel vehicles and equipment always need repairs.

[@dissectingdiy]

One of the things I’m really disappointed in ego with is stickers for everything. For my speed settings to controls left and right. They are starting to peel after a couple uses and that is really annoying. I have a 25 year old Honda that has them painted on and they can still be read clear as day.

[@chrisanderson8553]

my stickers came off after the 3rd use. Expected a little more for the price.

[@Jeo-What]

Thank you for the review. Do you find the new batteries with gage over heats faster and last not as long? I have two 5.0Ah old model and two 5.0Ah with gage and the new ones does not seem to last as long and over heats while the old one NEVER has over heat issue and lasts longer. What speed were the auger running at?

[@dissectingdiy]

I believe the newer batteries have a better thermal management system. To prolong the life of the batteries. I have not noticed much if any difference is there in my use between the two different models of battery.

[@peetwi]

Today's storm (also in New Hampshire) finally pushed me over the edge to buy a snow blower. I'm a huge EGO fan but heard lukewarm things about their snowblower, which I understand was the first edition. Thank you for the super relevant and on-point video! Just curious, how did the snow blower perform with the 12"+ inches we got in the last 24 hours?

[@thekelth]

I am in NJ bought my blower in August finally got to try it out .I was concerned because there were no reviews on it until this recent snow storm.I have to say I am pleased with my purchase I have a similar set up with a power station and 2 -7.5 ah and 2 -5ah batteries. Fully charged the 7.5 batteries almost did my drive way of about 60 feet 15 foot wide used the 5.ah to finish the job had plenty of juice to spare.Oh we had close to a foot of snow and it was the wet heavy stuff.

[@WilliamStewart1]

Honestly just get a Honda, you can't beat them. They'll last decades providing you do basic maintenance.

[@dissectingdiy]

I have a new video up. We are in southern New Hampshire so our totals weren’t that high.

[@andyd5492]

$2400 for snowblower shipped(Amazon)? $400 per battery? I saw you had 4 of them(2 additional). No Thanks.

[@dissectingdiy]

2400? Did they go up in price? They were 1299 when we got it. The batteries came with it. (2). We also have a leaf blower and a lawn mower that came with their own. Haven’t spent a dime on batteries.

[@sstyrna6592]

the 2 batteries how long they last 20 mins ? Thanks ,but i will stay Briggs Stratton , gas

[@dissectingdiy]

Yes the batteries last 20 minutes on Turbo the whole time. However in my round 2 video they lasted about 50 minutes and after I was done there was 1 bar left. I was able to do an 8 car driveway. Mailbox area, road way area, walkway, and then clean up.

[@125southernnh2]

How did it do with the last storm we got?

[@dissectingdiy]

I put up a video with the same photo and round 2 on it. It did the entire driveway plus cleanup and still had juice left. Had it on middle setting instead of turbo. I’m really impressed.

[@davidwiniger3799]

Did the throw joystick wander around on you?

[@dissectingdiy]

It did not wander. It was pretty solid.

[@dissectingdiy]

I’ve gotten a lot of feedback on questions I haven’t thought of. We have a storm coming in Wednesday-Thursday so I plan on updating the channel.

[@mtnmann72]

My unit throw moves randomly

[@scottzettervall429]

I am seeing way too much battery overheating on this unit. It should take 2-3 batteries. Maybe I will pick up the next version.

[@dissectingdiy]

I have a new video coming. I ran this on turbo the whole time for 20 minutes. I just ran it again in the last storm at the middle setting and it lasted the whole job.

[@scottzettervall429]

@@dissectingdiy Good deal, I will look for the video. I suppose the 10AH batteries might work cooler too with more cells. Thinking I might get the EGO Zero-Turn this summer then the 2-stage next winter and use the batteries from the mower.

[@chrisanderson8553]

its turbo thats the issue. On eco, I got almost and hour on mine, no issues. No over heating.

[@ivanc8040]

Please let us know what speed you set the auger to in this video. Thank you.

[@dissectingdiy]

It was maxed the whole time. So turbo.

[@dissectingdiy]

I did try lowering it for a few feet at all the different levels to check its throw distance. Did pretty well. It I like seeing how they work when they are put through their paces.

[@TomsPropertyCare]

It sounds like turbo and going way too fast for conditions if he's overheating the batteries. We've been using ours commercially and never overheated anything, even when removing plow piles and snow pack.

[@dissectingdiy]

@@TomsPropertyCare I definitely wanted to see how it would hold up full blast compared to gas. But yes I had it on turbo full blast the whole time. I did fiddle with lower settings but not long enough to make a difference in battery.

[@dissectingdiy]

@@TomsPropertyCare you were spot on. Tried lower settings and a single set of batteries did the driveway twice. And cleared the end and in front of my mailbox with power to spare. Had about 7 -8 inches of light fluffy snow. 11-12 inches from the plow. No over heats at all.

[@thebigdoghimself]

I've had my ego single stage for three winters. Never had a battery overheat. I've pushed mine through heavier snow and have always been able to do my 3 car wide drive, 200' of sidewalk and my neighbors drive with a pair of 7.5ah batts. Been considering upgrading to the two stage but the more videos I watch the better my little single stage looks.

[@jaorme]

Man, those batteries went quick. Did they start full? I think I am going to get an Airens.

[@beezer5623]

Yeah 19-20 mins is not normal. They over heated. They should go at least 30-35 mins.

[@jamie8917]

I also got about 20 - 21 minutes. They were warm but they didn't overheat. From what I have seen 20 ish minutes is not uncommon. I will lower the auger speed next time but I don't ever see getting 30+ minutes out of this blower. I think it should have shipped with the new 10 ah batteries.

[@beezer5623]

@@jamie8917 yes I agree. I would love to see the 10’s easier to acquire. Also, what if you tackle the front of the driveway etc.. at the beginning then the rest of the driveway? Maybe if you hit the harder part first the batteries won’t work as hard the rest of the way?

[@jamie8917]

@@beezer5623 Interesting thought. I would think it would all average out but I'll give it a shot next time. Appreciate the suggestion!!

[@ajgreen868]

Pretty weird those batteries charge in a hour on that charger, considering it’s not a fast charger.

[@kinglord5429]

Its snow, why havent they made one of these with heat lamps that just melts the snow in front of it. All these have the same problem, were to throw the snow

[@seymourscagnetti1413]

GET YOUR HONDA TRAC DRIVE REPAIRED/TUNED UP OR WHAT EVER. BATTERY THROWERS ARE GIMMICKY TOYS NOT YET READY FOR PRIME TIME.

[@aaronbounds1336]

Overheating in the snow 🤦‍♂️.

[@annam501]

I would take a n old blower with an 11 hp flat head Briggs and day over a n electric blower you can’t replace an old Briggs engine with an electric

[@Hundert1]

Piece of junk compared to the Toro E26 #39926 snowblower. Same price but ten times better 😝

[@Chrisk1330]

Gotta go gas. Electric doesn’t have enough for the snow. Man it up

[@TomsPropertyCare]

Which is funny we're able to do all 17 of our properties (mixed commercial, HOA, residentials) easily with this 2 stage. Where it doesn't have the capacity battery wise is if you're breaking a bunch of ice mixed in with plowed snow.

[@heidiwilks5316]

Strange given that I've used my EGO for the first three major snowstorms of the season (including one with 10" of heavy, wet snow) and didn't have a hitch, ran it for about 45 minutes straight. So, no, we don't have to go gas -- actually got rid of my gas unit for the EGO, and have zero regrets. Easier to use, clears snow as well as my old gas blower, and so much easier to maneuver due to its lighter weight.

[@1905934]

Just like anything gas... gas is lower power, lower performance.. if you don't believe me try racing a Tesla.