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This is the first review I have done of any product I have ever purchased on Amazon primarily because I didn't believe I had anything new to offer in a review that others hadn't already said - until now. I believe I have a very useful tip that will make the use of your snow blower very much worth the purchase.

I bought this snow blower in 2003 and it is still going strong today, 1/25/08. I live in Aurora, Colorado and we usually get worse weather out here in the suburbs than does Denver. My neighbor had a gas snow blower and I often saw him working on it or having it worked on. Even when the snow was four feet high, I was still able to blow out my driveway and that of my neighbor (since she is elderly and often very ill). I just lift the little thing up and slowly work my way down to the lower levels of snow.

The greatest struggle I had with the thing was the long extension cord that I needed to do my neighbor's driveway - 100 feet - but I lasted this inconvenience out because the snow blower was so reliable until I read the greatest tip this past summer in Family Handyman (great magazine). Before I would bring the tangled 100ft extension cord into the house and over the next 20 minutes or so try and untangle it even though I had one of those extension cords that is never supposed to get tangled up.

It just so happened I was reading a special hint in the Family Handyman magazine (great magazine) and there was the greatest tip you will ever find to help you with 100 feet of tangled extension cord. You go out and buy a lawn hose house and wrap your extension cord around that - yeah - one of those houses that you wrap your lawn hose around. So when you are finished snow blowing, you just wind the cord up and presto - no tangling! It's super. Just one caveat - at the end where the cord comes out to plug into an outlet, don't leave much more than 10 inches of cord because when you are unwinding your extension cord this flops around and you don't want a lot of extra cord flopping around. Hope this help you. It did me.Get more detail about Toro 1800 18-Inch 12 Amp Electric Curve Snow Thrower #38025.

Toro 1800 18-Inch 12 Amp Electric Curve Snow Thrower #38025

I bought this snow thrower a few weeks ago and had the "chance" to use it 5 times already. The first time I used it, I had 2 inches of light powder. I was impressed right away by this little machine. It was cleaning up my concrete driveway perfectly and was throwing the snow the 20-30 feet advertised. It still did a good job on wet heavy snow where it was throwing about 10 to 15 feet. The last time I used it, I waited for more accumulation... 5 inches of powder. One pass walking a little slower pace and the driveway was clean.
I was skeptical... even after I bought it. I relied on the many great reviews it received. My driveways are huge ( I needed 100 ft extension cord) and I could have justified a bigger machine (and more expensive $2000). I went and looked at them. The reason I bought this Toro is that my 2 driveways are separated by stairs... about 30 steps. So a bigger machine would have had to be loaded on the back of the pick-up and driven around... Not something I was looking forward to. I also wanted my Wife to be able to use it if needed. Well, the Toro at 25 lbs is a breeze to move. I just carry it up and down the stairs. The only recommendation would be to buy an extension cord rated for cold temperature. It just make the job easier as the cord is easier to handle. It still takes couples tries to figure out the good way to manage the cord without passing over it. But after 2 uses, it becomes an easy effortless job.
Now, for the price, it just need to last me 2 or 3 years and it will be money well spent.Get more detail about Toro 1800 18-Inch 12 Amp Electric Curve Snow Thrower #38025.

Toro 1800 18-Inch 12 Amp Electric Curve Snow Thrower #38025 Review

I have only had one chance to use my snowthrower but that one day it saved my back from shoveling 9 inches of wet snow off of my 30 foot driveway a snap.
It was very easy to assemble. I would have liked to have seen a rechargable battery option on this model because keeping the power chord out of the way was tricky on the return pass going toward the power source leaving the chord in front of the thrower.
I would recommend this to everyone, as it did clear snow down to bare pavement.Get more detail about Toro 1800 18-Inch 12 Amp Electric Curve Snow Thrower #38025.