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

I purchase the Toro 1800 Power Curve Snow Thrower last month in anticipation of another long winter of shoveling snow. Well, yesterday, Dec 23,2004, we received about 5"-8" of snow with about 12"-18" drifts so I was able to use it for the first time.
We have a drivewway about 70'long and 10'wide plus another 150' of sidewalk. I was a little leery at first that this little machine was going to be able to handle all this but I was soon amazed at the power this electric snow thrower has. It cleared the snow right to the concrete just as if it were shoveled. It had plenty of power. On areas were the snow was drifted up to 12" - 18" I had to make a couple of swipes at it but it handled it perfectly. I had the whole driveway and sidewalk cleared in an hour or so and with seemingly little effort on the snowblowers part.
I am more than satisfied with this snow thrower and I have not found any faults with it as of yet. It is lightweight, easy to handle and easy to carry. The cord, if plugged in properly to the handle will not come loose as others have said. I'm not going to complain about the cord because everybody does. We all know it is a neccessary bother. Once you learn how to control the cord it is not that bad. It is like using a vacuum cleaner. You get used to throwing the cord out of the way as you move along. Enough said about the cord.
I also like the fact that I can control the on/off in the handle. To start just press in the handle and when you need to stop just release the handle. Real easy!
No gas. No oil. No loud noise. Starts up easily every time. Easy to handle. Does the job. What more could you want?
I paid $209.99 on sale at Home Depot. About half the price of a gas model. I like the idea of not using gas or oil. I also have an electric lawn mower which I just love and an electric leaf blower which is great. To hell with the Middle East oil stranglehold they have on us.
Unless you have an extremely large area to cover and/or receive unusually large amounts of snow at one time, or if you just need a really big gas job to impress your Harley friends, I would highly recommend this snow thrower to anyone. I am more than satisfied. Get it!Get more detail about Toro 1800 18-Inch 12 Amp Electric Curve Snow Thrower #38025.