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

I bought this snow thrower due to all of the positive reviews on Amazon. I have to admit it does all that the reviews say that it does. Here are my observations:

1. Wheels---as others have said the wheels look like toy wheels, but I'm not out to impress anyone. I don't have any problem with them. They wheel the unit perfectly. You just have to tilt the unit back and let the wheels do their job.

2. Cord---The first time I used the unit I had to be careful. The second time it was easy. By the third time I was a pro at it. The cord is not a hinderance. I would prefer to take 3 seconds of my time to move a cord than to mess with gas or oil or (shudder) shovel!!

3. Assembly---I can't comment on this. I had read the Amazon reviews stating that assembly can be hard. I paid the extra fifteen dollars at Lowes and bought the machine assembled.

4. Ice and snow chute problems. It clogged once but I expected that. I was experimenting on some heavy duty ice buildup that our road crew created. I pushed the ice through and within a second it was clear.

I have a large driveway a medium sized driveway and a sidewalk to shovel. I managed to do all three plus my neighbor's driveway (large) and his sidewalk in less time than it used to take me to shovel just my medium driveway. Really, this thing is kind of fun. I did everything twice today with no backache and not getting tired. It's just like pushing a vacuum cleaner.

I bought this for Christmas and it is the BEST investment I ever made!!!!
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This product surpassed my expectations, even in 17 degree frozen slush. On regular snow this thing keeps up to my pace, which is a fast walk / slow run. It takes me about 10 minutes to clear my 110' x 8' driveway. The cord isn't a problem for me at all and I am thankful this unit isn't rechargeable and heavy.
Note on the slush - I didn't want to abuse this thing, so I started out using a heavy ice scraper (the forged metal kind). I gave up after it took me 15 minutes to clear a 10' x 2' patch. This slush was frozen - not quite ice, but definitely packed and stuck to the driveway. I thought I'd just use the Toro 1800 to clear away the surface snow. To my surprise and delite the unit actually pierced the frozen slush. It was tough going because I needed to supply the forward and downward force (this thing is only 25 lbs after all), but when I did my part, the Toro did its. For certain sections I had to use an angle and backward pass to wear down the slush, but the Toro did get through it.
The plow debris at the end of the driveway, a 12' deep frozen mix of slush and snow, was quickly worn down and blown away - I lifted the unit with its convenient front and rear handles to overcome the depth.
The Toro 1800 isn't too big to clear light snow, the kind that is if left in place tends to turn to ice, but isn't deep enough for neighbors to blow away with their big gas rigs. After a full day of sun I return home to a completely clear driveway, whereas my neighbors have a coating of ice over about half of their driveway.
We just had a major snow storm for our area - 20 to 30 inches of snow (February 6, 2010). The snow mostly fell at night and my wife and I wanted to be considerate to our neighbors by waiting to clear snow after 7am (although this thing is pretty quiet). I was concerned when I stepped outside into 20 inch deep snow with 30 inch and higher drifts. I started out by clearing a single path the length of our driveway - pushing forward a couple of feet at a time and then pulling back about a foot. That took some time but not much effort. I then walked up and down the full length of the driveway, using about 1/2 of the width of the snow blower at a slow and steady walk. At times the snow was higher than the top of the chute, but this thing didn't seem to care. From time to time it would clog (which is normal even for my neighbors' big rigs); I found some ways to clear it without stopping.
The mail box and end of our driveway after the snow plow had really high snow - almost 4 feet in some places. That was too high for this thing, so I just picked it up and cut through about 10 inch layers at a time. Get more detail about Toro 1800 18-Inch 12 Amp Electric Curve Snow Thrower #38025.