I'm really confused. At the end, the entire narrative and final decision is focused on the Eco needing to do 2 sweeps of the driveway vs 3 sweeps for the Toro. Sounds like a 50% difference, but its not. Pay close attention to the start of the video. The Toro is 28 inches wide and the Ego is 24 inches wide.... this is only a marginal difference (17%)..... not the play on number this guys uses of 3:2 for his entire weighting of his decision. These kinds of things makes me loose confidence in videos from this guy. Honestly, it's disappointing, just focus on the numbers and please don't spin to your bias.

Just about anything will go through 2" of snow easily. Which one does better with over a foot of heavy snow?

5 storms, the last being 8" of heavy wet stuff here in Maine with my Ego, 2 stage and so far, it seems like one of the best choices I've ever made. I'm clearing a 250' gravel driveway up a hill in the woods. Can do it with one charge of the 7.5ah batteries with powder. It took 3 charges with the heavy, wet stuff. A charge takes a little under 2 hours. It takes me longer than that to recover, so it works out just fine for me, a 70 year old guy with an arthritic back. Easy to operate. No oil changes. No gasoline. No noise. I'd spend the money again over a gasoline snow blower for sure.

I moved snow professionally for 25 years in Minnesota. I've found anybody can make a snowblower look like a toro. But nobody can make one that runs like one. I relied heavily on the toro CCR2000 and the CCR3650. unstoppable snow eating machines.

Last January we got over 2 feet of wet heavy snow in Upstate NY. My neighbor two doors down the road used his new Ego snow thrower... Ended up borrowing my Ariens Deluxe!

Nice review, thanks! Just kills me to see someone throwing snow in the direction they’ve already cleaned 🙄….just me tho 🤣

My dad has had an MTD my whole life, and the thing that really makes it stand out: track drive. The thing is like a tank, it never gets stuck. We had gotten one of the wheel type ones from our neighbor, and the wheels kept spinning every now and again. The tracks on the other hand helped me dig out the wheeled one... In the end, all I really have to say, is we need more track drive snowblowers.

My 8 HP Snow King Tecumseh powered 826 John Deere is 32 years old and I live in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan where over 200 inches of snow is a normal year. That machine has pumped a lot of snow during that time, reliably and effortlessly. I hope it runs for another 32 years.

Those are overkill for that amount of small snow. Should have at least piled up a snow mountain and see which could work better

I bought the ego single stage before the dual stage was even a thing after our toro’s engine locked up. Our toro lasted us 4 years and was great, however not being able to safely store it in our basement because gas in the basement is not a good idea it was short lived living under the deck covered up. The ego being light and no gas we are able to pick it up put it in the basement and keep it away from the elements. The ego came with 2 7.5batteries and it’s a monster, our driveway fits 4 cars deep and at the end it has space for two cars so 5 cars total. One charge is enough to do the whole driveway, I went out every 6” to clear it and it did great. I can only imagine this dual stage doing even better. The benefit of the Ego is my sister, mom, and dad who never used a snowblower in their life were able to pick it up, bring it outside and with a short tutorial from EGO on KZfaq they were able to clear their driveway when I was working. Overall great experience and am very impressed with ego.

I bought the Toro 725 qxe and I love the way a 1 stage acts like a 2 stage thick price of wet ice snow that the city plow trucks leave in front of driveway on emergency snow removal days #1 Toro

Word of caution. I have thrown snow for 50 years. Don’t let kids play under your throw. Looks fun but one ice chunk or rock will make you regret it. Kids stay away. Nice comparison, i am in a warmer climate now but wonder how electric would stand up to a Northern WI winter.

I live in Minnesota and anything will handle two inches of light fluffy snow. Our last storm here was 15” of wet snow and my gas powered snowblower ate through it. My neighbor on the other hand with the battery powered snowblower asked me to clear their snow. I use EGO for my leaf blower and weed eater but I still wouldn’t part with my gas powered snowblower with the amount of snow we get here in Minnesota.

Great and fair review. What you want and what you need may not be the same thing.

Very nicely said. I totally agree with you. I have a Husqvarna with a B&S engine that works great by the way. Since we have wet heavy snow, I added a rubber coating to the impeller and now it also cleans wet heavy snow.

Up here in Winnipeg, I’m into my 3rd season with our EGO. Love it! I gave away our old gas blower to a newcomer. For us, never going back.

I bought my 13 HP snowblower on a 90 degree day in August many years ago for $799. LOL Great review, thank you.

You call that snow that you were blowing ? I want to see that thing blow 8 to 12 inches…then I’d like to see it blow the crap the plough will leave at the end of the driveway after you received 8 to 12 inches

I bought a Craftsman Professional series 30" snowblower in 2009. Starts on the first pull every time. I have doubts the Ego can throw 2ft of snow consistently, or that their batteries can last 13 yrs. All I've done is change the oil. The belts and spark plugs are still original, low maintenance enough for me! My driveway is 300', my neighbor's is 200', and just cleared 2ft of snow from both without refilling... meanwhile, I highly doubt Ego could finish one of our driveways with that much snow. Those Egos are better for people in the city.

I’m never getting rid of my Toro ever absolutely love it! Also have never did one bit of maintenance on it in three years, and I guarantee it will start right away

Interesting vid. I can tell you what kind of snowblower never to buy: never buy a snow-joe snowblower. They are pure junk I used it for the season, but i will get rid of it. I won’t sell it...it’s to right to sell such a piece of junk. So I will probably take parts out of it to make something, or destroy it and recycle it. I’ve used Toros in the past....they make a great snowblower :). Live confidently and peacefully

Thank you for your review, I was looking at these two models and this review helped me decide on the Ego, Thank you again!

It would be interesting to see a head to head contest with 200' laneway in snow country with 24" drifts. My 26" gas blower is 15 years old, have not even had to put a new sparkplug in it yet and handles 24" snow like a work horse. In town with a small lane, the electric might be a better choice especially if the lady of the house intends on using it.

We recently bought a second hand Honda HSS1332. The slope on our driveway requires tracks, especially when we typically get 10-14” of snow per dump. It’s so much quieter than a the previous snowblower with a Briggs & Stratton / Tecumseh engine, and more fuel efficient. It will provide reliable service until a comparable battery unit arrives to market. And doing the long section of a driveway in two passes vs three sure is nice in well below zero weather.

my former neighbor was a tree hugger and owned all battery powered equipment, he hated fossil fuel. One blizzard later, he was beggin me to clean him out with my fossil fueled tractor.

Nearly 30 years in Iowa. Picked up an ego. Best blower I've ever used. No oil changes. No gas. No worries about bad gas. No worries about starting. Very powerful. Quiet-er.

Awesome video! But watching you throw snow over the areas that you already cleared was killing me 😄

I had the Toro and it was great! I have a very large yard so I upgraded to a John Deere lawn tractor and the snowblower attachment. It could move more snow than I could ever know, but it is huge and cumbersome. I have to admit that I miss my Toro. It was large at the time but seems so such smaller and easier now. However, in hindsight, I could still have bought that lawn tractor without the snowblower attachment and then bought the EGO snowblower, but the electric lawn equipment was not that good just a few years ago. Thanks for the video!

Living in a windy town in Alaska snow removal is something I'm quite accustomed to. last year however we had the worst scenario I've seen. After dumping over 2 feet of snow it decided to warm up enough to rain. This rendered snow plows essentially useless as there was so much wet heavy snow with 3 inches of ice on top that was too hard to break through. It was the first year that I've had to opt for a snow blower instead of a plow. it didn't help that the rain caused the snow to slide off my roof dumping 4+ feet of wet snow in front of my garage trapping me at my house for a few days until a skid steer with a snow blower attachment could come rescue me. After that I hit the marketplace and picked up a Tecumseh 2 stage 24 inch for $50. Snow blowers are the way to go. Not only are they able to break through snow, they also throw it into the woods, while a plow can only push it up against the trees gradually shrinking your driveway as the winter progresses. This year I am going to pick up a Toro or Ariens to keep my drive clear. If Milwuakee had an mx fuel snow blower with a runtime over 30 minutes I would definitely consider that, but for now a gasser it is until batteries can equal or surpass the ability of gas.

I would be interested in trying an electric one sometime to see how they hold up. My work horse is a 50 year old Ariens and I am skeptical anything will ever replace it. Still has the original 6hp motor. It is simple, built like and reliable as a locomotive, very solidly built and simply unstoppable.

14" of snow in Minnesota, with ice at the end of the driveway, and an Ego single stage clears my 3 car garage suburban driveway with one run with battery life to spare. I should have gotten the self-propelled 2-stage version, but nothing wrong with a little workout pushing the single stage around - beats lift and throw shoveling.

Whoa, just love that tiny fact about Sarah! Yeah i don't hate the smell as well 🤗

Had a Toro for 22 years. Not changing any time soon

Good and fair review. Your use case called for gas, but you gave the Ego a fair shake. Well done and said. For most of us, even up north - relieving the necessity for gas, oil, starter fluid, plugs, and all the trouble that goes with that - makes these Ego blowers a very attractive option. Use a single-stage Ego in Maine and in all but the worst storms of the season, it bangs it out with no issues. Horses for courses

nice test, that 2 inches of snow really puts the blowers to the test

I've had the Toro Powermax 826 OXE for a few years now and that thing runs like a champ. I think that's one notch down from the one you are using. I just did my driveway, sidewalk and 4 other neighbors yesterday. I was on a roll.

I have to say I have a gas one but tried my buddy's electric one and I was very very impressed with it.

One thing that is always missed in a snowblower review is the available repair stations. Almost always with Toro where you buy the machine you can get it repaired. With EGO forget it. The machine will be shipped off somewhere, and most likely you will not see it the rest of the season. I have had both, and that is fact unless it has changed in the last year.

The Toro also has a shear bolt in the front auger (as most all do) and the head of it can be clearly seen in your head-on side-by-side shots (like at 5:08) . The Toro just didn't snap it, thus bringing it to your attention because it was built for more.

Thanks for the review 👍

I love how you throw snow over the path that you’ve already cleared. 3:19 😂 But hey, you do you! 👍🏻

In Vermont, where a foot of snow is considered a dusting, and where the town plows can leave a 3' high and 5' wide mountain at the end of the driveway, my 17-year-old Honda 1132 is like using a bulldozer to push air. And when it finally decieds to retire, there'll be a new 1332 ready to take its place.

I can certainly see the benefits of a battery powered electric snowblower but I just can't bring myself to give up on my gas snowblowers and lawn mowers. Run out of battery power and you're done. With gas, just fill it up and you're back up and running. Don't have to worry about conserving power to get the job done either. I'll stick with gas. On the flip side, if I just had a small driveway or a deck to clear I may consider battery powered. But I tend to clear my side of the block as well as the alley. So, not only do I need a lot of power from time to time but I also need good run time.

Great video! Thank you for this!

Great video man hope to see a 2023 update

I have the Toro and the heated grip option is 🤩 amazing

I do love my battery-powered outdoor equipment (string trimmer and leaf blower), however I just can’t part with my gas-powered lawn mower and snowblower. And yeah, I agree with others. Would love to see how the EGO does with the ice fortress the snowplow leaves at the end of the driveway. My 24” Ariens chews through it with no problem.

I live in Colorado and at a high elevation with a ton of snow. Neighbor has an electric and vs my gas powered.... no match. I have helped him finish his drive more than once this season.

Great review, but you need a plow on the front of a UTV or a quad! It makes snow removal so much more fun and for our driveway you'd be done much faster! Trust me as I went from snow blower to lawn tractor with snow blower to a Polaris RZR XP1000 with a plow on the front and well the plow just crushes it and made me smile while removing the snow.

WHAT! I THOUGHT YOU HAD AT LEAST A MILLION SUBSCRIBERS!

Thats what I tell everyone in the video I made for mine. Keep it on low and you'll get good time out of it!

Great info! Thanks!

The old school tecumseh snowblowers are my favourite, tecumseh engines are the best winter engines ever made :)

Now that Toro makes an electric one, you have to do a comparison video between the two battery machines. People are going to really want that information. Thanks.

I have fond memories of clearing my uncles driveway with a 48” snowblower on a john deere garden tractor. You’d throttle up and just let the thing eat. Didn’t care how heavy that Massachusetts snow was, it’d throw it 50+ft all day.

Great review. Helpful.

Electric snow blower is next. I love my electric lawn mower. Technology is finally ready for the upgrade. Ty

I have the EGO and love it. Tip: Before each use, liberally spray the inside of the intake housing, arbor, and inside of the chute with silicone spray lube, and they'll be much less clogging.

How did I know this was your first time using a snowblower? Because you blew snow back over a part of the drive you had already done. Beginner’s tip: start in the middle, always blow snow to the right, work your way from the middle to the sides, alternating which side you work on with each pass. This way you won’t blow snow back over a part you’ve already done and you’ll end up with a cleaner driveway without having to go back over it.

My only snowblower has been a Craftsman 4HP 21” single stage blower. I bought it in 1994. I live just southwest of Kansas City and most years we have had very little snow. Now that it is 27 years old it is just about on it’s last leg. The engine runs fine, and the auger works fine, but the auger housing is shot! The problem is this part of the blower is all plastic. The bottom of the sides of the auger housing has worn down (there are no metal skid plates on it to keep it from wearing away), and the top of the auger housing (where the cute attaches) is all cracked and broken. When the sides of the housing are worn away, it causes the plastic scraper bar to wear away rapidly and also the rubber auger paddles wear rapidly. Had I known this would be a problem, i would have added some kind of metal skid plates on the sides of the auger housing. Right now I have added a couple fender washers mounted on the sides if the auger housing to keep the bottom edge from wearing anymore. I have to see how they work. Also I am going to try adding a metal edge to the new plastic scraper bar which I just bought. The plastic ones wear down very fast as they rub along concrete driveway and sidewalk where I use my snowblower. I think I can buy another auger housing for this model, but it would cost around $100.

I have the EGO POWER+ Peak Power 56-volt 21-in Single-stage Cordless Electric Snow Blower with two 5-Ah for over two years now. We just had a snow storm that closed all the schools and my EGO cleared the snow without a problem. I can feel it was blogging down a little when I push it through the 2 feet of snow, but it still gets the job done. I will never go back to gas for sure.

In a few more years when better battery tech comes around, it will be a hands down win for electrics. For now they seem well suited for smaller driveways but not quite for larger ones.

That Toro will last you at least 20 years with proper maintenance. The EGO will be in the landfill long before that. I love my cordless tools but snowblowers are not there yet.

So helpful. Thank you

I live in a Townhouse community so I went with the EGO. I just got so I can’t wait to see what it can do.

I have an old Ariens that works great, but I think I'll upgrade to the ego in the future. Being able to blow snow before I leave for work without waking up my neighbors and not having to go through the whole ritual of plugging in the snowblower and choking it and letting it warm up a little bit would make it worth it.

EGO IS THE WAY TO GO. Rob it even saves on gym. Gives you a chance to walk one extra pass and stay heathier. Besides, EGO GIVES YOU A PASS TO THE 21 ST CENTURY.

I have a plug in electric snow blower. I bought the first one when I damaged my arm and couldn't shovel the driveway. When it quit, after 10 yr or so, I got a new one, as I'm older now. The plug in draws 15 amps, so a good winter rated extension cord is needed. The motor has magnets in it, so it is efficient, and probably 1.5 hp or so, much stronger than I ever was, but can't compare to an 8 hp gas unit. 2 ft of light fluffy stuff is no problem. 4" of slush gets done a little harder. It will chew thru the stuff at the end of the drive left by the snowploughs. All summer it hangs on the wall, out of the way. Maintenance has been spray oiling the wheel bearings, and some spray to prevent rust on some metal pieces. And the new one is much better than my first one. It seems they have learned in the 12 years since my first electric one.

EGO has more plastic parts, hince the lite weight. I have a ariens that will clear 20 inches of snow no problem here in NH. For snow removal I will stick with gas. Nice video!

You should of actually tested them with over a foot of snow that would tell the real tale and I will take the Toro

Ego. Hands down. Best I’ve ever used.

Great video as always. And the packout drawers? Still waiting 😕

I purchased the Toro 26 inch battery operated snow blower. It should serve me well in Connecticut.

Trying to think what I can use this for down here in Florida, any ideas?

I'd appreciate it if someone could address the Ego's plastic material and lithium batteries in subzero weather like we have in North Dakota. I had an electric Greenwork's snowblower that housing shattered at -15 F (not uncommon for us). I'm also concerned that Lithium batteries just can't handle the extreme cold.

Going to pick up the EGO this week!

Great review I'm in northern Wisconsin and plan on getting the 28in ego this fall.

I agree with the battery vs gas comparison. The EGO is great for the city, burbs and small properties, but large properties need big power therefore, gas. Same goes for chainsaws. There is something to consider and it’s almost never discussed or at least given serious consideration when it comes to battery driven tools and electric vehicles... There is something to be said about eliminating a large chunk of the maintenance.

Agreed 1000% about the 'best kept secret' on the Ego. When i first got it, i was running the auger at full throttle and got terrible battery life. I realized i could run it much, much slower and still have a decent clearing distance and i could easily get an hour out of it in deep, wet, heavy snow. They really, really should put this in big bold letters in the box

In Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, winters get 100” to 200” a year. I would welcome the battery powered blower as my normal snowblowing can take well over an hour with my 28” Ariens snow blower. Gas is probably the way to go in northern climates where winter is a way of life. I would love to give EGO a try, but I think it might not handle what I have to do.

Great review.

So if I use the Ego my wife doesn't realize I'm working...

I started building my eGo collection about 3 years ago after researching all the systems at the time. I had various battery powered tools with different batteries and was tired of making sure they were all charged when I needed them. With the eGo, all the batteries work with all the tools and swapping is very convenient. Was not interested in the Ego single stage as I will be replacing a 2-stage Airens snowblower and need a model that will at least match the Airens in power. This new 2-stage eGo is getting many good reviews, but; like any first model, there are some bugs. I will be very interested in an updated (version 2) eGo 2-stage in the future.

I've heard of Toro snowblowers and I owned a Toro 2 stroke lawnmower after 22 years of service it died of loss of compression. I also owned for a short time a Top Flight 2 stroke snowblower it died of loss of compression. Now for the replacements. I bought the last of the Snapper 2 stroke snowblower several years ago now I have to remember to add a little isopropyl alcohol to the base before you add 2 stroke gasoline because 2 strokes require a mixture of 2 cycle oil with gas. 4 stroke engines have separate compartments for oil and gas. Again I started my lawnmower to early and I didn't put any gas dryer into and tried pulling the starting cable 60 plus times and no start. I now have a Snapper Riding Mower, add fuel, primed it 6 times and started right away. I've learned about 2 stroke engines when I was a boy so I can pretty much know what makes these engines work but I have a long way to go to stay on top of these types of machines. None of them use a battery because those batteries have a short life and have been known to fail when you least expect it. The batteries are not as Green as you may think because they can poison the ground water that you might end up drinking in the future. Think like a farmer not city dweller.

When I was younger and we lived in upstate NY my dad had an old Gravely walk behind tractor. The snowblower on that thing could throw snow 100 feet easily.

Doing the math on the width; your reference to 2 trips vs 3 is: 28" X 4 = 112" = 9'-4" 24" X 6 = 144" = 12' So, not quite the same cleared width. Another aspect of ownership is oil changes and tuneups - required by the Toro, and not needed for the electric. And small gasoline engines are very polluting, and they use a lot more energy. And they get harder to start over time. The 10Ah batteries are each equivalent to about 1/60th of a gallon of gas. (33.7kWh = 1 gallon and 10Ah X 56V = 560Wh, so 33,700 / 560 = ~60.2) So, the two 10Ah batteries will cost about 0.5-1¢ depending on what you pay for electricity. Today's average gasoline price is $3.30 so if the gas tank holds 2 quarts, and you use 1/4 of it, that will still cost you over 40¢. And you have to drive to the gas station to get it, and buy a gas can.

A gas snowblower (or lawnmower) can last for decades if you take care of it. Do we know yet about the longevity of the electric equivalents? That's my biggest concern with electrics.

Good video and review. Gas engines for snowblowers are meant to run full out by design. Maintenance has never really been an issue on my engines. As with all electric devices, pushing them to the max wears them out faster, and batteries are no different. Replacement batteries for that unit run over $300.00 a pair. Our heavy snowfalls in NE will be the test, but if you are into snowblowing your driveway every time you get 4-6' during a heavy 2ft snowfall, then have fun. The noise doesn't bother my neighbors...especially when I'm getting rid of the plow snow at the end of their driveway as a gesture of good neighbors. As the snow piles up I also find myself having to relocate piles of snow that have settled so I can pile more and not block the view of traffic on my street. Not sure how an Ego would like heavy packed snow.

Thanks for the review. We moved from Texas to snow country and are new to this. Is your driveway gravel? If so, were you able to adjust the EGO so that it didn't throw your gravel?

I would love to have the EGO, it'd be great for my driveway.

The carbon foot print to build and run electric mowers and snow blowers is about the same. Here's what they don't talk about: where do the batteries end up and what pollutants do they put in the ground and eventually our water supplies!

Would really liked to have seen 2 more things. 1) noise comparison of the two blowers at 10 ft and 2) large amounts of snow removal, up to 6 inches at least.

I'd like to see a review of the Toro gas 2-stage vs the new Toro battery 2-stage. Nice job.

Electronic reliability and battery cost are huge factors. I've had an MTD gas blower for about 15 years. Each season I put oil and gas in it. That's it. I have to question how many $250 batteries the Ego would go through in 15years. Assuming the blower lasts 15 years. *I have an Ego lawnmower and think it's great. Summer is a bit more forgiving than winter though I still wonder about the battery life.

I'm not much of an electric person, I just love gasoline powered machines.

Been using a 2 stage gas Ariens snow blower for 20+ years. Wish that the B&S engine burned cleaner and was quieter as I'm tired of spitting fumes residue and smelling like burnt gas post ploughing. Looking forward to electric battery advancements before I'm switching over. Would definitely make the move.

for your property Rob use the blade attached to your truck and drive it off personally i would stick to ego cuz gas is pain in the butt, oil change, clean the carburetor. caused me some much pain on my Honda blower in the pass

I'd go with the Toro. I'm selling off all my Ego stuff next year, it's too expensive to keep replacing the battery packs every two years.

Spray the entire plow, auger and chute areas with PAM and you won’t get clogged nearly as often!

Before i watch further. Judging by the size of the small auger on the electric, i'll say Toro is the winner.