Snow Joe 24V-X2-SB22 Electric Snow Blower Review

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I test out the Snow Joe 24V-X2-SB22 battery-powered electric snow blower to see it if can handle my large driveway surface.
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:56 The key features of the
02:54 Unboxing
07:32 Assembly
13:45 Charging the batteries
19:14 Using the Snow Joe 24V-X2-SB22
24:39 The batteries are drained time to recharge
27:26 Will the 2nd charge finish the job?
29:03 The job is done. How much surface was cleared?
32:41 Summary
38:06 Would I recommend it?
41:23 Hits and misses for the Snow Joe 24V-X2-SB22
44:55 Outro
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@lplt Жыл бұрын

its funny i wouldnt be interested in this type of video before until i became a home owner and now im fascinated by appliances, bought a snow blower last year for the first time so its nice to see

@orenthalbrown835 Жыл бұрын

Great video Tom, I have the Ego dual stage snow blower and I love it I’m not sure if you reviewed it if not you should I think you will be pleased. One suggestion… you actually started to but shut down the SunJoe after you started talking. I think to show how quiet or loud the unit is you should have a bit of dialogue while it is running. I have had brief conversations with neighbors while my Ego is running. It was surprising to hear you the brief moment the blower was running and you were talking. I love your videos and keep up the great work.

@sbukosky Жыл бұрын

Get the big Ego. I've had one for two winters and it easily replaces my old 9HP MTD and Toro single stage. The thing is amazing.

@steveurbach3093 Жыл бұрын

Welcome to the 'Joe' series. The instructions are very thin. I recommend Locktite (non hardening) for the thumb knobs (mine fell out from vibration over time. fun finding)

@Chris21709 Жыл бұрын

Snow plow attachment for one of your (many) pickup trucks, once you decide what to keep. 😃

@sevenflashowls Жыл бұрын

You have to talk about this on the Inside Ev show when they ask what tou drive this week!

@trinitonv8 Жыл бұрын

Good video.Had a good laugh when speed x 4

@adamchoi8136 Жыл бұрын

Oh wow just saw the other snowblower. That beast will do the trick. 😂

@petesjk Жыл бұрын

I have an 18” SnowJoe with a 500w motor, with dual power source(battery and plug-in). It only uses one battery at time, and it does perform better when using an extension cord plugged into a standard wall outlet. Battery life seems consistent at about 20 minutes of hard work. I usually use it plugged in with a 100ft extension cord, and use the battery to clear out the hard to maneuver corners, isolated spots and when neighbors need help clearing their section of sidewalk. Over several Midwest winters I find it works well enough. I can’t let accumulation go past 4-6 inches, but even if I do, I just have to work more patiently. The main reason I didn’t choose a larger more powerful SnowJoe- I needed to fit this in my hatchback car so I could drive to my Mom’s house and also clear her driveway. I could use more power, but the portability makes my machine more useful overall. Also, it hardly takes up any space in my garage! Having the plug-in option also reduces the need to have a bunch of spare batteries.

@garyclark6747 Жыл бұрын

Have to admit two things: 1) Hardly get snow in NC and 2) Set playback speed to max and when you sped up the clip is was even more humorous. Hopefully KZfaq doesn’t discredit me watching every minute of this great review. Glad you got the snow you’ve been awaiting for to do this review. 👍🏼 Nice unit for the average driveway. 45:25

@davidbaker9943 Жыл бұрын

Snow Joes are great !

@mrdsn189 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@JohnEAvenson Жыл бұрын

Snow Joes are great! Two years ago I bought the two stage, self propelled model IonPro-100V with two 100 volt batteries. With 5 to 8 inches of snow, I do three driveways and half of the cul-de-sac with one charge. Best part - The variable speed let's you walk really fast. I bought a second charger to be able to charge both batteries at the same time. When the unit stops, there is just enough battery to return to the house and park the machine.

@DEEPNNN Жыл бұрын

We have the 18" version of that Sun Joe. Our driveway is 15' x 115' and it can easily be cleared of 4" dry snow with one set of batteries. Wet snow is a challenge and only a few inches can bring operations to a halt. Keeping the chute straight ahead and going across the width of the driveway can defeat some types of packy snow. I always tell my wife, don't walk on the snow you intend to clear.

@normt430 Жыл бұрын

We have a Worx WG 471 20" with a pair of 20v 8-amp batteries that does similar. The batteries can get warm under load. I have a an extra pair of batteries as back up and so I can do the neighbor's sidewalk and our cul-de-sac. I got it for $179 plus taxes. When it is wet or deeper I bring out the 7-horsepower MTD!

@adamchoi8136 Жыл бұрын

Snow joe is decent for a small driveway. I really enjoy my toro the smaller battery unit. It’s a wonderful machine and I had it up against 5-6 inches of wet snow without being bogged down.

@mikedrew-zo7jq Жыл бұрын

Great review Tom! I live in New Hampshire and have the corded version of this and it works great for the deck. Beats shoveling snow over the railing.

@tjsean0308 Жыл бұрын

I prefer the grunt of the higher voltage machines.

@eranschau Жыл бұрын

I had a single stage Ego snow blower until upgrading to the two-stage when that came out. One thing learned - a problem I see you’re having with such a large driveway - is that blowing snow onto parts of the driveway that you have yet to clear due to the limited throwing capacity of a single-stage takes that three inches of heavy, wet snow and turns it into four inches of heavy, wet, compact snow and causes the blower to have to work even harder. Obviously this drains the batteries even faster. When I knew I had lots of heavy, wet snow to deal with, I’d often clear one part of the driveway, then blow the other part onto that space that I’d cleared and then re-clear that first bit. This helped extend the batteries’ charge and seemed to help get the job done with lest time charging in the middle.

@dalepettigrew5071 Жыл бұрын

Great video Tom, a friend of mine bought this unit a couple years ago and has been very happy with it, but he has a small driveway and the snow tends to pretty dry here.

@StateOfChargeWithTomMoloughney Жыл бұрын

It's pretty good for driveways up to about 1,800 sq ft, IMO. More than that is starting to push its limits.

@NelsonJOrtiz Жыл бұрын

Greeworks one works great also for me only one battery needed does about 1000 sqft

@jim76356 Жыл бұрын

I really like my EGO equipment and I believe the EGO has faster charging? I have the self-propelled lawnmower, and the smaller snowblower and they came with a faster charger than the weed trimmer.

@charliesullivan4304 Жыл бұрын

I have an ego. It works really well, and I bought a second fast charger so I can charge both batteries at the same time. Usually one charged us the whole driveway but this last snow is really wet and heavy, as well as being about a foot deep, and it took two charges. So it's nice to have the ability to fast charge both at once.

@E-commuter Жыл бұрын

I’m here from marquee!

@thenerdyarab7622 Жыл бұрын

Do a geeenworks 80v model next. It is similarly priced.

@stephenbateman7254 Жыл бұрын

We have a plug-in Snowjoe and absolutely love it. You definitely have to pay attention with the cord, but it’s nice not having to charge it and that was the main reason we went corded vs cordless

@Japplesnap Жыл бұрын

With a driveway like that, just get yourself a pull plow that goes into the receiver hitch and clear your driveway in minutes using your Lighting or Rivian.

@StateOfChargeWithTomMoloughney Жыл бұрын

Nah, I can use the exercise!

@petebremy49 Жыл бұрын

What, no dunk test? …….oh. :) Seriously, it looks very similar to the plug in Toro electric snow blower I had. This one definitely has a lot more power than the Toro had.

@joer4367 Жыл бұрын

I just bought one of their electric mowers.

@p5k6 Жыл бұрын

I've got an older Snow Joe (iON24SB-XR 80v) 2 stage, bought 4 years ago. Has worked well enough for me in Colorado; Has worked well for the dry snow we get up here, but - the one time I let the snow melt for a day and get kinda slushy, it really struggled, had to borrow my neighbor's gas powered blower. Love having it be electric, I only have to use it a handful of times a year (most of the time the wind comes around and blows out enough of the snow so the blower isn't needed). I can usually get enough from one set of batteries to clear a path to the street, let the batteries recharge, then finish up the side areas/rest of the driveway later in the morning (take a lunch break if it's a work day). Would love an ego 2 stage, they look - much more powerful, but - the snow joe is good enough.

@Smidge204 Жыл бұрын

How have the batteries held up? At that price I would hope they're well built, but sitting for months going unused still makes me wonder how long they'll last. Unless maybe there are other equipment that use the same batteries?

@gappmast9712 Жыл бұрын

Good thing your neighbor let's you use his ICE machine

@georgedaniels5547 Жыл бұрын

With wet snow, you want to soak the whole operating assembly (augur, impeller, chute, etc) with something like WD-40. It makes it a lot easier and it won't clog up as much.

@StateOfChargeWithTomMoloughney Жыл бұрын

Good advice

@charliesullivan4304 Жыл бұрын

I think I'd go for a cooking oil spray so that what I'm spraying in my garden is biodegradable.

@georgedaniels5547 Жыл бұрын

@@charliesullivan4304 Cooking sprays like Pam are more expensive. WD-40 is a water displacement spray that evaporates and doesn't leave a residue behind. I know some folks use it as a lubricant, but that's not what it is. Soaking the blower makes a big difference when you have that heavy wet snow I call "sausage" snow. I can usually get my 100 yards of sidewalk, front walk, and the driveway with one spray. And if it does start to clog, it's much easier to clean out. The WD-40 BLAST cans work best.

@petesjk Жыл бұрын

I see your point, but I don’t know how necessary this is for a single stage thrower. I’ve never had an issue with clearing the machine with a simple shake.

@henryrodier8024 Жыл бұрын

My feeling is with most electric equipment it needs that rest as much as you and those batteries need so the bearings and switches need to cool down.

@dannyschacht4274 Жыл бұрын

Yeah...first snow of the season...

@dannylemmon7123 Жыл бұрын

Pro tip! You can shave some time off the assembly if you replace reading the manual with excessive cursing.

@universeisundernoobligatio3283 Жыл бұрын

Have a 250’ driveway, got the corded version. Still only do 2 car lengths at the road, walk the remaining 200’ , the rest of the driveway melts in the spring, has not failed me yet. Have a charge port for my Model Y at the end of my so no reason to do all the length.

@larryspiller15 Жыл бұрын

I think the only thing holding back these snowblowers is the manufacturers gouging for batteries. If I wanted to own one i'd go for a 'Bare Tool' variant and build my own battery. could't cost much more than 300$ to build a 48v 1kWh battery that would last nearly 3X as long as the batteries included with this one. Also wouldn't mind the added weight, it would be helpful at scraping as close to the pavement as possible. I got a corded snow blower for free and its actually annoyingly light.

@davidmccarthy6061 Жыл бұрын

Great review! That would take care of my driveway. You're just a candidate for two extra batteries, although that is probably the majority of the cost of the blower.

@StateOfChargeWithTomMoloughney Жыл бұрын

I would need 6 extra batteries to do my whole driveway!

@FreedomToRoam86 Жыл бұрын

I like the idea, but that is just not strong enough / long enough for Midwest snow

@mariedrader7926 Жыл бұрын

My parents had a Snow Joe - it worked well until it didn’t, and then it was impossible to find someone to fix it.

@Wised1000 Жыл бұрын

Paint me impressed. Definitely not adequate for my purposes but great for small driveways in areas that don't get a lot snow.

@sevenflashowls Жыл бұрын

Did you test the charge cable in the ice cream freezer?

@nevco8774 Жыл бұрын

We bought Green Works from Costco which is kind of the same thing but a little more expensive since batteries are more robust - 80 Volts ones. It clearly struggle with wet deeper than one foot snow since it clogs. Yet this Snow Joe has a metallic blade which is a good thing. Since we bought a lawn mower, a grass edge trimmer and a leaf blower from the same brand we have 8 batteries which allow to clean very large area of snow by swapping the batteries and charging depleted ones since we own 4 chargers and charging time is around 30 minutes. In our set we never have to wait since each battery lasts almost 30 minutes and the rest of batteries are charging. The same battery swapping works in the summer while mowing the grass. And by the way the batteries are allowed to be charged and stored at 100% which give me the impression they are LFP technology not affected by being charged 100%: it is written on them no memory, no limit of number of charging cycles. We will see them in the long run.

@petesjk Жыл бұрын

The SnowJoe uses rubber blades on a steel spindle. I think his larger eGo that he compared at the end has a steel blade.

@sveip Жыл бұрын

I had a unit with the same design (Seems like all of these are manufactured by the same factory) and I must say it wasn't really good for anything more than some few inches of light snow. Doing it manually was faster and less tedious. I would recommend spending 3 times the money on something like the other unit you have instead, that works.

@StateOfChargeWithTomMoloughney Жыл бұрын

It really depends on the duty you need it for. This will work for a lot of people

@mikechenail7920 Жыл бұрын

$320 is still a lot of price of 2 more batteries in the video? When the replacement cost is lowered, I think larger driveway owners would find that investment acceptable. It would mean fewer charge cycles on the original set.

@tedbellWRV Жыл бұрын

I've used the Toro 60V E26 2-stage, self-propelled, snow blower all winter. We've had about 135 inches of snow accumulation this past winter, and so far, I've cleared about 2,500 SF of driveway and walkways about 25 to 30 times. It is so nice not to have to keep a can of gas around and when you get a multi-day storm, you don't run out of gas! The Toro E26 accepts three batteries, and I have three 7.5 Ah batteries and three chargers. It takes 45 to 50 minutes to clear our snow and I am at 1 to 2 bars (out of 4 bars) when I finish. I have never run out of battery during use. The E26 always starts right up. The Toro E26 is good for up to about 8" of average snow before you need to take a smaller "bite". It chews through the plow berm at the head of the driveway no problem. Interestingly, the Toro 60V battery has side "ports" for air cooling and blower has an internal fan that pushes air through the battery during use. If you turn the snow blower off after working hard, the battery might warm up (with the internal cooling fan turned off) and then the battery may need a minute or two to cool down so you can turn it back on. (In normal snow blowing, it runs continuously for the 45 to 50 minutes with no issues.) I will never go back to a gas snow blower - I used a large gas-powered Ariens for 40 years prior to going to the electric snow blower.

@normt430 Жыл бұрын

If you you let it power down when backing up or walking to another area, the lith-ion batteries will recharge slightly.

@gelu88 Жыл бұрын

I have the corded version of this exact model, and FYI it sells for about $150. Works great for unpacked snow, But Honestly I don't think for this price range cordless is worth it for basic use. The cord is fine.

@suvari225 Жыл бұрын

I have a small driveway around 100sqft. I bought snow joe electric snow blower but it is corded. To be honest, if batteries are only good for 100 sq ft, why not plug in the thing with a 50 ft long extension cord or something to do job. My purchase was around $160 and it is one fourth of the cost of the battery powered one. No hassle of oil, gas, carburetor too. Electric is great but good battery snow blowers are way too expansive. Edit: my purchase (on 01/07/22) price was corrected. I don’t know why the unit I got SJ623E is now cost $238 on Amazon. So, price is increased this year. Also, you probably wanna spend $40 or something for a good extension cord if you don’t have it already.

@joshuasmith7369 Жыл бұрын

I live in the southern region of Texas; what's this snow you speak of?

@willfake84 4 ай бұрын

Notice any smell from the batteries? I don't know if it's normal or not but mine smell when charging...

@StateOfChargeWithTomMoloughney 4 ай бұрын

I didn't

@locascioantonino Жыл бұрын

How you doing, sir if I wanted to shut the lights, can I shut them off or they gotta stay on all the time thank you

@StateOfChargeWithTomMoloughney Жыл бұрын

They stay on

@insanvini1203 Жыл бұрын

Can you attach a plow to your rivian?

@StateOfChargeWithTomMoloughney Жыл бұрын

@locascioantonino Жыл бұрын

You never put oil you put the special grease

@genesishep Жыл бұрын

Tom: Man, a storm is coming, I don't want to shovel anymore, I'm last on my plow guys route and I really don't want to pay for a gas unit. Thinks..... Hmm.... 💡💡💡!!: Buy an electric unit and shoot a video...voila! Tax deduction! Boom! Seriously though, I know it's just a loaner for review.... Plus for that drive you'd need the full size Snow Joe dual stage unit like your Ego to do your drive. The plastic construction seems like a plus to me not a minus over time because it's more resilient.

@kashkdeekonk9951 Жыл бұрын

from maques

@OleGit1497 Жыл бұрын

Useless in wet or packed snow.

@captainron7904 10 ай бұрын

If you had a ATV with a 48" blade you would have finished long ago and be drinking beer in the warm garage. Definitely places for electric tools i don't think snow blowing is one of them. Just my .02 cents

@djhepcat_ Жыл бұрын

I had and returned two Snow Joes last Winter both broke after 1 storm. Very disappointing.

@chuck020950 Жыл бұрын

I would never buy a snowblower that was not self propelled. I would have an asthma attack. I bought a 2 stage electric from Amazon but with lack of snow this year who knows

@CoolTies Жыл бұрын

I have the 20" version and it's totally useless. Jams on the slightest resistance. Be it ice or heavy slush. If the snow is light and powered it works decent on under 4" but again useless if over 6". Went back to gas.

@normt430 Жыл бұрын

If it jamming it us too wet. I have a Worx 20" with a pair of 20v 8-amp batteries and the shoot was getting plugged with wet snow. With 4-6" of powder it is great for light stuff. Otherwise I have to bring the gas version out.

@robertrobertson5120 Жыл бұрын

For me, this Snow Joe is 👎... I don't have a drive as large as you, and I receive more snow than you! With my 28" ICE Ariens, it takes me 1½ hours to complete my driveway on a good day. My gosh, with having to recharge a unit, how long would it take me? Your bigger unit... well, maybe! Do a review on that? Good demo Tom!

@StateOfChargeWithTomMoloughney Жыл бұрын

I used to have a 27" or 28" Husqvarna - I can't remember exactly, and it was great. But my EGO snowblower can do my big driveway just as well. The Snow Joe that I reviewed here isn't for every application, but it will work perfectly for a lot of people.

@kendavis1198 Жыл бұрын

NOT What ya Need when ya NEED to Clear the SNOW!!!!! I C E Unit to the Rescue. Good for a Large Sidewalk up to the House. TWO HOURS B 4 You Can Start Plowing again??? I'd Be Done and Sitting by the Fire Place with some Hot COFFEE! I get it Tom. Don't get me wrong here, I understand what your doing here. But after I saw your Driveway......... O M G... You Need a Tractor! 😂, Or a REAL LARGE Unit! And the Batteries? Cost is Outlandish. At this Point here, I am pretty sure I'd be using an ICE Unit, A LARGE ICE UNIT. This one is Cool for a Small area and a SHORT amount of Plow Time. Otherwise Not Sure if this EV Gardening/Homwowner Stuff is the way to go. For SMALL Yards, I'd say YES, Large Yards 🤷‍♂??? Great Video and Information Tom 👍🏼...

@phxBird Жыл бұрын

I rather spend $200 more for a gas power unit than electric. Time too valuable to wait for half dozen charges to get the job done in a fraction of the time it takes you using a gas snow blower.

@StateOfChargeWithTomMoloughney Жыл бұрын

I've owned many gas snow blowers and I'll never buy another. My EGO (the large one you see at the end) can clear 5,000+ sq ft without needing to be recharged. It's a beast and there no maintenance and no hassle. It just turns on instantly