Snow Joe Electric Snow Blower, Push Snow Thrower for Driveway Snow Removal, Blue, SJ618E

Worked great in the recent Baltimore snow Jan 2026. Used on approximately 7-8 inches of snow. Like any blower it will not work on hard ice covered snow. The throw is pretty good. Perfect for sidewalks, and driveways two to two and a half car widths. Easy to use, no assembly required just extend handles and twist locks down. I oiled the swivel thrower head as recommended. Pay attention to which way the heads swivels so you don’t strip the cogs on the control twist handle. Thrower head rightfully only rotates 180 degrees and not back towards you. I would by again. For home it is better then dealing with gas, but yes you need power or generator to run. But if I am out of power I have bigger concerns than 6-8 inches of snow in the driveway lol

You never kniw what you’ll get when you purchase something online but this little snow blower came in handy this weekend. We got about 5” of dry powdery snow. Thankfully I purchased the snowblower the week of the storm before it hit. It says it can handle up to 10” of snow and I believe it can do more. I was hitting drifts that were about a foot deep and it was throwing it of the chute with no problem. It threw the snow about 10-15 feet depending on how deep it was. It seems to throw snow farther the deeper it is. Starting it is a breeze. Push the safety button and pull the handle and away you go. Having a hook for the power cord made it easy to keep the cord from getting wet in the snow. Noise level isn’t loud at all for what it is. Heck of a lot quieter than a gas power blower. Instructions very easy to follow and easy to assemble. Took about 5 minutes to assemble and saves me a world of back pain and time. lol I even went around to my families houses to use it. Works great on decks too.

It works great on new/dry snow. We have the 21 inch and easily cleared an 8” snow fall. Relatively easy to put together, but had to have my husband snap on the cord guide/rings as they took a little more muscle. A little cumbersome avoiding the extension cord while clearing the drive. For the price, it was worth the inconvenience

INTRO-1: I live up in the Pacific North West, and we are plagued by horrible winter storms. Most of the time we get very little snow, but on occasion, we really get the snow. I chose not to go with a gas blower for 3 reasons. (1) Gas blowers are very expensive! (2) Gas blowers require lots of maintenance, they have an engine afterall! (3) We rarely get enough snow to warrant the power of a gas blower. However, when you look at my pictures, you can tell I could have used a gas blower for the drift alone, but thats what a shovel is for lol. Like I said, most of the time we don't get this much snow, if we get any at all, so it made sense to save money, and go electric. INTRO-2: When choosing a snow blower, you have to think about the job at hand. How much snow do you get? Are you within 100-feet of an electrical outlet? Perhaps you want to skip corded electric and gas all together and go with a cordless electric? I watched video's online of cordless blowers, and to be honest, I am not really impressed. For one thing, they cost as much as a single stage gas blower, and they perform worse then a corded electric. So for me the choice was simple. I chose the 21" 15-AMP electric snow blower form Snow Joe. ASSEMBLY: Assembling this blower is very easy, all you have to do is attach the handles, wheels, chute control arm, and chute top, everything else comes already assembled. If your not sure, just follow the directions in the manual. Assembly can be completed within 30-minutes if you are slow at assembling things, or within 10-minutes if your quick. CORD: Because not everybody knows this, I feel the need to quickly mention that you must match the cord to the draw of the machine. This machine requires a minimum of a 12 gauge 3 conductor electrical cord. I highly recommend you purchase a US & WIRE Extreme cable sold on Amazon, as they remain flexible and easy to manage in freezing and sub freezing temperatures. Also make sure to get the proper length you need. Tiny driveways you can probably get away with a 50 footer. For average size driveways, you want a 100 footer. And don't get anything over 100 feet unless you step up to a 10 gauge 3 conductor cord. MOTOR: This snow blower uses a 15-AMP motor, which averages around 1500-watts of draw. A standard garage circuit or household circuit, has a 20-AMP max breaker capacity. This motor will draw 1800-watts peak power during motor startup only. Because of this, please make sure there is nothing else running on the circuit, otherwise you might risk tripping your breaker. This motor has lots of power for what it was designed to do, and it sure didn't disappoint me! BLOWER: The blower has a 12-inches tall opening by 21-inches wide. It is designed to take on no more then 1 foot at a time, however its pretty slow doing that even with fluffy snow. The blower seems to excel at tackling 6-inches to 8-inches at a respectful pace. Like I said, it will handle a foot of snow at a time, but it will be slow going. If the snow is over a foot tall, you will have to tilt the blower up to take off the top layer first, then come back again to take off the bottom layer. If your drifts are between 2-feet to 3-feet you can forget it, you will never tilt it high enough, and be able to push it through the drift. Your just going to have to grab a shovel if your in that situation and remove the top layer of the drift with a snow shovel first, then come back with the blower after that. I took a picture of the snow blower next to a drift that is too tall for the capacity of the machine. I just needed to shovel that top layer off there, then I could come back with the blower and finish it up. DRIVE: I want to remind everyone, that this blower is not self propelled. Your not going to find self propelled at this price point. This is a blower that you have to push. If you are a senior citizen, or someone with a disability, you might find pushing this thing difficult. However, if you are healthy, you can push this blower no problem, as long as you are not pushing it beyond its recommended limits. AUGER: This is a single stage snow blower, hence it has an auger, but no impeller. The auger spins at a blindingly fast rate, which grabs the snow via the rubber paddles, and throws it through the chute. The rubber paddles are replaceable, but I haven't seen any wear after a single use! On the left side of the blower is a panel that you can remove, to give you access to the sealed belt and pulley's, that link the motor to the auger. This was a good design to help keep snow away from the belt! The belt and pully's are also replaceable if they should wear out on you. CONTROLS: The controls at the operator position are very simple. You have the safety start button, the start bar, the LED headlight, and the chute direction control. In order to start the blower, you have to press and hold the safety button, and then pull back the start bar against the handle, easy! The direction of the chute can be operated remotely via the directional control arm, but the vertical up/down movement has to be done manually at the chute itself. The LED headlight has a on/off switch on top of it, so you can choose weather to run it or not, and the light position is adjustable. WHEELS: The wheels on this blower are not the greatest in the world, however, they are not the worst either. While I would have preferred pneumatic wheels, you won't find those in this price range. At least this blower didn't come with those cheap noisy plastic wheels found on kids big wheels. The wheels move over the driveway pretty well, so I am not going to fault them too much. But the reason I would have preferred pneumatic wheels, is because they are superior at moving over terrain. HANDLE: The handle itself provides a nice foam grip for your hands. It would have been nice if it were heated but again, not found in this price range. If you just wear a thick pair of winter gloves you will be fine. The handle doesn't seem to flex much at all, which really is a surprise considering the cost of the machine. I've actually been quite pleased with the handle, and I can even hang it up on the wall via the handle, so multi-purpose abilities are the way to go here. CLEANING: Cleaning up the blower is very simple, all you need is a small broom, and you just sweep the snow off of it, thats really the only maintenance you need to do on it! If it were a gas machine, you would have to worry about draining the carburetor of gas, and changing the oil for the next season. CONCLUSION: In conclusion, this is a very nice snow blower. It tackles everything I need it to do, except for the drifts. It has plenty of power for what it was designed to do, and it gets the job done. I'm actually happy that I didn't go with a lesser 13-AMP 18" model, as that would have been a pain to use in this situation. This 15-AMP 21" model was surprisingly easy to use. And if your concerned with the noise factor, well, this electric machine can be run without hearing protection on, so it won't annoy your neighbors early in the morning either. If your looking for an electric model, I recommend this one!

I am thrilled with this purchase. I live in Buffalo, NY, so we obviously get a lot of snow. I pay for plowing service for the driveway, but with a bad back find it very difficult to keep up with our back deck, our sidewalks, and all the paths we use around our house. I was even able to clear out a spot in the backyard for our dogs. This machine is lightweight, easy to use, and very effective.

Well, today was the first big storm of 2026, and even if this only lasts me a couple of years, it is well worth what I paid in time and back pain alone. At time of purchase, it was on sale for $174.99. This is the second one of these I've purchased; the first one was 10 years ago, and my ex still uses it at her house with no issues. First, know what it is you are buying. It's electric and corded. It is only 18 inches, and you are going to have trouble if you try to use this once a foot of snow has fallen. I cleared snow three times today, and it cleared very well each time. This was on a 4-car driveway and about 80 feet of sidewalk. I did my best to clear when there was less than six inches of snow; in the sections where there was more, I had to make multiple passes. But when it was 4 inches or so, it had no trouble at all, even as the snow started to get heavier. But, THEY TELL YOU THIS IN THE INSTRUCTION MANUAL. So those who are complaining about it not being powerful enough or having trouble with ice, you should get a larger gas powered blower. It is easy to set up out of the box, and is not very heavy. The LED light strip is pretty strong if you are in the dark; enough to light the immediate area in front of you. And the discharge tube is accurate and easy to adjust, although depending on the angle you set it at, it can leak snow out of the sides. But the thing I like best is that it is electric. Press one button and it starts. Very easy. If you live in an area that doesn't get a massive amount of snow each year, and you don't mind getting tangled in an extension cord every once in a while, I definitely recommend this blower. Not paid or compensated in any way for this review. I just wanted to give you my honest opinion.

I bought this in Jan 2024 when my gas engine snowblower conked out. I thought this would be fine until I got that repaired. It was fairly easy to assemble (I'm female/72) however you have to make sure to follow directions exactly. First time I did not have the arm that turns the snow chute connected correctly (a second set of hands would have been better but not required). Second time it worked correctly. First use was this year JAN 2025 on approximately 6 inches of snow that had not set completely. If you are used to a self propelled gas blower, this is not SP (however it is also very much lighter) so think in terms of mowing the lawn without a self propelled mower. With 6" of snow you will get a workout. With the first sweep the direction funnel popped off as the snow rose up into the chute and was hanging on by the one screw. OK, maybe I didn't have it seated in the little (yes very little) plastic groves. Unscrewed the one screw and tried again. After about the 5th time of this dance with the screw driver, clearing the snow and reseating everything and several bad words (that my neighbors may or may not have heard) I got my handy dandy dremel and a random screw from a picture hanging kit. I made a hole exactly opposite from the original screw and installed the second screw, it was longer than the first and the first time I "missed" the fixed part of the collar. I just realigned the screw and it went all the way down without interfering with the rotation of the chute. Once the chute stopped popping off I was able to clear my two car driveway, my neighbors two car driveway and both of our sidewalks. I was pleasantly surprised that it handled the snow well and cleared right down to the base with only light snow left in some places (that may have been inconsistent driving from the operator). The chute turning crank was stiff at times and I'm wondering if some graphite or WD 40 may help. Fun Fact: 100 feet of outdoor grade electrical cord is heavy and gets stiff in the cold. Since it's a corner lot, I had to do some rerunning of the cord around trees, bushes, light pole etc to reach the whole way. I gave it 3 stars because I want to get Snow Joe's attention. It would be good if they redesigned the chute with a more substantial hook/groove set up but really all it needs is a second screw hole/screw across from the first one. I did not get the extended warranty (it comes with a two year warranty when you register on their website) and I don't know if they would hold my field expedient fix against my use of the warranty. It did do the job on six inches of snow and the motor seemed to do fine. If you get this be prepared with your drill, random screw and screw driver to make the adjustment for it to work on anything other than the lightest amount of snow.

My old snow thrower (gas powered) finally gave out. Saw this one and read the reviews and thought i would give it a try. After yesterday's snow I had the opportunity to try it out. Assembly was easy. Only change i would make is to use zip ties to secure the cord to the handlebar instead of the plastic clips that were included. I was impressed how light weight the machine was to push. This was our first snow and the driveway only had about 3 to 4 inches. This blower cut through it like butter. As I was clearing the pavement, I created a drift of about 7 inches to test how it can handle deep snow. It handles the deeper snow with no issues. The machine was launching the snow a good 12 feet. I was able to finish my 3 car driveway and sidewalks in less than an hour. Had I been concentrating on clearing the driveway and not playing with the blower, I probably could have finished in half that time. I expected dragging the extention cord would be a pain, but I barely noticed it. Best of all, when I was finished my back was not hurting, not out of breath, and the neighbors were asking if they could borrow the snow blower to finish their driveways. If you are looking for a snow blower that is easy to use consider this one.