Good for the price, but not for heavy accumulations of wet snow

Firts, I have no idea how Amazon got a Jacksonville, Florida address on the header for this product, which was sent to snowy Colorado! Probably because I've sometimes sent gifts there, purchased from Amazon...?

This machine was received in a slightly damaged shipping box, and one of the bolts and knobs that secured the handles was missing. I called Greenworks' toll-free number and was immediately sent replacement parts by Priority Mail, although not obligated to do so because it was basically Amazon's and FedEx's problem: the entire machine could have been returned it to Amazon for a replacement, but a heavy snowstorm was reported coming in a few days so it was needed very soon.

That snowstorm has so far produced about 2-12 inches of unusually wet and sticky snow, which gave the blower a real workout. Under that condition it pushes harder than expected, but it's still much easier than shoveling. It also threw the snow much farther than expected, but probably shouldn't be used if a blizzard dumps a few feet of powder snow unless the sidewalk or driveway was cleaned very frequently to prevent heavy accumulations. The manual claims it will clean snow to 10 inches deep, but I doubt that, and suggest that even light snow should be best cleaned off at 6 to 7 inches of accumulation. The no-load rotor speed is 2400 RPM. The manual also suggests that by grabbing the lower and upper handles, the blower can actually be picked up (35 pounds) and used to trim away layers of large snowbanks, starting from the top down, although another section of the manual warns against doing that! A little bit of planning will prevent entanglements with the cord -- make a dry run in sunny conditions if possible to determine the best paths to use.

As an ex-machinist and amateur aircraft builder, I consider the machine to be very well constructed, compared with the competition's similar models: welding is well done and substantial, and the heavy corded rubber belting bolted to the steel impellor should last a long time. Minor detail: as noted in another review, the small bolts holding the deflector to the discharge chute are supposed to have rubber washers between those parts when assembling. No such rubber washers were included in that wrapped bunch of parts, so I used 1/2" diameter neoprene o-rings from my plumbing supply cache instead. They're very cheap to buy, so it's no big deal. The entire blower is made in China, which shouldn't surprise anyone these days. However, the manual is very good and highly informative in both English and Spanish.

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