Best Electric Snow Blower: 5 Battery and Corded Picks Compared

The EGO Power+ SNT2134 is my top pick if throw distance matters most to you: it throws farther than anything else here, up to 45 ft, against 0 to 30 ft on the PowerSmart DB7521 and up to 25 ft on both Snow Joes.

This single-stage machine comes as a kit with two 6.0 Ah batteries and a dual-port charger, and Peak Power combines two recommended EGO 56 V batteries. You also get heated handle grips, a steel auger, a brushless motor and handle-mounted levers for chute pitch and direction. An SNT2130 configuration is sold as the snow blower only, with no battery and no charger.

EGO rates it for up to a 14-car driveway with 8 in of snow on a single charge with two 6.0 Ah batteries. Here's the catch: no weight, run time in minutes or charge time is listed.

The Greenworks 60V 20-Inch Single-Stage is the pick if you want the lightest listed battery machine: 38.68 lb with the battery, against 45.2 lb with batteries for the Snow Joe 24V-X2-SB22. It's also the only battery pick with a run time in minutes. Greenworks puts it at up to 30 minutes on a single charge.

The trade-off is path and throw. Its 20 in path is the narrowest here, and its throw is the shortest, at 20 ft in one spec list and 22 ft in another. The kit holds one 5.0 Ah battery and a charger, where the EGO and the Snow Joe 24V kits include two batteries.

It's single-stage and not self-propelled, with a brushless motor, a poly (plastic) impeller, LED headlights and push-button start. The battery also powers over 75 Greenworks 60-volt tools, but the blower isn't compatible with the 60V 8.0 Ah battery.

The Snow Joe 24V-X2-SB22 cuts the widest path of the battery picks: 22 in wide by 13 in deep, against 21 in on the EGO and 20 in on the Greenworks. Its kit includes two 24 V 8.0 Ah batteries and a high-speed dual-port charger, and the two batteries make up its 48 V power source.

It's heavier than the Greenworks, though, at 45.2 lb with batteries against 38.68 lb. The single-stage design pairs a 1600 W brushless motor with a 4-blade rubber-tipped steel auger, and the motor moves up to 840 lb of snow per minute, the same figure as the corded SJ627E's maximum. It works with the IONMAX 24-Volt battery system.

Snow Joe says the high-speed dual-port charger can recharge in as fast as 2 hours. No run time per charge is listed, though.

The Snow Joe SJ627E is the corded model I'd take. Its path is 22 in wide by 13 in deep, against 21 in by 12.5 in on the PowerSmart DB7521, and it has an all-steel auger and push-button start, two details not listed for the PowerSmart.

Power comes from a 15 A, 120 V motor. The 180-degree chute throws snow up to 25 ft, short of the PowerSmart's 0 to 30 ft. You also get dual LED headlamps, listed as 3 W, and a maximum plowing capacity of 840 lb of snow per minute.

The limits are on the spec sheet: it's listed for light, fluffy snow on paved surfaces. The product page doesn't say whether it's single-stage or two-stage, and the drive is listed as "Auger Assisted". The only weight given is a gross weight of 34.6 lb, a shipping-style figure; no net weight is listed.

The PowerSmart DB7521 is the corded pick if throw matters more to you than path size. Its listed throw is 0 to 30 ft, against up to 25 ft on the Snow Joe SJ627E.

Both corded models run on 120 V and 15 A, and both carry a 2-year warranty. This one is single-stage, with a 180-degree chute, a built-in LED headlight, 8 in rear wheels and a plastic base. PowerSmart says the single-stage design efficiently clears moderate snowfall.

The weight line doesn't add up. The listed net weight, 50.7 lb, is higher than the gross weight, 41.2 lb, so both can't be right.