Greenworks 80V (75+ Compatible Tools) 20” Brushless Cordless Snow Blower, 2.0Ah Battery and Charger Included

7 reviews for Greenworks 80V (75+ Compatible Tools) 20” Brushless Cordless Snow Blower, 2.0Ah Battery and Charger Included

1. 

   Robert C – 19 February 2025

   Just used during blizzard… works well! – UPDATES! UPDATES!
   Just used this today, January 23, 2016, during the northeast blizzard, for the first time since I purchased it. I took a chance after seeing some reviews on YouTube and got it on sale for $300 at the end of October, 2015. I live in New York, about 20 miles north east of New York City. I put it together back in November and thought it looked promising. But I was concerned and I had that weird feeling you get when you purchase something expensive but you don’t know for sure how it’s going to work when you need it… November passes, then December, and half of January with no snow other than a flurry – not that I was complaining, but there was nothing to test it with! And now I’m well out of the return window with Amazon.
   I had been using an electric Toro, but the cord is such a giant pain – half the time using it was cord management. You always had to be aware of where it was and how it was laid out, especially around cars and in the street. You had to move it around constantly as you cleared areas, creating slack and reeling slack, throwing it this way and that way. So I really wanted this cordless snow thrower to work…
   Well, I’m happy to say that it works GREAT! I am extremely pleased with it. We got well over a foot of snow here… probably 14 to 15 inches in total, with drifts that were easily 2 feet deep. During the storm, I went out at 9:30am, cleared my front patio, front path, my driveway (a one car, small driveway), and some of the street in front of my driveway. Went back out at 4pm, did the same and cleared just a bit of one of my neighbor’s driveway before the battery died. Went back out at about 8pm, cleared my patio & path again, my driveway and a different neighbor’s entire front path, and part of their driveway and street (which had not been shoveled at all yet) before the battery died. I think my neighbors were impressed with the snow thrower, the battery life and the ease of use – I know I was. I’m pretty sure at least one of them is going to purchase one soon.
   After waiting close to three months for snow, there was a feeling of vindication and relief knowing that it works well!
   I would say that I did get a good 30 minutes of run time per charge. I would often stop the motor when backing up and maneuvering as running it when doing so would just waste the battery charge. And the battery does charge in about 30 minutes from empty (but you should probably let it rest a bit between using it and charging it, IMO). The snow thrower itself doesn’t feel fragile to me. In fact, I’d say it’s a pretty solid build, plastic and all. Although the control for the chute direction could be better, so far it works fine. Also, make sure you don’t overtighten the knobs on the handles when putting it together – hand tighten them and stop once you feel resistance. The LED headlights are bright and work well, as I used them on the third outing, along with this BORUiT headlamp, which is super bright and it also works well (that is, once I resoldered ALL of the connections in it’s battery compartment and charger because those solders were unbelievably bad on the BORUiT headlamp, (not the snow thrower)). So far, the only times the chute would clog was when the battery was about to quit and the unit didn’t have enough power left to send the snow through it. At that point, you knew you were at the end.
   I realize that this was only the first snow storm where I was able to use it – although this was a substantial snow storm. The snow was well over a foot deep, especially in the drifts up against my house. It was also pretty wet, heavy and good for snowballs. I’ll know more as the winter continues and I’ll update this review as more data is collected. If anyone has any questions, leave a comment and I will respond. But so far, I love this thing.
   UPDATE: 1/24/2016
   Today I cleaned part of my driveway that hadn’t been cleaned yet, the plow ridge in front of my driveway, the plow ridge in front of another street parking spot, and the plow ridge in front of a neighbor’s driveway – all on one battery charge. The plow ridge took a number of passes, but it really didn’t have a problem with it at all. It was able to throw most of the snow over an area I had already cleared, though I did go over that area again. If I wasn’t convinced before, I am now – this was plow ridge! I was dreading it thinking that there was no way I could use this snow thrower on that plow ridge… but now it’s gone. This may be the best $300 I ever spent. Neighbor says he’s definitely getting one. We’ll see.
   UPDATE: 1/25/2016
   This evening I did some additional snow cleanup. This consisted of an area of pathway that had not been cleared before and had been receiving snow previously thrown there by the GreenWorks – a total of approxmiately two feet. Two sunny days after the storm, the thrown snow on top was irregular and hardened, so much so I had trouble piercing it even with this excellent Suncast SNF2150, metal bladed snow shovel. The GreenWorks could not deal with it… at least not the top, packed, frozen layer. At two feet high, it was difficult to even get it into a position to attempt to skim the top layer off, though I did try. However, once I passed the area of the layered, packed, frozen top layer, it had no issue finishing the rest. Considering how hard that top layer of previously thrown, sun beaten, refrozen snow was, and the fact that it was much higher than the opening on the thrower, I’m actually not disappointed. I’m not certain that anything but a much larger, two stage gas unit could have done it. Still, I wanted to update the review with the info.
   UPDATE: 1/26/2016
   So I just put the unit away for the time being. First, I inspected the impeller, and there was a little damage to the edges where I had run over a rounded curb transition the wrong way. There was just a little frayed plastic, but nothing that would affect functionality in the least. Using a blade, I trimmed the frayed area off – I’m literally talking about a few specks of plastic. I also charged the battery. The manual states that you should store the battery in a charged state and recharge it every six months. Don’t store the battery in the thrower or the charger. It looks like I won’t be needing the thrower again for at least a few weeks, maybe longer.
   UPDATE: 1/6/2018
   The beginning of year three with my Greenworks PRO 80V snowthrower and… more snow. So we just had the “Bomb Cyclone” here in New York, and the Greenworks ate it up. I waited until most of the snow had stopped falling, around 5 or 6pm. Then I cleared my path, driveway and my street parking spot and then I also did my neighbor’s street spot and driveway. The wind was just brutal and snow just blew wherever the wind took it. I have to laugh, because one of my other neighbors, whom I’m not friendly with, is out there shoveling his driveway… I’m just feet away clearing the snow in the street, as I’ve done for three seasons now, making it look like a walk in the park, which in comparision, it was. He’s seen me do this many times, yet he hasn’t sprung for one. Just makes me laugh.
   In November of 2016, I purchased a second battery that I got on sale for $85 and man, having a second battery just makes life so much easier. Having two full batteries to attack the snow with, then being able to charge one while using the other… it allows you to just keep going. It came in handy last winter and this winter already. But even when I had one battery, I could still manage fine, it was just that I had to stop and wait for it to charge if I needed to clear more snow.
   This past August of 2017, I was able to get a free Greenworks PRO 80V Cordless Leaf Blower for review in the Amazon Vine program. I used that baby in the fall for leaves, for which it worked great, but I’ve also been using it this season to clear light snow from my path, street, driveway and cars. It does an great job clearing light snow, especially the wiper and grille areas of my cars, because it leaves those areas, and the rest of the car, *completely clear of snow.* Of course, it only works with light, dry snow, not wet, compressed or snow that has been frozen over. But let me tell you, it works great if you get out there and deal with the snow quickly. It clears the path and ground completely clean, unlike shoveling. As the winter progresses, I have a feeling it will be less useful because the snow will be wetter, but I’m going to keep trying to use it as much as I can because in the right conditions, it works great.

2. 

   DJ – 19 February 2025

   Better than I had expected, 2 thumbs up!
   Minnesota, USA 2020 – I’ve used this a few times already this year.
   Over my lifetime I have realized that most times the snowfall is usually just a few inches and the big gas snow blower I have is a total overkill although I use it anyway just like everyone else.
   – Snow depth range: 1 to 5 inches (so far)
   – Snow type: fluffy to wet & heavy.
   – Battery for fluffy, no problems clearing average size 3 car garage type of driveway on less than 1 charge.
   – Battery for wet and heavy, took 2 full battery charges with battery taking close to 30 minutes to charge each time. Initially a pain but then I used that time to shovel front path to deck, the deck, steps and throw salt on first half of driveway and/or a bit of chit chat with the neighbor’s.
   – I’m going to buy the GreenWorks garden tiller with battery so I’ll have 2 which will be nice….problem solved.
   — Note: The cost of this snow blower with batteries is actually really cheap for what your getting so total cost of snow blower, 2 batteries and the garden tiller is still roughly half of what my old(existing) gas snow blower cost and at least half the cost of the much larger gas snow blower I would have bought.
   Reason to buy eclectic: 1) It’s cool 2) Shoulder Preservation [push button to start]…I know gas ones have that also 3) No need to hassle with the gas 4) It’s really really light 5) Quite [although not as much as I thought it would be but still quite]
   The bad & annoying: (4 of 5 stars for maneuverability)
   1) Short handle….were all the designers and engineers 5’7 ? I’d gladly pay an extra $30 bucks for an adjustable handle. (solution: Hang a picture in the breakroom of average American/European Male standing next to your engineers, just saying.)
   2) The skidders (the runners underneath snow blower that scrapes against driveway will ware out fast, guessing I’ll need to replace every couple years….not a big deal but…..would it have been too much to make that out of metal?
   – looked it up, can buy replacements on Amazon for about $10….problem solved.
   – The entire snow blower is plastic, feels cheap but so far seems sturdy enough and on the bright side it will never rust I guess. Not really a negative but just used to buying metal tools so just a matter of getting used to.
   summary
   This snow blower is great and would buy again without hesitation. A second battery although for me not absolutely needed I will buy one anyway (with garden tiller). The heavy snow at the bottom of the driveway uses a full battery charge to clear but so far it cuts though even the compacted wet and & heavy like butter, amazing and unexpected (again will drain a full battery charge just for the bottom of driveway after snow plow comes). Lastly, one or twice a year we get totally dumped on here, in those instances I’d have to snow blow half way through before it would get to deep (if I didn’t have a large gas snow blower that still works).
   Bonus: My kids (teenagers) think it’s cool, no hassle and have been using it BEFORE I ask them to. Granted that won’t last because, well they’re teenagers. but I’ll take what I can get for as long as I can get it 🙂
   That’s all I have, hope it helps. Signed, Minnesota!

3. 

   Rob smith – 19 February 2025

   Ok normaly i never write a review but feel i must. Just ordered the product with some mixed reservation after reading the reviews. But as a company that sells on amazon i feel this important. So on feb 18th i received the unit it and charged if for 20 min to do a test run. At 20 min it showed full charge. Im gona mention now that i live in Winnipeg Canada where its cold as crap and we get tons of snow. Ps im 50 years old and never owned a snow blower of any type.
   1st for the negative it states to store and not use below -17 cel. do to the unit being plastic. Ok my problem here is i do not have a garage so i will have to bring the unit in the house to the basement. 2nd it is not self propelled.
   3rd the unit is completly pastice incl the auger. This part has me thinking i would not use it against hard chunks of road ice pushed up by street clearing units
   As of using it 2 times that all the the bad i have to say yet.
   Now the positive
   1 it is only 40 lbs so any one that is capable of working in sub zero temps can easily bring it in to the basement
   2 the unit will run easliy 25 min even tho i did not allow it to fully charge as per manufacture specs. But at our sub zero temps here the unit pretty much says time out have a drink (your choice of couse) then finish up.
   3 it cleared though 2 foot drifts quite easy and was able to clear front and back walk and 3/4 of a driveway in 1 almost charged run. The 2nd run later i finished mine and neighbors 2 car driveway.
   4 it easily tosses the snow upto 25 feet as advertized
   Over all being my 1st snowblower im not stupid it is not a $2000 90lb steel beast that is self propelled snd gas fed unit, but id say it handled the job very well for a battery drivin unit. And for the $416 cn. This unit so far has execeded my expectations, and i would recommend for any one for light to moderate duty use.
   Pleaae remember to look at the star ratings for products. To get a 4.5 star is very hard to do considering 1 bad review can drop that number very fast.
   I will update my statement if i have any problems eith the unit or manufacture.

4. 

   Amazon カスタマー – 19 February 2025

   写真や説明書とは全く違う、多分売れ残りの、旧型除雪機が遅れて来ました。雪は真っ直ぐの位置なのに斜めに飛ぶし、角度微調整もきかず、操作不納、組立後後は、折り畳みは出来なく固定式、大きく邪魔になり、LEDは単体スイッチは無く、モーターと連動で、使い辛く、バッテリーは15分位で止まり、、子供のオモチャにもならない、役に立たない。そして、さすがはアメリカ製、保証も全く無く、使い物にはなりません。いい所は全くありません。開梱したら返品は出来ません。

5. 

   David M. – 19 February 2025

   Great little snow blower. I was able to do my entire driveway, walkway and sidewalk and never ran out of power. 1 star off because i had to remove the battery and put it back in because it wouldn’t start up. Not sure what caused the glitch. Was powerful enough to throw the slushy heavy stuff.

6. 

   Michael Arnold – 19 February 2025

   This snow thrower is surprisingly good despite its small size and lightweight. As you can see in the video, the snow is about 12 inches deep and is very fine and tightly packed. We only took ‘half-bites’ (about half the width of the input chute) to ensure that we did not overload the snow thrower.
   The battery lasts long enough to clean both decks (approximately 550+ square feet). The light weight makes it easy to move from one deck to the other.
   It was a worthwhile purchase and was simple to put together, and I’ll purchase other products from Greenworks in the future.

7. 

   Bryan Perras – 19 February 2025

   I got it, assembled it indoors, plugged the battery in to charge, waited less than a week for fresh snow, the light fluffy stuff you could just use a leaf blower on, started it up, seemed to work, got 1 metre and it cut out. Tried to start it again, the lights come on but nobody’s home. Reseat the battery and it turns on for a few seconds before cutting out again. Battery is a full charge, it’s about -5C out so it’s not overly cold. When you go to return it, Amazon tells you you have to pay to ship it back but of the $100 or so it will cost to ship it, they’ll cover less than $4. I was putting my trust in this brand because my local hardware store sells it but I guess it’s still just cheap garbage from china. Don’t waste your money.