[.uk] Toro 1800 18-Inch 12 Amp Electric Curve Snow Thrower #38025

Amazon.com Review:
Remember when snow days meant snowball fights, building forts, and a day off from school? Now, they just mean having to shovel the driveway and walkway. Lucky for us, the Toro 1800 Power Curve snow thrower can make that job a lot less arduous and time-consuming. Powered by a 12 amp electric motor, the Power Curve can clear 4 inches of snow off a 50-by-20-foot driveway in 10 minutes flat. The thrower cuts to a depth of 10 inches and width of 18 inches per pass. A patented two-blade curved rotor scrapes the snow all the way to the pavement and throws it up to 30 feet. The chute rotates 160 degrees, too, for better snow control. Best of all, the Power Curve is lightweight, compact, and maneuverable. Startups are easy. Just squeeze the trigger on the control bar, then release it when you want to stop. A key lock helps prevent unauthorized use, so you don't have to worry about kids, or even the neighbor borrowing it without permission. With the Power Curve, snow removal is quick and easy, so you can spend your time on more important things, like having snowball fights. --Carl Thress

Toro 1800:
If you are interested in this snow thower my recommedation is you purchase it from a local dealer. That way if anything goes wrong you can easily return it for exchange or repair. My snow thrower did not work out of the box. I called Toro but the only assistance they provided was a phone number to a local dealer. I then had to make an appointment to have the snow thrower looked at. The Toro dealer told me if I had purchased the Toro from him he would have just exchanged it for another one in his stock. As I bought it from Amazon the best he would do is repair it. Two 1/2 weeks later he called to tell me it was ready. The repair was $66.00, the drive had to be replaced. The good news is I filled out the on-line registration so Toro covered the cost under warranty. The Toro is now in working condition and it has exceeded my expectations. It's a great snow thrower that handles 3, 4 even 6 inches of snow easily. Make sure you fill out the warranty registration. It provides 2 years of full warranty. Also, check out snow blower dealers in your area. Make certain you can have the blower repaired if needed.

Great Product:
I live in Buffalo, NY so you know we get a good amount of snow. This thing doesn't have quite as much power as its gasoline powered friends but it has a lot of other little advantages. First off, this unit is super light, I can pick it up with one hand and use it to clear off the steps. Stopping the unit to pick up a branch or mover it to a new location is a breeze, just let the handle go and its off. Give it a squeeze and its back to work. There is no oil to change, to spark plugs to replace, no cord to yank. For that really thick sludge at the end of the driveway, this unit will slide up above the slop, shaving off a few inches so you can get through it in a few passes. The only trick to this snow thrower is planning out your route on the driveway so you don't get tripped up on the cord. I would have liked to have a heavier duty handle bars and wheels. They work fine but give the whole thing a cheap feel.

THANKS!:
Thanks for the info everyone. I will not likely purchase this product because many of you are saying the exact same thing. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!

Less expencive than a trip to the emergency room:
I lived in the snow belt of northern Indiana when I got this snow blower. It was everything I needed for 50' of driveway and several side walks. I had the father of a good friend die shoveling snow when my friends father was younger than I am now. I looked at a snow blower as health insurance. The machine is light and can be easily lifted onto stairs. I carried it across the street to an older couples driveway which was blocked with 3' of packed snow from the plow clearing an intersection. It took several passes to clear. I figure the Toro moved about a ton of snow in a lot less than an hour. None of ears were not ringing from the motor noise. When I was done I could hang the Toro up out of the way. My Toro had become a public health program.

Great for the price!:
I live in South Bend, IN, near the Great Lakes. We get lake-effect snow. (Lots!) I have a smaller, one lane driveway which I couldn't justify spending hundreds on a gas powered snow blower. However, when we get over 12" of snow a few times a year, shoveling gets really old. When the snowplow buries our driveway a few times a night, shoveling is madness. After reading the reviews, seeing the video demo, and find a great after-season deal on this I took the plunge. Works really well! A job that would easily take 1 hour can be done in 15 minutes. Many of my neighbors asked about it. I point them here!

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