Electric snow throwers have their advantages and disadvantages. There are several key differences between electric snow throwers that are becoming available in recent years and the traditional gas-powered snow blowers that have been available for quite some time.
Electric snow throwers are lightweight and require no fuel to run. The downside to this, of course, is that electric snow throwers always have to be plugged in, and thus have a long cord that must be attached to them at all times. This could effectively make you like a dog who is on a leash. You need to make sure you have enough cord length to clear the snow from all areas of your driveway and/or sidewalk. It also then becomes necessary to be careful to keep the cord behind you at all times so it does not get caught in the snow thrower. While doing this you also have to make sure not to get yourself tangled in the cord!
So that cord sounds pretty pesky right? Well it is important to remember that electric snow throwers do have their advantages over traditional gas-powered snow blowers. For starters you won’t have to worry about having enough gas on hand to clear your whole driveway or sidewalk. Because they don’t run on gas, electric snow blowers inherently require less maintenance. Storing them during the seasons during which you don’t receive any snow is easy and you don’t have to worry about the gas going bad or tuning them up and hoping you can actually get them running at the start of every winter. Electric snow throwers are also typically lighter than their gas-powered counterparts.
Keeping the previously mentioned benefits of electric snow throwers in mind, it is important to note that they can often be found for fairly cheap prices as well. One final thing to mention is that just like anything powered by gas, gas-powered snow blowers can be very noisy. Because electric snow throwers don’t have that noisy combustion engine attached to them they run much more quietly. This also means less vibrations to your hands while you steer your snow blower around! If you are interested in electric snow throwers keep your eyes open for an electric snow thrower sale because sometimes new ones are available at very good prices!