EGO 2800 Snow Blower: What They Got Right and What They Didn't
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- Опубліковано 17 жов 2024
- Overall I am very impressed with the EGO 28" two stage snowblower. They got a number of things right with it. And even though there are only two areas of real concern, they did slightly miss on a few of the others. In this video I'll outline a some of them those concerns and successes.
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This was the first excellent unbiased review I've seen on this machine. The 28" is a little too big for my shed so I'm shopping for a 24". A lot of the features are the same between the two. Right now I'm nursing my old 24" Toro which is rusting away but I think next year will find a new Ego replacing it. Thank you
Yes, the 24" is very similar. You'll know if you have the newer 24" if it has the turn triggers on handlebars. The chute isn't electric but still works good from what I've seen from other people. Other than that pretty much just the size and 10ah batteries instead of the 12ah ones. When I purchased this I also in the fall bought the bare tool commercial 800cfm leafblower with the dual battery backpack. I no longer rake. And multi season use for the batteries. I have produced a comprehensive video on that unit too.
Thank you for the review. I have placed a few warranty claims with EGO over the years. The 10ah battery they sent a new one no questions asked at all. I kept the old one and they requested I recycle it. The warranty on the new one is not 5 years it's the remainder of the original 5yr warranty. I had a blower go bad and they requested that be sent back in the box that the new one came in. All in all they have been fantastic to deal with warranty wise. No concerns over the batteries.
Good to hear. Making a choice on this 'newer' technology, good warranty experiences are welcome.
I found most of peoples complaints are due to them not taking the 5 minutes to register the tools. If you do it through the app when you buy them and upload a picture of the receipt you don't have to worry about trying to find it 2 years down the road or wonder when the warranty ends. Ego makes some great tools and some not so great ones just like all manufacturers. You get what you pay for. If you purchase tools in the upper end of their product stack you will more than likely be satisfied with them. I also have the 28" blower and compared to the first gen 24" it's a much heavier duty, better built machine. My only complaints are it needs 1 more crawl speed and the turn triggers are too far to easily reach with gloves on. Snow blowing at 2am when coming home from work and not having the neighbors hate me is fantastic. @@CraftsmanontheLake
Part teacher. Part engineer. A wonderful combination.
I am Sure the batteries will not be $500 in 5 - 8 years or less the cost is more every year probably $800 in 4 years
I have the 28" also after coming from my Ariens 27" 927LE.
The Ariens scraped the concrete better, but it also weighed an additional 100lbs. Outside of that, the Ego does outperform it in all other categories except maybe run time.
The Ego throws further (I have a wide driveway, so with the Ariens, would get bogged down as it regurgitated snow that it had already thrown). It also has better traction than the Ariens, which for me is important because my driveway is at a 5 degree incline. And at least to me, the Ego feels like it gets through the wet and slushy better than the Ariens, and again throws it much further.
I have had the Ego go through snowbanks past the intake and it has done fine with it. I do sometimes hit the thermal overload, but if I had the Ariens, it would have also bogged down and I would have had to restart it.
On the Ego, I feel that speed position 1 is almost too slow, and speed 2 is almost too fast. Something in the middle would be better for a "set it and forget it" speed, and I too have issues sometimes with the "false neutral" in between those 2 speed settings.
Thanks for the review. I would also recommend the Armorskids skid shoes as they are very durable. I used them for 2 years on the 24" unit and put them on the 28" and still working great with very little signs of ware thought it does pull a bit on uneven ground but not bad. I actually love the high speed swing of the electronic chute as it loosens the snow buildup quickly and prevent clogging. I would not mind if they could make it variable angle without the preset steps of angels for more precise operation.
I have been on the fence about this blower. I converted all of my other yard equipment to Ego and love their products. This will be my next big purchase. No more worrying about engine maintenance or spilling gas in my trunk. Thank you..
Yup, just keep in mind the possible caveats down the road that's all. But I do like this blower.
Thoughtful, intelligent and well articulated video... Thanks!
Nice video! Lots of great ideas and solutions for improvement! I hope EGO sees this.
i thought it was too light on the front end....i recommended to the EGO guys to make plates so the front end didn't ride up the snow at the bottom of the snowplow snow....LOVE the chute and control on it....I also have an Ariens 9HP and it is a beast, probably a little heavier than the EGO and cuts through the bottom of the driveway better...I was used to my Ariens so I probably went a little too aggressively on the heavier snow with the EGO and it shut down a few times from overheat issue...I took smaller bites and it worked well...I have 6 other EGO tools and love them all...thanks for the time and video..I live in Syracuse and we see our fair share of snow (120 inches a year) although the past few yrs, we barely got 100 inches
The 24" is different in the way its front end rides. I find the 28" much more nose heavy. Which one are you talking about here?
Thank you fir the real world video. I love Ego tools and own and have owned a few also. This was going to be my next purchase, It was going to replace my Honda 928 Track. I was fortunate to talk to a Lowes (near me)an associate and he was just as curious as me about it. He grabbed a battery from the warehouse and we both got a good look. i have seen them up close but never "tried" them, albeit this time indoors. My take aways for what it's worth is this. As a shrinking in height old man I found the triggers to engage the steering were too far away from the handles for my ease of use. The response from the steering mechanism didn't seem as immediate as my Honda. Again we were limited in space. When I rotated the chute it seemed to want to move further than I wanted. In other words tough to give it a nudge without going past your target. Last, my Honda which I love but the thought of no fuel (I use Ethanol free) was appealing. It has however has a lever that with a little push down rases the skids. I use that in reverse which first, makes it easier and two, saves wear on the skids, I also could do with a little less plastic on the control board and would prefer more metal. One video I saw stated the plastic auger control (with the slot for the heated handgrips) flexed too much and asking to be broken. It is still a innovative heavy tool that shows quality but with a few caveats in my opinion.
I agree with a lot of this. The drive handles though seem good enough. They give a little but are solid. I don't mind plastic in the right places. It can be better than metal in some instances. One example is m first generation EGO push mower. It's got a thick plastic deck. Doesn't rust and it's really tough. Thanks for your thoughts. The more info the better.
Another well presented and thought out video. Enough to get a subscribe click. As to the battery warranty, I don't know if the BMS could keep track of the cycles it goes through, but that would be a better metric than time, over all.
Thanks, I don't think the BMS keeps track of charges. It's not a 1000 charges and you're done thing. I think it's just a guideline about what to expect. Possibly 1000 charges. Possibly 10 yrs. My guess is that both those numbers are ideal scenarios and it's less.
Good channel, smart guy. He's like me, in that he's happy enough with his still pretty good gas machine, but in his case, he's curious enough about battery machines to get one. One question, for a future video maybe: My 2007 Craftsman 28" is 9 HP (as an example), while smaller ones can be about 5.5 HP, and larger ones maybe 12 HP. It's not easy to find horsepower ratings for battery machines, though, but as far as I can compute, they tend to be 1.5 to 2.5 HP. We hear about 60 feet throwing distance a lot (not sure who needs that), but somewhere in there, the battery snowblower is way underpowered...? Or is it? Not sure.
This blower does throw 60 ft. And in another video where I did a comprehensive, by the numbers, measurement I blew 12" of dense but dry snow always on it's lowest eco setting and the throw was a steady 16 feet. More than what I need. The result was that I did 2300 sq ft and 53 minutes and still had 50% of the battery left. I was surprised. Here is the video I made of that experience in a Maine blizzard a couple of weeks ago. ua-cam.com/video/7Xi6T60os0A/v-deo.htmlsi=Em5ErfostrXPvg70
Thanks. I've been impressed with mine too. I'd like to see the battery levels on the control console since the battery container gets covered with snow. It does have overload protection when the auger gets clogged. It shuts down everything.
The unit has overload protection in that it stops the unit if it is pushed through snow faster than it can handle. But the sudden jamming of a rock in the impeller seems to not trigger it before something gives, like gear teeth. I hope the auger protection is right. I haven't seen anyplace that indicates that it has it and I've seen broken teeth on facebook so it's not working for some people. If it was the case though that would be really good to know.
But how does it handle the plow mess at the end of the driveway - any machine can blow away the fluffy stuff its that pile of heavy junk the plow pushes up that separates the men from the boys - can it handle that stuff? so that is what I want to know
I did a one foot heavy snowfall in a previous video. But, realistically the thing is comparable to my 10 hp Ariens that I've had forever. In some aspects it's a little better, probably because my Ariens is getting older. But, it's a real snowblower and works pretty much the same in performance as something gas that comparable in size. So, The banking at the end. Not a problem for me so far.
EGO, what are you waiting for, you have just found your new C.E.O
I have a mower and absolutely love it best mower I’ve had for the hilly terrain I have here Central ME. So I was very interested to watch your great assessments. Sigh I have only a gravel drive so I think these will not work well in my case. I’m old 71 live on my own and really would like a way to do my own drive, I like the electric because I am not a mechanic and don’t want to be.
I hear ya. 69 myself. Yes. if the driveway is gravel then you're taking a chance. It is pretty nice though. Push the button and go. Other than cleaning maybe there is literally no maintenance.
@@CraftsmanontheLake The mower I really use hard, I call it my bushhog lawnmower, cutting pastures down after my mule grazes. I have to replace the cutter bar but that’s about it. I’ve also bought the chainsaw and love that as well, again I use it pretty hard for getting winter wood and cut some pretty substantial trees, not just limbs. I was really hoping the snowblower might work as I’ve invested in the other ECO systems… at least it has a height adjustment boot, but the gavel still is uneven enough to make me reconsider.
I bit the bullet and bought the 28" shortly after our snowmageddon. Now I don't see any snow in the next 15-day forecast. I'm hoping I get to use it at least a couple of times this year
How do you feel about your purchase? Were you able to get some use out of it
@MrThe1234guy we only had 1 snow after I bought it, and it was only about 2". So I really didn't get to try it. Hopefully this winter
I have the EGO 28 inch model with two 56 volt batteries. I store the batteries inside. After I use my snowblower I fully charge both batteries. After a few months in storage, not using the batteries, they both start to flash green indicating that they are no longer fully charged.
Does anyone else see similar behaviour? Is this expected?
It’s supposed to do that after a few months if you don’t push the button or use the battery they do an auto discharge down to 20% for long-term storage. It’s good for the batteries.
Would you recommend charging the batteries back up to a full charge when they flash green like this or just leave them alone until you need them next?
@@lonnycameron No, you can leave them. Lithium over a long term are best left less than 100%. Personally, what I do is leave them in the last state I used them if they're at least 20% charge left unless I'm going to use them soon. I charge them a couple of hours before use. If they are used up and blinking red I'll charge them some and try to remember to take them off the charger sometime after a partial charge.
I bought same snowblower back in November 2023.. still waiting on snow 😂
Ha... I was in that situation a short while ago. One blizzard here in Maine. Then 4". It's going to be 50 degrees off and on this week. Strange weather indeed. At this rate, this blower will last forever!
Magnetic shaft couplings could eliminate those janky shear pins, and vibration.
Well the vibration isn't an issue from what I've experienced. If they did put couplings like that it might be a first for a blower. Never seen them in that application before.
I thought there is a protection for the impeller against stones. The impeller is hold on the axle with sheer pins that break when to much torque is placed so the motor and gearing are protected. If one breaks just tap out the rest of it and replace it.
The shear pins are for the auger on the front. There is none for the impeller behind that.
@@CraftsmanontheLake I thought there is an overload protection breaker that will pop if its stuck / jammed ?