Toro 60 Volt Cordless Power Shovel 39909 Review, *TESTED* on 4 types of snow in Canadian winter!
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- Опубліковано 12 лип 2024
- Power shovels are the latest new snow removal tool that catches your eye at the store but chances are you've never seen or used one in real life. Is a Toro power shovel an upgrade over the regular snow shovel? Is it a replacement for an actual snowblower? Let's find out! This video reviews the Toro 60 Volt Cordless Power Shovel, tests it out with fluffy, slushy, packed, and frozen pellet snow.
00:00 - Test your might
00:25 - Meet the Toro Power Shovel!
01:26 - Specs and Overview
02:40 - Pro: Runs quiet
02:47 - Con: Very heavy
03:14 - Test #1: Fluffy snow
04:12 - Test #2: Sticky packing snow
05:36 - Test #3: Slushy wet snow
06:15 - Test #4: Frozen snow
07:19 - Pro: Good battery life
07:28 - Pro: Rotor build quality
07:40 - Pro: Easy storage
07:50 - Pro: Good for decks
09:00 - Pro: Clears narrow spaces
09:31 - Throwing distance tested
09:53 - Con: Can't control throw direction
10:14 - Summary and verdict
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So what do you prefer: Power shovel or regular shovel? At what point do you just buy a snowblower? Tell me all about your experiences with the Toro Power Shovel in the comments!
Thank you, Very thorough review!! 💯
Great video! I'm getting one of these for sure after watching this! Will be great for clearing my deck!
I've watched a lot of power shovel review videos on youtube over the past 2 years and this video is definitely the BEST I've seen. Toro should PAY you!
Thank you so much for this!
costco has one for less than half the price though.
Great video, very informative. I'm living here in Canada have the same type of snow as you, so your video really helps me decide to buy this tool. Thanks again.
That’s great to hear. Hope you haven’t been buried in the white stuff, wherever you are in Canada
Great test
Thank you Sir for your review, Start prepare for 2nd winter in Canada 🙃
I’m ready how about you??
You do a great video! It was very informative and honest. We were interested in the Power Shovel mainly for a three story wood deck. We have multiple condo owners and everyone needs to be able to use it. I think it will work for that purpose. Thanks for the information.
Good video Jeremy. If I would to get this, I'd definitely use it on stairs, patio, and decks. I like the off season video release. Missing the snow season already haha.
Haha for sure. How bad is the snow season where you’re from?
Thank you for being HONEST. I Am looking for something for my elderly father and i appreciate you saying it's not fit for the elderly. I'll keep looking.
Does your father have any mobility issues or physical disabilities? Because the Toro Single 60 Volt Power Clear could be a better option for him than the Power Shovel. Much easier to push and pull with pretty easy maintenance. I reviewed the Power Clear- have a look:
ua-cam.com/video/WxJo2BYFIpw/v-deo.htmlfeature=shared
EXCELLENT REVIEW! So helpful. I bought another brand yesterday before seeing this video. The one I bought is lighter and has a directional feature, which I am hoping is not just a gimmick, but actually works. Thank you for being so thorough in your review. 👍
Ohh tell me more. Which brand is that one? The directional control is a good feature to have and I am VERY curious now!
@@JeremyY The one I bought is not very expensive, but got some good reviews. I figured I would give one of these snow shovels a try and if I like it, I'll spring for an upgrade and pass this one along to my son. The one I bought is an ENHULK Cordless Snow Shovel, 20V/12-Inch/4-AH Cordless Snow Shovel with Directional Plate and Adjustable Front Handle. I have high hopes it will do the job I need it to do. My driveway is a bit long and a bit sloped and my back can't take it anymore. My fingers are crossed! 🤞
Best review I have seen. I am looking forward to get a Toro but kinda confused between this and Ego Power. It is much lighter and has louvers to direct the snow sideways but not sure whether it is as powerful as the Toro.
Accurate review. Ty. Canadian snow is no joke. We get 4 different types in Oshawa and they are 4 foot high haha.
Just hammer those deck screws. 😂
Those darned nails just keep popping right back up every spring like they’re a wack-a-mole at Chester Cheese’s
Sorry about your snow, but THANK YOU for Bobby Orr! The GREATEST HOCKEY PLAYER EVAH!!! GO BRUINS!!! 🏒 🐻
Toro is the tool to have
Thankyou for talking about the weight of it.
Absolutely. I thought I’d give it a mention because the most important aspect of any tool is ease of use.
Yes these power shovels are heavy, not for seniors or little kids. But I've heard the Ryobi version is pretty light.
Well I got a Kobalt power shovel and it works great, it's very similar to the Toro.
I found this interesting as I wasn’t aware that Kobalt had a Power Shovel. So I looked it up.
Kobalt: 5 -Year LIMITED tool warranty, 3-year LIMITED battery warranty.
Toro: 3-year FULL tool warranty and 3-year FULL battery warranty
I’ve got to say that I prefer a lithium-ion powered appliance or tool to have a full warranty. And I’ve owned Kobalt shop tools which in my experience haven’t had a good track record of quality. Tell me more about your Kobalt Power Shovel- what’s it like to actually use in the snow?
It is very good, the battery life is about average, but it shoots the snow very far.@@JeremyY
Would this be ok on a composite deck? That thing spins pretty hard
I've not used mine yet. I read in instructions that if snow is deep (I think said over 4 inches) to clear in two passes, with the first pass taking off the top half of the snow. But it didn't say how to do that! Tilt it back, maybe? - Hey, it's snowing; I can maybe find out tomorrow!
Well look at you and your ✨fancy✨ snow.
(it hasn’t snowed at all in our region for this winter what even is this)
I have both types of shovels. Nothing will work well in packed frozen snow. Best is to wait till it starts to melt or get the snow before it does freeze up to that level of hardness.
Agreed- I just thought the frozen snow would be worth testing the Power Shovel on. It did better than I thought, tbh. Because that snow was frozen in layers.
@@JeremyY Try using an ice scraper for breaking up the snow before you use the power shovel. I watched the whole video and noticed that it's still quite a workout to use it. 🥵
Nice job! It's a shame it doesn't throw to the side / 45 degree angle. This would be a pain to use to clear a sidewalk, you would throw the snow ahead of you over and over and end up throwing it on your neighbors sidewalk. Going across the sidewalk, would require you to make A LOT of short passes to throw the snow into the street.
6:12 if you review another one of these power shovels and run into that crusty snow again, you could try chopping it first with a garden hoe or a spade or a shovel and then use the power shovel
This is a great idea and would also be hopeful for breaking up those awful end of driveway piles that the snowplow leaves behind.
The main flaws to these pedals are, in my opinion: 1) No wheels. Pushing one of these (I have a similar unit made by SnowJoe) through snow of varying wetness / frozenness is MUCH harder than doing the same with a hand shovel; 2) trying to maneuver a heavy head on a single pole is hard. The whole thing feels off-balance, a bit like trying to lift a concrete slab with a pool skimmer.
Used already and I could say: Dont waste money buyers!!!
60 bucks 😂, in Canadian funds 😂
If your 6 ft tall or above do not buy this!! Your back takes a beating from this.
can that power shovel be used to clear snow piled up around a fire hydrant, like in this video ua-cam.com/video/A4S64lP88xA/v-deo.html
Yes it can- as long as the pile of snow around the hydrant hasn’t totally frozen into a chunky, layered up mess!
@@JeremyY do you have a fire hydrant near you that gets piled up in snow? I've seen a lot of public service messages on the TV news talking about clearing snow from fire hydrants but I've never seen anyone using a power shovel to clear it.
I see no real use for that power shovel,
Hauling it on the roof to clean snow
I think the idea of this power shovel is a great idea but I don’t know how effective it would be in a New York Blizzard
It would be better than having *no* snowblower at all, especially for the walkways. At the very least you’d be able to get in and out of your house without falling into a massive snowdrift!
@@JeremyY That’s very true.