Originally Posted by
hubcyclist
My routine today: 2hrs on the bike 3x20 sweet spot and 90mins shoveling (all manual). My wife got an electric snowthrower a couple of years ago but it's pretty useless as far as navigating with the extension cord, so I never use it.
I bought a 100 foot cold weather cord, and I have outlets down by the end of the driveway on our brick pedestal light things (we fancy) so I can reach everything I need to (at least when the Christmas lights are up, because that gives me another 10 feet, otherwise I come up just short at the end of the sidewalk, the frontage is about 115 feet and the driveway is almost touching one edge of the property).
I do alright with cord management keeping it out of my way, but I've certainly heard others have issues. My main issue is that it isn't powerful enough to move big heavy snow. It does really, really well with 4 inches of fluffy stuff. But 9 inches of icy, heavy stuff that the plows tossed onto the driveway becomes a chore, but still better than by hand.