Snow Joe 320E Electric Snow Shovel | 10-Inch | 8.5-Amp

Snow Joe 320E Electric Snow Shovel | 10-Inch | 8.5-Amp is a powered snow shovel, a narrow cordless tool for steps, decks, walkways and a car length of path. The stock number is 320E. It is listed under Snow Shovels. The cut is 10 inches wide. It is a Snow Joe item. We list this as 320E precisely because near identical parts are not interchangeable.

Where a 10 inch cordless snow shovel fits

Where a full width machine is too wide and a hand shovel is too slow, this is what fills the gap. A narrow cordless tool clears a path faster than a manual shovel and stores in a fraction of the space.

It is a Snow Joe item. The cut is 10 inches wide. It is listed under Snow Shovels. The stock number is 320E. At $139.34 Canadian, this sits where you would expect for the class.

Specification

The figure is $139.34, quoted the way every price on this site is quoted, in Canadian dollars. Late summer through October is when choice is widest across the whole catalogue.

Which driveways this fits

Two machines with the same engine and different widths are different tools, because the wider one finishes sooner. This is the tool for the places a full machine cannot reach: steps, landings, decks and a narrow side path.

A machine rated for a given depth in powder will meet its limit far sooner in wet snow. On a gravel drive the paddle picks up stone and throws it, which rules out the whole single stage class.

If you are choosing between classes rather than sizes, single stage against two stage is the shorter read and what size snow blower you need works through the four measurements that settle it.

Buying, shipping and returns

At $139.34 Canadian, this sits where you would expect for the class. Small items move by standard parcel service and orders over $999 ship free Canada wide. shipping and delivery has the detail.

returns and refunds sets out the window and who pays freight in which circumstances. Every machine carries its full manufacturer warranty. The exclusions are on the warranty policy.

We would rather answer a question than process a return, so ask through the contact page. Consumer rights when buying a 10 inch cordless snow shovel in Canada, above any retailer policy, are set out by Consumer Protection Ontario.

Built for a Canadian season

National averages hide the fact that some Canadian cities get three times what others do. Saguenay, Quebec averages roughly 313 centimetres of snow in a season. Spread across a typical twenty to thirty snowfall events, that is a machine being asked to work most weeks from December through March rather than occasionally.

At 10 inches of clearing width, a standard two car driveway takes about 29 passes on this 10 inch cordless snow shovel, and in a 313 centimetre season you would expect to make those passes twenty times or more. That repetition, not any single storm, is what separates equipment that lasts from equipment that does not. We stock to survive that repetition rather than a single showroom demonstration. See our reviews for the full method.

Maintenance and storage

The maintenance this asks for is unglamorous and short. A look at the cord and the paddle each autumn, and dry storage. That is genuinely the list.

What kills machines early is never wear. It is untreated fuel over a summer and standing water under a housing, and both are decisions rather than accidents. Storage covers the April routine that prevents both.

Never put a hand into the chute or the auger housing. The impeller stores energy with the engine off, which is why the clearing tool exists and why it should live on the handle.

Reading the listing

This is catalogued as 320e, electric, shovel, amp, and every one of those terms is doing work. Position words such as upper, lower, left and right are the ones people skip, and they are the ones that cause returns.

This line is 320E. The 10 inch figure is the clearing width rather than the overall width of the 10 inch cordless snow shovel. Quote it exactly and the right item arrives first time.

Read next

Where to go from here. None of them are sales pages. They exist because we got tired of answering the same question by email.

• the sizing guide
• the two stage range
• our reviews

Parts and long term support

What happens when something wears out, which it will. We list wear parts for this 10 inch cordless snow shovel by manufacturer stock number rather than by generic description, which means paddles, scrapers and replacement packs can be matched to your exact unit rather than to something that looks similar in a photograph. The consumables here are cheap; the assemblies are not, which is why identifying the right one matters.

Start at the parts catalogue. If the listing does not name your model explicitly, ask through the contact page first.

What a 10 inch cut means on your driveway

Width is a time calculation before it is anything else, so here is the arithmetic for a 10 inch cut rather than a vague claim about capability.

These are clean pass figures. Nobody clears a driveway without stopping, so the real number is a little higher and the comparison between widths still holds. If your own drive is not on that list, the sizing guide works through the four measurements that settle it.

What this 10 inch cordless snow shovel will not do

The useful part of any product page is the part that says no. Here is where this 10 inch cordless snow shovel stops.

• It is not a small snow blower. There is no impeller, so it clears a path rather than throwing across a lawn.
• It will not touch a plow ridge, and it is wrong for anything wider than a walkway or a single car apron.
• It must stay off gravel for the same reason every paddle driven tool must.
• Deep or drifted snow defeats it quickly. Above the intake height it needs two lifts.

Should any of them apply, look at a different class entirely. the contact page will shortlist it for you.

What it costs to own for five seasons

The sticker price is the smaller half of the question. Here is what this 10 inch cordless snow shovel costs to own for five Canadian winters.

Figures are indicative Canadian retail and will move with fuel prices, but the shape of the comparison holds.

Going one size up, or one size down

Going up or down four inches from 10 changes two things and leaves everything else alone.

Measure the narrowest gate and the shed door before you measure the driveway. A machine that will not reach the back garden is the most common expensive mistake in this category, and it is entirely avoidable with a tape measure. The step either side of 10 inches is usually one pass on a standard driveway, which is a few minutes rather than a transformation.

What goes wrong, and the part that fixes it

If something goes wrong, it will almost certainly be one of these.

Every part named there is stocked by manufacturer stock number on the parts catalogue, and the repair guide works through faults in order of likelihood rather than by guesswork.

Your first season with a 10 inch cordless snow shovel

None of this is difficult. All of it is easier in October than in January.

1. Time one real clear so you know whether the runtime covers your path, before you rely on it.
2. Do a dry run on a light fall to learn how deep a bite it takes without bogging.
3. Store it upright and out of road salt.
4. Buy the spare paddle now, not the week it wears out.
5. Keep it off gravel. The paddle contacts the ground and will pick up stone.

the maintenance schedule takes over from here, with the buying guide as background.

Storing a 10 inch cordless snow shovel for the summer

Eight months of the year this 10 inch cordless snow shovel is doing nothing, and how it spends that time decides how it starts in December.

• Wipe road salt off the contacts before it sits. Corroded terminals are the usual spring surprise.
• Keep the 10 inch cordless snow shovel off a bare concrete floor to limit moisture.
• Check the paddle and scraper at the end of the season so you order parts in summer rather than in a storm.
• Do not leave packs on the charger for months. Charge them, take them off, check them in August.

The complete routine lives on the maintenance schedule, with replacement parts listed on the parts catalogue.

About Snow Joe

A name on the housing is worth something only if the parts are still available a decade later. Buying Snow Joe is a bet on parts availability rather than on any single design advantage, and that is usually the right bet in this category. Compare it against the rest of what we carry through the contact page rather than against manufacturer claims.

Frequently asked

How this one differs from the line beside it

Specifically: 10 inches of cut; 8.5 amps from the mains. At 8.5 amps this runs from an ordinary household circuit. It needs a cold weather rated 12 gauge outdoor lead kept behind the operator, never a lightweight indoor extension coiled in front of the intake.

At 10 inches this is a specific job rather than a general one. Wider means fewer passes and worse storage. Narrower reaches the steps, the landing and the gap beside the car that a wide machine simply cannot enter.

Where two lines share a body and differ on the numbers, the numbers are the product. Everything else is packaging. The safest order note is simply the full title as written above.

Making sure you order the right one

What separates this from the 10 inch cordless snow shovel one line above and below it in the same range.

Confirm the four, then buy. Uncertainty on any of them is exactly what the contact page is for.

The verdict

If you read nothing else on this page, read this. This is a tool for walkways, steps and a single car apron, bought to replace a manual shovel rather than a snow blower. Bought for that job it is a good purchase, and bought for a different one it will disappoint you in the first week of January regardless of how well it is built.

If your property matches the description above, this is the 10 inch cordless snow shovel. If it does not, the buying guide is the next thing to read, and we would rather send you elsewhere than sell you the wrong one.