Greenworks 80V 12″ Brushless Snow Shovel, 2.0Ah Battery and Charger Included

Greenworks 80V 12″ Brushless Snow Shovel, 2.0Ah Battery and Charger Included is a powered snow shovel, a narrow cordless tool for steps, decks, walkways and a car length of path. It belongs to the 80 volt platform. It is a Greenworks item. It is listed under Snow Shovels. The cut is 12 inches wide. The identifier that matters here is 2615402. Machine names change between production years and the number does not.

This 12 inch cordless snow shovel in practice

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.

Pack capacity is 2.0 amp hours. It belongs to the 80 volt platform. The cut is 12 inches wide. The stock number is 2615402. The listed price is $539.99 CAD and that is the figure you pay, because the stock is already in the country.

Specification

The figure is $539.99, quoted the way every price on this site is quoted, in Canadian dollars. October is the quiet month for this. February is not, and freight times show it.

Ordering from us

The listed price is $539.99 CAD and that is the figure you pay, because the stock is already in the country. Shipping is calculated at the checkout and disappears entirely over $999. shipping and delivery has the detail.

Before starting a return, read returns and refunds, because a machine that has had fuel through it is treated differently. Consumables are never covered on any badge, and the warranty policy lists them.

If anything here is unclear the contact page reaches somebody who has taken these machines apart. Consumer rights when buying a 12 inch cordless snow shovel in Canada, above any retailer policy, are set out by Consumer Protection Ontario.

Choosing this over a wider or narrower machine

Work out the passes before you buy. A driveway divided by the cut width tells you more than any specification sheet. This is the tool for the places a full machine cannot reach: steps, landings, decks and a narrow side path.

Wet snow is the honest test. Dry powder flatters every machine in the category. 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.

Living with it through a winter

A cordless machine asks almost nothing between seasons. Take the packs indoors, leave them at partial charge, and bring them back to full a week before the first forecast.

The failure everybody has is a machine that will not start in December after a summer of neglect. It is entirely preventable and the prevention takes place in April, not November. The no start guide works through it if you are already past that point.

Keep hands out of the chute. The tool on the handle is not a suggestion, and impeller injuries reach experienced operators who took one shortcut on one cold morning.

Built for a Canadian season

Snow load is regional, and buying to the national average is how people end up undersized. Calgary, Alberta averages roughly 129 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 12 inches of clearing width, a standard two car driveway takes about 24 passes on this 12 inch cordless snow shovel, and in a 129 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. That is the standard we buy to, and the snow shovel range explains how to run the same calculation for your own city.

Reading the listing

Note the descriptors: 80v, brushless, shovel, 0ah, battery, charger, included. They are not decorative. Where a name carries a size, that size is exact rather than nominal.

This line is 2615402. The 12 inch figure is the clearing width rather than the overall width of the 12 inch cordless snow shovel. The 80 volt figure refers to the platform, not to a household supply. The 2.0 amp hour figure is pack capacity, which is what sets runtime. Get that right and the rest of the order takes care of itself.

Read next

A few places to carry on. They are written for people choosing rather than for search engines, which is why they contradict a few things you will read elsewhere.

• the two stage range
• the snow shovel range
• the maintenance schedule

Parts and long term support

Spares, plainly stated, because a machine you cannot repair is a machine you replace. We list wear parts for this 12 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. A wear part on a machine at $539.99 is typically five to ten per cent of the purchase, which is the arithmetic that decides repair against replacement.

Spares live on the parts catalogue, and the contact page is faster than a returns process when you are not certain.

What a 12 inch cut means on your driveway

Here is the 12 inch cut expressed the only way that matters on a February morning: passes walked and time standing outside. For most buyers the decision comes down to whether a 12 inch cordless snow shovel suits the surface they are clearing.

Add time for the turn at the end of each pass, and add considerably more for the bank the municipal plow leaves across the entrance. If your own drive is not on that list, the sizing guide works through the four measurements that settle it.

What this 12 inch cordless snow shovel will not do

The limits, before the features. They are shorter and more useful.

• It will not touch a plow ridge, and it is wrong for anything wider than a walkway or a single car apron.
• It has no drive, so on a long path you are pushing it the whole way.
• It is not a small snow blower. There is no impeller, so it clears a path rather than throwing across a lawn.
• Runtime is short by design. It is a tool for ten minutes of work, not an hour.

Those are dealbreakers rather than quibbles. Ask the contact page before ordering if you are unsure.

What the 80V 2Ah pack really gives you

The honest way to read a battery specification, worked through for this pack. A 80 volt pack rated 2 amp hours holds about 160 watt hours of usable energy. Draw rises steeply with snow density, so the same pack that feels generous in December feels thin in March.

Manufacturer runtime figures are measured in easier conditions than these. Plan on the wet snow row, buy the spare from the parts catalogue, and use the electric range to compare.

Where the price sits

Price on its own tells you nothing. Price against the two machines it actually sits between tells you a great deal. For most buyers the decision comes down to whether a 12 inch cordless snow shovel suits the surface they are clearing.

Stepping down to Greenworks PRO 80V 12″ Cordless Snow Shovel, 2.0Ah Battery and Charger Included saves $10.00, and stepping up to 80V 12″ Brushless Snow Shovel with Directional Vanes, 2.0Ah Battery and Charger Included costs a further $0.00. Cost per inch is a blunt measure and it ignores drive systems, engine size and build, but it is honest about what the gap between two machines is buying you in raw clearing width. Read it alongside the sizing table above rather than on its own, because a wider machine you cannot store or turn is not a saving.

What it costs to own for five seasons

Purchase price gets quoted, running cost rarely does. Both are below, for five seasons. For most buyers the decision comes down to whether a 12 inch cordless snow shovel suits the surface they are clearing.

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

Two questions decide a width, and neither is horsepower. Where you store it, and how long the drive is. For most buyers the decision comes down to whether a 12 inch cordless snow shovel suits the surface they are clearing.

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. Going wider is only a saving if you can still turn it comfortably at the end of every pass, which is where a 12 inch machine earns or loses its keep.

What goes wrong, and the part that fixes it

Machines in this class fail in a small number of predictable ways. Knowing them turns a shop visit into an afternoon. For most buyers the decision comes down to whether a 12 inch cordless snow shovel suits the surface they are clearing.

the parts catalogue carries the parts and the repair guide carries the diagnosis. Use both rather than replacing on a hunch.

Your first season with a 12 inch cordless snow shovel

A first season checklist, written from the calls we take in the second week of December.

1. Store it upright and out of road salt.
2. Do a dry run on a light fall to learn how deep a bite it takes without bogging.
3. Mark the path edges so you are not clearing lawn.
4. Buy the spare paddle now, not the week it wears out.
5. Charge the pack fully and store it indoors between clears.

Follow the maintenance schedule once the snow starts, and the buying guide for anything that needs justifying.

Storing a 12 inch cordless snow shovel for the summer

Storage is the cheapest maintenance there is, and the most commonly skipped.

• Do not leave packs on the charger for months. Charge them, take them off, check them in August.
• Check the paddle and scraper at the end of the season so you order parts in summer rather than in a storm.
• Store it upright and covered rather than under a tarp that traps damp.
• Store packs indoors at room temperature and around half charge. A pack left flat in an unheated garage all summer may not recover.

the maintenance schedule sets out the full seasonal schedule, and any parts you find worn are on the parts catalogue.

About Greenworks

The brand question, answered without loyalty. Greenworks units in this class are widely distributed in Canada, which is the single most useful thing about them: parts are findable and second hand values hold up. the sizing guide lists what else sits in this bracket if you would rather not buy on brand. For most buyers the decision comes down to whether a 12 inch cordless snow shovel suits the surface they are clearing.

Common questions

How this 12 inch cordless snow shovel differs from the line beside it

The distinguishing figures are 80 volts, 12 inches of cut, a 2.0 amp hour pack, and each one changes what fits. The 2.0 amp hour figure is runtime and it assumes dry powder. Saturated snow near zero draws two to three times the current, so the honest plan for a long clear is a second pack rather than a longer session on one.

At 12 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.

Pick this 12 inch cordless snow shovel when the figures above match what you are actually clearing. Pick the neighbouring line when they do not, and ignore the price difference until that question is settled. Our picking team works from the exact listing title, so that is the reference that gets the right item into the box.

Making sure you order the right one

Model names in this category are close enough that buyers regularly order the wrong one. Here is how to be certain.

Check every row before you buy. Two mismatches means wrong listing, not a typo. the contact page will confirm it in a message.

The verdict

The short version, for anyone who scrolled. 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.

Match that description and buy with confidence. Miss it and the maintenance schedule will point you at something that fits.