Snow Joe 24V-SS12-XR-GRY 24-Volt* IONMAX Cordless Snow Shovel Kit | 12-inch | W/ 5.0-Ah Battery + Charger (Gray)

Snow Joe 24V-SS12-XR-GRY 24-Volt* IONMAX Cordless Snow Shovel Kit | 12-inch | W/ 5.0-Ah Battery + Charger (Gray) is a powered snow shovel, a narrow cordless tool for steps, decks, walkways and a car length of path. The stock number is 24V-SS12-XR-GRY. This listing is the gray finish. Pack capacity is 5.0 amp hours. The model reference printed on the unit is SS12-XR-GRY. Use 24V-SS12-XR-GRY when you order and the right item arrives the first time.

Where a 12 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 powered shovel is not a small snow blower. There is no impeller and no drive, and that is the point.

The stock number is 24V-SS12-XR-GRY. It is a Snow Joe item. It belongs to the 24 volt platform. It is listed under Snow Shovels. The figure is $360.99, quoted the way every price on this site is quoted, in Canadian dollars.

Key figures

At $360.99 Canadian, this sits where you would expect for the class. Stock moves quickly once the snow starts, which is the only real argument for ordering early.

Choosing this over a wider or narrower machine

Width buys minutes. Every extra inch of cut is one fewer length walked on a morning you would rather be indoors. Battery powered, instant to start, and light enough to carry down a set of steps in one hand.

Manufacturer depth figures assume dry powder. Saturated snow near zero weighs up to three times as much for the same depth. Stone through an impeller is dangerous to whoever is nearby and expensive to whatever it hits.

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.

Built for a Canadian season

Canadian conditions vary enormously, so here is a concrete reference point. Montreal, Quebec averages roughly 209 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 209 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. It is worth ten minutes with your local figures before ordering, and the petrol range walks through it.

Maintenance and storage

Set your route so you throw with the wind rather than into it. An unheated shed is fine. A puddle on a garage floor is not. snow blower storage sets out the April routine in full.

Wear parts are cheap in autumn and slow in January. We hold them on snow blower parts with the manufacturer stock number on every listing, and the maintenance checklist says when to check each one. Order before the first forecast moves demand and the item is on a shelf rather than on a backorder.

Clear blockages with the tool, never with a glove, and never with the engine merely idling. Guidance for powered snow removal in Canada is published by Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety.

• topping up a path between passes with the main machine
• a property where storage space is the real constraint
• clearing steps, decks and landings where a machine will not fit
• a narrow path along the side of a house

Delivery, returns and warranty

The figure is $360.99, quoted the way every price on this site is quoted, in Canadian dollars. Parcel delivery on small components, free freight once the order passes $999. shipping and delivery has the detail.

Our terms on returns are plainer than most and they are on returns and refunds. Belts, shear pins, paddles, scraper bars and skid shoes are excluded everywhere. the warranty policy has the detail.

Questions go through the contact page and are answered by a person, not a script. Consumer rights when buying a 12 inch cordless snow shovel in Canada, above any retailer policy, are set out by Consumer Protection Ontario.

Reading the listing

The distinguishing terms here are 24v, ss12, gry, ionmax, shovel, battery, charger. Left and right are not interchangeable even when the castings appear symmetrical.

This line is 24V-SS12-XR-GRY. The printed model reference is SS12-XR-GRY. The 12 inch figure is the clearing width rather than the overall width of the 12 inch cordless snow shovel. The 24 volt figure refers to the platform, not to a household supply. The 5.0 amp hour figure is pack capacity, which is what sets runtime. The gray finish is cosmetic and does not change fitment. Get that right and the rest of the order takes care of itself.

Read next

Still weighing it up? Start with these. They are short, and they are specific to Canadian conditions.

• the contact page
• the repair guide
• the electric range

Parts and long term support

Parts availability is the quietest reason to buy from one retailer over another. 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. Expect the first consumable at around season three and the first real part at around season six on a 12 inch cordless snow shovel.

Check the parts catalogue for the part, and use the contact page to confirm fitment against your serial before ordering.

What a 12 inch cut means on your driveway

Width is a time calculation before it is anything else, so here is the arithmetic for a 12 inch cut rather than a vague claim about capability.

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

Where this 12 inch cordless snow shovel runs out. Every machine does, and pretending otherwise costs you a return.

• It will not clear a car out. That is a full machine job.
• Runtime is short by design. It is a tool for ten minutes of work, not an hour.
• 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.

If that describes your situation, this is not your machine. the contact page can narrow it down in one message.

What the 24V 5Ah pack really gives you

Runtime is not one number. It depends entirely on what the snow is doing, so here are four. A 24 volt pack rated 5 amp hours holds about 120 watt hours of usable energy. Draw rises steeply with snow density, so the same pack that feels generous in December feels thin in March.

Treat them as a floor rather than a promise, because cold cuts capacity again. A second pack is almost always cheaper than stepping up a class. See the parts catalogue, and the electric range for platform mates.

Where the price sits

The only comparison that matters is the one you would really be making in the cart.

Stepping down to Greenworks 10 Amp Corded 16-Inch Snow Thrower saves $31.00, and stepping up to Snow Joe 24V-SS12-XR 24-Volt* IONMAX Cordless Snow Shovel Kit | 12-inch (Blue) 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

What this actually costs, once you count the winters rather than the one afternoon you buy it. That applies to any 12 inch cordless snow shovel, whatever the brand on the housing.

Buy the consumables in autumn with the 12 inch cordless snow shovel. They do not expire and the freight is already paid.

Going one size up, or one size down

If you are hovering between this and the size either side of it, the trade is the same every time and it is not about power.

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. A narrower machine used well beats a wider one you dread getting out.

What goes wrong, and the part that fixes it

Nothing here is exotic. These cover most of what we are called about in January.

Order any of them from the parts catalogue. the repair guide covers the same faults in more detail, with the checks to run first.

Your first season with a 12 inch cordless snow shovel

Do these before the snow arrives. Every one of them is harder once it has.

1. Mark the path edges so you are not clearing lawn.
2. Charge the pack fully and store it indoors between clears.
3. Time one real clear so you know whether the runtime covers your path, before you rely on it.
4. Buy the spare paddle now, not the week it wears out.
5. Store it upright and out of road salt.

Keep the maintenance schedule open through the winter, and read the buying guide if you want the reasons rather than the list.

Storing a 12 inch cordless snow shovel for the summer

How to shut it down for the summer.

• Check the paddle and scraper at the end of the season so you order parts in summer rather than in a storm.
• Wipe road salt off the contacts before it sits. Corroded terminals are the usual spring surprise.
• Do not leave packs on the charger for months. Charge them, take them off, check them in August.
• Keep the 12 inch cordless snow shovel off a bare concrete floor to limit moisture.

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

About Snow Joe

What buying Snow Joe actually gets you beyond the badge. What Snow Joe gets right in this category is availability. What it does not do is reinvent the mechanism, which in a snow tool is a compliment. Compare it against the rest of what we carry through the parts catalogue rather than against manufacturer claims.

Common questions