Snow Joe 24-Volt* IONMAX Cordless Snow Shovel Kit | 13-Inch | W/ 5.0-Ah Battery and Charger

Snow Joe 24-Volt* IONMAX Cordless Snow Shovel Kit | 13-Inch | W/ 5.0-Ah Battery and Charger is a powered snow shovel, a narrow cordless tool for steps, decks, walkways and a car length of path. The stock number is 24V-SS13-XR. Pack capacity is 5.0 amp hours. It is listed under Snow Shovels. It belongs to the 24 volt platform. The identifier that matters here is 24V-SS13-XR. Machine names change between production years and the number does not.

What this 13 inch cordless snow shovel is for

This is the tool for the places a full machine cannot reach: steps, landings, decks and a narrow side path. 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-SS13-XR. The cut is 13 inches wide. It belongs to the 24 volt platform. It is listed under Snow Shovels. The figure is $320.56, quoted the way every price on this site is quoted, in Canadian dollars.

Specification

At $320.56 Canadian, this sits where you would expect for the class. October is the quiet month for this. February is not, and freight times show it.

Built for a Canadian season

National averages hide the fact that some Canadian cities get three times what others do. Sudbury, Ontario averages roughly 267 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 13 inches of clearing width, a standard two car driveway takes about 23 passes on this 13 inch cordless snow shovel, and in a 267 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.

Buying, shipping and returns

The figure is $320.56, quoted the way every price on this site is quoted, in Canadian dollars. Small items move by standard parcel service and orders over $999 ship free Canada wide. shipping and delivery has the detail.

Our terms on returns are plainer than most and they are on returns and refunds. Every machine carries its full manufacturer warranty. The exclusions are on the warranty policy.

Questions go through the contact page and are answered by a person, not a script. Consumer rights when buying a 13 inch cordless snow shovel in Canada, above any retailer policy, are set out by Consumer Protection Ontario.

Which driveways this fits

Work out the passes before you buy. A driveway divided by the cut width tells you more than any specification sheet. Battery powered, instant to start, and light enough to carry down a set of steps in one hand.

A machine rated for a given depth in powder will meet its limit far sooner in wet snow. If any part of the drive is unpaved, the single stage machines are out of the conversation.

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.

What it asks of you each year

On anything deeper than the intake, take it in two lifts rather than forcing one. 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. Buying in autumn costs the same as buying in January and arrives considerably faster.

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

Reading the listing

Note the descriptors: ionmax, shovel, battery, charger. They are not decorative. Where a name carries a size, that size is exact rather than nominal.

This line is 24V-SS13-XR. The 13 inch figure is the clearing width rather than the overall width of the 13 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. Use those figures rather than a description and the fitment is settled.

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 two stage range
• the petrol range
• the sizing guide

Parts and long term support

What happens when something wears out, which it will. We list wear parts for this 13 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. Budget roughly $22.44 a season for consumables on a machine in this bracket and you will rarely be caught out.

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

What a 13 inch cut means on your driveway

Everything about clearing width comes down to how many lengths you walk. At 13 inches, this is what three common Canadian driveways look like.

The comparison is what matters here, not the absolute minutes. A wider cut always finishes sooner and always stores worse. If your own drive is not on that list, the sizing guide works through the four measurements that settle it.

What this 13 inch cordless snow shovel will not do

The useful part of any product page is the part that says no. Here is where this 13 inch cordless snow shovel stops.

• Deep or drifted snow defeats it quickly. Above the intake height it needs two lifts.
• It must stay off gravel for the same reason every paddle driven tool must.
• It will not clear a car out. That is a full machine job.
• It has no drive, so on a long path you are pushing it the whole way.

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

What the 24V 5Ah pack really gives you

Battery arithmetic, because the figure on the box assumes conditions Canadians rarely get. 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.

Read the wet snow row as your planning number. Spares are on the parts catalogue and the electric range covers the wider electric range.

Where the price sits

Value, measured against the nearest two machines we sell rather than against a manufacturer list price.

Stepping down to 24V 12″ Brushless Snow Shovel, 5.0Ah Battery and Charger included saves $20.57, and stepping up to Greenworks 40V 12″ Brushless Snow Shovel (Tool Only) costs a further $9.43. 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

The sticker price is the smaller half of the question. Here is what this 13 inch cordless snow shovel costs to own for five Canadian winters. Anyone shopping for a 13 inch cordless snow shovel should weigh that before price.

We stock every consumable on that list by manufacturer stock number on the parts catalogue.

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

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 13 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. Store it upright and out of road salt.
3. Keep it off gravel. The paddle contacts the ground and will pick up stone.
4. Buy the spare paddle now, not the week it wears out.
5. Do a dry run on a light fall to learn how deep a bite it takes without bogging.

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

Storing a 13 inch cordless snow shovel for the summer

Eight months of the year this 13 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 13 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.

Pair this with the maintenance schedule, and use the parts catalogue to order in summer rather than in a storm.

About Snow Joe

A name on the housing is worth something only if the parts are still available a decade later. The Snow Joe range is broad enough that model numbers matter more than the badge, which is why the identification table above is on this page at all. Judge it on the numbers above, then check the contact page for anything closer to your driveway.

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