This company overpromises and underdelivers as if it’s a Chinese competition to do so.
Source: own the lawn mower and blower
I’ve seen a few videos of this thing in action, and while I like the concept - especially that you can use the same device to mow the lawn too with the lawnmower attachment - it’s still quite painful to watch it work.
Especially with snow blowing, it’s just so disorganized: driving all over the place and making quite the mess. If I’m dropping 5k on an automatic snow blower, I don’t want to have to clean up after it.
5k will go pretty far with the neighbor kid too.
Shit, for $5k I’d sign up.
Come on kiddo, the $5k is in my basement next to the snow shovels I’ve collected.
I’ll take the cheap knockoff version that works better than this original (though worse than the current model) in ten years
Like every machine, only in certain conditions, which I assume the maker tries to hide as much as possible.
Like snow or ice buildup causing issues with the camera, radar, etc.
I’m also thinking like…snow-blowers are kinda dangerous. How does it know it’s not about to chew through your limb or pet? Does it just charge through whatever? If it doesn’t do that, then does it get stuck randomly thinking it’s trying to keep you safe but actually there’s just snow in its way.
a 24-inch clearing width and is rated to handle snow depths of up to 12 inches in a single pass.
Cough[bullshit]cough
video shows it blowing maybe an inch.
It also runs over children and small animals indiscriminately! Not one mention of safety features in the entire article is concerning.
If you go the the manufacturers website it mentions several safety systems; radar, camera and a physical bumper and grate to keep things from getting into the machine
radar, camera
Translation: Does not function without active internet connection. Reports telemetry (including photos and video) of your personal property which is then sold and used for “marketing” surveilance purposes. Records when not in use/charging. If not already, volunteers all data to FLOCK
Radar & camera can be degraded by snow/ice buildup. A grate that lets wet snow in is also going to be big enough to let rocks and other debris in.
it mentions several safety systems; radar, camera and a physical bumper and grate to keep things from getting into the machine
There were 1,429 Waymo accidents reported to the NHTSA between July 2021 and November 2025. Injuries and Fatalities: There have been 117 injuries and 2 fatalities reported in relation to these accidents.
There are not really any similarities to the environment and use case of autonomous cars driving in open public roads, at high speeds, in a several thousand pound heavy vehicle, with thousands of other people acting in random unpredictable ways, and a 50 pound snow blower driving at walking pace in your own private closed driveway with basically no one in the area of operation.
That’s the feature! Killer feature, I would say…
My driveway isn’t nearly long enough to justify the cost but its very cool.
They suck
“Your momma was a snowblower!” - Johnny 5
What was wrong with a $10 shovel?
Pretty hard to use if you’re disabled.
100 people die in the US every year from shoveling snow. Not everyone is fit for the task, and yet if you own property you are almost required to.
The $10 shovel doesn’t clear the driveway for you…
