Summary:
Overall, it was good when it worked. We still don't know why it dies on us. We didn't hit anything or do anything to damage it.

Strengths:
When it was working it removed the snow easily.

Weaknesses:
This is our second year with this model. We didn't get to use it the first year - no snow, but this year has been a different story. We used it for walkways on a property that we manage (95 units) and unfortunately the machine conked out on us when we were half way thru the job. It was repaired by the place we bought it and we used it for another snow storm and it worked well. A few days later, we had another snow storm and it did the same thing. We are now stuck with no snow blower. It may be the drive train. We are buying another snow blower, but not this brand.