Snow Joe Telescoping Snow Broom In Action!

Angus

Angus

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This morning I woke up to my car covered in snow:


Time to break out my SnowJoe!


From ACC product description for the Snow Joe Telescoping Snow Broom:
Winter's hard enough. Take the struggle out of snow removal!
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  • [*=1]Durable foam head removes snow without scratching
    [*=1]Built-in ice scrapper to remover built-up ice
    [*=1]Light weight and easy to handle
Ok lets see what this “snow broom” can do! First my hood:




Hey that’s not bad. The entire hood took ~30 seconds to clear.

Next the roof:


But wait! It even works in reverse!!


And look, it can be used to clear glass surfaces too!!!


Done in less than 2 minutes! Thanks SnowJoe!! ;)


In all seriousness, this is pretty handy snow removal tool. Unlike other snow removal tools I've used in the past, the Snowjoe doesn’t appear to have left any scratches in my freshly detailed DD but I’ll know for sure after I wash it. I did have a problem extending the handle – it seems to be jammed in place. This would have been more annoying if I a) had a larger car and b) had to deal with a significant amount of snow.

For $19.99 it would make a nice Christmas or Hanukkah gift for anyone who has to deal with snow.

Snow Joe Telescoping Snow Broom
 
Angus- I have one of those that I use on rentals and service loaners. I can't, for the life of me, use it without inducing some degree of marring even though I try my best to leave a thin layer of snow on the vehicle. It's not that the foam blade itself is doing the damage, it's the dirt on the paint/in the snow.

Hope you have better luck with it than I do, sure wouldn't be the first time that somebody did fine with something that's not Accumulator-proof!
 
Accumulator said:
Angus- I have one of those that I use on rentals and service loaners. I can't, for the life of me, use it without inducing some degree of marring even though I try my best to leave a thin layer of snow on the vehicle.
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Yeah, I'll second that.
 
Accumulator said:
Angus- I have one of those that I use on rentals and service loaners. I can't, for the life of me, use it without inducing some degree of marring even though I try my best to leave a thin layer of snow on the vehicle. It's not that the foam blade itself is doing the damage, it's the dirt on the paint/in the snow.

Hope you have better luck with it than I do, sure wouldn't be the first time that somebody did fine with something that's not Accumulator-proof!
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If you were really fast you could use direct spray of onr as a lube with the snow :D

Just make sure to follow up with an MF to eliminate streaking.
 
The Driver- Eh, I can't use rinseless washes without marring the paint either! At least not by themselves; I have to do a BHB/foamgun step to get the "big stuff" off first. Heh heh, more of that "not Accumulator-proof" stuff!
 
Accumulator said:
Angus- I have one of those that I use on rentals and service loaners. I can't, for the life of me, use it without inducing some degree of marring even though I try my best to leave a thin layer of snow on the vehicle. It's not that the foam blade itself is doing the damage, it's the dirt on the paint/in the snow.

Hope you have better luck with it than I do, sure wouldn't be the first time that somebody did fine with something that's not Accumulator-proof!
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Yeah I hear you on the grim being on the vehicle is what scratches the paint and not the actual soft foam snowbroom. I do plan on washing it and doing a very close inspection of the paint/ checking for marring and light scratches. I did preform a complete pre-winter detail a week or so ago so this will also be a LSP durability test of BLACKFIRE Wet Diamond All Finish Paint Protection topped with BLACKFIRE BlackIce.

Vega@Autopia said:
Lol I enjoyed reading your review Angus.
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Happy to hear it, Vega! :bigups

The Driver said:
If you were really fast you could use direct spray of onr as a lube with the snow :D

Just make sure to follow up with an MF to eliminate streaking.
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Yeah, but it's just going to snow again... I'm ok with the end results. :snow:
 
Over the weekend I finally had a chance to wash my Civic and give it a close inspection post snowjoe-ing. From what I could tell, there wasn't any scratches or marring present. BlackIce beading was still going strong as well. I'll continue to update this thread as the winter progresses and my snowjoe gets more use :)
 
I have not used mine as of yet and hope I never do, I mainly wanted it for clearing the windsheild of my F-150 running it on the paint would make me nervous.
 
If the car is clean then who really knows? But I can't see the friction of the Snow Broom rubbing over any kind of dirt on the surface not causing marring of some sort?
 
David Fermani said:
If the car is clean then who really knows? But I can't see the friction of the Snow Broom rubbing over any kind of dirt on the surface not causing marring of some sort?
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I'm pretty sure that the key to avoid marring or scratches - keeping up with winter washes so there's as little debris as possible on the paint.

MI Mike said:
I have a couple old 16x24 microfiber towels that wife sewed into a cover (sewed edges) that I slip over end to cover edges.
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Neat idea!
 
Well I've used the SnowJoe now a handful of time and so far I haven't seen and new scratches or marring. However, for the life of me I can't get the snow joe to extend to its full length!!! It's jammed in the retracted position. No matter how much I try, it will not extend and only spins in place. I've even resorted to using pliers to try and force it open without any luck:



I'm planning on emailing SnowJoe today about it. For a brand new tool to fail this fast is totally unacceptable.
 
Angus said:
Well I've used the SnowJoe now a handful of time and so far I haven't seen and new scratches or marring. However, for the life of me I can't get the snow joe to extend to its full length!!! It's jammed in the retracted position. No matter how much I try, it will not extend and only spins in place. I've even resorted to using pliers to try and force it open without any luck:


I'm planning on emailing SnowJoe today about it. For a brand new tool to fail this fast is totally unacceptable.
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If Snow Joe is unable to help give Vega a call and we'll replace it.

Great review by the way!
 
AutopiaTech said:
If Snow Joe is unable to help give Vega a call and we'll replace it.

Great review by the way!
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Thanks, AutopiaTech! :autopia:

Hopefully SnowJoe will stand behind their product and make it right. I'll keep this thread updated with the outcome since I consider this issue an important part of my overall product review/ recommendation to others.
 
*Update*

I received the following email from SnowJoe customer support:

The snow broom pole sometimes will go to a locked position. To extend the snow broom, remove the ice scraper head to reveal the locking mechanism of the inner pole. While holding the outer pole, tap the locking mechanism on the ground until the inner pole is dislodged from the outer pole. You should now be able to fully extend the snow broom. Reattach the ice scraper head. While holding the outer pole, extend the inner pole and turn the outer pole clockwise to lock.​

Ice scraper head removed and locking mechanism exposed:

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The locking mechanism easly slides back into place and allows the SnowJoe to fully extend:

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Fixed! Think I'll leave the snowjoe fully extended for the rest of the winter. :snow:
 
I can't for the life of me figure out what is so hard about manufacturing a telescoping pole. The one AG sells/sold with their BHB breaks and apparently this thing has trouble as well.

I mean, the thing seems to have just 2 parts - the handle and the head. You would think if they are going to go all fancy and sell them at detailing places for $$$ at least it would work right.

For me, I use the Hoppy snow broom. You can get it in Amazon for like $20. The handle is powder coated metal, doesn't stick - and is pretty
much bullet proof. I've been using the handle for a few years now with my BHB as well - who's handle broke long ago.

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Agreed. It seems like extension poles with simple external locking mechanism vs fancier internal ones are less prone to fail. Removing the snowjoes ice scraper end required pliers - not exactly a practice solution when your away from home and trying to clear snow from your vehicle.

The snow scraper in my wife's car has the same external style lock style as your snow broom and has yet to fail despite being a few years old:

 
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