Yeah, the snow blower I posted about a week ago has gotten worse, it's 10 years old and I'm ready to give up on it and buy a new one.

I was going to go Home Depot, but then I'm kind of limited buy the two they have in stock. I see Sears sells some under the craftsman name (I don't know if they manufacturer them themselves or not). Is it feasible to buy a snow blower online? Amazon has them but, sometimes with big purchases like that where it's hard to compare prices I don't trust them, especially if they aren't sold by Amazon directly.

Those problems aside, are there any manufacturers and/or models specifically I should look at? I'm probably looking for another 2-stage, gasoline powered blower. My last one was 27" but I probably don't need something that big again.

Any advice would be great, thanks.

 

This may help answer your questions it has reviews on several models:

2014 Ariens Deluxe 28 Snow Blower 921030 with Auto-Turn Review - MovingSnow.com