I have a relative with a landscaping / snow removal business. He is always picking up 'good buys' as spare equipment. I had him check the unit out as well as check with the person he uses for repairs.
Neither like the plastic chute...they eventually succumb to cracking.
The major knock was on the Chinese engine and availability (or lack there of) of getting parts. Supposedly there is one distributor on the east coast with a week wait on parts.
Now they are in the bussiness of snow removal and obviously use the equpiment in a different manner than a home owner. They also need a quick turn around on parts. So, I guess you could take all this with a grain of salt.
They reccomeneded waiting till I could affor the $799 (on sale for $729) orange model and likely never worry about purchasing another or getting parts.
