Kobalt (Lowe's) KSB 1040A-03

Single-Stage Battery Snow Blowers / Single-Stage Battery: Best for light snow up to 6 inches

This single-stage battery: best for light snow up to 6 inches-powered Kobalt (Lowe's) has a 21 inch clearing width and comes with a headlight.

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CR Expert Take

How did it perform in our owner surveys and expert lab testing?

Overall Score

The Overall Score for this model incorporates our expert lab test results, as well as ratings for that brand’s reliability and owner satisfaction from our annual product owner survey of members.

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What goes into the Overall Score?

OWNER SURVEYS

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Removal speed

/ 5

Plow pile removal

/ 5

Throwing distance

/ 5

Surface cleaning

/ 5

Handling

/ 5

Noise

/ 5

Controls

/ 5

Width (in.)

/ 5

About

The Kobalt (Lowe's) KSB 1040A-03 is part of the Snow Blowers test program at Consumer Reports. In our lab tests, Single-Stage Battery Snow Blowers models like the KSB 1040A-03 are rated on multiple criteria, such as those listed below.

Width: The snow blower's clearing width, or swath, in inches.

Removal speed: How quickly models could remove snow without laboring; We push single-stage machines as quickly as possible before the machine labors.

Plow pile removal: How quickly the snow thrower can remove a simulated pile of snow left by a municipal plow at the end of a driveway.

Brand Reliability & Satisfaction

This brand has insufficient data to rank.

Did the brand perform consistently well over time?

PREDICTED RELIABILITY SCORE

/ 100

Insufficient survey data to receive a brand-level rating. Brand gets a weighted category average for this attribute.

Would our members recommend this brand?

OWNER SATISFACTION SCORE

/ 100

Insufficient survey data to receive a brand-level rating. Brand gets a weighted category average for this attribute.

Source: Consumer Reports' 2021, 2022, and 2023 Spring Surveys

Features & Specs

Features

Multiple speeds

Yes

Single hand controls

Yes

Single lever chute adjustment

Headlight

Yes-1

Heated handgrips

Specs

Warranty (yrs.)

Volts

Battery platform voltage (V)

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Kobalt (Lowe's) KSB 1040A-03

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Overall Score

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