This works great with 4-6 inches of snow.. we had 11 and just had to do two swoops , works fast , yes it's loud but you are outside. I am very happy with this. cleared off a normal 2 car driveway in about 15 minutes with 11 inches of snow.
This is a small but mighty snow blower! I live in CO where we get dry powder snow most often and it has become too much to shovel for a concrete driveway and sidewalk. The ease of putting this together and actually putting it to work is great.