The electric start is integrated into the top cover and much nicer than the afterthought mounting on most snowblowers with the starter button housing lightly screwed into the top of the shroud cover.
The light is quality also and has a on/off switch which is the only snowblower that I know of with a switch. All that I’ve seen are always on.
I pickup snowblowers as a part time thing for extra money so always have a few around which is great for comparing them. The Yamaha is without question a quite a leap in quality compared to other makers and the performance as much a leap also. There’s a noticeable gap in quality between an MTD and Ariens but the gap between Ariens and
Yamaha is greater. The price break is also greater but the cost of yearly ownership of a Yamaha is probably the lowest in the industry. The only machine that I could want over the 624TEN is an 824TEN which I’ve been on the lookout for.



