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But, found this to be a good one due to the metallic impeller. Was sick of raking up the leaves twice every year from the live oaks in my front yard. Not only that, the trees shed leaves even in summer and in rain.I was looking for a leaf blower near $50. The blower works OK for the most part. I only wish that when I pick up the leaves (from grass) it would pick up all of it.The bag is quite good.I wish I had purchased one without wires and with battery.
I am shocked that so many people would view it as powerful. This unit allows me to clear my driveway as fast as i can walk, blows wet and even frozen leaves off the driveway fast. Though an electric or a weak gas blower may be quieter they still make noise and it takes you more time to finish a job. Now the unit is loud so I wear protection, but it starts first or second pull every time, does not require a silly cord to follow around and get hung up and most importantly it allows me to finish jobs very quickly. The unit can draw as much as 12 amps and at 150' that would require a 12 or perhaps a 10 gauge extension cord. This unit would make the job take so long that i would consider just using a rake.
When clearing out shrubs there is often considerable debris that the shrub covered up. This unit would not move the moist dirt and branches so it forced you to brake out the rake again. Well i tried this unit at a neighbors house and all i can say is that it is pathetic. Maintaining a gas blower is very simple, change the plug,air filter, gas filter, every so many hours which amounts to years for most home owners. I then bought a Shindaiwa EB802RT, now this baby makes short work of everything as it can easily blow cobblestones down my driveway. The debris under shrubs including the moist compacted dirt doesn't stand a chance, it all blows away fast. Plug change takes 3 minutes, air filter 2 minutes and fuel filter 2 minutes thats all there is to it.
My opinion is nothing beats a high powered gas backpack. We have many oaks and maples around the neighborhood and of course this makes for a large cleanup. A high power gas powered backpack blower will get the job done substantially faster exposing you and your neighbors to less noise in terms of the duration of noise. These are heavy, awkward, time consuming and expensive. I now have two an Echo PB-413 which is available at home depot and does a good job of clearing the driveway and pushing leaves, however it is slow clearing shrub debris and has difficulty with frozen leaves. New 2 cycle engines are much cleaner than they have ever been and adding 2.6oz of a quality synthetic oil to 1 gallon of gas is much easier than lugging around and winding up cord every time; not to mention the restriction of motion from the cord. Honestly, the only situation i could see using an electric blower like this one is when you have a very small flat property in an Urban setting.
We were in the market for a yard blower. It is more than powerful enough for our yard/driveway. I can't wait to see what it does on the leaves in the fall. The price was right and the reviews that i read were all positive for what was needed for my home. This will be the only one that i will ever own. After receiving this machine and finally having a chance to operate it. So as always i researched the Toro 51599 Electric Blower/Vacuum. It is very user friendly.
I have nothing but positive remarks about this purchase. The equipment was delivered when promised. This is my first blower and from the looks of it. Toro you have a client for life.
I purchased this to use on my small lawn (9 x 13) after I mow. Sometimes I don't want to leave the grass clippings in the lawn, and the grass catcher is a piece of junk. I vacuum the lawn when I'm finished mowing and use the mulch in my flower pots and vegetable containers. This Toro is awesome and I couldn't be happier.
As a blower this thing works great. Overall I'm very pleased and it feels like a solid product with a dysfunctional vacuum function. It's very cumbersome when used as a vacuum.
It made me want to visit the neighbors to see if they had any leaves I could blow around. So if you have leaves larger than 2" in. It's fun to use.
Also it would constantly get clogged with the leaves I was trying to pick up. Most of the time I don't even need to turn the speed up past the lowest setting(I do have a small yard, though). The only downside is the vacuum function.
in diameter, forget it. If I had to buy another one, I would.
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