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rosie28
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Can anyone recommend a lightweight leaf blower, please?
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rosie28
Posts: 16
rosie28
Posts: 16
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I have a Black and Decker. It has two attachments, one to blow and one to suck. I use the sucking one most.
I have one (probably the same one as busy lizzie.)
Blowing works well on dry leaves. Sucking into the collector bag is OK for small quantities.
I usually have large quantities of wet leaves and resort to a spring tine rake and a lightweight snow shovel.
Also leaves on the lawn get mown up and shredded at the same time using a rotary mower, and then added to the compost heap. Much quicker than leaf blower/rake option.
I mow the leaves on the lawn too, but I use the machine for the leaves on the paved terrace, which has a lime tree growing from a bed in the terrace, it's a large terrace.
Thanks everyone for your advice. There is more than one problem- first, I can't lift anything at all heavy, and then the fact that the great leaf fall occurs in areas difficult to reach. A lightweight leaf blower could be a solution, one that could be recommended.
Hi Rosie, my usual first port of call for reviews is Amazon. I then read the worst and the best, just a couple and try to weigh it up. Obviously the more reviews the better. I wish I could help more but I've never had the joy of using one.
I think Jim's idea of reading the reviews is better than believing what the seller tells you
In the sticks near Peterborough
Nut
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I have a Stihl one, its great, but there are times I wish I had a backpack one as after a while it can get heavy. Depends how big the garden is and how many leaves I guess.
Have just seen there is a cordless lightweight stihl one
http://www.stihl.co.uk/STIHL-Products/Blowers-and-Vacuum-Shredders/Cordless-Li-Ion-hand-held-blower/21919-1584/BGA-85.aspx
But pricey, and you'd need to get reviews to see how much power it actually had.
Good luck.