"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
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"davout" wroteI have a large garden (1 acre+) with a lot of trees. This
time of year the
great leaf clearing operation starts. Because of the trees, their shade,
a stream that runs thru the garden, and the generally wet weather, the
fallen leaves get wet and sticky pretty quickly.

In this context do these leaf blowers/vacs really work?

If so, any product recommendations?

I've just bought a Flymo petrol blower/vac £99.99 and found it does the
job although I mainly wanted it for clearing leaves etc from around pots
and other obstructions on hard standing, not grass.
It's quite quiet, and the blower is quite powerful such that if the leaves
are dry you daren't use full power unless you want them in the next
county, on my fist attempt I blew them all into my neighbours front
garden! :-(
Once blown into a suitable corner then you convert to vac and suck/chop
them all up for the compost bin. Like all power tools it takes some
practice to use effectively. :-)
A lot quicker and more effective than a brush.
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Regards
Bob
In Runnymede, 17 miles West of London

Like Bob says. I recently bought an electric 2500W Flymo one. I went to get
the petrol one, couldn't find one so bought the electric for £50 and
figured I'd take it back if it didn't work. I've got a half acre garden, but
i've also already got an 80m extension cord, so I figured I could deal with
that since I'd only use the thing a few times per year.

Anyway - it works really well, but if you go to try and vacuum the lawn,
you'll drive yourself crazy. You need to blow all the leaves into a corner
(it even lifts and flings damp gacky ones) then flip to vac and mulch them
all up. Works pretty well so far.