"Chris" wrote in message
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"Eggs Zachtly" wrote in message
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Chris said:

I have a Ryobi hand-held leaf blower/shredder, which works fine, but...

- The shredder bag is way too small (have to empty it too often)
- After running it for half-an-hour or so, my arms are aching :-)

So, I was looking for a bakpackstyle blower, but have NOT found one
which is
also a shredder, with a collecting bag. I'm pretty sure I've seen them
out
there, but no store in this area carries them. Any ideas?

I use a backpack blower daily, and I've never seen one that also worked
as
a vacuum. That's not to say they don't exist, but if they do, they must
be
crap, or we'd have one at work. =)


Thanks. Do you know of any "handheld", that has a descent size shredder
bag and is a bit easier on teh arms? I don't mind upgrading. I have
heard the "echo" handhelds are pretty good.

We have an echo as well as 3 sthil blowers. The echo is a toy compared to
the sthil ones!