Any advice please on most efficient electric machines complete with
shredder. Light enough for a woman to handle.

Herman

Hello,

I personally use a petrol blower/shredder/vac and have no experience
with electric ones, however I will ask around and see what I can find
out.

Edd
www.charleylandscapes.com

In message , herman
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Any advice please on most efficient electric machines complete with
shredder. Light enough for a woman to handle.

We have a Viking BE600 - brochure says it weighs 3.5Kg when empty. We
found it to be a very effective piece of kit, both as a blower and a
vac. The vac shredder is very good at reducing the volume of leaves.
The only problem encountered was that changing from blower to vac mode
was awkward until we got used to it.
http://www.stihl.co.uk/html/default_...tegory=product

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Robert

Thanks all for your help.
Herman


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In message , herman
writes
Any advice please on most efficient electric machines complete with
shredder. Light enough for a woman to handle.

We have a Viking BE600 - brochure says it weighs 3.5Kg when empty. We
found it to be a very effective piece of kit, both as a blower and a vac.
The vac shredder is very good at reducing the volume of leaves. The only
problem encountered was that changing from blower to vac mode was awkward
until we got used to it.
http://www.stihl.co.uk/html/default_...tegory=product

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Robert

As for the "easy for a woman to handle" part, I think they are all pretty bulky!

i would go for a petrol one, much more powerful, however a great way of clearing leaves up is to rake them into piles. then use a plastic snow shovel and tip them into a pop up bag, then either put a bin liner over the whole pop up bag and then turn the whole thing upside down,holding the bag and pop up and shake the leaves into the bag. or just tip the pop up bag into a recycle bin or composter.by using the lightweight snow shovel, it helps not bending down all the time.. good luck spinksy