I bought this a year ago and loved it so much I bought another one for our mountain house AND bought another on for my son, In addition I have your chain saw,weed eater and snow blower. Obviously a big fan!
This is my second of these devices - the first one ended up at my home and the second at my office.
Overall, good design. Having the battery (the heavy bit) in a backpack makes it much easier to wield for longer periods than the handhelds, as it does in the case of a gas-powered backpack blower vs. a handheld gas-powered. Bravo, Greenworks.
Especially noticeable when using a 4-6ah battery - much better balance achieved.
Downside is really only the bit from the outbound air port on the blower itself out to the tube at the end. I'm sorry to say this, but - it kinda sucks. It's still usable, but if you are a larger person (guilty), the fact that the blower tube is mostly non-flexible makes it harder to use. Having portions of the radius where you'd normally have corrugated plastic replaced by solid bits puts one at the mercy of the radius; and if you have longer arms, it's too short in the wrong places to be perfectly usable.
If I were designing it, I'd do what most pro gas blowers do - have a short, solid piece at the blower hole and a big, long corrugated (and reinforced) tube out to the end of the radius (in my case, about 3'), and then a very short connecting ring for the blower tube.
Anywhoo, I still like it. I'm sorry but I've hated 2-cycle gas engines most of my life. This is still much better.
bought my combo set about a week ago. after waiting 6 month I finally pulled the trigger and I couldn't be happier. the blower blows very strong haven't been able to use my trimmer yet but ill forsure leave a review when I use that bad boy. my only complaint is when I hit the turbo button on top of the handle I get a pulse of electricity that surges threw my thumb and into my hand but it doesn't hurt I kinda find it more of a tickle.hahahaha
I was suspicious of the enthusiastic reviews that this tool was getting but I bought one. What a revelation! It outperforms my 2-stage gas snow blower even though it is just a single stage. It is so easy to use. Push the battery in, follow the start sequence and off you go. It is lightweight so I don't have to struggle maneuvering it. Because it runs at a higher blade speed, it can throw snow farther. I don't have to wait for it to warm up like a gas snow blower. It always starts up no matter how cold the temperature gets. The LED lights don't draw enough to cut down on run time (if you time it, it might reduce run time by less than 3 seconds or less). I don't need to do any maintenance on it, something I can't say about my gas one. Much cheaper to run too since electricity is much cheaper than gasoline. I can use this in the middle of the night and not wake up the neighbors. I have an 80 foot driveway and 30 feet of sidewalk and this can clear 5" of snow and only use 1 light bar on the battery. Highly recommended!!!