This product does everything it is advertised to do.
on December 5, 2016
Posted by: RED1969
from Canada
I had the similar Toro product as this one for many years and I think I just wore it out. I decided to purchase the model above and have no regrets. The extra power is a plus and like the first one the new one is both very dependable and easy to use and convert between blower and vacuum.
I have used this Ultra blower/vac this fall on my yard. Maple, Oak, Birch and Chinese Elm leaves. First off, this blower has real power to move leaves, wet or dry. The variable speed operates smoothly for delicate flower bed areas. Conversion to vac is easy. The bottom zipper leaf bag detaches for quick drops and seems to be of good quality. I have about 8 hours of use on the machine now. My yard is about an 1/2 acre in size and I use a recommended 14 gauge extension. The best feature of this Toro is the leaf vac. It really does an ice job of mulching the leaves down to a compost form. This thing will eat leaves with gusto, clogging is hard to do. Great value, nice tool. Buy it.
Only had it a few weeks .Seems ok. Quieter than my old Toro blower. If it lasts as long as the old one I will be happy.Sorry that I can't pickup and blow at the same time as my old one would do.that is the only complaint so far.
We were looking for a product to minimize our leaf removal effort. This product did just that! During one of our leaf removal times, I was able to reduce what would have normally required approximately 5 bags of leaves into 1 bag without as much raking, bending and packing as it would have required otherwise. The only difficulty that I have experienced is handling and maneuvering the bag on the vacuum. Otherwise, this is a great product and I recommend it to anyone who wants to make their job easier. The blower is very easy to use for "sweeping" up debris before using the vacuum.