At first I thought it would be hard to change from blower to vacuum, but it's very easy. The unit has more than enough power. I am pleased with my purchase.
Pros: easy to go from blower to vacuum, blower is very strong
I purchased the Ultra Blower Vac (51599) 7 years ago after my old Toro blower was damaged when it fell from the roof while I was cleaning gutters. The 51599 worked very well for me and my son and neighbors borrowed it. The 51599 finally quit working and I bought the 51619 within a week. It is very useful removing leaves as a blower or vacuum.
I have had this product for only a few days. The purchase price was appropriate when comparing to other Leaf Blowers. The manual was helpful for assembly. Once I figured out how things went together the product assembled easily.
A feature which helped me to make the decision to buy this product is the variable speed motor. The first time I used the blower I found myself appreciating this feature.
All of the attachments are nice but I could use something for storing everything besides the box it came in.
I bought it primarily for the vacuum & mulch feature. It worked fantastically. I couldn't be more pleased. I have a lot of dirty Oak trees on the property, that drop tons of twigs along with the leaves. The toro didn't suck up the larger ones but it did a great job in my estimation. The girlfriend says we're at least a week ahead of last year, with yard clean-up. I won't lie sometimes the throat clogs when you hit wet matted leaves & twigs, but a fraction of the time of my last vacuum. The blower is very powerful for an electric, but I'd rather not chase leaves around the yard.