I've watched the video of the Leafpro being used and felt compelled to purchase the system. My home is located in Northern Illinois and is surrounded by tall trees consisting of Oak, Hickory, and Maple. The size of the leaves on these trees are large and frequently get clogged in the hose. A damp or wet leaf makes it all the more likely it will clog and require to stop working and clean out the house. After having used the system at my home I began to wonder about what was different between my experience and what was shown on the video. After watching the video for a 2nd time I began to realize that the video was sped up to give the impression about how fast it can pick-up leaves.
I timed myself raking an area of my yard and loading the leaves on a tarp and dragging them away against using the LeafPro system. The result was raking the leaves onto a tarp was about 2 times faster than sucking up one leaf at a time (whether it be in a pile or laying on the lawn) using the Leafpro.
The LeafPro may work well with small leaves but it is still a much slower process than using a rake and a lightweight tarpaulin.
this is the second one that I've purchased the first one lasted 2yrs due to not knowing that I needed to remove any larger branches from the leaves it is best to blow them to the side to leave behind larger branches before vacuuming into collapsible container they are much lighter than a trash can so it doesn't cause too much pulling on the hose when vacuuming. FYI I also reinforced my new bag at the top near the connection to vacuum with 2" wide fabric tape you can find it in pharmacies or medical supplies it helps prevent branches from poking through hose. this makes my job of getting rid of 22 trees worth of leaves much easier
I received this item late week ,but there is snow on the ground. may need to wait until the snow go's . It looks like it will be fine and fit great. This should save me lots of time.