Customer Reviews for WORX - 12 Amp 250 MPH 400 CFM Electric Leaf Blower/Mulcher/Vacuum - Black
Customer Rating
5
Easy to Handle
on January 5, 2022
Posted by: Round House
from Hardy Ky
Gender:Male
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] My wife used this all the time to blow leaf and grass clipping off our side walk and deck , house .
I had an electric leaf blower that I used at home but could not use it at the cemetery when I mowed the grass for my wife's and daugther's graves or when they were engulfed with leaves that fell from trees. The electric one was heavy and the electrical cord would always tangle and delayed performance. I could not use it at cemetery because there is no electricity out there. My new WORX Leaf is lightweight; the battery runs for over an hour and normally recharges in less than an hour. My WORX leaf Blower is lightweight and very manageable but does the work of the power of heavyweight!
10 years and still going. Prof handyman, I do 40-60 roof & gutter clearings/yr, often with wet heavy piles on the roof or in the gutters, often with moderately-heavy moss. Then I clear my mess on the ground. The 518 replaced a diff brand when it died 10 yrs ago. I use electric as gas ones are always difficult at times and batteries just don't cut it.
My max range is 150' and I use 10ga cords for that. Most often it's 100' & 12ga 300V cords. Never had it heat up or balk. It's a great machine.
Of course, there's that teeny star missing from 5-stars... I rig my machine with 2 2.5" shopvac size pipes & accessories to save my back from over-bending, and help scrape the moss off the roof. I only use one end-tool style because it works perfectly, even when clearing the ground...best to direct the flow. The 1-star demerit is every blinkity-blankity manufacturer has "proprietory" diameters forcing you to use their accessories. I wear through 6 end-tips/yr (moss scraping), and you cannot find replacement proprietory parts easily, and I'm very specific in the design I want & use as it has proved the most efficient & effective, and no proprietory parts are made to match my specifications. That picks my nose and costs me a LOT of duct & foam tape.
But the 518 earns every part of my 4 stars. Good power & volume, good velocity, all tossing a bunch of dry leaves a long way, a bunch of wet leaves just keep rollin'. And...10 yrs of excellent service!
I bought this blower for myself, however my husband has taken it over. It's so lightweight and has lots of power. He has an electri leaf blower, but now prefers mine because you don't have to worry about dragging the cord and extension cord around