Leaf blower and vacuum

[daveatdave]

i found that if you use one in the borders it sucks earth and grit up and wears the impeller as others have said bag fills fast, i found just blowing them out of the borders and raking up quicker  

[noidea]

I think a new blower and fiskar rake is in order then. Thanks for all the replies 

[Macpherson]

On 01/04/2025 at 10:17, noidea said:

Hi I need to buy a new blower so was going to get a stihl blower again. But also on my shopping list this year is a leaf vacuum. I have a few customers that I clear leaves for and as I’m moving more towards garden maintenance I think it would be good to have in my arsenal. 
my question is has any one used one of the two in one machines or would I be better off getting two machines. Also I’m happy for it not to be stihl

cheers

 

 

 

 

 

I have had this for a number of years although only for personal use since being retired, and as others have said you fill the bag in jig time and you don't want to suck up a stone for sure.. but I've found it to be a useful tool as I hate raking.

 

I've a Beech hedge and when I trim it I like to mulch the leaves for the compost heap, to that end I blow the leaf litter to a pile with no stones and instead of the supplied bag I fit a length of 100mm ? flexible hose to the outflow pipe and stick that into a ton bag with it's lifting loops tied together, it works really well, but i understand the fragility of doing this in many commercial situations.

 

I don't think that buying the blower with it's vac attachments costs much more than without, so I don't see the point of not having this option to hand on the occasions that it might save you physical labour, a quick search shows only a £30-40 difference..... I think I got mine online rather from a main dealer.... just my tuppence worth.👍