Black & Decker B&d Blower Vac

The mulcher REALLY mulches...it is NOT a vacuum! The blower meets expectations.

Purchased this leaf blower/Vaccum to eliminate excess leaves after two years of not moving a single leaf. It surely was a good idea to get the blower with the higher speed as when we started the removal, we found that the leaves had piled up and compressed the lowest layer, almost like a layer of adobe. It took longer than expected and after reading some of the rerviews on the site, I was fully expecting the blower to start smoking... to sieze up due to the amount of continuous running. Do not believe the hype. This blower is noisey, but it does a fantastic job of moving the items you want removed, to include snow! It does a great job of 'bagging' the leaves/sticks/paper and whatever else you have managed to pile up. The only bad side is that some type of hearing protection, as well as eye protection, should be listed in the operating manual. REQUIRED!! I am a disbled Veteran with Heart and breathing problems and it was a delight to operate this handy dandy blower... it was easier to operate than I had anticipated and I would gladly reccommend it to anyone looking for an electric blower!

After reading some reviews I was still worried about buying this product. I am very amazed very powerfull. Good size light weight. Blades cut threw leaves easily. bag was bigger than i expected I have used gas blowers and this is just as powerfull and very very simple to change from blower to vac. I would deffinetly recommed.

The product is easy to put together and change the blower attachment vs. the vacuum attachment. It's a bit bulky to use if you're on the shorter side but I anticipated that. My only dislike is the the vacuum nozzle needs to be millimeters away from the leaves you're picking up. I'm literally dragging the nozzle on the ground. The blower function works great.

We really love this product. The only downside is it is difficult to pick up leaves if the vacuum portion can't be right over the leaves. For example, we have a rock garden and it won't pick up leaves out of there because of the angles. However, in the normal lawn, it works well!