Electric Leaf Blowers

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Gas powered leaf blower produce exhaust pollutants but not with the plug-in electric leaf blower.

Rakes and brooms are, by far, the safest, easiest to use and most inexpensive of all methods. They are also lightweight, easy to store, emissions-free, very quiet and require little maintenance.

If you need a job done fast and with minimum hassle, however, an electric leaf blower does the job well. The best leaf blowers make easy work of the "million leaf march" of fall.

The leaf blower is a versatile gadget. It can be used to rake out the leaves and debris as well as vacuum, mulch and clean gutters or spray trees.

Your deck may be modest sized, and if you only need about 15 minutes to comfortably clear leaves off from the night before, then cordless leaf blowers are the solution.

The September 2003 issue of Consumer Reports claims that, although electric leaf blowers cause less air pollution than gas powered ones, they are generally not much quieter. Some even say the pitch of the electric models is much higher and more painful to the ears.

Work-force in an outdoor power tool can be measured as air speed velocity. Like Hurricane Hugo, some leaf blowers can generate wind velocities up to 225 mph! Blowing leaves away from a mature oak tree with a 3-foot diameter requires limited finesse and virtually no concern about damage to the tree from your leaf blower action.

Noise ordinances are a reality. Some towns create public policy noise-limit rules governing permitted noise levels in both suburban and high density neighborhoods.

Unlike a traditional leaf blower, which relies upon high-velocity air streams to physically drive leaves, multi-use leaf blower mulchers can vacuum-and-grind substantial amounts of bio-matter from leaves to small stems.

If you need to use a leaf blower beyond the range of an extension cord, The Echo PB-200 is one of the few gas-powered leaf blowers rated at 65 dB to meet noise requirements in many communities. At 8.8 pounds, it's also fairly lightweight.