@k9mckaig@OnionSoup For additional comparison points, my $80-ish Black and Decker 20V is 130 MPH / 100 CFM; my $100-ish Greenworks 40V is 150 MPH / 130 CFM.
(Pricing being what they go for new; I didn’t spend anywhere near that buying them bare and used, though).
@k9mckaig@OnionSoup@wickhameh just adding my data to the pile, the Bauer 20V cordless one @$49.99 (before batteries) is 96mph with 336CFM. 3.0Ah batter is $59.99 and the 5.0Ah battery is $99.99. It works okay for my yard with like 6 trees, although I do still have to do some manual raking to get stuff to the curb during leaf collection season
@Jonas4321@k9mckaig@OnionSoup There’s a reason why Black and Decker considers it a “sweeper” and not a leaf blower – and why it was donated in the first place with little use – and why I paid less than a catshirt for it.
The Greenworks is better, though still their lowest model in the 40V lineup. This I paid just over catshirt money for ($17-ish), unused bare tool in box.
@Jonas4321@k9mckaig@narfcake@OnionSoup
Add my name to the Ryobi list. LOVE their products and no change in the battery design in over 20 years. Still using some tools I bought when the batteries were NiCad but with new Lithium packs.
Guys. It’s been proven that you should leave your fallen leaves on your lawn - they’re good for the soil and the ecosystem (look it up!). Anyway, these things are the devil’s work.
@marclove this may not be powerful enough to move leaves off a damp lawn. More like a dust and dry deck debris kinda thing. For supposedly 40v it’s pretty underwhelming
@marclove Yeah, I just wait until the leaves are done falling then run the lawn mower over it all. Meanwhile, my neighbors that don’t even have trees run their leaf blowers for hours at a time, waving them around in the air at nothing.
@marclove@brennyn OMG, exactly! Several of my neighbors hire yard crews who seem to think that the longer they make a racket the harder the homeowner will think they’ve worked. They blow every single blade of grass after mowing too.
@brennyn@Kyeh@marclove it replaces hunting and gathering as ways to spend time. Brought to you courtesy of Kroger, Albertson’s, Publix, etc., etc., etc. If we had to work for survival, wouldn’t care about every single blade of grass.
@marclove There are some kinds of tree leaves which will actually not just kill your lawn, but prevent regrowth. Several species of oak secrete a tannin that suppresses most grass where those leaves have decomposed. That’s part of the reason why you see bigger bare spots under those species than the canopy shade can account for. The other part is that those species also tend to be dessicators, sucking up all the moisture for themselves and leaving nothing for anything else to grow.
@JWhirly I’ve spent a long time finding out all this mostly-useless crap. For instance: I can tune a piano, even though I never learned to play one. (I even have the tools around here somewhere.)
@marclove thats what I do, I only have a handful of trees on my property, but my subdivision is surrounded by either horse stables, farmers fields or WOODED AREAS!!! It would be a waste of time because more leaves would just blow in.
In the spring I cover whatever is in my flowerbeds w unbleached newsprint paper w mulch on top (obv I dont cover the flowers), to allow it all to decompose and fertilize the beds. For the lawn, I just run the mower. Cept for the spots Charlie has made when he pees, my lawn is pretty!! Guess the leaves do their job!!!
@marclove@tinamarie1974
ditto. Lawnmower for the yard (defined as anything remotely grass-like). I do bag them to put in the chicken pen when the f’ing raccoons haven’t eaten them…
The blower is to move the leaves off the walks and pool deck so I can pick those up/mulch those too.
@Joedetroit that’s a description not heard much anymore! Weed whip is what we called it when I was a kid, but not where we live now. Weed “eater” was another phrase we used. Heard in our area more commonly now is the more formal and stuffy “string trimmer.” They’re not wrong, just not as cool as “grab me the ‘weed whip’”!
I’ve been using the out-hole on my shop-vac-compatible for the 24 years I’ve owned our house. Works fine for the garage, driveway, and sidewalk. I have one neighbor (in the pre-fabs behind me) who blow-dries his tiny backyard for an HOUR every week. He has no leaves, but is apparently just “dusting.” Now THAT’S annoying.
Oh, and “battery operated?” No thanks; it’s corded electric or gas for me, two methods that actually work…
Even if it does get the job done, you just won’t get the satisfaction of waking/annoying the neighbors at 7am.
Give me the loud wining of a gas blower!
I don’t get it - I’m an old retired dude with a large rural lawn that is surrounded by big leaf maple trees (read: LOTS of leaves in the fall). I don’t find it that much of a chore to rake them up manually. They make good winter mulch for the vegetable garden and flower beds.
(And I really hate the sound of leaf blowers disrupting the country quiet.)
@werehatrack My wife actually planted three oaks (at the far end of the lot) just for some variety.
After 20+ years, a drunk driver missed the corner in the road one evening and took out the first one at the ground with his pickup (along with the power pole). The remaining two trees are still healthy. (His pickup was not.)
This requires a battery system dissimilar from what I use for other power tools.
The weird lip on the tube renders it unsuitable as a shop-vac replacement for the ridable homemade hovercraft platform I have in my garage from an old Scout STEM project (though it could work for thrust…).
So, not for me, but may be a good fit for others. Thanks for offering something new.
@earmstrong I didn’t even notice the weird lip until you mentioned it (it was a quick meh push for me today, so didn’t even scroll/analyze the pics). Wonder if said lip is to prohibit further attachment, disallowing extension or hovercrafting?
@JWhirly It’s probably a lip for setting it down, aligned with the one at the back. It’s tapered overall, but round at the end, so something could be adapted to fit its inner diameter, I guess… It would be a bit floppy due to the taper.
@earmstrong good point. The square back and lip [try] to keep it from rolling over. Also, that lip would give it a more significant “wear” point, as most people would swipe and rub on the ground (notably rough concrete), eventually wearing/grinding down the tip. The aforementioned lip could prevent, or at least delay, some of that.
I don’t know why I care so much about the design of something I’m not even tempted to buy! Other than the good banter on this here forum!
Built-In Dry Leaf Scraper removes stuck-on leaves and other debris from patios and walkways.
As for dissimilar batteries, TTI wouldn’t want folks to use their Hart, Ryobi, Ridgid, or Milwaukee batteries on this, now would they? Think of their profits locking every one of their brands to different batteries!
@earmstrong@JWhirly@narfcake 3D-printed adapters are widely available for a lot of popular brands of battery, with loads of both popular and unfamiliar brands of tool supported.
@earmstrong@JWhirly@werehatrack And if not 3D printing, then there’s probably a company in Shenzhen making and selling one too. Such still adds an expense, however, and sometimes it may not make the most sense.
(My thrifted Dyson cordless had a bad battery. At the time, it was going to be $10-$12 for an 18V-class tool battery adapter or $15 for a new 3rd-party direct fit 22.2V battery --so I went with the latter. I’ve since bought an adapter for $4, though, so it’s going the Makita route in the future.)
Specs
Product: Hoover ONEPWR Cordless High Performance Leaf Blower + 2 Rechargeable Batteries
Model: BH57205+BH25040
Condition: New
What’s Included?
Price Comparison
$197.38 at Amazon
| Blower: $137.40 at Amazon | Battery: $59.98 at Amazon |
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Monday, Mar 11 - Tuesday, Mar 12
Leaf me alone with my messy lawn.
Was hoping for a mehrathon since it’s friggin leap-year-day.
I guess another day is gonna blow.on by without one.
@OnionSoup That’s a great idea! I’m sure they’ll do it next leap year day.
@mehcuda67 @OnionSoup …with some of the exact same leftover products!
All blow and no suck.
With this I can finally do something about the leaves that have blocked the front door for five months
/giphy titled-sweaty-cookie
@nikodrant just don’t expect it to work next year. Reviews aren’t great regarding the battery life or support.
/showme the fallen leaves apocalypse
14 minute run time. Lot of complaints about it not charging.
@Knightp Leaf blowers are notorious battery eaters. Short runtimes are extremely common.
Meh is gambling that we’d be suckers enough to blow money on this.
270CFM…the REAL battery blowers average 800CFM. Can you say “crapola.”
@k9mckaig I think our Ryobi does just shy of 200mph and 730 CFM if I remember correctly.
That’s a 40v system and more expensive than this usually. I can’t say how good this hoover is, but the Ryobi is great!
Much prefer the battery electric tools like this now. No noise. No having to drive 15 mins to get fuel for them.
@k9mckaig @OnionSoup For additional comparison points, my $80-ish Black and Decker 20V is 130 MPH / 100 CFM; my $100-ish Greenworks 40V is 150 MPH / 130 CFM.
(Pricing being what they go for new; I didn’t spend anywhere near that buying them bare and used, though).
@k9mckaig @narfcake @OnionSoup ryobi twice the power, not new, but probably is new, one battery. I have one. Works great. https://www.directtoolsoutlet.com/product/ZRRY40480VNM $91
@k9mckaig @narfcake @OnionSoup but how well do those work for you?
@k9mckaig @OnionSoup Costco has the Greenworks 80V brushless rated at 730 CFM for $199.99 right now.
@k9mckaig @OnionSoup @wickhameh just adding my data to the pile, the Bauer 20V cordless one @$49.99 (before batteries) is 96mph with 336CFM. 3.0Ah batter is $59.99 and the 5.0Ah battery is $99.99. It works okay for my yard with like 6 trees, although I do still have to do some manual raking to get stuff to the curb during leaf collection season
@k9mckaig what CFM will blow wet leaves out of the rain gutters?
@Jonas4321 @k9mckaig @OnionSoup There’s a reason why Black and Decker considers it a “sweeper” and not a leaf blower – and why it was donated in the first place with little use – and why I paid less than a catshirt for it.
The Greenworks is better, though still their lowest model in the 40V lineup. This I paid just over catshirt money for ($17-ish), unused bare tool in box.
@Jonas4321 @k9mckaig @narfcake @OnionSoup
Add my name to the Ryobi list. LOVE their products and no change in the battery design in over 20 years. Still using some tools I bought when the batteries were NiCad but with new Lithium packs.
Oops.
Have to change the usual refrain:
“This deal sucks”“This deal blows”
@phendrick
This deal blows me away.
Yes that’s double pun and no I don’t need one as the owners do the yard work.
Get your cheapos while you can my CA peeps, your local city council is banning gas powered blowers very soon.
*for the record I like electric blowers much better, I hate my neighbor every Monday morning.
@DLPanther mine has banned them for literally years now.
@DLPanther @haydesigner
You’re so lucky!
@Kyeh the republicans still gave apeshit about it on the Nextdoor app every few months though… because their freedums are being infringed
/showme a leap year leaf blower
@mediocrebot unique, I dig it!
@haydesigner @mediocrebot Looks like a leprechaun got hold of that thing.
@mediocrebot Alien sex toy?
@haydesigner @mediocrebot @phendrick to be used only on Leap Day? Interesting that Bot went with gas-powered as well.
@haydesigner @mediocrebot @phendrick @JWhirly
only only only every leap years!
Guys. It’s been proven that you should leave your fallen leaves on your lawn - they’re good for the soil and the ecosystem (look it up!). Anyway, these things are the devil’s work.
@marclove this may not be powerful enough to move leaves off a damp lawn. More like a dust and dry deck debris kinda thing. For supposedly 40v it’s pretty underwhelming
@marclove Yeah, I just wait until the leaves are done falling then run the lawn mower over it all. Meanwhile, my neighbors that don’t even have trees run their leaf blowers for hours at a time, waving them around in the air at nothing.
@marclove @brennyn OMG, exactly! Several of my neighbors hire yard crews who seem to think that the longer they make a racket the harder the homeowner will think they’ve worked. They blow every single blade of grass after mowing too.
@brennyn @Kyeh @marclove it replaces hunting and gathering as ways to spend time. Brought to you courtesy of Kroger, Albertson’s, Publix, etc., etc., etc. If we had to work for survival, wouldn’t care about every single blade of grass.
@marclove There are some kinds of tree leaves which will actually not just kill your lawn, but prevent regrowth. Several species of oak secrete a tannin that suppresses most grass where those leaves have decomposed. That’s part of the reason why you see bigger bare spots under those species than the canopy shade can account for. The other part is that those species also tend to be dessicators, sucking up all the moisture for themselves and leaving nothing for anything else to grow.
@werehatrack you know some of the most random things! And I thoroughly enjoy it! Who knew we’d learn so much from a daily deal commerce site?!
@JWhirly I’ve spent a long time finding out all this mostly-useless crap. For instance: I can tune a piano, even though I never learned to play one. (I even have the tools around here somewhere.)
@marclove thats what I do, I only have a handful of trees on my property, but my subdivision is surrounded by either horse stables, farmers fields or WOODED AREAS!!! It would be a waste of time because more leaves would just blow in.
In the spring I cover whatever is in my flowerbeds w unbleached newsprint paper w mulch on top (obv I dont cover the flowers), to allow it all to decompose and fertilize the beds. For the lawn, I just run the mower. Cept for the spots Charlie has made when he pees, my lawn is pretty!! Guess the leaves do their job!!!
@marclove @tinamarie1974
ditto. Lawnmower for the yard (defined as anything remotely grass-like). I do bag them to put in the chicken pen when the f’ing raccoons haven’t eaten them…
The blower is to move the leaves off the walks and pool deck so I can pick those up/mulch those too.
This thing blows.
If this was a weed whip I might be interested. I need a weed whip.
@Joedetroit that’s a description not heard much anymore! Weed whip is what we called it when I was a kid, but not where we live now. Weed “eater” was another phrase we used. Heard in our area more commonly now is the more formal and stuffy “string trimmer.” They’re not wrong, just not as cool as “grab me the ‘weed whip’”!
@Joedetroit @JWhirly I’ve never heard that one! I call mine a “weed whacker.”
@Joedetroit @JWhirly @Kyeh
If memory serves weedeater is a brand name… So it’s much like “hand me a Kleenex”
Looks like a great concept, but I don’t want to end up with another non-working shed ornament.
@IAMIS Get rid of the shed.
@yakkoTDI It’s actually a two story wing of this 300yo salt box house that we have always called the shed.
Doesn’t Hoover usually suck?
I’ve been using the out-hole on my shop-vac-compatible for the 24 years I’ve owned our house. Works fine for the garage, driveway, and sidewalk. I have one neighbor (in the pre-fabs behind me) who blow-dries his tiny backyard for an HOUR every week. He has no leaves, but is apparently just “dusting.” Now THAT’S annoying.
Oh, and “battery operated?” No thanks; it’s corded electric or gas for me, two methods that actually work…
Even if it does get the job done, you just won’t get the satisfaction of waking/annoying the neighbors at 7am.
Give me the loud wining of a gas blower!
@lonocat For best results, use one of the Stihl backpack units.
recently bought a corded Toro blower to replace my ancient gas one
$89 bucks, 725 CFM. It is awesome.
Corded FTW
POKER! JOKER! NOT MEDIOCRE! AWESOME!
I don’t get it - I’m an old retired dude with a large rural lawn that is surrounded by big leaf maple trees (read: LOTS of leaves in the fall). I don’t find it that much of a chore to rake them up manually. They make good winter mulch for the vegetable garden and flower beds.
(And I really hate the sound of leaf blowers disrupting the country quiet.)
@macromeh
I agree with you 1,000 percent!
@macromeh If only I had maples instead of these effing oaks…
@werehatrack My wife actually planted three oaks (at the far end of the lot) just for some variety.
After 20+ years, a drunk driver missed the corner in the road one evening and took out the first one at the ground with his pickup (along with the power pole). The remaining two trees are still healthy. (His pickup was not.)
So, not for me, but may be a good fit for others. Thanks for offering something new.
@earmstrong I didn’t even notice the weird lip until you mentioned it (it was a quick meh push for me today, so didn’t even scroll/analyze the pics). Wonder if said lip is to prohibit further attachment, disallowing extension or hovercrafting?
@JWhirly It’s probably a lip for setting it down, aligned with the one at the back. It’s tapered overall, but round at the end, so something could be adapted to fit its inner diameter, I guess… It would be a bit floppy due to the taper.
@earmstrong good point. The square back and lip [try] to keep it from rolling over. Also, that lip would give it a more significant “wear” point, as most people would swipe and rub on the ground (notably rough concrete), eventually wearing/grinding down the tip. The aforementioned lip could prevent, or at least delay, some of that.
I don’t know why I care so much about the design of something I’m not even tempted to buy! Other than the good banter on this here forum!
@earmstrong @JWhirly I believe the “lip” is this feature:
As for dissimilar batteries, TTI wouldn’t want folks to use their Hart, Ryobi, Ridgid, or Milwaukee batteries on this, now would they? Think of their profits locking every one of their brands to different batteries!
@earmstrong @JWhirly the lip is to scrape leaves since this thing doesn’t suck hard enough to blow enough to move wet leaves.
@earmstrong @JWhirly @narfcake 3D-printed adapters are widely available for a lot of popular brands of battery, with loads of both popular and unfamiliar brands of tool supported.
@earmstrong @JWhirly @werehatrack And if not 3D printing, then there’s probably a company in Shenzhen making and selling one too. Such still adds an expense, however, and sometimes it may not make the most sense.
(My thrifted Dyson cordless had a bad battery. At the time, it was going to be $10-$12 for an 18V-class tool battery adapter or $15 for a new 3rd-party direct fit 22.2V battery --so I went with the latter. I’ve since bought an adapter for $4, though, so it’s going the Makita route in the future.)
Why does it always take 7 days for these fuucks to ship a purchase? It doesn’t take 7 days for them to take my money!