Worx TRIVAC 70 MPH at 600 CFM 12A Corded Electric Leaf Blower & Vacuum, 16:1 Mulch Ratio

After many years wasting the better part of my day dealing with fallings leaves, raking, and packing them into industrial sized yard-waste bags, I'm very happy to have found the Worx WG524. It has taken hours (even days) off of how long it takes to deal with falling leaves; and it's reduced the number of people needed to do the work down to just me. Once I gathered the falling foliage into either one gigantic pile (or several piles - to save even more time) I simply set the WG524 to vaccuum mode, choose one of the multiple power levels, and then watch it work its magic as it grabs up gobs of leaves. At that point, you can hear the impeller as it heartily slices and dices the debris into much smaller pieces so that it's easy to fit a lot more of this yard waste into your trash barrel. That's where the 18:1 mulch ratio really shows its stuff. Yesterday I spent only about 2 hours (including raking and vaccuuming time) getting up this year's first round of falling leaves. (We live in South FL, so leaves begin falling the months prior to Spring). That work, in the past would have taken the better part of a work day ; but now I get my time back, and (unlike some other vac-blowers) this one is easy on the back. On top of that, since it has 3-in-1 functionatity, once I'm done disposing of all of the leaf waste, I simply pop off the collection bag, turn the function knob counter-clockwise to the blower setting, and blow away any remaining unsightly stuff off of my walkway. I own a Ryobi blower (it's great), but I would pit the Worx WG524 blower up against any other any day. I'd only state the only con is that this is an AC-powered unit, so you'll need to have that energy source available.

This is a powerful blower/vac that sucks up and grinds leaves well. It converts quickly and easily between blower and vac, so you can gather then collect leaves. You have to orient the bag attachment correctly to get it to connect. Make sure the bag is zipped up completely, to reduce the amount of dust. I chose corded rather than battery, so I didn't need to deal with limited battery life at high power (plus better cost, no batteries to replace when they die and better for the environment - no lithium batteries to dispose of in the future).