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The Weed Eater 12-Amp electric blower/vacuum is ideal for cleaning up after mowing, or cleaning out the garage. Using the included vacuum kit you can also use the weed eater to pick up leaves and debris around the yard. This powerful, two-speed, electric blower produces up to 215 mph air velocity, while delivering 360 cfm air volume. The 16:1 mulching reduction reduces yard debris from 16 bags down to one.
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Decent machine but loud,cumbersome
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I bought this from Lowe's after reading the good reviews in Consumer Reports. I've had it for about two or three years and after only a few uses, the zipper on the vacuum bag broke. Zipper is very cheaply made. Converting the machine from a blower to a vac and vice versa is more difficult than it should be. It's loud, but they all are. If you use anything thicker than a 14 gauge power cord, you cannot utilize the cord holder on the machine and the cord will fall off the plug after a short time of use and the machine will of course cut off. So... you'll have to hold the cord and the machine with one hand. This is a pain in the a$$! It does blow/suck hard enough to move leaves like it supposed to and I guess if you are careful enough with the zipper and don't mind the aggravating conversion and power cord issue, then it's ok, at best. Once again, Consumer Reports missed the mark by highly recommending this. It's an average to below average product.
Rating: 
(3
out of 5) @ 2008-12-24
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Don't buy this
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I bought this item and immediately after the warranty expired, 2 years, the plastic developed two holes in the side of the plastic housing. The holes allow debris to exit and this debris can injur someone that is NOT wearing gloves.
The unit was sucking up leaves when this ocurred.
Sincerely
Rating: 
(1
out of 5) @ 2008-10-29
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My hubby loved it.
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I got this as a present for his birthday and he loves it. It is light and he can take it on top the house without any trouble. The only negitive is having a cord, but that isn't much as it works great. I would buy it again.
Rating: 
(5
out of 5) @ 2007-12-18
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It exceeds my expectation
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The product exceeds my expectation. With $25, what else better can you buy? It's powerful. You can also do vacuum, but when I vacuum the garage floor that has lots of durt and dust, too much dust came out from the bag. so, it was not good for that. When I purchased it, I worried that I may get a toy. Also, there was one bad customer feedback, which made me worry. I, however, found that it's more worth than $25.
Rating: 
(4
out of 5) @ 2007-12-12
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Second one in 18 months
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Okay, we bought one of these 18 months ago at Costco. I ordered the accessory kit for roof blowing from the manufacturer. My husband is in charge of leaf blowing, so I have no idea what he does with the darn thing. I just know a lot of things break when he uses them.
The blower worked fine for a year. Two months ago, he says a bolt "just fell off" and we couldnt' figure out where to put it back. So, he continued to use the blower, and finally, it just started smoking and quit.
Since the price is so low, and we already had the accessory kit, we decided to try another. So far, it's working fine. It's a terrific blower when it's working, but I think something should last longer than 18 months, that's why I gave it just three stars.
Rating:
(3
out of 5) @ 2007-12-11
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