Garden vacs

Pete.g

Are they really any good or just a gimmick. I have 2 large acorn trees in my front garden and very shortly the garden will be thick with dead leaves. To save my poor back I was thinking of buying a vac but only if they acually do the job.

Cheers,

Pete.

Ted_Hutchinson

I think I saw some in Aldi's last Thursday so if you have Aldi's near you it might be worth a visit.

Edit should have said I think these were about £29.

chrisw

I've got the Black & Decker one. It works great and is great fun as well. However, it does get very heavy, especially if the leaves are wet, so I wouldn't recommend it if you do have back problems.

Pete.g

Thanks lads. Chriss just out of interest what its the power of yours? Even model so I can check it out.

Cheers,

Pete.

chrisw

Mine's a 1600w GW250 like this:

https://www.focusdiy.co.uk/invt/629737

It shreds the leaves into small pieces which reduces the volume a lot. The blower takes some practice using as you can just end up spreading the leaves everywhere until you get the hang of it, but great for collecting up small leaves.

The main downside is that you get 2 large nozzles - 1 for blowing and 1 for sucking which are a nuisance to swap and store. Some of the other models eg Flymo switch between suck/blow at the flick of a lever.