A Time-Saving Tool for Collecting Fall Leaves | DR Power Walk-Behind Leaf & Lawn Vacuum 

Yes, it is! And thanks for the suggestion on showing more of the composting area. I'll add that to the list and get something out soon!

And what way to be a good neighbor! I'm sure they love that you do that!

Exactly. The hose connects to the snout VIA a designated connection in the snout.

Good to hear. Three things you'll want to keep in mind as you use it. First, try to work with dry leaves. It will be much easier to suck them up. Two, it gets very dusty around you as the leaves are being ground up and blown into the collection bag. And three, there's a black plug on the front of the snout that you can take off to insert an extended hose to use it more like a vacuum to suck up piles. But...the plug can detach on its own and you won't know it. Happened to me on Sunday. So I advise to tape it in place with duct tape as an added layer of protection. I lost mine and wonder if it got vacuumed up when I ran over it inadvertently. Hope that helps!

Thanks, Betty. You're welcome!

Thanks, Brian. Good to hear.

Totally agree, Elleen and you are correct. The leaves do get shredded during the vacuuming. Unfortunately, any eggs or cocoons already in or on the leaves at the time of vacuuming are at risk. it is far better to leave the leaves or rake or blow them for collection to relocate to another part of your property, unshredded in tis case. But, putting them in bags to be picked up by the trash company to deliver to the landfill is something I wish would stop. That's what happens around here where I live and it's such a shame. In those cases, there's a 100% chance that anything living in those leaves will die in the landfill. Better that they be sent to a composting facility at least or better, kept on property to naturally breakdown. I urge people who are open to raking or blowing to simply relocate them to a part of their property where they can just leaves the leaves alone, unshredded. That's always best. For those who want to vacuum up the leaves, there's a much lower risk of sucking up overwintering insects and eggs if you can get to the leaves frequently as they're falling. Before they are populated by cocoons and egge on the ground. And then, redistribute those shredded leaves into garden beds, where they can safely be used by overwintering insects and other wildlife, undisturbed.

No because they were out of stock so I had no way to try it and demonstrate it. I'll do an update once they get back in stock. But last time I checked it was going to be several months, well past leaf season for this year. But I am particularly interesting in the hose vacuum and wanted to include that information in this video.

Hello. I have no experience with the model that is not self-propelled, so I can't speak to that concern about it being hard to keep in a straight line. But I don't know why that would have anything to do with the alignment. I think that should related directly to the attachment of the wheels. But I can see how this could be more likely on the non-selfpropelled models perhaps if one were trying to make turns without lifting the front end enough to keep the front wheels from dragging over the ground. That could mis-align the wheels. But that could also happen with the self-propelled model. So I think this is simply a matter of how you execute the turns more than the model of the machine. Again, because I don't have the non-electric model, I don't know how hard it is to start manually. But I will say that the electric starting model still requires a fairly strong pull to start. But I have observed that when you do start it manuallly, it nearly always starts on the first pull. The electric start works well once the battery is fully charged. I noticed on mine when I first got it, I had to use the manual start after about 3 electric starts. But this issue seems to have resolved itself and now the electric start is working consistently. This is why I think it was related to the charging of the battery being less than full when it was brand new. Regarding clogging, I have rarely encountered this. I think this is more prone to happen when the layer is too think, too wet, or too many sticks that end up blocking the intake area. The key is setting the snout at just the right level above the leaves and operating it when the leaves are dry. I don't ever recall any clogs when this was the case. But, if I tried to be too aggressive and suck up a big pile of leaves that had a few sticks, I found that I would just have to pull back the machine and make a quick hight adjustment to the snout, or pull out a stick. But that was always an easy fix. One other thing to consider; on the front of the snout is a round cap. It is there so that you can remove it to insert a vacuum hose if you did want to suck up leaves by the pile or in your beds for example. But, it has a tendency to dislodge. And if so, you won't have the sucking you need because of the cap is off the snout. I advise taping across this with some duct tape to ensure it doesn't accidently come off. I had read about this in reviews, and the cap did come off on mine as well during operation. I didn't realize it when it happened and I haven't been able to find it since. So now, I've covered the opening with duct tape and that does the trick as a work around. It's just not as clean a solution. By the way, I bought the reusable bag since I don't dispose of my leaves but instead, use the ground leaves for mulch and compost. So I do love the design and durability of the reusable bag. Hope that helps but let me know if you have any other questions.

Thank you so much for the well thought out reply! I have really enjoyed watching your videos. I think I will give this thing a try.

Glad that helped. I hope you enjoy it. Thanks for the kind words!

Not reliably I don’t think. I didn’t test it over acorns so it might be good to see if anyone else out there has tried it for that.

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