Get Ready to Blow Your Mind With This Powerful Greenworks Leaf Blower!

This is my first battery operated blower, which I avoided for years because of reviews saying they were under-powered and/or had super short run times. I’m here to tell you that this has neither of the problems, at least for my uses. This blower has been nothing short of superb so far.I bought my first blower about 17 years ago when I bought my house here in Tucson. I have a rock yard with mesquite trees and other bushes, and the rocks/driveway/sidewalk get absolutely covered in pollen (happening right now) and small leaves at times in the year. A lawn vac does a better job of cleaning and I went that route for years, but I get totally covered in dirt when using a vac, and they are harder to lug around. A blower does a decent job while leaving me relatively clean.I hate gas blowers (get to listen to the pros use them at neighbors homes and hate the loud noise and smell) and have been using corded blowers, mostly from Black and Decker. However, it takes me a good five minutes or more just to get the cords out and plugged in to get ready to start, and then the cords sometimes get in the way and usually make me backtrack around bushes.Enter this superb blower. Wow. Just wow. It’s significantly quieter than my corded blowers, and compared to gas – forget about it. This thing is quieter as I’m holding it than the gas blower the landscaper uses when he’s half a block away. In fact, I was so excited when it first showed up on a Sunday afternoon that I immediately unpacked it (which took all of about a minute because there’s only two pieces) and started using it with the 80V battery that I already had, and it didn’t occur to me until later in the day that I hadn’t put in my earplugs. It’s not _silent_, for sure, but it’s a heck of lot quieter than I’m used to.Performance is plenty good for me. It has three main settings (low, medium, high), and then you can further tailor the air flow by how much you depress the trigger. I’m lazy and just pull the trigger all of the way back. On low, it makes quick work of pollen and tree litter on concrete such as my driveway and sidewalk – soooo much faster and easier than sweeping like I’ve done for years, and quiet enough that I can do it before I leave for work and not be “that guy” who wakes up the neighborhood. On medium, it works great blowing off the rocks in my main yard. It’s so powerful on medium that (like my other blowers) I need to be careful not to blow the rocks around. On high…well, I hardly ever go there because it’s so strong, but I think that you’ll be pleased. I was pretty stunned at the air flow on high, and it forced my arm back the first time because I wasn’t ready for it.Run times are very impressive using my 2A battery. I haven’t actually timed myself, but I’ve blown off my yard twice on weekends so far and blown off my concrete daily. I always try to keep my blowing under an hour on weekends because, again, I don’t want to be “that” guy. I probably used it for about twenty minutes at a time switching between medium and low, and my battery still lit up two out of the three indicator lights. I certainly might have used it longer, but I’m trying not to exaggerate.The ease of use is simply amazing compared to my corded models. Before work, I can just grab it, push the on button, walk out to spend about a minute blowing off the driveway and sidewalk, turn it off, and set it back down in my garage. Done. The fact that it’s faster to use this than to grab my broom is fantastic to me.This is my fifth GreenWorks product (and I’m overall pretty happy with them), and I already had a 40V and 80V batteries and chargers, so this was a good deal for me because I didn’t have to pay for the battery and charger. I almost bought the one with the battery anyway because I thought that I’d need more run time and would want a spare battery, but I haven’t come close to needing another one.If you already have one of their 80V batteries, even the 2A one, I suggest getting this and not another battery to start to check if you’d want any more run time than you already get. Plus, if you already have one of those batteries, you know that they charge up pretty fast.Overall, I highly (HIGHLY) recommend this blower. One of my best lawn care purchases ever.