Archives: Leaf Blowers

ECHO POWER-ON-ATHON 2024

ECHO hosted their annual POWER-ON-ATHON event on September 19th at their headquarters in Lake Zurich, IL. They invited a number of industry and media partners as they announced new products for 2025. This event included a factory tour, product release, and tool test. Factory Tour During the factory tour, Ryan Ladley, VP of Operations at […]

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Echo 56V Battery Backpack Blower Review

Echo DPB-5800T Battery Backpack Blower Review In September 2023 Echo Power Equipment unveiled their first battery-powered backpack blower. The Model DPB-5800T is built around Echo’s 56V eFORCE battery platform. This model is designed from the ground up with professional users in mind. It features outstanding power and performance as well as battery versatility. Echo provided […]

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Kress Commercial 60V 35N Backpack Blower Review

Kress Commercial 60V Cordless Backpack Blower Kress, a long established and well respected tool brand from Germany made a splash at the 2022 International Equip Exposition with its North American introduction of its Kress Commercial Outdoor Power Equipment (OPE) lineup.  There exists an ever-growing pressure in commercial landscaping to switch from traditional gas powered equipment […]

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Ryobi 40V Brushless Whisper Series Jet Fan Leaf Blower Review

Ryobi 40V Brushless Whisper Series Jet Fan Leaf Blower – Model RY404100VNM This time of year the hottest topics typically surround Outdoor Power Equipment [OPE]. We just completed an awesome in-depth Head-to-Head on cordless lawn mowers! Ryobi continues to impress us with their 40v line of OPE. Time and time again Ryobi continues to produce […]

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FILPOW B8 Pro Leaf Blower

FILPOW B8 Pro Leaf Blower Review The folks at FILPOW recently approached me and asked me to review their FIILPOW B8 Pro Leaf Blower. I’ve seen this blower pop up on my Amazon feed, but up to this point have only really reviewed major tool manufacturer blowers. So we took the FILPOW B8 Pro Leaf […]

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ECHO PB-9010T Backpack Blower Review

ECHO Model PB-9010T Backpack Blower Review This tool review will take an in-depth look at the ECHO Model PB-9010T, which is currently touted as “the world’s most powerful backpack blower”. In December, I had the opportunity to attend the ECHO live media event for their new 2021 product lines. As a long time ECHO products […]

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HART 40V Turbo Fan Blower Review

HART Tools 40V Brushless Turbo Fan Blower Review HART sent me their new 40V Turbo Fan Blower Model #HLBL031VNM for this latest tool review. Over the last year HART has really hit the ground running with their cordless tool options. Their lines of 20V and also 40V cordless tools is ever expanding. Tool Box Buzz […]

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Craftsman V60 Outdoor Power Equipment

Craftsman V60 Outdoor Power Equipment By Ben Carmichael As a homeowner, I take pride in maintaining my property. Part lawn, part garden, with a healthy amount of woods and bushes along the perimeter, I have always looked for outdoor power equipment that meet two simply requirements: they don’t require an extension cord, but they deliver […]

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New Stihl Products For 2018

New Stihl Products For 2018 Every year at the Green Industry Expo (GIE), outdoor power equipment manufacturers show off their latest and greatest products to dealers and industry professionals. In 2016, we got a sneak peak at their battery powered systems at the first annual Stihl Summit. This year we had to wait until GIE […]

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RYOBI Backpack Blower First Impressions

RYOBI Backpack Blower Model BP42 A couple of weeks ago the nice folks at RYOBI Outdoors sent me their new 2-stroke powered backpack blower. I was hoping to be able to thoroughly test it for about a month before this review so that you could consider it in time for your own fall clean up. […]

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