| Customer Reviews: Average Rating: 4.0/5 |
| Quicker, neater leaf removal--for one person!: Rating: 5/5 |
This product is a lifesaver for a person who needs to remove leaves on his or her own. I discovered soon after receiving the product that it wouldn't fit our industrial-type can provided by our garbage collection service (who also removes lawn waste). I purchased a standard-sized garbage can on wheels to cart around the yard when I'm removing leaves.
I also discovered that the cord is next to impossible to put on the can by oneself--unless you turn the can on its side and shirr the cord on that way. Much easier! One person truly can do this himself!
I blew the leaves into piles, as other reviewers mentioned, and then rolled the garbage can around until I had collected all the leaves. Switching out the bags is pretty quick if you use the can-on-side method of reattaching the collection system to your garbage can. Keep in mind that the system mulches the leaves; therefore, you can either reuse them as mulch in your yard OR put the bags out for collection--and there'll be much fewer bags! |
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| pretty useful!: Rating: 3/5 |
I was so excited about this product that I let the leaves build up in the garden while I waited for a delayed delivery.
Its basically a great idea and good product. The product shot shows a round bin being used but I managed to fit the cover on my small green recycling wheely-bin fairly snugly. I can even stretch a large bin bag inside this bin and then tie it off for bagging. I just wish the tube was a foot or two longer. It gets the job done a lot more quickly than with the bag alone but its not as portable as the bag - hence the need for a longer tube.
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| jb: Rating: 5/5 |
| the fabric can cover is the weakest link in the design of the leal collection system, its important to keep the fabric dry after use and not to get it too twisted while in use; the last one we had laste about 3 years but probably would have lasted much longer if i followed my own advice. we used this with the flowtron mulcher to really reduce the leaf bulkFlowtron LE-900 The Ultimate Mulcher 8 Amp Electric Leaf Shredder |
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| It serves its purpose well, but...: Rating: 4/5 |
| I was really tired of having to empty the bag that attaches to the unit every 3-5 minutes. The BV-600 solved that problem. I bought a plastic trash can and I can wrap the cover of my new collection system over the top and secure it with adjustable bungee cords and it works great. I get to suck up and mulch about 10-12X the amount that I did when using the bag before I need to empty it over to the large yard bin. You need to have the leaves raked up into a central location, which is really not a problem, or you can carry the collection can along with you. But when doing that you can get tangled up in the hose system along with the electric cord and sometimes stumble around. I have stepped on the collection hose a few times and it is not handling that very well. The wires in the collection tube are starting to wear through the material of the tube. I suspect I may have to buy a new unit each season or two but it does not bother me all that much as it does work well and saves me a lot of time than having to empty the small bag every few minutes. It is a home run for me but I wish the hose had a more heavy duty material. |
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| tricky attaching hose to fabric cover: Rating: 4/5 |
| Basically, it's much easier than emptying the standard leaf bag that comes with the leaf vacuum. I didn't have too much trouble keeping it attached to the top of a garbage container. I used the bungee cord suggestion submitted by another reviewer What i had problems with was connecting the hose to the fabric covering that goes OVER the container. Plus, I realized early on that it's a good idea if you can face the container away from you while vacuuming, as the dusty air flies out of the top of the cover. |
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