Why are these even remotely necessary? I've got a fair sized garden, surrounded by deciduous trees, and half an hour with a rake on a few weekends in Autumn is all it takes to keep on top of things. What am I missing?
Pleanty of trees, equals pleanty of leaves everywhere.
Using a leaf blower (I have a plugin electric) is immense time saver. I didn't buy one till this year but every single one of my neighbours has one.
You can't rake a hard surface like concrete, and using a broom is exhausting.
Most people have electric with some people with the commercial gas style.
One of my neighbours do use it excessively and the gas ones the loudest (there is no quiet blower).
Seen them use it in the snow... Why shovel the driveway and car, just leaf blower it LOL ( not joking)
Blowing them into a pile then vacuuming and shredding seemed easier for one year. But I barely even used it last year.
Instead I just mowed/trimmed all the leaves to shreds and that was even easier. No raking, no bagging, no blowing necessary.
I had one maple taken down last year, so there are fewer leaves to mow now (just what blows over from my neighbors) - but the remaining tree drops leaves on the sidewalk and street. Nothing for that but to rake/blow (with a corded electric blower) and bag. At least we get 4 "free" leaf pick-up days.
Now quit your whining and let me drive my RAM and use my 500cc TWO-STROKE MONSTER POWER LEAF DESTROYER in peace.