Thursday, August 16, 2012

JCB 70360 Wet and Dry Handheld Vacuum Cleaner Cordless, Yellow

 


I've been using this around the house and car for picking up small spills and little bits of dirt that don't quite warrant a full clean.

It's a solid little cleaner (though not so solid that it's too heavy to carry on a strap). It copes well enough with most of what I've given it to do (which is little bits of dust and dirt and one (admittedly small) spill. Of course, the suction power isn't quite so good as my mains cleaner, but this does its job well. Also has a handy car charger.

Black & Decker 2600 Watt Blower / Vacuum Shredder

 


I found the vacuum extremely powerful and nice & light to carry around. After 2 days of use, still haven't got to grips with the shoulder strap and have discarded it. I've had the same problem as the first reviewer, excessive dust coming out of the bag area, obviously not connecting right. But worse than this, the bag has started to fly off the machine in mid-use showering me in debris! After this happened 5 times, I gave up and started raking leaves with my £4.98 wire rake from B&Q, (5 stars). Am yet to get through to anyone at Black & Decker, they are not good at after sales service, I wonder why

GMC 649035 30cc Petrol Vacuum Blower




Always wanted a vac blower, My garden is very big 50ft wide 300ft long,surrounded by trees, so lots of leaves to rake up. Ordered the vac, delivered next day, with free postage. A bit of a fiddle to put together but with a helping hand done in 1 hour. Primed the engine, started first time. What a blower! it blows wet leaves with a great blast, and sucks them up easily.The only draw back with wet foliage is the collection bag can get heavy and wet. So your trousers can get a bit wet to.All in all the vac does what it is suppossed to do .



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Friday, August 3, 2012

Black & Decker GW2200 Blower Vacuum

 

I purchased this as a direct replacement for an older model which had broken after years of hard service.


I find this model even better to use. Far better balanced to carry than the older model, a lot easier to empty and far easier to swap over the vacuum and blower nozzles too. It even takes up less storage space in my shed too. During the recent snow I used it to clear my drive and it did the job in a fraction of the time it would have taken using a broom and shovel.


I think the only improvement would be to provide a wheel on the end of the vacuum nozzle just to make life even easier, but that is being really picky.

New Twin Wheeled Garden Gear Garden Vac With Integrated Shredder With Large 25ltr Collection Bag

 


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This machine is easy to assemble and to use. It works fine with smaller leaves when they are dry, but struggles to cope with larger leaves such as chestnut, blocking up for time to time. The maceration also cannot cope with the nuts' cases and requires occasional de-clogging!
Used on a hard drive it is fine, much easier than brushing or raking, but not so good on a lawn. The wheels are not far enough apart and when the bag gets full it tends to topple sideways.


Flymo Garden Vac 2700

 

I ordered this garden vac having read the reviews of it on Amazon and of other comparable products. None seemed to be without their flaws and so I thought I'd hedge my bets and go for something at the cheaper end of the spectrum. My expectations were that it would do a reasonable job when set to "blow" but my hopes for the vacuum setting weren't high.



I was quite surprised by the size of the Fly mo when it arrived (although this may be standard as I haven't used a garden vacuum previously); it is not a small tool (about 3ft long) and takes up a fair chunk of our garden shed, especially with the bag attached. Putting it together, in particular attaching the bag, was a fiddly operation but took about half an hour overall.


Using it is very easy, with a straightforward forward/back "gear stick" to set it to blow or suck. It did a great job clearing the leaves from our patio, where there was relatively little resistance. It had a harder time when trying to clear leaves from our lawn and graveled areas - and if this is why you are thinking of buying it I'd perhaps recommend that you invest in something more powerful. But it did the job in the end and then, to my surprise, also did a reasonably good job hoovering up the leaves we had blown into piles. I had almost thought from previous reviews that it would be a waste of time even to try this function but that was not the case and I will be using it in future.

In summary: an excellent vacuum for a patio, reasonably effective elsewhere (both when set to blow and suck), a bit bulky but easy to use and good value for money.



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