The good news is that the basic tasks -blowing leaves into pile, hoovering them up and shredding are done satisfactorily.
But the need to stop and completely change the tubing between blow and vac is tedious; everything is plastic (including the shredder disc) and not built to a high spec. NB the larger model has a metal shredder disc but for some reason is unavailable in Australia). The shredding operation creates a fine dust of particles which it is difficult to avoid breathing in.
A particularly stupid design fault is the ridiculous length of cable (35cms /14") provided with the machine. As a corded machine, you would expect to use an extension lead, but this means the connection to the machine cord is a metre above ground. The machine is heavy and -guess what - the extension lead continually detaches unless you hold it in place. It makes the whole operation tiring - an extra metre and a half of cord wold easily resolve this problem. Its unfortunate that most blow-vacs receive for ratings from users. I had expected better from Black & Decker.
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