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Originally Posted by MacCool
The Toro Ultra blower vac 51609. $65 at Fleet Farm last spring. Metal impeller, makes short work of all the leaves and wood chips in the hostas, blows leaves off the deck in short order, just used it last night to blows snow off the BBQ grill tables. Big volumes at high speed. Makes it more efficient than the MasterBlaster, but it is unfiltered and it is a bit unwieldy. Think squirrel hunting with 12 gauge shotgun.
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That Toro was the one I was originally looking at. I ruled it out because of it's size and weight and the reviews stated the 'variable speed rheostat' was failure prone. I knew it was up to the job, but it's monstrous. I had settlled on another Toro model but when I saw the three of them side by side the Toro I picked up was so much lighter and smaller. (Less than 1/2 the weight, less than 2/3 the length) I had also looked at a Makita 1101 but I thought it was barely capable of the job and it cost 3 X more than the more expensive one of the others. The specs of the Makita compared to the Toro I got told me the Toro ought to be powerful enough. (I was able to fire up the Makita to get an idea of the airflow, and compared the spec output of the two). Whether the Toro I got is up to the job remains to be seen. If it isn't, I'll replace it. It cost virtually nothing. Here's hoping.
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