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Title: Not for Desert Yards
Review: We bought this product right after moving to Arizona, before we knew how tough desert landscaping is. Out here, landscaping is rocks and colored gravel in lieu of grass, so a yard blower needs infinite power variation for strong airflow to get yard debris off boulders and stones, but light airflow not to spray gravel all over. Though this product has plenty of blower power, its blower speed variation is not enough to accomplish this. A bigger problem is the plastic impeller, which is too soft to withstand the universally sharp and sere plant debris from bougainvillea, citrus, palms, pines, pods, oleanders, etc., that are vacuumed; and pea gravel, which is everywhere and unavoidably gets into the vacuum, tears the blades even worse. The result is that after the second year the product would barely mulch or have suction because the blades were so chewed. Back home this product would probably be OK, but desert landscaping requires metal blades and an infinitely variable blower.
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