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Title: 3-in-1? Two out of three functions work poorly
Review: Overall - poor vacuum/mulcher design. If you want to use it as a blower only, then give it 5 stars. I only used this unit for half an hour before I realized that I made a mistake for buying it. On the box it specifically says that it can handle small twigs and pine cones. Well, a small twig smaller than the size of a drinking straw got caught in the nozzle, while rubbing against the *plastic* chopping blade. The friction caused the plastic blade to melt, and the twig started smoking. When I stopped the unit and opened it up, I found a groove cut into the chopping blade. Let's say that the little twig won this battle. The unit's performance was significantly reduced at this point. They should have used a more durable metallic chopper. Also the pine cones were not getting chopped, but were simply bouncing off the chopper blade endlessly, further wearing it down.
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