My ancient Echo is handheld, but the nozzle is on a long tube with an
accordion flex section at the blower, and a handle on a rod to allow the
user to swing the nozzle from side to side, holding the blower itself
steady. Not tiring at all, and for smaller jobs it's easier than strapping
on a backpack. But I wish I'd have kept the backpack one for bigger jobs,
like fall leaf clean-up.
My newer Echo shredder/vac/blower is a straight, non-flex design (besides
being a POS anyway) and like Tim says, it's unwieldy to use it as a blower.
I can't imagine using it from more than a minor job, and a broom would
probably be just as easy.
Karl
>> Should I just bite the bullet and get a backpack for about
>> twice the price?
> I also have the same basic blower in a hand held that someone gave me. It
> is
> very hard to control as the blower "blows" itself all over the place -
> it's
> hard
> to hold it pointed where I want it to go, especially if I'm swinging it
> back
> and
> forth (the gyroscopic effects kick in to and tries to move it where I
> don't
> want
> it to go.
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