Ultimate Leaf Blower Battle (Don’t Buy Until You Watch)

[@TheLawnReview]

What’d I miss? Any tests or tools yall would’ve liked to have seen?

[@peterdiamond2910]

You should do runtime by wh. The ah is misleading because all of the batteries have different voltage ratings

[@TheLawnReview]

Thanks for the heads up

[@ThackaRS]

Would’ve liked to see the Milwaukee still included on the turbo tests, at least we would be able to see how it performs against the highest settings of all the others

[@phaZed9]

The pipe test is flawed, I think. There is a ramp-up time for the blower motor, usually controlled by an ESC (Electronic Speed Controller). So, by hitting the trigger, the motor slowly ramps up in speed, and full blowing power isn't reached immediately. Instead of simply pressing button while in the tube, then allowing the ball to shoot out during the ramp-up time, and before the full power is reached - a gate in the pipe should be opened when the blower has already reached full speed.

[@TheLawnReview]

Yeah that's a fair point, I'll consider that for next time! I appreciate your feedback!

[@KingYang05]

Agreed. As is, the pipe test is great to test for acceleration, but not power.

[@erik365365365]

Yep flawed as stated BUT not a useless test. Several of these advertise time to max speed which can have an impact on how fast you get your work done but also battery life!

[@stevec8791]

@@TheLawnReview Also you cant just shoot them one time. maybe do 10 each and take an average

[@jonnymey]

Agreed

[@KickerHandle]

greenworks has different different cfm blowers for 80v which one did you use? I am looking to buy 800cfm

[@skygreen5939]

Current 80v model is the 800 cfm and has been out for about a year. Looks like the model used in testing was the 730 cfm model from a few years ago.

[@ToolHombre]

@@skygreen5939 I have the 780cfm on the 60V, otherwise same blower as the 800. It is a monster and what I like about GW is they tend to be lighter than other competition. Most of the weight is the battery. I haven't broken either it or the 610 cfm predecessor I had so they seem 'good enough' on plastic thickness and my wrists appreciate the lightness.

[@AaronBrown-kx4du]

Testing the "best" blowers ought to include the best/newest model of each brand.

[@rhuynh]

A dimension on the runtime is whether the performance is consistent through the run time. I believe for example the Ryobi may have long run time but the performance dives early on and the curve deteriorates vs flat.

[@MerryStover]

I had a Ryobi long ago and still have a Worx blower I don't like. I now have Makita, and it is the bomb. It is ultra-powerful and can be finely controlled for tight spaces. It is the easiest to use blower I've had. I use the Lawn Review trimmer line. If this is helpful info, I am 4'10" and over 70.

[@TheLawnReview]

You like yours? I have not heard great things about Makita but I’m glad to hear it!

[@MerryStover]

@@TheLawnReview Yes, I love the 18-volt LXT XBUO3Z. It's well balanced, has double the blowing strength of the Worx, and has four times the battery life. The batteries are easy easier to install and remove. You can gently blow things away from your flowers or crank up to full power and not have to keep your thumb or fingers holding anything-just direct it. I have no complaints about it.

[@hodgo1981]

I also have a makita 18v blower and think its great (we only have light leaf fall) the trigger with the infinitly variable style throttle lock and normal trigger is fantastic for really tidying the last few leaves that seem to end up stuck on a corner and are hard to get away from the wall.

[@Whappers1]

5 best battery powered leaf blowers and you didn’t include the Stihl BGA250? 😢

[@TheLawnReview]

Yes it is not very powerful and you can’t use the battery for hardly anything else. Not a fan!

[@lopincol]

That runtime test should be compared to Watt hours (volts x amps) so every platform is on the same playing field. A Milwaukee 18v 12.0 battery has the same energy capacity as a Ego 56v 4.0 battery.

[@TheLawnReview]

Thanks for the info, I will have to look into that.

[@COC785]

I bought the corded model Worx 800cfm handheld recently and it blows away my EGO battery blower or any other handheld I've used. It's light and very balanced for it's size. It will move huge piles of leaves effortlessly.

[@TheLawnReview]

Don’t sleep on the corded blowers! They are super light and surprisingly powerful

[@grayzukalooky7395]

A concern with Toro is that if you could not find even a battery on its own for sale I have some concerns for a year from now if you need parts to repair it. That thought makes me consider tool longevity which is something you could not test but could be a significant factor in the rankings. You could say this was a Brand New Out of the Box comparison which to be fair is also very valuable information. Thanks for the video.

[@TheLawnReview]

Yeah that’s a good point. I think it’s cause the blower is so new. Toro will probably roll out more battery stuff to make it easier

[@cue03]

Would be nice to see the weight for the tool only and then the tool with their batteries as packaged/purchased. Thx. Husqvarna 350iB and Stihl BGA200/BGA250 would have been great to see in this type of comparison as well.

[@TheLawnReview]

Thanks for the feedback! It’s definitely something I’ll consider for the next one.

[@jimharris8707]

Thanks for the comparison, especially the bit of focus you put on low-speed control which is important to me as well. The available combo options didn't make life easy for you to compare costs since combos can offer ridiculously cheaper options for the battery and charger. For example, the EGO blower at a tool-only price of $233 plus a $349 6Ah battery still needs a $100 charger if you're not already in the EGO ecosystem (like me). But if you buy the combo kit which has the same blower plus a charger and 4Ah battery, the battery and charger costs just $40. You could buy two combo kits (2 blowers, 2 4Ah batteries, 2 chargers) for less than the tool-only plus one 6Ah battery. It's a similar story with the Ryobi - in the tool combo you can get a 6Ah battery and charger for $100 less than a standalone 6Ah battery. I didn't do any math with assigning different cost points but my guess is Ryobi would probably still be last and EGO might have tied or taken 3rd from Milwaukee.

[@TheLawnReview]

Thanks for the comment! It was a tough choice to calculate it the way I did. You’re right. But I got a lot of feedback on my other videos to try and calculate it this way. If you’re just starting out on electric then you can save some money by buying the full bundle.

[@toddac61]

I wanted a second battery for my EGO string trimmer, I found the older EGO blower with a 2.0 AH battery and charger for $90 at Homedepot. The battery failed within a year since it was old stock but EGO replaced it for free and sent a 2.5 AH battery.

[@jesusgarza7342]

You forgot the ENHULK 930 CFM 200MPH workhorse

[@michaelbychkov8030]

whats important about runtime, is theyre not working at the same speed. If the toro is much more powerful, it wont run as long but you just might accomplish more work in 10 minutes than another blower does in 15 minutes, but looking at the time per ah, it was pretty efficient as well as being very powerful.

[@TheLawnReview]

Yeah I thought so too! Good observation.

[@AlexKunstar]

Are you trying to find the maximum prices that nobody pays on the batteries? I dont understand the logic behind your 'total' chart. You can get a brand new ryobi blower battery and charger combo at huge savings regularly. Not to mention you should be pairing your brand of choice to compliment your existing mower, trimmer blower combo to have ample runtime on them. Ryobi is still the best bang for the buck.

[@TheLawnReview]

Yeah I completely agree. I did that with my mower video and everyone complained that I didn’t accurately capture the cost of having to buy a new battery. The bundle is the way to go, though.

[@hodgo1981]

I agree, the value score is not well done in this review, and severly affects the scoring of these devices. Most people buy a combo because there is a huge discount in doing so (like Toro price used), the only time to buy a skin only is if you already have a heap of batteries for that brand. So in all fairness you should have value for combo purchases unless combo is not available, then you add up the sum of parts. And in fact if you redo the results table without value (so making it a performance only review) it shows how EVEN this test is. The Ryobi and the Toro in Turbo score low, but all other 6 options have a score of 3.3 or 3.6) PS. TLR, i did like the review, I particularly think its relevant you discuss low speed blowing too. In fact my suggestion for another perammeter would be to get and anemometer (wind speed meter) and do a runtime test with their triggers set at a lower speed PPS your followers have great suggestions too

[@cm.5023]

I had a Greenworks hedge trimmer and had planned on getting more tools in the lineup, but they switched from 40 volt to 80 volt with most of the newer tools. I sold the hedge trimmer and went 40v Ryobi. Ego had some more powerful tools but the prices and the fact that their convertible trimmer used a proprietary connection made me skip them.

[@TheLawnReview]

It all depends on where you buy it but I agree they have way too many different tools and battery types it can get so annoying

[@darylRvillaescusa]

Why didn't you use ego most powerful blower?

[@TheLawnReview]

Which one is that?

[@darylRvillaescusa]

@TheLawnReview ego 765. Also I wonder if Milwaukee new forged batteries will make a difference. And I'm not sure if you use the high output or regular Milwaukee batteries

[@transamman305]

Prices with the batteries is crazy for these. I bought an echo 770t backpack blower that would lay the hurt on all of these. Paid $550 new, get over an hour on a tank of gas, no batteries to run out, no heavy weight on your arm, etc. not sure why theres a draw to electric. Just seems like a waste to me unless you have a tiny yard.

[@TheLawnReview]

Yeah I think the cost section is a bit unfair since I have them priced separately. Most are under $500 when purchased with the battery at the same time

[@transamman305]

Even still, for less than $100 more you get one of the top backpack blowers out there. I considered electric before buying the echo but on paper there was just no comparison for the performance vs dollar. Granted i have lots of trees and leaves, but taking the weight off your arm with a backpack style is a big one too. My brother has the ryobi and seems to like it...different strokes for different folks as they say.

[@Pacileos-x7p]

Hi I am 15 and I am trying to start a lawn business I am wondering if I could have a leaf blower? I just can’t afford one and I need one for the fall.

[@SpokaneGuy]

no dewalt?

[@TheLawnReview]

I passed on the Dewalt but heavily considered it

[@ledebuhr1]

The new 1000cfm Ego will shoot that ball into the neighbor's property.

[@TheLawnReview]

I need to check that out! Is it handheld?

[@TacticalThib]

How when that's a special deal with the Milwaukee, each Milwaukee batt is 199.00?? So that would be 749.00!!! So if you go with the Milwaukee forge battery which they recommend for all high draw tools the high output is like 6 year old batterys

[@TheLawnReview]

Yep they’re expensive but you can use them across hundreds of tools

[@teelee8760]

The win for me will be milwaukee, you buy two battery platform (12v/18v) and you have verities of options.

[@TheLawnReview]

Yep that’s a great point!

[@johnakemann]

You want to use watt-hours to take voltage variance out of the equation.

[@TheLawnReview]

I've been learning about watt-hours. It's confusing!

[@eliseblair873]

Waiting for review on atlas (from harbor freight) and hart (Walmart) mower and trimmer 🙏 Love your videos! ❤

[@TheLawnReview]

I’m on it!

[@thiagoftusa]

Ryobi has a 730cfm for some time now

[@TheLawnReview]

That’s what this is

[@paulblaser4146]

Probably should've used Egos newest blower, but I guess it may not have been released in the USA yet? But it's far more powerful than anything here, and competes with petrol backpack blowers like Stihl BR600.

[@TheLawnReview]

Are you talking about the backpack one? Or is it a new handheld one? They have a commercial lineup which is different.

[@paulblaser4146]

@TheLawnReview no, the new commercial handheld one. It has 32N blowing force, 1000cfm and 185mph air speed. It has dual handles because it's hard to hold onto with one hand.

[@TheLawnReview]

@paulblaser4146 that sounds like a fun toy.

[@jackt6112]

Waste of time, and NOT typical of this content creator. His others are pretty good. The only one valid comparison here is the ability to control the speed, blowing leaves without blowing mulch, chasing a few leaves out of an area without them simply blowing up in the air. That starts at 9:00 and goes through 13:06. The logic of every other test and the scoring system is bonkers.

[@TheLawnReview]

Hey Jack, I really appreciate your feedback on this one! Truthfully I had a tough time making this one because I basically obsessed over making everything an equal playing field. What would you have liked to see differently?

[@DannyFyffe]

Interesting results for sure. Keeping up with the testing and scoring is hard. I have heard bad things about Greenworks. Mainly, their tools most likely won't last a year before they just stop working. I never had one, but I saw a video or a writeup a while back about it. Toro used to be a top rated company, but has fallen from grace so I don't know about it either.

[@TheLawnReview]

I’ve had this Greenworks blower for over two years now and it’s still kicking! Agreed on Toro. Hope this marks a new chapter

[@DannyFyffe]

@@TheLawnReview The video I saw said it was more on their mowers that after a year they just died out. So maybe the blowers are great, but the mowers, not so much. Any thoughts on that?

[@John-cj3ve]

Another content creator puts a pair of blowers on opposite ends of a skateboard, and turns them on as high as they'll go. Whichever one overcomes the other one is the winner.

[@TheLawnReview]

I did that on an office spinny chair a couple years ago with Ryobi and Ego!

[@Patrick-vu1pn]

You can't compare AH because they are all different voltages you should have done watt hours wh that is why the ego is so expensive with only a 4ah battery

[@TheLawnReview]

This level of science is beyond me! I had so many people on my mower video telling me to do the Ah comparison like I did for this one. Thanks for the feedback

[@Patrick-vu1pn]

@TheLawnReview on each battery it has wh in little letters or nominal volts x amps. You did a good job

[@rtgray7]

Good grief. I will try to contain myself and address the ultimate 2 flaws here(though all test were flawed pretty badly). The best Ego by far is the 765CFM that's been out for 3 or 4 years at least. You're comparing this 670FFM EGO with a 900CFM Toro? The Ego 765CFM 200mph Kit(INCLUDES BATTERY AND CHARGER) has been $299 for about three flippin years! Even if you had 50 Ego batteries, you'd still buy the kit for about $250 less. I have used all these except the Toro and, the Ego and Milwaukee are the two best performing with the Ego actually being less expensive unless your are dumb and buy the blower and battery separate. And I won't even ask why you didn't include STHIL!

[@ogmike6444]

the EGO batteries are only $245 on amazon where they sell most of their shit

[@TheLawnReview]

Good call out - thank you!

[@cakekomo]

Great video!

[@TheLawnReview]

Thank you!!!

[@rapmeister1000]

Happy with my EGO

[@TheLawnReview]

You should be! It’s a great blower

[@rongollonik7754]

I have Ego products so take my comments with that qualifier. I have never tried to blow a ball around a course or up an incline. I bought the Ego 765 with a 5 Ah battery for $300. I think you should have priced them with a battery rather than a separate battery. For future tests use real life usage rather than meaningless things.

[@TheLawnReview]

Thanks i agree with you. The combination makes more sense. For the tests, I’d like to use more real life usage, but honestly things like the runtime challenge can only be done the way they were because it is the most replicable, consistent way to measure it.

[@TacticalThib]

All these test are subjective to you lmao ive had and used most and 😂 im sticking with ego i have like 6 12.0's 3 7.5's two 6ah and two 2.0 batts so depending on what battery platform you have i also have a shit ton of Milwaukee batterys, but just recommended go with what you have.

[@TheLawnReview]

That’s subjective to you as well! I’m just showing people the performance

[@Los714]

What happened to the lawn care business

[@TheLawnReview]

I folded it for now, sadly

[@colrz1]

*ok

[@TheBasher05]

The tube test is flawed because all blowers use a different size tube and you’re using a ball that may fit better into certain tubes than others. The cost should be based on kitted price not skin plus battery, that one was just stupid. No mention of overall value vs what you get. The handling test was idiotic. I don’t know how many people are using their blower to guide a tennis ball around but I don’t think it’s many. An obstacle course would have been a better test for handling. I don’t think you put enough thought into these tests and the worst blower came out as number 1. Shoddy.

[@TheLawnReview]

Thanks for the feedback. I disagree with all of it but appreciate you watching.

[@colrz1]

pk still a ego fan boy.

[@TheLawnReview]

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