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My biggest issue is with the noise pollution. These things should be banned, period.

• zbuf 5y ago
  The biggest insult seems to be just how inefficient they are to do... anything. Being in a nice park/wherever, greeted by someone revving away intermittently trying to push around a couple of leaves. Can someone tell me what I'm missing when I think this tool is utterly inappropriate for the job? At very least it could suck; but really what's wrong with a rake? Genuinely asking here.
  • cafard 5y ago
    We do not have a leaf blower at all, but have considered getting one. My wife wishes to get the fallen leaves out of gardens every fall, and it is hard to do this without bringing a great deal of mulch along. We suspect that a leaf blower would work better. It seems unlikely to me that we will get one, after four or five falls of "we really ought to get a leaf blower". The other thing is that leaf blowers compete not just against rakes but against brooms. I hear them all summer when yard crews are cleaning up a sidewalk after mowing. I think there is some savings in time there--not much for a homeowner, but enough to count for a yard crew doing many lawns in a day.
• tmm84 5y ago
  I guess the reason more people put up with the noise is because everyone loves a well cared for lawn without clippings laying around. Another thing I hate is that on some streets they push things like nails and glass into the roadway causing punctures.