The Nytimes.com recently featured the best tools for autumn and spring yard work. The WORX TURBINE 600 Electric Leaf Blower was listed as the best tool for getting rid of fallen leaves.
Here’s what they had to say.
Get rid of fallen leaves
Fall is synonymous with leaf cleanup, and that usually means raking. According to most yard-care professionals Wirecutter consulted in its test of leaf rakes, a sturdy steel-tined model is the way to go, for the combination of durability and leaf-grabbing “spring” of the tines. Jackson and Ames are two common brands with good reputations. Their 2-foot-wide models cover a lot of lawn fast and are built to endure: one of the test rakes lasted for eight seasons.
If you have a big lawn or a lot of trees, the Worx WG520 Turbine Leaf Blower is a user-friendly top performer from Wirecutter’s leaf blower review. It’s about as powerful as a gas blower, but requires far less maintenance, is more compact and is much lighter and more maneuverable. The only downside is that you have to plug it into an outlet.