Fall is my favorite time of year. Crisp clean air, apple cider, hockey, hibernating groundhogs, the beautiful foliage here in the Northeast…what’s not to like?! I don’t even mind doing a bit of foliage cleanup, once it comes tumbling to the ground. After the first few hours of that cleanup, though, the glamour wears off, and I just want it over with. In my quest to tame that fallen foliage, I’ll take all the help I can get, especially now that our kids have all moved out, and refuse to answer their phones until the leaf cleanup is complete. A grey battery-powered helper – with a turbo, no less! – just blew into the enchanted HomeFixated forest from EGO. Join us as we see how the EGO LB5800 Blower fares as an ally in our leafy battle. Read More
Gardening
Blown Away by the DeWalt Flexvolt Handheld Axial Blower
As the season turns to fall, so my thoughts turn to leaves, falling leaves. Leaves everywhere you look. Don’t misunderstand though; fall is easily my favorite time of year. What with the moderate temperatures, the bright colors and wall to wall football, there are no complaints here. The one distraction I can live without is the smell and sound of 2 stroke leaf blowers echoing throughout the neighborhood. I was therefore delighted when the DeWalt Flexvolt Handheld Axial Blower blew into town for us to test. First though, a bit about Flexvolt for the uninitiated. Read More
