My home is right under a kind of pine tree that sheds a LOT of needle-like pine needles. I must remove them from the lawn of soon there would be no lawn-just pine needles. So, I need a blower with a lot of power. This blower starts out with such power, but then rather quickly settles down to a mediocre type wind that fails to move the pine needles. It's good for maybe 7 minutes before I can tell it is slowing down. That's not enough time to get the job done.
The other objectionable thing about it is that it will suddenly stop functioning completely. At that point if I try to put the battery into the charger, a RED light flashes violently! I must wait for the battery to cool down I guess. This all adds to my frustration in trying to use this blower.
You wanted an honest opinion, and now you have it.