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Whether you’re rustling up oak leaves in fall or magnolia petals in spring, leaf blowers with a built-in vacuum mode are designed to be a one-tool solution to blowing and bagging leaves. But the ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. There's nothing wrong with a rake for small yard cleanup jobs, but when you're working with an acre littered with trees, there's something ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. At the start of autumn 2025, we took to our testing grounds with some of the best cordless leaf blowers on the market. We've asked some of the ...

The droning seems to be always there. Always, always there. Sometimes its merely a rrrrrrrrrrrr in the background. Other times it’s a louder, aggressive whine undulating with a low-tone roar — RREEEEE ...

A leaf blower may be a simple enough tool, but its powerful gas engine or electric motor and moving parts can create a lot of wear and tear over time. But if you keep up with a simple regimen of basic ...

Fall foliage is nice. Piles of dead leaves in your yard? Less so. Raking may feel nostalgic, but it’s a serious workout — and there’s a faster way to clean up your lawn: a leaf blower. Like gardening ...

Popular Mechanics tests lawn machines, including leaf blowers, all year, every year. We regularly update our leaf blower guides based on that testing, as well as extensive research into leaf blower ...

When you upgrade from a rake to a leaf blower, there’s no going back. Moving lots of leaves—and blowing other types of debris, such as beach sand from a deck—is simply so much easier, faster, and less ...

Whisper Aero emerged from stealth a little over two years ago with a straightforward (if ambitious) plan: to radically reduce noise emissions from next-gen aircraft with a never-been-done-before ...