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lawn mower fanatic said:

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Is that echo blower good? I am going to buy a new blower for the fall and i usaually use backpack blowers but was thinking about getting one like that. Can it blow a lot of leaves at a time or is it not that powerful?

D2hornets58 said:

Is that echo blower good? I am going to buy a new blower for the fall and i usaually use backpack blowers but was thinking about getting one like that. Can it blow a lot of leaves at a time or is it not that powerful?

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I think it is fairly powerful, but I haven't had time to blow a lot of leaves. Obviously it won't be as strong as a backpack blower, but I think it is fairly strong. If you are going ot get an Echo handheld blower definitely get this one, and not the PB-250LN. Here are some reasons why the PB-255LN is better than the PB-250LN:
1. has a rubber grip on the handle
2. flared end pipe (you can get one for the PB-250LN, but it comes on the 255LN.
3. Extra handle on the bottom if your arm gets tired.
4. With all that, it is only .5 of a pound heavier!!
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lawn mower fanatic said:

I think it is fairly powerful, but I haven't had time to blow a lot of leaves. Obviously it won't be as strong as a backpack blower, but I think it is fairly strong. If you are going ot get an Echo handheld blower definitely get this one, and not the PB-250LN. Here are some reasons why the PB-255LN is better than the PB-250LN:
1. has a rubber grip on the handle
2. flared end pipe (you can get one for the PB-250LN, but it comes on the 255LN.
3. Extra handle on the bottom if your arm gets tired.
4. With all that, it is only .5 of a pound heavier!!
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Ok thanks...Ill look at one in the store and see if i like it

lawn mower fanatic said:

I think it is fairly powerful, but I haven't had time to blow a lot of leaves. Obviously it won't be as strong as a backpack blower, but I think it is fairly strong. If you are going ot get an Echo handheld blower definitely get this one, and not the PB-250LN. Here are some reasons why the PB-255LN is better than the PB-250LN:
1. has a rubber grip on the handle
2. flared end pipe (you can get one for the PB-250LN, but it comes on the 255LN.
3. Extra handle on the bottom if your arm gets tired.
4. With all that, it is only .5 of a pound heavier!!
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Echo says the maximum air flow on the PB-255LN is 191mph, the average is 157 mph the flared pipe is supposed to increase the air speed.

Ric said:

Echo says the maximum air flow on the PB-255LN is 191mph, the average is 157 mph the flared pipe is supposed to increase the air speed.

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Yep it does. It is pretty powerful, but all I do is blow off the driveway and street of grass. I will be able to tell in a few weeks if it is powerful when I start leaf clean-up.

The flared nozzle increases air speed (mph) at the expense of air flow (cfm). Blowing power is the product of air speed and air flow. The PB-255LN has a maximum air speed of 191 mph and a maximum airflow of 354 cfm, whereas the PB-250LN has a maximum air speed of 165 mph and a maximum air flow of 391 cfm. The net blowing power of these two ECHO models is about the same. So, the PB-255LN will blow debris farther, but the PB-250LN will blow a larger amount of leaves at a given time. Another advantage of the PB-255LN over the PB-250LN is that it is 1 db(A) quieter, although they are both very quiet blowers. As to the PB-250LN not having a padded handle, I solved that with some padded bicycle handlebar wrap. :smile:

MowerMike said:

As to the PB-250LN not having a padded handle, I solved that with some paddeed bicycle handlebar wrap. :smile:

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That is one way to do it! Nice blower!

D2hornets58 said:

Is that echo blower good? I am going to buy a new blower for the fall and i usaually use backpack blowers but was thinking about getting one like that. Can it blow a lot of leaves at a time or is it not that powerful?

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D2hornets58:
What did you buy for the fall.....a handheld blower or a backpack blower??

P.S. Now that I did fall clean-up, I can tell you how powerful I think my Echo PB-255LN is....I think it is very powerful! I have never used a backpack blower, so I can't compare it to them, but from my stand-point, it is very powerful, and a great piece of equipment! :thumbsup:

lawn mower fanatic said:

D2hornets58:
What did you buy for the fall.....a handheld blower or a backpack blower??

P.S. Now that I did fall clean-up, I can tell you how powerful I think my Echo PB-255LN is....I think it is very powerful! I have never used a backpack blower, so I can't compare it to them, but from my stand-point, it is very powerful, and a great piece of equipment! :thumbsup:

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I ended up not buying one and just using the echo backpack blower that I already had. I think I am going to buy a handheld for next year to use for blowing off driveways and stuff after mowing.

D2hornets58 said:

I ended up not buying one and just using the echo backpack blower that I already had. I think I am going to buy a handheld for next year to use for blowing off driveways and stuff after mowing.

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Yeah, that would be a good idea, and save the backpack for leaf removal. Do you know what you are going to get?? An Echo?? It would be good for me to get a backpack blower since I push my mower to all the houses, because then it would be one less thing I have to "carry" (in my hands), so I can have two hands left for my mower and weedwacker....instead of having to strap it to the mower handle. :frown:

lawn mower fanatic said:

Yeah, that would be a good idea, and save the backpack for leaf removal. Do you know what you are going to get?? An Echo?? It would be good for me to get a backpack blower since I push my mower to all the houses, because then it would be one less thing I have to "carry" (in my hands), so I can have two hands left for my mower and weedwacker....instead of having to strap it to the mower handle. :frown:

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Not sure what i am going to get. Probably an echo because the backpack echo i have does a good job. A backpack would be good for you because like you said it will be much easier to transport. next mowing season I will have my license so the handheld will save some room and be easier to bring with me when mowing.

D2hornets58 said:

Not sure what i am going to get. Probably an echo because the backpack echo i have does a good job. A backpack would be good for you because like you said it will be much easier to transport. next mowing season I will have my license so the handheld will save some room and be easier to bring with me when mowing.

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How do YOU transport things now if you don't have a license?

If you want an Echo blower you might want to consider buying the Echo ES-255 Shred 'N' Vac. It comes with the pipes to be converted into the Echo PB-255LN blower (the one I have). Yes, it is more money, but you get the bag and stuff for the Shread 'N' Vac and also the blower. Now that I am considering getting a Shred 'N' Vac, I realized it would have been probably cheaper to do what I suggested above. :frown:

lawn mower fanatic said:

If you want an Echo blower you might want to consider buying the Echo ES-255 Shred 'N' Vac. It comes with the pipes to be converted into the Echo PB-255LN blower (the one I have). Yes, it is more money, but you get the bag and stuff for the Shread 'N' Vac and also the blower. Now that I am considering getting a Shred 'N' Vac, I realized it would have been probably cheaper to do what I suggested above. :frown:

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Right now i have to make two trips. I have a trailer that attaches to my atv. So I put a push mower,weed wacker,leaf blower,gas and anything else that i need in the trailer. Then I uassually drive the quad to the customers house then walk back and grab the mower and drive that to the house. I also use the trailer to dump the clippings into. The trailer dumps so it is very easy to empty. I have used one of my friends blowers that you can convert to make it suck up the leaves. I would probably get one of those because it makes getting leaves around bushes and stuff like that a lot easier to get to.

D2hornets58 said:

Right now i have to make two trips. I have a trailer that attaches to my atv. So I put a push mower,weed wacker,leaf blower,gas and anything else that i need in the trailer. Then I uassually drive the quad to the customers house then walk back and grab the mower and drive that to the house. I also use the trailer to dump the clippings into. The trailer dumps so it is very easy to empty. I have used one of my friends blowers that you can convert to make it suck up the leaves. I would probably get one of those because it makes getting leaves around bushes and stuff like that a lot easier to get to.

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WOW, you have a complicated system to get everything to your customers' house! I bet you are excited to get your license so it will be easier!

lawn mower fanatic said:

WOW, you have a complicated system to get everything to your customers' house! I bet you are excited to get your license so it will be easier!

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Haha yes it will make it much easier.

D2hornets58:
You might want to reconsider getting the Echo Shred 'N' Vac, and just get the PB-255LN. I changed MY mind after reading POST #7 in this thread: http://www.lawnmowerforum.com/echo-forum/12808-converting-blower-shred-n-vac.html.
But the blower is still a great choice! :thumbsup:

What do you think??

Depends how much you would use the vacuum feature. I think for the most part i would just be using it as a blower. I would only use it to suck up leaves around bushes. Not sure which one i will get. I will probably buy it sometime this winter so i will look at both at a store and see what I like.

D2hornets58 said:

Depends how much you would use the vacuum feature. I think for the most part i would just be using it as a blower. I would only use it to suck up leaves around bushes. Not sure which one i will get. I will probably buy it sometime this winter so i will look at both at a store and see what I like.

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Yeah, just like you, I would be using it primarily as a blower, but would use it as the Shred 'N' Vac some. But in that other thread, it sounds like you have to but different parts in it to make it the Shred 'N' Vac, and it would be louder, which means it would also be louder when it was being used as the blower (unless you switched like 5 parts every time you switched uses!), and that is what I liked about the blower--it was quite. :confused3:

lawn mower fanatic said:

Yeah, just like you, I would be using it primarily as a blower, but would use it as the Shred 'N' Vac some. But in that other thread, it sounds like you have to but different parts in it to make it the Shred 'N' Vac, and it would be louder, which means it would also be louder when it was being used as the blower (unless you switched like 5 parts every time you switched uses!), and that is what I liked about the blower--it was quite. :confused3:

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Ya it would be nice to have it quite. The one that I have used you had to put another tube on and attach the bag to make it suck up leaves. Wasnt to bad to do. I dont know if I would get one because i dont think i would use it much other then the blower.

D2hornets58 said:

Ya it would be nice to have it quite. The one that I have used you had to put another tube on and attach the bag to make it suck up leaves. Wasnt to bad to do. I dont know if I would get one because i dont think i would use it much other then the blower.

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Yeah, I agree, and if you wanted to use the Shred 'N' Vac to get leaves out of flower beds (I'm not saying that is what you were going to do; I'm just speaking generally), you could even use the blower for that!

lawn mower fanatic said:

Yeah, I agree, and if you wanted to use the Shred 'N' Vac to get leaves out of flower beds (I'm not saying that is what you were going to do; I'm just speaking generally), you could even use the blower for that!

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Ya most spots its easy enough to just blow the leaves out. There are sometimes when it might help t be able to suck them up but its uassually easier to blow them all out.

D2hornets58 said:

Ya most spots its easy enough to just blow the leaves out. There are sometimes when it might help t be able to suck them up but its uassually easier to blow them all out.

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The only time it is hard for me to use the blower is when the leaves are right up against the wall of this one house because I need to blow them OUT but I can only blow them sideways, but that blows it into another hard-to-get-to area. But I don't think that is a big enough reason to get a Shred 'N' Vac (now that I am thinking about it a lot).