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Haha.
OK, dammit, I was annoyed by the opening, but I went along just to see where it goes.
You made me snort. And dammit you're right. Have my upvote.
What's doubly frustrating is the same technology is used as a giant vacuum, it's the same motor, same compressor wheel (albeit aluminum), same case, with a giant bag attached. If these asshats were vacuuming stuff up instead of just blowing over to the next yard, I'd be a little less annoyed.
The other day I watched a city worker blowing grass clippings out of the street back into the park that had just been mowed. Why? We have pretty steady breezes here through the summer, so you're just wasting time. If they'd left the clippings, passing cars (at 30mph) would kick them up for the breeze to carry away and decompose on some grass.
Instead they did the opposite, use energy to do what Mother Nature would do just as quickly.
Vacuuming would also mean much less run time for the motor.
when i was not so poor and still owned a lawn care business, i actually had a lawn and leaf vacuum attached to trailers. they work great, blow the leaves into a pile, and suck them up. had smaller versions that were the width of a lawn mower-ish for where it was not feasible to blow. the smaller ones didnt work that well with leaves but great in the spring after spring clean up.
Pound for pound, the CFM output of vacuums doesn't come close to the CFM of leaf blowers. Probably because of the lack of filtration. And I guess that's the point. Why filter material the wind would just kick up in the air naturally anyway? This is a waste of energy and time. Obviously if you are blowing material that normally wouldn't be outdoors for the wind to blow around naturally, that's a different story.
I will admit, the sound is really annoying though.