Black and Decker BEBLV300 Garden Vacuum and Leaf Blower with Back Pack Collection

bob 18/11/2019 15:41:30

Good product. A bit fiddly to assemble and not easy to change from suck to blow with special tool, but once done work well

John 01/11/2019 15:40:01

Only used in vacuum mode and performance very good especially shredding leaves. Sadly the vacuum tube connecting bag to device split at the connection with the vacuum necessitating shortening the flexible tube to remake connection. Tube now a bit too short for comfort and really needs renewing but cannot find the tube itself as a spare part and renewing whole (high quality) bag will be very expensive.

Dave 28/10/2019 17:32:28

Good performance i.e. powerful suction and blow. Much better to have the rubbish in a backpack (easier to carry). However the build is not too good in that the fan blades already show wear where small stones have been sucked up and swapping from blow to suck means ill fitting parts stick or are tight to turn to lock. Why oh why have they made it necessary to use a tool to unclip the parts. It is such an irritating pain. Instead of taking a couple of seconds to swap from a blower to a vacuum it takes minutes of frustration and for that reason I would not recommend or buy another in the future.

F 23/10/2019 16:21:20

The mulch feature is excellent and the back pack helps the weight not that it's really heavy just helps with posture and its powerful too.

Bob 02/10/2019 17:45:47

The instructions from B&D are only average, devoting ten pages to Health and Safety and little to actually operating the machine, to such an extent I was on the point of returning it because it would not function. This common fault was picked up by your staff and a remedy executed over the phone. A good product, even if a little fiddly to use and very good service from your company

Andrew 30/08/2019 20:22:09

I'd had an old B&D leaf blower which had started to make a noise as the impeller had worked loose. I did a bit of research and decided one with a cord would have more power and for walking round my garden that wasn't too big a disadvantage. I looked at Bosch and other makes, but they had mixed reviews. This is good value and has a massive 3000W motor with a decent extension cord. I mainly use it for blowing. You can set two fan speeds. It's quite noisy, especially in confined spaces. The back pack for leaf collecting feels well made and is more practical than the sacks which hang below most vacuums. It's quite plasticky, but I think it will give many years of service as long as it's not abused too much. It's excellent value for the money and makes light work of leaf clearance compared to raking. Another review mentioned a tool was needed to switch over from blowing to vacuum. It's only a metal rod to release the mechanism and is included in the box. Am sure you could use a screwdriver - it's only a push release.