SuperHandy Wheeled Walk-Behind Leaf-SNOW Blower
$299.99
$499.99
40% off
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Condition: New
Top positive review
23 people found this helpful
Don't hesitate, this isn't junk
By Matt D on Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2022
I'm a master mechanic who literally started at a small engine shop. Here is my review.This is not cheap junk. I expected to be able to recognize cost cutting features and there's not a lot. The ONLY problem I've found is the attachment point of the bars, if you crank the bolts down tight you may crack the orange paint at the lip of the metal, this is due to the handle bars bending too shallowly. Other than that, this machine is solid from top to bottom. Mine started on the first pull.Fuel shutoff is up+down On, side-to-side off.The metal of the casement is nice and thick, it's a heavy unit. The box it comes in does the job of holding it, but just barely. Expect to need 2 people to move it and open it.If you're new to walk behind leaf blowers, the rubber meets the road at the discharge chute angle. The black hood that is adjustable at the discharge chute is for directing the air flow. If you aim it more upwards, the airflow will be very powerful and blow leaves 15 to 20 feet. If you turn it more downwards, the airflow will be aimed at the ground more, causing the leaves to move less. Fine tuning this adjustment as you go is how you create nice piles.There is an adjustment knob on the carburetor setup that will allow you to crank up the RPM a little more, if you should choose to. I didn't find it necessary. Be warned that the engine is not designed to run faster than the preset, so you may void warranty or harm the engine.You'll need a 12mm wrench and a 13mm socket/ratchet to assemble the front wheel and handle bars, and a pair of pliers to install the clips for the back wheels. 5w-30 oil is fine, fill it until it comes back out at you. Like any brand new engine, let it run an hour or so on your first use. Don't just fire it up to test it and then shut it off and store it. Go use it. I did my entire front yard today in an hour. Worked beautifully.Keep your manuals for parts purchases. Since the EPA banned adjustable small engine carbs, they've gotten super cheap and very finicky. I don't expect failure any time soon but I also know it's the weak point of any small engine produced in the last 15 years.You'll struggle to find a comparable blower for the money. Truly. The ones you see chained to trees for crazy money are near death, and these units fit the bill very nicely.
Top critical review
48 people found this helpful
Not even one star. Avoid this like the plague.
By Jacob K on Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2019
Upon opening the box I found that the wheels had been wrapped in bubble wrap and tossed into the box. The plastic wrapped manuals had been opened and were not in the plastic, as were all of the nuts and bolts whose bag had the Ziploc portion ripped off before being tossed into the box. There is no good way to pull the unit out without possibly pulling a muscle if you don't cut the box. I didn't want to cut the box in case I had to return the blower. Lucky I'm big enough to lift it once I had a good trip, but I recommend cutting the box.The first real issue was the bent bolt (1 of 4) that holds the steerable wheel in the front.I was able to use large slip joint pliers to fix that, but hope that the original weld is intact.The side wheels went on as expected and then I got to the handle. Call me crazy but ya can't fit 1 inch tube in a 1/2 inch space. The air filter intrudes on the space for the bottom left handle, which is bolted in by two bolts, one of which is covered by the air filter. This air filter looks added on long after the engine left the engineers. It also partially blocks the handle used to pull start the engine.Even still, I moved forward by smashing the end of the left hand side of the handle with a maul on a flat surface such that it was flattened enough to fit under the air filter and still be bolted securely.At one point I wanted to remove the cover of the air filter in order to facilitate tightening the bolts. However, the air filter's bottom clip doesn't have enough room to unclip, therefore you cannot remove the air filter cover to clean or replace the filter itself.Finally, all the bolts were tightened and it was time for oil and fuel. Lucky me that I decided to fill the oil first since it turns out that you have to turn the entire blower over in order to fill the oil. In fact, when upright on a flat surface, if you take out the oil plug, guess what happens? The oil leaks out.Ok, it had oil, I added gas and turned the power switch on, the fuel switch on, the throttle to rabbit and the choke on.Started on the second pull. She ran two minutes and died. I could not start it. Finally, I noticed that the fuel switch was not truly in line, the hoses were at 45 degrees to each other and not 90 or 180. By turning the fuel switch ever so slightly I got her to run for the 45 minutes I needed.I'd like to return it but how? It's held gasoline and I don't think UPS or USPS will ship it.Now if I'm not going to return it then I'd like half of my money back. I'll figure out the air filter issue and add an elbow to the oil plug.If I could give it 0 stars I would.
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