all righty can thank you to 647
everybody and it's our fall product test
suite very excited for the start of this
week as we know autumn is officially
return and so all week long we're gonna
be testing out products that are fall
related from pumpkin spice alternatives
to leaf lowers okay let's start with
leaf blowers today and though leaves
heaven all the way to changed yet
they're certainly following on the
ground already so before you head to the
hardware store to buy your new leaf
blower our consumer investigator Hank
Winchester is testing out a new
battery-powered one versus the plug-in
kind let's see which one works best
well the leaves they're just starting to
fall now which means you're gonna have
to clean up that mess the question is
how you gonna do it
a rake that's hard and it takes a lot of
time everybody's using leaf blowers but
do the cordless leaf blowers like this
one work as well as those that require a
little bit of juice we're gonna find out
I never knew a leaf blower could get me
so excited we're testing the works air
battery powered cordless leaf blower it
sells for about $80 but does it work
better than the ryobi corded leaf blower
that you can buy for $69 so what I
notice right away is there's not a lot
of power like this this leaf blower is
having trouble getting branches twigs
stuff like that off the ground so you
can see how it's blowing these weeds
but anything that's a little heavier
like branches so you look watch here
nothing so st. branches that we couldn't
move with these let's try with a whole
that's some juice when it comes to
deciding on a leaf blower what do the
experts have to say but man they make
your life easier
Lila at Great Lakes ace and Clausen
helps people every day pick out the
perfect product for their yard the first
question is what's your price point it
really depends on what job you need it I
can we can sell you something that is
you know smaller for for smaller jobs or
we can sell you something a little bit
larger that it can really get those big
projects done for you what I noticed
right away is that the corded blower has
more power to it than the cordless one
it could be because the battery pack is
a little smaller but this may pose a
problem when you're trying to pick up
wet leaves
you know Michigan weather once these
leaves get wet you're gonna need
something a little bit more heavy-duty
that Lyle says when shopping check out
the box the higher the number the better
for wet leaves you are also looking at
velocity and you go into the stores
you'll see velocity and I'll be like you
know really high numbers that's good for
wet leaves but what about the battery
will we charge this product for four
hours and it only lasts at about 40 to
45 minutes
in doing some research I found that
that's pretty common but of course there
are big negatives to having to drag a
cord all over the yard okay so that's
obviously the negative if you have to
plug it in you can only go so far
the WORX air does come with some utility
attachments and you can use that for
other projects like dusting but when I
tried to take care of a whole yard it
just took too long ultimately when
shopping for a leaf blower remember this
I always tell my customers every product
has a given intake ultimately the
battery-powered cordless blower isn't
living up to my expectations
but it could be good for you especially
if you have a small yard or patio this
to me is better just for a quick go over
on the patio you can hear the difference
listen
that's the real deal we have a lot of
information regarding the hottest leaf
blowers on the market right now
including information regarding this
cordless model we'll put all that info
for you on the help me Hank page at
clickondetroit.com I'm Haig Winchester
back to you I've got an even better
suggestion have some kids get three kids
maybe four sit him outside once they
turn about five one penny per leaf
they'll have tons of files to play in
absolutely probably still need this
blower after it's done that'll learn on