Best Tanaka Blower Vacuums & Leaf Blowers
Tanaka THB-2510N
Superblower ! – Japanese-built Tanaka kit like the THB-2510N are hands down, the best value for money in 2 stroke blowers. Easy starting, powerful, nicely weighted… Read more
for extended work periods and are relatively quiet. The sturdy but easy op pull start mechanism and firm recoil are fabulous. I tip out all the remaining 2 Stroke fuel after I use it each time. I then replace it with fresh 50:1 fuel when I use it again. It starts first pull and runs smoothly every single time. Prior to this I owned and was happy with Echo blowers and brushcutters for over five years. Two years ago, I bought a THB-2510N blower and TBC-225C brushcutter, both in new unused condition, from a deceased estate. From the time I started and used both units for the first time, I gave the Echos away to family members. Tanaka 2 stroke units like the THB-2510 are King !
TAS Tanaka Parklander 26cc Blower & Vacuum
Vibration is actually damaging my hand – Updated this review after a few weeks of use, the vibration is so bad it is actually doing damage to my hand, this makes it pretty much useless.… Read more
After much research, I decided on this leaf blower as an alternative to my Stihl BG86, so that I didn't have to keep changing the vacuum attachment on the Stihl. There was not much on the Tanaka review wise but there were plenty of bad reviews on the $200-250 range that Bunnings sell, and what I could find on the Tanaka was good. It was $259 delivered from a company on Ebay and comes with a Vac kit (yet to be trialled) the Stihl BG86 is $399 plus at least $110 for the vac kit. Firstly it's bulkier and heavier than the Stihl, not such a problem for me but will be for the better half. (according to the specs only half a kilo but thats 20% heavier) It's still only an hour old so this may improve but even tho the engine is only 1cc smaller than the Stihl, it just seems asthmatic, and it has a REALLY annoying buzz through the handle, if this doesn't get better I can see Mr Tanaka departing soon, see above, this vibration is actually causing pain in my fingers hours after using it. It's hard to tell the difference in airflow just putting your hand in front of both but I am certain the Stihl moves the leaves with more ease. A bit more fiddly to start than the Stihl but not difficult. Gave it 2 stars for safety because if you're right handed the fan will continually be trying to inhale you're clothing, fortunately the holes are too small to suck a shirt in though. Note: My Stihl is 7 years old and has been serviced once (I'm not proud of that) it still starts after 3 or 4 pulls and goes like a train, that said, I have read a lot of reviews lately that say Stihl has gone downhill with its quality as it's now made in China, I can't comment on this. Because of the terrible vibration this gets a well deserved 1 star