Dewalt DCMBL562N-XE

Works well, powerful despite only being 18V – I added this blower to my growing collection of DeWalt tools in March 2021. I had never owned or used a blower in my life. I didn’t really have a need for one, I was happy enough with my rake, and always got annoyed by people using a blower, particularly super noisy petrol-powered blowers, creating noise pollution for no good reason. I bought one because we were moving to the country and I thought it’d be a handy tool for cleaning the leaves, sticks and debri from our extensive veranda, as well as cleaning leaf litter off shed rooves and out of their gutters. I’ve been pleased with it’s performance. It blows pretty hard, generally sufficient for my purposes. It’s only downside is that, despite being electric, it’s still pretty loud and warrants the use of earmuffs. It feels light and well-balanced. The variable trigger and ability to lock it in the on position are neat features. It does burn through the batteries pretty quick, so I usually use mine with my 6 Ah or 9 Ah batteries.

It’s a handy tool to have in the collection, blows hard and saves time using a rake and/or broom. I can’t fault it.