Milwaukee M18 Compact Blower 0884-20

Can highly recommend this blower, M18 I use this product more than anything else around the house. Another quality Milwaukee product. I use a 2AH battery and it lasts me about 10 minutes. I notice when I use the 4AH battery it has significantly more power. Handy tip: the blower can also suck if needed. You can also take the long rubber tube off and just use the adapters straight on the blower, good for taking and blowing up ski tubes and air mattresses.

Wife needed an air blower that was light and compact. Rules out big petrol and mains powered units and some of the reviews of other battery blowers are not flattering. Did some research and landed on the Milwaukee Compact M18 Blower.

Early days after two outings blowing leaf and other garden debris in awkward areas of the garden. But really impressed so far.

+ light, powerful, portable. With full battery charge and on full bore (the max of 3 settings) it lasts about 30 mins. Recharge from flat to full is also circa 30 mins, really impressive. The charger and battery are reusable across the Milwaukee range.
- at circa $400 for the blower, battery and charger it is quite a bit more expensive that the battery blower gear from the big green shed, but then almost all of that gear receives ordinary reviews. I suppose time will tell on how long before the battery dies or the unit dies as to whether it is value or not.