Flymo PowerVac 3000 Electric Garden Blower & Vacuum | 3-in-1 Powerful Leaf Blower, Vacuum & Mulcher | 3000W

So far so good. Have not tried it to vacuum up leaves as yet. We have so many leaves from so many trees that I would have to be emptying the bag constantly. Blowing the leaves into neat piles for collection in a wheelbarrow was easy. Perfectly powerful enough for our needs and will even shift wet leaves. A result as fallen leaves seem to be coated with strong glue given the difficulty in shifting them from the soles of shoes. Scrub them on a doormat for ten minutes and you still find that you have leaves clinging on for grim death until you walk on your carpets and then they decide it is time to drop off incurring wrath from your partner.

Nice and light use, picks up good and blow is good. Would have liked a more substantial bag.

Fetching awesome. Go for it wise the price is right.Had one, end of life. Delighted to find this at an amazing price. Totally awesome. No wheels to get in the way, picks up stuff instantly shreds to truth. Get one wise the price is right??????

Does a good job. Very noisy and very heavy.

It's okay. If you can get it a good price then worthwhile. I bought one last year for £38 and then this one now for £55 (read on for the reason why)Good points - mulches really well and quite effective as a leaf blower and sucker. Like any of these devices if you use them when it is a bit wet, they can get clogged up with mud so expect to do a bit of cleaning from time to time. This leads on to the negatives...Bad points - The model you get is not the model that is shown in the photo (I have attached to this review) and currently on Amazon's listing (Nov 2017) and (bizarrely) Flymo's website too. It DOES NOT have the quick change facility where you can swap easily from the vacuum to blower. It does have what they call a 'toolless' change but it does require undoing a screw (albeit with a thumbturn) and trying to locate the accessory (suction pipe or blower grill) on to a threaded connection. This is not difficult but it is a faff as you have to twist a giant tube holding the heavy body still. On the model I bought last year which looks like the picture attached, you released one by just unclipping it and then pulled down the blower grill (which you can see doubles up as the handle). As the blower grill is permanently attached you cannot lose it. On the new model it is a separate item. I will probably put it 'safe' in my shed somewhere and then spend half an hour looking for it next time I need it. A backwards step in design and naughty to show the old model on their current adverts. Note, the other photos DO represent the correct model. Hopefully by the time you read this, Amazon will have deleted the incorrect image (I writing to them next).Second negative, my collection bag was eaten by some mice in my shed (anecdotally this seems quite common). I thought 'annoying' but fine, I'll buy a new one. Quick check on Amazon, Ebay, other sites and Flymo's official spares show and a replacement one costs between £55 and £67.So yes, you guessed it, I ended up buying a new PowerVac instead. I now have one for blowing leaves and one for suction so the change issue is not such a problem. However, it is a disgraceful rip off for Flymo to charge anything near that price for the bag and so wasteful that you cannot economically repair something so simple. If Amazon sell the whole thing for £50 or so, Flymo must make them for at least half that cost so what is the real price of the bag - £2-£3 (or maybe it is gold plated on the lining?). Sell it for a £10 and people will buy spares! I would.So protect your bag!!!!

Generally speaking I’m pleased with the power and performance and recommend for garden use.If I could change the design for more comfort I would certainly extend the length of the cable and introduce a stop/start switch on the handle.

It's great! I am a housewife and found it too heavy and cumbersome to manage. Sad I had to send it back!

The machine is bulky, heavy, noisy and cumbersome. The long power cable takes a lot of unwinding and stowing back.It is ineffective at gathering hedge trimmings and leaves. The device becomes blocked as soon as it encounters anything but the odd dry leaf. It does not pick up leaves well, the suction is inadequate. The wide tube gets snagged on corners and so forth.The bag needs cleaning out after use, a time consuming job.Save your money and buy a good rake, a bag and some gardening gloves. The rake is cheap, light, virtually silent in use, takes up little room and does the job of gathering leaves and trimmings effectively. You just have to put it away when you are finished.Raking is good exercise too, whereas the Flymo will frustrate you and cause backache.