WORX 13 Amp Electric Leaf Mulcher for Yard Leaf & Waste Shredding, WG430

I bagged by hand 350 recycle bags (50 gallon) last year, pressed and compressed. Beautiful scenic Massachusetts leaves. Do I have your attention now? When this device is properly used, it performs. I have now been through three weeks of leaf season, with a total of mulch in 25, 50-gallon recycle bags. The first few bags were done with the product as designed, the remainder with a couple of modifications. First, let me thank all those who offered constructive suggestions in the prior 25 reviews. I picked some good ideas out of there to make a solution that worked well for me. Let me set the stage: $1,000 for a commercial shredder/chipper is out of my budget. But I needed to do something. I have 12 very large, mature, 50-year old oak and maple trees in my yard. My landscaper quit fall cleanup on my 7-years ago, after his crew of five spent an entire day cleaning up. It's "too much" he said to me. A crew of three high school football players hardly made a dent in my yard, after laboring for six hours. It has been taking me six full weekends by myself to bag the leaves. There are no other options in my town, I don't own a truck. In a typical year, 250 bags was average. 200 after we pruned the trees, but soon after than the trees took off again, up to 350 bags last year. I started using it out of the box as-is. Rule number one: READ AND COMPREHEND THE !@$% INSTRUCTIONS. It is very clear it that it is only intended for leaves. Period. End of Sentence. Leaves. RULE NUMBER TWO: Pick up all the sticks and twigs from your yard BEFORE the leaves fall. Case 1: I want the leaves right into the 50-gallon bags. I tried the 4 corner tear mentioned, I did not like the results, especially since I have to lift and drag the full bag. MODIFICATION #1: I went out and got some aluminum tubing that fit over the legs, extending the height by somewhere around 8 inches. Result: I filled about 10 50-gallon bags of mulch with this method. Used the expander ring to keep the bag open. The bags barely touch the bottom of the orange chassis. I was extremely careful to keep the sticks out. I went through 2 or 3 sets of cutting line. It went fine, but a little slower than I had hoped. You have to "sprinkle" the leaves in, no pushing and cramming. The jury was still out on whether this was any faster than than bagging by hand. However, it reduced the bag count and cost and it saved me a lot of pushing and shoving. There IS leakage from the side but it only amounts to a few handfuls, definitely worth the convenience of having a bag setup to go in a minute. Case 2: Windy day, one more modification. MODIFICATION #2: Upgrade the cutting line to .105 inches (2,7 mm). I bought a 220 foot refill from Home Depot for a bit under $15 if I recall correctly. I came with a littler cutting tool right atop. I cut them to identical size. They fit into the WORX slot snugly, with a little force. If you want, you can ream/drill out those holed a little bit. Result: The thicker line eats leaves MUCH FASTER when all things are the same. I then got brave and went to a section of the yard and tried a pile full of mixed twigs (up to 1/8") and it just chewed them up. Granted, there was some line reduction at that time, but it's clear, that .105 line will make the job go much faster (I've done 4 bags so far with the .105) and it will handle small twigs so you don't have to obsess over every last one. Other observations: The stand, when used to hold the bag upright along with the ring to expand the bag top, make for a GREAT stay-in-place bag retainer on a windy day when you still have to hand-bag a few things (like pine needles). This is a very, very useful feature for windy days. I know I waste a lot of time on windy days trying to keep it open. Use a 12-gauge extension cord. Don't fool around. This is a 13 amp motor. You don't want the motor burning up because it can't get enough juice while you're pushing leaves in. Use goggles and be sure you position your shredder DOWNWIND OF YOU. I don't think a mask is required unless you have respiratory problems. Never, never, never stick you hands in to the rotating string. I did, it's not nice. I do not recommend wet leaves. wait for a windy day to dry them out first. SUGGESTIONS FOR THE MANUFACTURER 1) Include leg extenders to accommodate a 50 gallon recycling bag. 2) Include a skirt below the orange chassis which would go down the interior of the bag. 3) Upgrade to .105 cutting lines 4. Include Stupid Stickers all over the outside of the product just like ladder manufacturers do. DO NOT PUSH LEAVE DOWN IT. DO NOT INSERT STICKS. USE GOOGLES. USE A 12-GAUGE EXTENSION CORD. I have four more dreadful weeks of leaf bagging ahead. I cannot tell you what the reduction rate is because leaf fall varies by weather conditions each year. It still won't be easy, and it will take a lot of time. I'm hoping it saves a) money on bags, b) fewer bags to manhandle, c) less hours bagging d) less bending, pushing and shoving. The jury is still out, I will have my final verdict in December. So far it's a 5-star. It's no saviour, but it does appear to have some benefit.

Ok so this thing works so much better than the red Toro that converts into a bagger/mulcher. Saved me a ton of time, and a ton of bags, and some money. Our collection charges 50 cents per bag when they collect, on top of whatever the cost of bags are. Despite the videos showing folks collecting leaves in plastic bags, it's been a few decades since I've lived anywhere that let you put leaves at the curb in anything other than paper. Cons: This is the biggest one, it shows that you can use standard lawn and leaf bags with this, but be prepared to have to rip the bags to fit them on the rack. If you do it this way, you won't be able to pack as much into the bags. The bags are too tall for the legs. Pro tip for the con: DO use a heavy duty black plastic bag for collection, they hold significantly more than the standard lawn and leaf bag, and allow you to run for longer before stopping to empty the bag. My personal preference is to have a pair of bags set up with leaf chute in each, then use a couple spring clamps to clamp the pair of chutes together into essentially a big funnel. When the plastic bag is full, dump them into the dual bags, use a flat shovel to mash the leaves down in the paper bags, rinse and repeat. I swear I fit double what I used to in the bags using the Toro for mulching. I normally carry two bags to the curb at once, and I had to carry them one at a time because they were too heavy for me to grip. Expect to go through string trimmer string. You'll notice a major throughput decrease as the string shortens, I replaced it "early" in the interest of time. But, any appropriately sized spool of string will work fine if you just want to cut your own. I *believe* the string size is supposed to be 0.9 and I squeezed the Ego .95 string into it just to see if it would work. It worked, and I think it lasted slightly longer, but I think I agree with the "Lawn Ginja" on youtube ,that if you sub in thicker string you get slightly larger pieces of mulch. Ginja claims the sunjoe won the head to head test, but my wife and I were both looking at the results and were like "uh, no... definitely the Worx wins". Lastly, I cannot recommend enough to wear a mask and possibly eye protection. I wear glasses and it's been weeks and I swear I still have leaf particles in my eyes. You might feel silly with the mask but even with it I felt like I was blowing leaf dust out of my nose for days. Dry leaves will be turned into powder that blows around like crazy. I realize this probably sounds like a negative review, but it's not, I'm just trying to give a few tips that took me some time to figure out. I also have the Worx "ultimate leaf collection kit" or whatever it's called. It's the universal kit that replaced the bag on my Toro with a hose that instead blows them straight into a barrel. That was significantly better than the bag, but still doesn't at all compare to using this. It saves me boatloads of time, and I believe over the next couple leaf collection seasons will pay for itself. I 1000% wish I would have bought one of these my first leaf season, instead of the blower/vac/mulcher Toro the first two seasons. So much faster to scoop up leaves with a plastic rake and shovel em' in!

I’m using it for pine needles and it shreds them no problem. Better than I expected. This thing RIPS! The only negative is that sticks or pine cones that slip by break the line instantly, so I find myself replacing it about every 30 minutes. To really work the line needs to be full length, so even if it just breaks off the last inch or two you have to replace it. That said, it’s still the best way I’ve found to deal with the pine needles and I’d buy it again.

Well designed, easy to use. Absolutely pulverizes leaves, chopping them up into confetti sized pieces. I used to get about 15 bags of leaves on the first raking of the fall season, but with this device: 0 bags! . I was able to spread all the minced up leaves on my lawns and gardens to nourish them in the spring. Without this mulcher I would easily get 30 to 40 bags of leaves, with it I’m probably going to get maybe 10 bags (after I mulch my lawns and gardens), it reduces the leaves down that much. My only criticism is I would have liked to have seen the stand made out of beefier tubing. Highly recommend. NOTE: Wear a face mask, preferably a respirator, when operating this, it creates a lot of dust you don’t want to be breathing in. Eye and ear protection is suggested, too. Works best when the leaves are dry. Update: This mulched up all of my leaves and I had zero bags to put out at the curb, as opposed to the usual thirty to forty I normally get each season by raking.

I bought this mulcher to grind up my kitchen scraps and possibly some leaves but primarily to prepare green material for my composter so as to speed up the composting process.Here in the States the thing we call a mulcher is basically a line trimmer with plastic line on it whereas in Europe or Australia they have more serious machines with hammers or flails. I also recently bought a large Craftsman chipper/ shredder and that does a good job on larger stuff and twigs and wood.Its shredder part has a bunch of metal flails that spin around and basically pulverize material. When I tried it on kitchen scraps it did fine but splattered veggie goo everywhere and was loud and I could tell it would get seriously caked up after a while.That's when I decided to try the Worx out for its ease of use. I read all the reviews and understood a few flaws in the Worx unit that I felt I could improve on and the price seemed right. The first thing I did with the Worx before using it was take the string holder off and drill it out to hold .105" line instead of the wimpy stuff it came with.That was easy and not a complicated thing to do. I also removed the metal line cutter bracket as that catches material, causing it to cake up and then I trimmed the .105 line to cover the full width of the chute.Having it cut full width eliminated the problem of having stuff catch in the corners. When I reattached the line holder I made sure the cheap little plastic screw that holds that hub on was very snug. I may end up replacing that with a stainless steel screw and a lock washer because those things like to work loose.I tried it first with the metal stand under it without a bag and stuff fly's everywhere. Then I mounted the whole unit on top of one of those round plastic tubs people use to put beer kegs and ice into with the stand under that to keep the working height right and that caught all the mulch. It works fine and feels powerful enough to spin the larger and longer string. I did try throwing some twigs in and it didnt like that which surprised me since my Husky weed wacker with the same line on it will blast through twigs. Speaking of line, a tip for all you folks that complain about the junk trimmer line it comes with or how hard it is to find. Not all line is equal. Buy a spool of quality line from Stil, Husky or Echo that you'll get at a saw shop and get some miles out of it. All the hardware store and Home Depo stuff is cheap and wears out fast. Dont worry about it being round or square , thats marketing hype and its the quality of the plastic that matters. I have tried a number of brands in my weed wacker and the good stuff will last up to ten times longer. I usually think its kind of lame when people write reviews right after they bought something instead of month's later when they've had some history with it but I figured I'd better do it now before I forgot. I also think that my "modifying" the unit right away saved me some headaches later. Basically the thing looks like it will handle leaves without any branches or twigs, weeds and small plants and certainly veggie and fruit scraps. If it blows up you guys will be the first to hear about it but I doubt that will happen.

I bought this so my girlfriend could add leaves to her composter to balance out wet kitchen scraps. I really like the way it collapses for storage in its original box. The lower ring on the steel base fits the top of standard 40-gal (Brute or Costco) cans so it works very well if you want to pass your shred thru the unit more than once. To seal the air gap between the base of the power head and can, I cut the bottom off a trash bag (to make a tube) and placed this over the top ring so it hangs down past the top of the can on both inside and outside. I also chose to increase the length of the string a bit by moving the cutter to its alternate location (undocumented in user manual). This reduces the open gap at the end of the string. I have a spool of generic trimmer string that works perfectly, so replacements need not be bought in pre-cut lengths as provided with the unit. I like it.

Well, I usually don't write many reviews for products because you don't often need a review for things you know how they perform, but I thought I'd write about this new item to me. I live in the mountains of Tennessee and have a mountain of leaves to deal with each year. After loading what felt like 50 bags last year with a rake, I decided to see if I could reduce the volume of leaves to something more manageable. So off to search for a good leave mulcher. The item was well packed and is fairly light weight. Assembly was very straight forward and its not complicated at all. I presently am using contractor clean up plastic bags from Lowes for the leaves. A few thoughts... Dry leaves work the best in this machine. If your going to blow your leaves into a pile, I do recommend that you only do so for the leaves your going to mulch with this machine, that day. I made the mistake of blowing my whole yard into a long pile. Then it rained the next day. Dry leaves work the best and you can just about load this machine with them as fast as you can and it processes it quite well But if they leaves are wet - Oh Dear!!! Wet leaves mulch into something that looks like wet coffee grounds and as such, it tends to pack into the bowl causing the exit ports to plug up. The mulch wont drop into the bag. You'll have to stop the machine, unplug the power, then poke open the slots the leaves normally drop through. At this point, I just push the mulch through the slots and then continue. A combo of mostly dry to wet leaves will process better than just wet ones. Just try to put dry leaves through it and you'll enjoy this greatly. The plastic weed eater string. WORX sells a pack of pre cut strings. You'd prob be better off to just get a roll of .080 or .093 weed eater string and cut your own. Ive had strings last 15 minutes to an hour before. (I think small branches in the leaves are what shortens the string life) Long strings work the best. You will notice the mulch will move around quite well when the strings are long. I replace the strings when I notice the mulch isn't moving really well. I find worn strings are about 3 inches long at this point. Wet leaves will shorten the string life. Also, just to be clear, you can process these wet leaves, but be prepared to have a really heavy bag once its full. All that water!. Dry leaves makes the bag much lighter. One thing I did notice, is there is an air intake and exhaust for the motor cooling. The intake is where the large red on/off button is. I'm going to add some window screen over the outside of this to limit the amount of gunk that is sucked into this port. I've already had to take the unit apart and clean out this filter (6 phillips screws). Window screen should help prevent the build up of materials. WORX figured this out and glued a filter inside the intake port with hot glue - but this isn't a really good fix. No way to clean it unless you take the unit apart and pull the filter from the hot glue bonds inside. WORX - rethink this filter to make a snap on outside filter thats user cleanable. Other than this, Im really happy with this. The price is good too.

A lot better mulcher than Black & Decker. Even though B&D has metal blades, it takes awhile to mulch vacuuming the leaves through a tube and then messing with the hose attachment to a trash can for large projects. The Worx works a lot faster and following recommendations from others: use a 33 gallon Home Depot heavy duty black trash bag to collect. The funnel lid is a joke to cinch onto the tub. One connector broke but it doesn’t matter, a seal isn’t necessary since most dust will fly around anyway. Once you click the lid on, don’t take it off ever to prevent it from being broken. It can be stored in its original box with the lid on. I recommend wearing an N95 and safety googles and Noise reduction for your ears. It’s very loud. I use the pro lines instead of the supplied, buy thicker and it will last longer. I buy the “Husqvarna Titanium Force 0.095-Inch, 140-Foot Spooled String Trimmer Line”. It won’t lasts if you have branches but replacing the lines isn’t that hard. I use a snow shovel and rake to scoop the leaves. You will learn how much to pile in. If it’s a lot, you will have to use your rake to push the leaves through. If it’s just right, the leaves will be mulched in an instant. You will notice when the line gets halfway, there’s left over leaves around the basin. To not throw away good line left over, just shorten one end enough for one line and not two like a trimmer. It still works. Happy Mulching. :) I have a lot of leaves and this is a game changer for me despite an obvious design flaw in the funnel design, plastic clip and not metal clips and using line trimmer instead of metal blades like B&D. This pays itself in one season instead of someone else gathering up your leaves. I use the mulched leaves and spread it on my lawn to fertilize it naturally.

Buen servicio a domicilio. Defectos de la maquina: Enchufe americano, estamos en España, se necesita un enchufe europeo. ( ver foto) Falta una pieza en el bombo de triturar ( ver foto) Lo mas grave, solo funciona a un Voltaje de 120 V. se necesita un trans formador de 220 a 120 V.

مكينة طحن لاوراق الاشجار تعمل بشكل جيد ولكن المشكله انها تعمل بنظام الكهرباء 120v مما تطلب مني شراء كيبل + محول من 220v الى 110v لتشغيل الجهاز .

I've been looking for something like this for a few years. We have a 2 acre property with over 25 maple trees ranging from 5 years old to well over 30 years old = lots of leaves. This shredder worked for me. In what normally takes 3 full weekends of raking, collecting, bagging, transporting to the back forest and/or burning, took only 3 full days of raking, shredding and transporting to the back forest to decompose. The construction of the unit is pretty good. I visually compared it to other makes and this one looked like it would be tougher and stronger overall. I think it is. I tried shopping around but Amazon was the ONLY place I could find this (in Canada) which means I am sure it was not the best price. If I see a used one for sale, I will definitely get a second one. The unit shredded dry leaves and even slightly damp/wet leaves with little issue. It does not handle small twigs well at all so they need to be screened out manually. This is due to the thin plastic 'weedwhacker" type strings used. When the strings get worn down to about half, then the leaves start bunching up and clogging. A vigorous rocking motion to the whole unit helped until the strings were changed. Lots of online suggestions to replace with wire and maybe I will try that next year. It is loud but not louder than expected for what it is. It was very dusty when the leaves were really dry but again, that should be expected with something like this. For relocating the shredded leaves, use extra heavy-duty garbage bags and you can reuse them multiple times.

La he usado para hojas secas de bambú y cumple muy bien su función

We ordered gardening tool, but the supplied item was not fit for the EU market at all. We sent it back according to seller's instructions, but no further communication, action, or return of the finds spend on the item and the cost of sending back.