Product Description

Powerful 12A electric motor with a blowing speed of up to 240 mph allows more power for removing matted leaves and blowing large piles of leaves. 385 cfm air volume for maximum vacuuming and mulching. Metal mulching impeller has a 16:1 mulching ratio and

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #123 in Home Improvement
• Brand: Black & Decker
• Model: LH4500
• Dimensions: 16.50 pounds

Features

• Three-in-one blower, vacuum, and mulcher keeps your yard and driveway neat and tidy
• Handles even wet piles of leaves; 240 MPH blow speed and 385 CFM air volume
• Two-speed switch gives you more control around garden beds
• Weighs 15.4 pounds; 2-year warranty
• Includes a Leaf Blaster nozzle, vacuum attachment with tube, leaf bag with zipper, adjustable shoulder strap, and air concentrator

Amazon.com Product Description
The Black & Decker Leaf Hog Electric Blower/Vacuum adds versatility and power to your tool collection. As a blower, the Leaf Hog can generate up to 240-mph air speed to clear matted leaves or sweep hard surfaces. Switch to the vacuum function, and the mulching mechanism devours and deposits up to 16 bags' worth of debris into the included rear bag.

The mulching mechanism can reduce debris that would have filled 16 bags enough that it fits in the single rear bag. View larger.

Clears All Types of Debris
Sweep your patio, workshop, or walkway clean, or use the 240-mph air speed to make quick work of wet, matted leaves in your yard. The Leaf Hog has a dual-speed switch to decrease air flow when you're working around delicate flower beds, patio furniture, or automobiles in your garage.

Gather and Mulch Leaves and Trimmings
The Leaf Hog converts easily to a 385 CFM lawn vacuum when you want to collect loose leaves, twigs, and grass clippings. The internal mulching mechanism grinds everything down, compressing as much as 16 bags of debris down to one. The included bag detaches easily to empty your mulch in flower beds, gardens, or compost piles.

Lightweight for Comfortable, All-Day Use
An included shoulder strap adds extra support when you're using the Leaf Hog. Weighing in at just 8.1 pounds makes the blower/vacuum light enough for anyone to use for extended periods.

Low Noise Levels from the Environmentally Friendly Motor
Power comes from a 12 Amp motor than runs on electricity--no need to mix oil and gasoline when you're ready to work. The electric motor greatly reduces the roar that's common with gasoline blowers to protect your hearing and reducing noise pollution.

The Electric Leaf Hog Blower/Vacuum is covered by a two-year warranty.

What's in the Box
Leaf Hog Electric Blower/Vacuum, tube with LeafBlaster nozzle, vacuum attachment with tube, leaf bag with zipper, adjustable shoulder strap, air concentrator

A powerful motor and intuitive, ergonomic features make this lightweight blower/vac easy for anyone to use.

From the Manufacturer
The Powerful Black & Decker LH4500 Blower/Vac is ideal for clearing driveways, sidewalks, decks, yards and garages of common debris such as leaves, grass clippings, twigs, and pine needles. A powerful blow speed of up to 240 MPH blow speed allows more power for removing matted leaves and blowing large piles of leaves, and a metal mulching impeller with 16:1 mulch ratio improves impeller life and reduces 16 bags of leaves to a single bag. The 2 -speed switch reduces air speed around flower beds and mulched areas and an Easy Empty bag design makes emptying mulched leaves hassle- free. Most notable, though is the simple tool-free conversion from blower to vacuum. Includes tube with Leaf Blaster nozzle, vacuum attachment with tube, leaf bag with zipper, adjustable shoulder strap, and air concentrator.

Customer Reviews

Does what it was hired to do!
Bought this leaf blower to replace a B&D that went up in smoke the second time it was used. I was a bit apprehensive in my decision to buy another B&D, but it was on sale and with the warranty I felt comfortable. Boy did I do the right thing! This thing really blows the leaves and vacuums them up really well. It even destroys small twigs in the process. I recommend this product to those who want a blower / vac that is powerful and appears to be designed well.

Great tool for even the casual home maintainer
For many years I have longed for and dreaded fall, having had two different homes with heavily-leaved trees. I finally found the cure. Out of the box and working in 5 minutes and reduced hours and hours of raking and bagging to 45 minutes of vacuuming and dumping leaves, pine needles, twigs, and one unfortunate dog toy (soft, mind you). I design products professionally and this one has met my high standards so far. I certainly hope to get many years of use out of it.

Great for the East Coast...
I just purchased this unit today and used it for about 3 hours. I must say I am impressed. It works well as a blower, and I was particularly impressed with its performance as a vacuum.

I shredded 13 large bags of leaves. If the math is to be believed (16 to 1 reduction ratio) that would mean that I would have had to bag 208 bags of leaves. Obviously that is a little overstated, but it definitely did a good job.

I was working with damp leaves that were kind of wet on the bottom of the piles, so it was a little slow-going, but the unit did not clog much at all. Clogs were easily remedied by popping the pick up tube off (no tools required) and pulling out the debris. The unit handles small sticks and whatnot easily as well.

A great buy for the price.