Fed up of sweeping up leaves in the garden? Me too. However, the best leaf blowers can make a big difference, thanks to their powerful motors and high-speed streams of air. Let’s be honest, leaf ...

Operating a gas-powered leaf blower for an hour emits as much smog-forming pollution as driving a Toyota Camry from L.A. to Denver. Across the U.S., some 11 million leaf blowers roar into action every ...

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This is in response to the letter to the editor "Unrealistic demand on landscapers" (Dec. 8) by Joe Sbardella of Warren. Mr. Sbardella, a former landscaping business owner, claims that a new state ...

The best handheld and backpack electric leaf blowers from CR's tests include models from Ego and Ryobi Many battery-powered leaf blowers, like these from Ryobi, Ego, and Atlas (left to right), are ...

The push to ban gas-powered leaf blowers has gained an unlikely figurehead: Cate Blanchett, the Australian actress. “Leaf blowers need to be eradicated from the face of the Earth,” she said in an ...

A backpack leaf blower is a big help if you have a sizable piece of property. Whether you’re sweeping flower petals or grass clippings from your driveway through spring and summer or clearing fallen ...

A leaf blower may be a simple enough tool, but its powerful gas engine or electric motor and moving parts can create a lot of wear and tear over time. But if you keep up with a simple regimen of basic ...

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With fall in full swing, home gardeners often find themselves in a frenzy trying to clear leaves from their lawns and rain gutters. But with so many leaf blowers on the market and cities and states ...