I look forward to seeing less leaf blowers in general. I don’t get the obsession with getting rid of leaves. You’re damaging the local ecosystem for what? The ability to watch your grass turn brown?
Grass turns brown in the fall, for you? That usually only happens in the summer here, when we get heat waves. The grass is green every other time, covered or not covered.
Hi, leaf pilled person here. I still have a leaf blower to get them off my driveway. IN FACT! I use a leaf blower to get them off the pavement and onto the ground where they’ll be beneficial. They’re still a useful piece of equipment.
You severely overestimate how long it takes to blow my driveway. Well under five minutes. I do it less than once a month. Maybe once a week in the fall, if even. I think the animal neighbors in my dirt are happy for the leaves.
no, i’ve just done enough, both with and without power tools, to know how to pick the right tool for the job.
if you need to blow some dirt off a road just to make it look nicer at the end of a roadworks project, or get the bulk of the small branches out of the way after a tree trimming, and don’t care about being thorough, then sure, i guess a leaf blower will get the job done (and you’ve been running much louder and heavier equipment all day, so who gives a fuck about the noise pollution).
but if you just want to clear some wet fallen leaves off a driveway so it looks nicer, i’d pick the pushbroom every single time. it’ll get the job done quicker, cleaner, and with far less making my neighbors hate me. having a leaf blower for personal use seems completely insane to me.
I look forward to seeing less leaf blowers in general. I don’t get the obsession with getting rid of leaves. You’re damaging the local ecosystem for what? The ability to watch your grass turn brown?
Grass turns brown in the fall, for you? That usually only happens in the summer here, when we get heat waves. The grass is green every other time, covered or not covered.
Hi, leaf pilled person here. I still have a leaf blower to get them off my driveway. IN FACT! I use a leaf blower to get them off the pavement and onto the ground where they’ll be beneficial. They’re still a useful piece of equipment.
a broom would work better, be quicker, and not cause as much stress to your human and animal neighbors.
You severely overestimate how long it takes to blow my driveway. Well under five minutes. I do it less than once a month. Maybe once a week in the fall, if even. I think the animal neighbors in my dirt are happy for the leaves.
i think you’re overestimating how long it’d take to sweep.
I just use my bare hands personally. Green to the core
Hands have bacteria on them that might get killed.
I blow them away using air from my lungs.
The last part may be true, but the first two are definitely not.
Way to out yourself as someone who has never done manual labor.
no, i’ve just done enough, both with and without power tools, to know how to pick the right tool for the job.
if you need to blow some dirt off a road just to make it look nicer at the end of a roadworks project, or get the bulk of the small branches out of the way after a tree trimming, and don’t care about being thorough, then sure, i guess a leaf blower will get the job done (and you’ve been running much louder and heavier equipment all day, so who gives a fuck about the noise pollution).
but if you just want to clear some wet fallen leaves off a driveway so it looks nicer, i’d pick the pushbroom every single time. it’ll get the job done quicker, cleaner, and with far less making my neighbors hate me. having a leaf blower for personal use seems completely insane to me.