Blowers

A blower is one of those tools that seems optional until you own one: clearing autumn leaves, tidying the path and terrace after mowing, blowing dust out of the workshop or drying a surface all become a matter of minutes. The range runs from handheld models, light and meant for short spells, to backpack machines that carry the weight on your back and let you work for hours. Some models double as vacuums and shred the leaves into a bag, greatly reducing the volume if you have to take them away.

How to choose

• Read both figures together: air volume moves the mass of leaves, while air speed lifts what is damp or stuck down.
• Handheld if you use it in short bursts; backpack once you are working for an hour at a time.
• Battery in residential areas, for early starts and to avoid disturbing neighbours; petrol when large areas demand sustained power.
• Consider the vacuum and shredding function if you want to collect the leaves rather than just pile them up.

At Tecomac we let you try one in our Palafrugell shop so you can judge the real weight and noise; we work with ECHO and Husqvarna. We stock tubes, filters, spark plugs and spare batteries, and any repair is done in our own workshop.