what backpack blower should i get for best power?

[andrew's lawn care]

hi. trying to get some opinions on the best backpack for leaf cleanups, and has a lot of power. I've got the stihl br600, but just looking for more power. any help would be appreciated. thx

 

[Lawnboy18]

Shindaiwa blows harder. My friend that works on raillways blows all night long snow with a BR600, but they all changed to a Shindaiwa and now they can really move snow off the tracks.

 

[jekjr]

Shindaiwa blows harder. My friend that works on raillways blows all night long snow with a BR600, but they all changed to a Shindaiwa and now they can really move snow off the tracks.

I run a big Shindiawa and it is one bad boy. It moves some kind of leaves.

 

[Ric]

hi. trying to get some opinions on the best backpack for leaf cleanups, and has a lot of power. I've got the stihl br600, but just looking for more power. any help would be appreciated. thx

Before you go jumping on the Shindiawa band wagon you may want to remember that cfm/ volume moves debris/leaves not mph/velocity. Your BR 600 Has 712 cfm @ 201mph The Shindaiwa EB854RT which I believe is there biggest and baddest is 79.7 cc engine and weighs 25.4 lbs and it has 760 CFM at 201 mph. Not a lot of difference for the price there asking plus the cost of fuel consumption when you consider the 79.7cc engine vs 64.8 cc Stihl and it weighs only 21 lbs

	Fuel Consumption (fl. oz. / hr)	Running Time in min / 1 qt of Fuel (min)	Annual Fuel Expenditure	Savings when you use STIHL BR 600
Echo PB 770 T	51.9	37	$1,156.40	$193.85
Echo PB 755 S	52.4	36.6	$1,167.54	$204.99
Husqvarna 570 BTS	52.6	36.5	$1,171.99	$209.44
Husqvarna 580 BTS	59.4	32.3	$1,323.51	$360.96
RedMax EBZ 8500	59.8	32.1	$1,332.42	$369.87
STIHL BR 600	43.2	44.5	$962.55

 

[jekjr]

I have the above mentioned Shindiawa. It is one blowing machine. It does hold a lot of gas and burn a lot of gas. It is heavy.

It was expensive. Again it will getter done too.

 

[Ric]

I have the above mentioned Shindiawa. It is one blowing machine. It does hold a lot of gas and burn a lot of gas. It is heavy.

It was expensive. Again it will getter done too.

All the blowers mentioned are good blowers but the problem is which one is the best blower for the job being done or that has to be done. What shindiawa do you have?

 

[LoCo86]

All the blowers mentioned are good blowers but the problem is which one is the best blower for the job being done or that has to be done. What shindiawa do you have?

The best and worst thing about leaf blowers is that they are so versatile that in the lawn care business you will use them for so many different things that it is about impossible to have the right one for the job without it be over/ under powered. But that's what a throttle is for. I suggest buy the strongest backpack blower you can afford or the largest one in the brand you like the best. And then have a handheld blower as a back up and to get into all those tight spaces and where you don't need a lot of power.

 

[jekjr]

All the blowers mentioned are good blowers but the problem is which one is the best blower for the job being done or that has to be done. What shindiawa do you have?

I have the EB 802RT. Excuse me. I do not see it mentioned above. Musta been dreaming that it was mentioned.

 

[jekjr]

I have the EB 802RT. Excuse me. I do not see it mentioned above. Musta been dreaming that it was mentioned.

I am going to buy a smaller blower probably later this year. It will probably be an Echo. Not sure which one yet.

 

[andrew's lawn care]

I run a big Shindiawa and it is one bad boy. It moves some kind of leaves.

802 or 854? (2 stroke or hybrid 4)