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jaykrown@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• AlpacaChariot@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I have an electric leaf blower, it’s pretty loud and you can definitely hear it >5m away, in fact you could probably hear it several hundred metres away. I do agree they are less disturbing overall though.

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  • Valmond@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Where is the sound coming from to make it that noisy? Is it more the engine or the woosh?

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    • chuckleslord@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Da whoosh

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    • AlpacaChariot@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s basically a big hair dryer, there’s a big fan in it

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• Taldan@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  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?

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  • JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    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.

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    • juliebean@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      a broom would work better, be quicker, and not cause as much stress to your human and animal neighbors.

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      • Tikiporch@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        The last part may be true, but the first two are definitely not.

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      • JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        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.

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      • Bakedtaint@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I just use my bare hands personally. Green to the core

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      • ayyy@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Way to out yourself as someone who has never done manual labor.

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  • CanadianCarl@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    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.

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• RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I commonly use an electric leafblower for work, it’s loud as fuck

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• JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yeah, it’s really crazy how much quieter the electric lawn tools are. It’s very noticeable.

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• ThePantser@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I am an all electric human as I can be.

  Electric: mower, leaf blower, edger, chainsaw, pole saw, car, tiller.

  Last thing to swap isy houses heat from gas but that is a major job that requires many upgrades.

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• hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  How about not having lawns in the first place?

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• JasonDJ@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Man I want to replace my 2 cycle backpack blower now.

  My handheld (Ryobi 20v, meh) is alright for cleaning the driveway or the deck, but if I want to actually move leaves around the heard, it’s weak.

  I love my ego mower and my ego snowblower (although I only had one season with it so far and I think we got a total of 3 inches of snow, so…yea). An ego backpack blower would be tits.

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