GreenworksGD40BV Cordless Leaf Blow Vac with Brushless Motor, 280km/h, 9.63m³/min, 45L Mulching Bag WITHOUT 40V Battery & Charger, 3 Year Guarantee

The 2amp batteries only last 5mins tops on leaf suction. Once battery has been discharged, it cant be recharged straight away, it has to cool. so when both batteries are discharged, you're stuck!! So I've purchased 2 x 8amp batteries from eBay, they run about 15mins per battery, just long enough for what in need, then I've got the 2 x 2amp batteries, if required.Suction tube is a bit fiddly to fit & remove for leaf blowing, instructions are not very clear.The machine is not heavy, & is easy to use. Glad I bought it, no more cables trailing about. Shame it didn't come with the stronger batteries in the first place!

Great product even though a little fiddly to put together. Have found that when on full power the battery supplied does depleat rather quickly. Maybe a stronger battery being supplied would be better. All in all not a bad piece of kit.

Have to admit I already have two batteries so after reading reviews I felt confident.Suction can be set from OK to powerful.I only use this for sucking up leaf's as I have a professional petrol blower and rather than change nozzles I find it easier to just use this for sucking.So batteries...yes this this drain batteries fast, I have a large garden and only just about get around before two batteries are drained.I found the suction is better than anything I have previously used so if set to half power the batteries last much longer and if needed I just press the power button to whack it up full for a bit.So batteries are the weak area unless you have a small garden but there are a few really good areas not mentioned by many.Leaf bag - In the past I ended up covered in dust but the bag that is supplied easily come off, but the clever thing is the air only comes out of one side so you can sling the bag over your shoulder without the worry of being covered in dust...its just nice not have to change cloths every time I use it.Should strap, I used to find these things heavy but this fits well and its much easier to use than others I have had as your shoulders take the weight.Access point - Previous leaf suckers I have had block up and trying to get a coat hanger or similar into the engine area to unblock it was hell. Well good news, this has never blocked up and even if it did its designed for easy access and if it ever blocked up then unblocking it would be no trouble.so 10/10 for design, 6/10 for battery life (even if it does come with the power of a small nuclear power station)

After purchasing a cordless lawnmower 2 years ago, I couldn't wait to upgrade all the garden kit to cordless. It's just way quicker, safer and convenient!I bought this on a black Friday offer, and considering it includes two batteries, it's great value.Unpacking it, it is of fairly good quality plastic and was quite easy to assemble. There are masses of documents and an encyclopedia of a manual, if that's your kind of thing.Unfortunately, both batteries were fully discharged so had to be charged. Both took approximately 50mins which is actually faster than the hour quoted.The batteries included were gen2 batteries. I was quite surprised to find they don't have any holes for ventilation. Cells need to be kept cool for longevity, but who knows what greenworks are up to with this set? They didn't feel hot after charging, so again, I was quite surprised by this.I took a gamble with this unit after reading other reviews about poor battery life, and I can report back that this is definetely the case. I was using the blower on setting 4, and after 5 minutes I was already down to 2 bars out of 4! By 7 minutes it was dead! If you want to experience range anxiety this is the tool to do it with!Surprisingly, the battery with no ventilation holes felt cool; must be witchcraft!? I put it on charge, and I got a solid red light (battery too hot to charge). I left it plugged in and proceeded to finish blowing the leaves with the second battery.Second battery was a little better than the first, lasting around 10mins, but this was probably due to me being more frugal with the speed and having mastered controls.Poor battery life aside, this blower is really impressive. At full pelt it is very powerful. It was able to blow wet leaves off the grass with no trouble. Even at setting 2, it was blowing leaves on a patio area. I've noticed that at higher speeds it tends to blow leaves in all directions, instead of in the direction you want. I found that setting 4 was OK for most activities.If you've ever used a blower or vac before, you will know how noisey these things are. This unit is completely different. It's probably the brushless motor, but it is very quiet. Yes it does get loud at full pelt, but it has a pleasant tone.I didn't try it as a vacuum, but instead used the mains one to suck up all the leaves, so can't comment on its performance here. Going by the shockingly poor battery life, I will probably avoid using it for this activity anyway, because I doubt you would be able to get a decent run out of it.I can only image, but I think it would be a little tedious having to swap tubes over for either activity. Someone did mention leaving both tubes attached, so quite a good idea, but ultimately there are better mains units that do this at the flick of a switch.Speaking of other cons, the ergonomics of this unit is quite poor. You have to use a soft on/off button to turn it on and off. You can then adjust the speed by rotating the thumb wheel. The thumb wheel is actually easy to use, but I think a trigger would have been a better idea to conserve power. I've had a few instances where the soft button hasn't worked, so will keep an eye of this and update. There is a second soft button for turbo mode, and annoyingly, this turns on everytime you switch the unit on. How stupid!Note that these buttons are upside down when using in vacuum mode. What a terrible compromise.All in all, cons aside, I'm relatively happy to keep this as a blower. Considering what was included for the price, two batteries, a charger and a blower/vac, its not too bad if you treat the blower as a freebie! I think 3 stars is fair score for the blower.I bought this to supplement the pole hedge trimmer and saw, and that thing is fantastic.Overall, if you can get this for the same price as two batts and a charger, go for it.

Bought a 'greenworks' cordless strimmer earlier this year, 40v version, absolutely brilliant product, takes down bramble, weeds, heavy undergrowth, hardly ever breaks the line and is really powerful. Wanted a blower/vacuum for the winter leaves so clearly looked at the same product line., allThe initial cost looked a bit high until I worked out that the battery and charger are interchangeable so I went for this product, couldn't be more pleased, the blower is so powerful, cleared my deck, patio in 2 minutes, then I set up the vacuum.........bit tricky at first but once set up with the bag it worked a treat, good wide tube, strong bag with zip, did the whole garden front and back in 20 minutes. it is quite noisy but then it needs to be if its powerful, a bit heavy, but I prefer that sturdiness, all in all a great product for £100.