Flowtron Leaf-Eater Electric Leaf Shredder #LE-800

List Price: $159.95 Discount Price: $126.83

Features:

• Electric leaf shredder and mulcher
• 21-inch hopper; reduces 8 bags of leaves to 1 bag; 30 to 1 mulch reduction
• Steel and rugged high-density polyethylene; some assembly required
• 36 heavy-duty cutting lines and legs included
• 16 pounds; limited 1-year warranty

Accessories:

MSA Safety Works Adjustable Faceshield #817893

Customer Reviews:

It is perfect for me [Posted on 2008-01-14]
The reason I titled this review perfect for me is that this leaf shredder is perfect for my compost pit, and the way I care for my yard. I do not prefer to rake my yard, I use my Black and Decker mulching mower to not only pick up my leaves but keep my yard looking trim. So what I do is, mow and bag at the same time and empty my mowers bag into the leaf shredder. This reduces my leaves and whatever is in the mowers bag to virtually powder form. Within a few weeks if kept moist it makes beautiful mulch. This machine is made for, and works with, leaves and vegetation. Sticks and stones will break the plastic strings so don't put them in there.

flowtron leaf-eater [Posted on 2008-04-02]
Two problems-1. cutter strings break easily on small twigs(I know, take the twigs out but that's a pain and 2.holes at bottom should be bigger, they clog too easily

Otherwise it works satisfactorily.

ron foster

probably great for leaves [Posted on 2008-04-25]
i bought this in hopes of shredding straw.... nope, it won't do it. guess i'll keep looking.

MULCH MAKER [Posted on 2008-06-12]
A dandy little machine that my wife can operate in her high heels. Does a great job making mulch quickley from leaves or straw.

Frustrated and giving up [Posted on 2008-06-22]
I shouldn't have believed the ad copy that said it would shred paper. Maybe it does a better job on leaves. I'm a doctor, who has years of old records that need to be shredded. I'd hoped to add them to my compost pile.

The instructions were adequate, not exceptional. I put in just a few papers to try it out. The machine was quite noisy, as others have mentioned. If I'd gone through the amount of paper I planned to, I would have needed protection for my ears, since it would have been hours at that deafening volume.

One of the self-locking nuts that attaches the motor to the bottom part of the housing came off in the first *90 seconds*. Mind you, this ISN'T one of the nuts that the user puts on, but is one of the nuts that is installed at the factory.

However, I was still game to try, until it began snowing on my son and me. As many shreds of paper flew up through the funnel and on the sides of the unit from the can as actually landed in the bottom of the can.

It was utterly useless for my need, which was one of the uses listed in the ad copy. If I thought it was safe (remembering the loose factory-installed nut) I might hang on to it until the fall, and try it on leaves. As it is, I'll be trying to figure out how to send it back.

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