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Flowtron The Ultimate Mulcher 8 Amp Electric Leaf Shredder #LE-900 | List Price: $169.99
Discount Price: $149.99
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Brand: Flowtron
Binding: Tools & Hardware
Features: - 1-bushel electric leaf shredder; special positions for grass, thatch, pine needles
- 8 amp motor, 21-inch hopper; reduces 11 bags of leaves to 1 bag
- Light, rugged polyethylene funnel and housing; some assembly required
- 36 heavy-duty cutting lines and legs included
- 17 pounds; limited one-year warranty
Exceeded Expectations [Posted on 2008-05-04]
Quickly reduced a yard full of leaves to material for my compost bin. Was even able to shred some wet leaves that where in the bin from fall. My experience has been that I have to change the cutting cords about every two hours of operation. Overall have been very satisfied with performance. However if you want to shred sticks, this is not machine for you.
Bad, bad, bad [Posted on 2008-05-08]
I just burned out my second one! The first thing that gets me about this item is that they come with a 5A motor, not 8A as described (I mean, just turn the thing over and it says 5A right on it, not to mention the breaker is 5A...). The motor is also not sealed or dust proof - which would make more sense on something like this that is a dust, particle producing machine.
Needless to say - I hate this thing! I have hundreds of bags of leaves to mulch and I get through about 20 dry bags of maple leaves and the motor burns out on me? This is crazy! You would think they would lose money selling these crappy motors, but apparently there are enough people who buy them and keep them with dead motors or something.
At least I bought from Amazon and I can keep getting replacements or my money back. I guess I will have to figure something else to get my leaves chipped up. :(
Leaf mulcher no match for my pile of leaves... [Posted on 2008-05-12]
I am disappointed in the leaf mulcher and I had to return it. The first day it worked great and I really reduced a huge mound of leaves I had saved from the fall and spring. However about 5 hours into the process, it stopped running and the reset button popped out. The next day my husband tried it and it would only operate for a few seconds and the reset button would again pop out. I had high hopes for it because I didn't want a huge piece of heavy equipment that was going to rip my arm off. This seemed to be the perfect light weight, easily manageable machine but alas it could not stand up to the job I needed it to do. Rita
faster [Posted on 2008-05-13]
was just what I was looking for could have gotten here faster in sat in one spot for 2 days
Almost Great!! [Posted on 2008-06-29]
The idea is great. I typically have about 40+ bags of leaves and pine needles each year. If this could be ground into almost-powder and returned to the ground it would eliminate a few trips to the dump. The first time I tried this product it seemed to work great. It definitely needs heavier line (.095) AND a better center screw (it holds the spinning mechanism in place). It comes with a plastic screw which broke within an hour's use... not the easiest thing to replace. IMHO it really needs a metal screw. Then, the machine works great.
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