works great, not too heavy, even the kids loved using it. And after blowing into piles than used the "suck" option and 12-18 bags of leaves became 2 large bags chopped up. Very good product. I bought a long extension cord and had no troubles at all. Was no faster than raking really, but I have a bad back so it saved me an evening of pain : ) Great for blowing out the pine needles from the plants as well. In past was hard to rake up without damaging other items. Would highly recommend.