I look forward to seeing more electric leaf blowers. Sure they have a bit of an annoying high pitched whine when you’re close by, but you’re not going to hear it more than 5 meters away. I’ve also been seeing more electric lawn mowers which are also much quieter.
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.
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?
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.
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.
I have two, one for the garage and one for my 2nd floor bedroom that doesn’t get much from the main HVAC unit. I even got the smallest units you can for those spaces and they are still too good and cool too much.
I’ve been thinking about doing a mini split for my office/upstairs bedroom, since that floor is always the hottest area of the home. Damn if the install cost isn’t as much as the damned equipment
My first install I used a DIY friendly version that came with pre charged lines. That went well and is still going strong after 4 years. That one was fine because you can’t shorten the lines but the run was long enough that there wasn’t a huge bundle of hoses. But the garage one I did the non DIY version. I already had a vacuum pump so I just bought the other few tools like the pip flaring tool and vacuum gauges. It’s actually a pretty simple process to DIY, just practice making the pipe flairs before doing it officially.
Not really, mostly just watched install videos on YouTube. I watched pretty much all of them that came up. They all mostly agreed with each other except for the length of time to run the vacuum on the lines. But I guess it depends on the quality of the pump.
I look forward to seeing more electric leaf blowers. Sure they have a bit of an annoying high pitched whine when you’re close by, but you’re not going to hear it more than 5 meters away. I’ve also been seeing more electric lawn mowers which are also much quieter.
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.
Where is the sound coming from to make it that noisy? Is it more the engine or the woosh?
Da whoosh
It’s basically a big hair dryer, there’s a big fan in it
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?
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.
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.
Yeah, it’s really crazy how much quieter the electric lawn tools are. It’s very noticeable.
How about not having lawns in the first place?
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.
Heat pumps are super nice. And they get better every year. But it is an investment.
I have two, one for the garage and one for my 2nd floor bedroom that doesn’t get much from the main HVAC unit. I even got the smallest units you can for those spaces and they are still too good and cool too much.
I’ve been thinking about doing a mini split for my office/upstairs bedroom, since that floor is always the hottest area of the home. Damn if the install cost isn’t as much as the damned equipment
My first install I used a DIY friendly version that came with pre charged lines. That went well and is still going strong after 4 years. That one was fine because you can’t shorten the lines but the run was long enough that there wasn’t a huge bundle of hoses. But the garage one I did the non DIY version. I already had a vacuum pump so I just bought the other few tools like the pip flaring tool and vacuum gauges. It’s actually a pretty simple process to DIY, just practice making the pipe flairs before doing it officially.
Good to know. Do you have any links or recommendations to look into?
Not really, mostly just watched install videos on YouTube. I watched pretty much all of them that came up. They all mostly agreed with each other except for the length of time to run the vacuum on the lines. But I guess it depends on the quality of the pump.