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?
Comment on some days i cant even
jaykrown@lemmy.world 3 days ago
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.
Taldan@lemmy.world 3 days ago
JackbyDev@programming.dev 3 days ago
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.
juliebean@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
a broom would work better, be quicker, and not cause as much stress to your human and animal neighbors.
Tikiporch@lemmy.world 3 days ago
The last part may be true, but the first two are definitely not.
JackbyDev@programming.dev 3 days ago
You severely overestimate how long it takes to blow my driveway. Well under five minutes. I do it less than once a month. Maybe once a week in the fall, if even. I think the animal neighbors in my dirt are happy for the leaves.
ayyy@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Way to out yourself as someone who has never done manual labor.
Bakedtaint@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I just use my bare hands personally. Green to the core
CanadianCarl@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
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.
JackbyDev@programming.dev 3 days ago
Yeah, it’s really crazy how much quieter the electric lawn tools are. It’s very noticeable.
RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 3 days ago
I commonly use an electric leafblower for work, it’s loud as fuck
hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 days ago
How about not having lawns in the first place?
ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
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.
slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 3 days ago
Heat pumps are super nice. And they get better every year. But it is an investment.
ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
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.
Passerby6497@lemmy.world 3 days ago
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
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
Man I want to replace my 2 cycle backpack blower now.
My handheld (Ryobi 20v, meh) is alright for cleaning the driveway or the deck, but if I want to actually move leaves around the heard, it’s weak.
I love my ego mower and my ego snowblower (although I only had one season with it so far and I think we got a total of 3 inches of snow, so…yea). An ego backpack blower would be tits.
AlpacaChariot@lemmy.world 3 days ago
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.
Valmond@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Where is the sound coming from to make it that noisy? Is it more the engine or the woosh?
chuckleslord@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Da whoosh
AlpacaChariot@lemmy.world 3 days ago
It’s basically a big hair dryer, there’s a big fan in it