Talk:Leaf blower

Negative effects

I'm a bit surprised that this entry doesn't contain any information about the many important negatives regarding these devices. Especially the noise and air pollution they generate. They aren't merely a nuisance, but a genuine health risk, particularly for people with athsma or other respiratory ailments.

An external link such as this would be a good start:

NPC Quietnet: CQS - Leaf Blower Facts

Article quality

I'm surprised about the Overview. It's more a list of American laws governing Leaf Blower's use than it is an overview of leaf blowers. What about using a leaf blower in Venice? Perhaps a photo even? Actually, I'ma go to the hardware store tomorrow and take me a photo of a leaf blower, for this article. eagle 14:09, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

I'm going to try to clean it up a bit. It seems to have been written by someone who was single minded about the environmental impacts. The discussion about point-of-use power vs power plants doesn't belone here at all. --RobertGary1 (talk) 21:06, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

Storm sewers

Leaf blowers are commonly used to blow leaves and grass clippings into the streets. This can cause storm sewer backups and flooding. http://www.cleanhouston.org/comments/river_oaks/comments.htm Johna 20:32, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Why?

The article should explain why anyone would want to spend so much time, money and effort whilst causing a lot of noise - just to blow leaves a few feet away. Why don't such people want to actually get rid of the leaves? Blowing them a few feet isn't solving any problem. They're still likely to be blown by the wind into drains, blocking them. They're still a slip hazard when wet. Who's thinking: 'I've got a genius idea, I'll blow the leaves in my garden onto my neighbour's garden / the pavement - that's definitely a good thing to do'? Jim Michael (talk) 20:19, 19 August 2016 (UTC)

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Orgins

This video makes the history and origins of leaf blower in this article at least incomplete. Needs more resarch, though. Yet it looks like the history bengins much earlier than 1947. Dieſelmaus (talk) 22:23, 26 November 2021 (UTC)

George Clements 1920s patent Dieſelmaus (talk) 22:54, 26 November 2021 (UTC)

Externally powered blowers like these two have existed for quite a long time (1880s-1890s). The first 'leaf blower' is usually considered to be the first self contained unit, which is the gas engine in a backpack version from the 1940s / 50s. MrOllie (talk) 23:11, 26 November 2021 (UTC)

MrOrille, ain't these two self contained? Or by externally powered, you mean side-mounted engine? Dieſelmaus (talk) 14:41, 1 December 2021 (UTC)

The one in the video depends on being plugged into a wall electrical plug, and the one in the patent is designed to be plugged into a motor vehicle. MrOllie (talk) 15:04, 1 December 2021 (UTC)

Thank you, MrOrille. Now I get the difference. Yet still I think they worth to be mentioned. But thank you anyway, this is realy puzzlin'. Dieſelmaus (talk) 07:34, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

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