Trivac 3 in 1 Electric Leaf Blower for Lawn Care, Leaf Vacuum with 600 CFM, Leaf Mulcher with Metal Impeller, WG512

Had an old gas powered mulcher/blower. I bought it to mulch, and it worked great. Craftsman, back when that name meant something. Over 25 plus years of work, and it owes me nothing. Now I need a new one and I want an electric one. I bought a IF YOU WANT TO MULCH LEAVES, GET THIS. It has the power and the ability to get compacted oak leaves 4 inches thick up. A little awkward, but it WORKS. I sent back a $170 battery operated one that sucked. It was yellow. It was a bad design. (ZEGJAW 3-in-1 Cordless Leaf Blower & Vacuum, Leaf Vacuum Mulcher with Bag, 40V 170MPH 360CFM 5 Speeds Electirc Leaf Blowers for Lawn Care 2x4.0Ah Battery & Charger Included) Sent it back. Stay away. Buy this. It needs to plug in, not battery, and I figured who wants to spend $100 on batteries? I have extension cords long enough to cover what I need. This works.

I looked around before I found this product. I have 5 large Claudia Wanamaker magnolias and 5 manicured Eagleston Hollies that drop a lot of leaves. I spent long hours trying to remove the leaves after I trimmed the hollies, and the Eagleston leave drops while trying not to remove mulch at the same time. I wanted a battery operated unit but most I saw only had 20 mins of use befre they needed a recharge, or were way to pricey $500 and up. I thought I would give this guy a try and I couldn't be more happy. I tried it out on teh holly leaves first and it did an amazing job on the lowest setting. I switched on the higher setting for a while for the larger pile, but to be honest, it worked just as good on the lower setting. I used iit in the flower and it vacuumed the leaves great while barely disturbing the mulch. The bag did get a little heavy on the shoulder as the bag nears filling, but not bad. If you drag the electric cord behind you it really doesn't bother too much. Overall I am very excited with the unit. It has saved me a lot of time with cleanup after trimming and picking up the dropped leaves from the Magnolias. I highly recommend this!

The WORX Trivac is an excellent product, particularly for its strong power and the convenience of switching easily between blower and vacuum functions. However, one notable design drawback is that the collection bag becomes quite heavy as it fills with leaves, and the unit does not provide an option to support the blower with both hands. I identified this as a significant concern because I have previously used a Black & Decker blower that includes an additional support handle, allowing the user to hold the unit with both hands and providing better stability and comfort during operation. Otherwise, I particularly like how easy it is to switch between the blower and vacuum functions, which is far more convenient than with other brands that require removing the blower nozzle and attaching a separate vacuum nozzle each time.

“I’m very happy with the Worx WG512 blower. It’s a powerful and versatile tool that makes yard cleanup much easier. The blower works great for piling leaves, and the vacuum/mulcher does a great job picking them up and reducing them. It’s simple to use and switching between functions is quick. Definitely worth it!”

WORX, a manufacturer, refuses to stand behind its defective products and wastes your time in chats while they figure out a way to deny your return. I received a 3 in 1 blower/vacuum/mulcher today, assembled it, and plugged it in. The unit started to smoke right away. After taking more than 45 minutes to ask questions and respond to my replies, WORX told me that they could not send a replacement, because the unit was not plugged into the right kind of outlet. Neither the on-line buying instructions, or in-box owners manual indicated what type of outlet you need. In addition, as I told the WORX rep twice, and after sending pictures of the outlet, I have used the same outlet on many occasions for other outdoor landscape tools as well as large commercial electric saws for wood and tile. The outlet has its own cover, is under a covered porch, and was not wet. I also confirmed that the extension cord was not loose at either the outlet end, or unit end. Despite my thorough responses to their questions, WORX insisted that I had not used the unit properly and would not send a replacement. If I could give 0 stars to WORX, I would have. As an aside, the Amazon rep was great to work with, patient, and persevering. The WORX rep knew I had the Amazon rep on the phone while I was in the WORX chat room. The Amazon rep helped me phrase my responses. When WORX refused to send me a replacement, the Amazon rep processed my return, and told me she would note WORX's poor customer-centric response. I know I could have ordered another unit through Amazon, but why would I waste my time on a company that refuses to stand behind its products? I am a former COO of a distribution company. If I had a customer who received a defective product that started to smoke when first used, I would have accepted the return and sent a replacement right away, and then dealt with the defective return on the backend with the manufacturer. If you receive a WORX product that doesn't work, good luck. Buyer beware!!!

I have 20 deciduous trees, including 7 with trunks thicker than two feet at breast height. Autumn winds add leaves from across the street. I mulch: just run over the lawn and put the mower away. I can clear 400 square feet a minute with my walking mower. With the chute blocked, my riding mower will mulch 1100 square feet a minute. What’s more, the leaf particles help the soil. Pin oak used to give me messy results because the leaves resist fine chopping. I’ve done better since I discovered that a 1/2” belt sander gives blades a better edge than an angle grinder. I wanted a vacuum for places that are hard to reach with a walking mower or a rake. When I saw that the Worx WG512 is also a high-volume, low-velocity blower, I bought it. (A landscaper suggests 600 cubic feet a minute, minimum, to blow leaves on a lawn.) In the carport, it lets me remove leaves without removing what’s stored along the wall. It’s similarly convenient on steps, on the porch, behind shrubbery, and along fences and walls. It mulches most leaves almost like sawdust. I had to stoop to get the vacuum nozzle down near the ground. Lengthening the bag’s shoulder strap fixed that. Changing it from a blower to a vacuum entails rotating the weight of the motor aft. That made it tiring to hold. The designer thought of that. To vacuum, you move your hand to the rear section of the handle. It blew pin oak leaves off a driveway better than other blowers I’ve tried. Vacuuming the pile was slow, and the pieces in the bag were too big to call mulch. The next time, I bagged the pile with my walking mower, which was much quicker. I tossed the coarse contents on a patch of grass and mulched with the same mower. The sharp blade produced pieces small enough to disappear when I dispersed them with the blower. The cord hook requires bending an extension cord sharply. That’s detrimental. A hole at the back of the handle looks as if it were made for a string. I was about to make a loop of cord with a cord lock to cinch an extension cord, but then I remembered the drawstring, with a cord lock, on a bag I intended to discard. The loop is 12” long, and the photo shows that it’s a good length. The blower won’t plug into an extension cord unless the hots and neutrals are aligned. You have to look closely to see the difference. I made it easier with a piece of pink tape. The ground on the extension cord should be on that side. Some years, autumn leaves may remain in valleys on my roof. By holding moisture, they can cause damage, especially during freezes. I don’t like pushing leaves off a roof with a broom. One year I used a borrowed blower from a ladder. It didn’t do the job and, with a velocity faster than a Category 5 hurricane, it could break seals on shingles. I tried the Worx WG512 from a ladder. Its larger volume did the trick. The muzzle velocity is lower than a Category 1 hurricane, so it’s unlikely to cause trouble. I saw no flapping shingle tabs. In one matter, my lack of knowledge kept the blower out of service overnight, and I almost broke it. A stick the size of a pencil jammed the impeller the first day. I couldn’t get the orange debris shield off. The 2x2” drawing in the manual seemed to say to push it forward, then lift. Even prying with a screwdriver didn’t work. I quit, slept on it, and checked the manual again in the morning. Then I risked breaking it by prying hard with two screwdrivers. When it was off, I saw the latch and saw that it was operated by a sliding knob. Because the knob is flat and black like the handle, I hadn’t realized it was a moving part. If I’d known there was a knob, I would have interpreted drawing as the manufacturer intended. I used pink tape to show how conspicuous the knob would be if it were orange like the other moving parts. I’m glad I didn’t break my new blower!

I had varying problems with this device. It worked great when it worked but, in one case the impeller stopped spinning, and in another defect, although the vaccum function worked great, it's required that the user - at some point - flip the unit over to blower-mode in order to clear out the chute. When I attempted to do that I was unable to turn the switch to the blower position. Given this, I'm only able to give the unit that I had 3 stars. Your mileage may vary, but, in my case, I did not have as much luck as I would have liked. I will say it's quite sturdily built, light, and (when functional) does a great job. Mixed bag I suppose (pun intended).

This is an awesome combo leaf blower/ leaf VAC. It has plenty of power to blow leaves and suck them up. It does a great job of cleaning up your leaves while chopping them into mulch. The add on available trash can hose attachment works with the VAC to deposit leaves directly into a standard trash can. There is no battery the unit plugs into your extension cord and it provides plenty of endless power. The Blower/VAC is a little bit heavy but it does have a metal fan blade which will hold up much better than a cheap lighter plastic blade would. The size is manageable and the power is stable.

Great leaf mulcher. Easy to operate. Cord is a little cumbersome, but not as smelly and loud if it were gas powered. The mulcher is metal, so seems like it will be very durable. I did get some thick sticks which clogged the mulcher/fan blade but there is a window that you can easily open to clear out. Only thing is the dial has be completely clicked in when switching from blower to mulcher mode or else the device won't turn on.

Tal como la describen, soplador, aspiradora con triturador. Las hojas las hace aserrín, hasta dan ganas de usar el resultado para abonar macetas y el jardín. Las ramitas (pequeñas como las de Jacaranda) las mastica pero no siempre las rompe, ramas más grandes solo pasan si están secas y quebradizas incluso paran el motor (parece que tiene protección para ello). Funciona muy bien, la perilla giratoria con seguro cambia la posición del motor (horizontal para aspirar, vertical para soplar).

It was great

Great leaf blower, but not so great for blowing snow. Work as described, wish it can handle snow better.

Me gusta que es robusto y tiene buena potencia en general se me hace un buen producto incluso tritura sin problema las pequeñas tramitas de un árbol de jacarandá