Husqvarna 28cc 2-Cycle Hand Held Leaf Blower/Vacuum

Product is garbage

Use it for blowing pine needles off driveway in between weekly lawn crew mowing and cleaning up. Purchased it 12-8-15 and as of a week ago it decided not to start. I've used nothing but Husqvarna oil for the mix and I've run it once per week for maybe 10 minutes each time.

I'll update this post when I see what the warranty or service does to make it run.

I just used mine yesterday for about 3 hours blower and vac set up getting up those fall leaves in Ohio and wanted to share my opinions. There are many reviews out there (which helped me choose this Husq blower vac) so I will skip over the obvious. I have used a sears craftsman gas blower vac for about 12 years so this is my second blower vac. What I liked about the blower, great velocity on the blower I was happy with an increase in power from my old sears machine. As a blower it shines and I like the trigger control for variable control of the blower. The "speed control" lever works great too. Starts quickly and it is a pretty easy pull on the rope.

I thought when in idle mode it was not too loud for a 2 cycle. When you shift to your left hand the engine wants to suck up your pant leg. If I was a "lefty" I don't know if I would buy this because of that. Blower dislikes, my arm got tired pretty quickly while using it. (That's why I know about the lefty side problem). I don't know if its the weight of it or the ergonomics-balance but my sears wasn't as bad. I'm going to try using the strap that came with the leaf bag next time I use it. I DO NOT like the off switch. It has a soft clear plastic cover over the rocker switch and it makes it very hard to shut the thing off. If you have gloves on, it is almost impossible!

Likes for the vac, very good suction and the bag is pretty good size. I was amazed at how many leaves it sucked up between dumping the bag compared to my sears model. It does a very nice job of mulching large leaves into small shredded leaves. If you are careful about how you suck up leaves it won't jam up. I experienced one or two jams always in the big suction tube never in the small tube at the bag end. Vac dislikes, I hate the way all of these blower vacs are designed for vac, including my 10 yr old sears. A pain to switch over from the blower. With this one you'd better carry a screw driver in your pocket. I was way in the back yard and removed the main tube to clear the jam. The door slammed shut when removing the tube and you can not get it open without a screw driver. So I had to go back to the house just to get a screw driver...grr. Also be careful whenever reaching inside the main suction tube, you have to secure the 2 tube sections with a screw and it will tear up your hand if you scrape by it with your hand or arm. Also after about an hour of using this vac my back was about ready to break. (I don't think any of them are any better in this department). When I was done for the day I had one heck of a time "unlocking" the vac tube from the unit. My sears was much easier to undo.

So all this said I am happy with my Husqvarna and at this stage after a few hours of continued use I would buy again. No it's not perfect but neither will the others all of similar designs. Funny how you have so many brands of blower-vacs and they all seem to build around the same basic (somewhat flawed) design. I'll update later if needed.

I just used mine yesterday for about 3 hours blower and vac set up getting up those fall leaves in Ohio and wanted to share my opinions. There are many reviews out there (which helped me choose this Husq blower vac) so I will skip over the obvious. I have used a sears craftsman gas blower vac for about 12 years so this is my second blower vac. What I liked about the blower, great velocity on the blower I was happy with an increase in power from my old sears machine. As a blower it shines and I... more

I'm surprised someone criticized the vac function. I bought this unit primarily as a vac. Over the last 3 days I have picked up all the leaves on my half-acre yard (10 full bags). It clogged twice on forked twigs, but was easy to clear.

This unit is easy to start and use. A major improvement over my electric blower/vac. I already owned a Husqvarna chain saw and line trimmer and was impressed by these similar products.

It has great suction power, taking up leaves, Pine needles, Pine cones, wood chips and most twigs. Everything is ground up small by steel cutters. I dump the bags into my layered/compost vegetable garden.

I'm surprised someone criticized the vac function. I bought this unit primarily as a vac. Over the last 3 days I have picked up all the leaves on my half-acre yard (10 full bags). It clogged twice on forked twigs, but was easy to clear.

This unit is easy to start and use. A major improvement over my electric blower/vac. I already owned a Husqvarna chain saw and line trimmer and was impressed by these similar products.

It has great suction power, taking up leaves, Pine needles, Pine... more

This unit is awesome!

I owned a Craftsman and took it back to buy this one, it is well worth the money.

It sucks leaves up way better than the Craftsman, starts better, is quieter, and blows way better too.

It also has a bigger bag than other models. I can't say enough about it, it's awesome.

I upgraded from Polan Pro to this blower with high expectations after a disappointing lack of long term reliability from the Polan.

This blower starts easier and has far more blowing power in actual use - over twice the effect of the Polan. In addition, the metal cutter mounted to the suction fan should be more effective than the all-plastic shredders used on most other blowers. The plastic shredder on my old Polan was significantly damaged from sucking up leaves and small trailers from a Carolina jasmine.

I have not had it long enough to evaluate long term reliability, but so far I feel the higher price seems well justified.

I upgraded from Polan Pro to this blower with high expectations after a disappointing lack of long term reliability from the Polan.

This blower starts easier and has far more blowing power in actual use - over twice the effect of the Polan. In addition, the metal cutter mounted to the suction fan should be more effective than the all-plastic shredders used on most other blowers. The plastic shredder on my old Polan was significantly damaged from sucking up leaves and small trailers from a... more

I bought this because my Poulan Pro blower/mulch vac quit running not even after 3 years of use. I figured I got what I paid for so I stepped up and bought this one and it was worth every penny more. Starts easy and is not as loud. The vac is what really sets it apart. The mulch bag is a lot bigger and it mulches it much finer so you can actually pick a lot up before the bag fills up. I have only used it a few times but so far but so far so good. The cruise control on the throttle is a nice feature as well.

I bought this because my Poulan Pro blower/mulch vac quit running not even after 3 years of use. I figured I got what I paid for so I stepped up and bought this one and it was worth every penny more. Starts easy and is not as loud. The vac is what really sets it apart. The mulch bag is a lot bigger and it mulches it much finer so you can actually pick a lot up before the bag fills up. I have only used it a few times but so far but so far so good. The cruise control on the throttle is a... more

I just received mine and have used a few times. It replaces a Black & Decker electric. This unit is deceptively quiet. It didn't appear to be working well, then I had someone grab the old unit and go side by side. It was actually about the same. The benefits were obvious. The bag on the Husqvarna is huge in comparison, and can get quite heavy if leaves are wet but you can always empty whenever that happens.

No cord!.........again, no cord. Started right up every time. Build is quite solid even though it doesn't "look" to be. I was amazed at how quiet the unit is but then it doesn't "sound" like it's running at a gazillion rpm either, but it works quite well. I doubt I will ever use the "blower" part but the vacuum is just fine. Overall, I am quite pleased.

I just received mine and have used a few times. It replaces a Black & Decker electric. This unit is deceptively quiet. It didn't appear to be working well, then I had someone grab the old unit and go side by side. It was actually about the same. The benefits were obvious. The bag on the Husqvarna is huge in comparison, and can get quite heavy if leaves are wet but you can always empty whenever that happens.

No cord!.........again, no cord. Started right up every time. Build is... more

I recently bought this model because it appeared to have good reviews. It starts quite nicely and blows well, but the vacuum part of it was a disappointment.

It seems like poor suction for a 28cc model. If it sucks in a long twig, you have to take it apart; and it gets clogged quite frequently with just leaves and a few small twigs.

I will probably just use it to blow leaves an will have to buy a different unit for the vaccum duties.

I use it mostly for the vacuum side of it. Works very well . Takes small twigs along with leaves and chop chop there gone.

Bought this primarily for the vacuum function. We have a lot of trees and wanted this to help with the cleanup. Unit fired right up but in short order after picking up dry leaves, the unit clogged on the inlet side. Cleared out the intake pipe and one bag of leaves later the out let side jammed up. Spend more time clearing out jams than vacuuming! Unit is not engineered for vacuuming.