WORX 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.

Works great for picking up debris without getting rocks. Love the 2 settings. Has a great blower as well. It’s heavier than I thought it would be. Recommend this product.

Second one of this type I've owned. First was very awkward to use and broke after less the a year. This one has better power. Much easier to switch between blower and suction. Drawbacks: the bag does get heavy, espectal with wet leafs.. I would recommend attaching a strap pad like those on backpacks for your shoulder. There is some dust especially with dry leaves, war a mask. On vacuum Any twig large than 6 inches or so in length may not be picked up, up. If it is it may clog the intake. To unclog use a grab tool like the ones to get things off a high shelf. Reach in with it and pull out the clog. You don't have to unplug like you would using you hand

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!

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 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!

Overall recommendation...I dont know. I dont want to because it is heavy, vacuum lacks ideal function, and is corded. BUT very few are comparable as handheld/shouldered, so its like recommending between option 1 and option 2 and thats it. And if that is the case then I would recommend. I would rather have a leaf blower and THEN a leaf vacuum both lightweight and portable. - Leaf blower - Requires extension cord, but blowing capability is amazingly strong. - Vacuum - Sucks up leafs but only the ones it can touch basically. Its like a heavier house vacuum but its in your hands/on your shoulders and lacks the extension/flexibility of the hose. - Mulching - When it does grab leaves it mulches great, sticks too even though you shouldnt. Very power in that sense. The motor and power needed to blow, suck, and mulch needs a larger motor and they did just that. The idea of vacuuming a yard is going against them, so to speak. Like the expectation of walking around with a leaf blower and flip a switch and mulch all the leaves so you dont have to deal with them, all while lightweight for one handed use too, is unrealistic and is unfair to the company. The piece of equipment is amazing, but to fit the consumer they tried to package it as portable and handheld and it is really not. Im 33, 275lb, and trying to do my "normal" size city yard (like 7000sqft plot or something) was a chore and would have been better just raking and bagging them. *Note* - If you are going to vacuum, rake them all up into a pile first them suck the pile down. Slowly otherwise you can pull in like 100 leaves at once and clog the front like accidently sucking a t-shirt when house vacuuming.

In my yard I have 4 old oak trees. Picture 4' trunks (diameter, not circumference.) Spring time is leaves time. Its brutal. One is next to the driveway and there are times I can hardly see the concrete under that one. I got this mostly for the driveway and street. As of this review, I have only used it once so keep that in mind as you read. I used my regular leaf blower to concentrate everything on the driveway into a fairly compact area then started vacuuming. At first I just held the bag versus throwing the strap over my neck. When I saw how little dust came out when in use, I did throw the strap over. It seemed like I vacuumed up a lot of leaves but when I went to dump it, the bag wasn't even half full. There was the dust. What came out ranged from leaves that had been pulverized into a powder to whole leaves that looked untouched and everything in between (see picture.) When I was done, I was amazed that it all fit into a single trash bag and that bag was about 2/3 full. Using the broom-and-dustpan method, I think it would have been about 4 bags. Word of caution here, it took the utmost of care to pull that bag from the trash can without tearing it. Don't fill your trash bag more than 1/2 to 2/3 full or it will be heavy. Even if you baby it to the curb, the trash man won't be so gentle and you'll have a mess to sweep up. I almost bought the trash can adapter but I don't think I will. You can't fill the can all the way if you're using a bag. The shoulder bag works well and is not difficult or too dirty to wear. It also empties extremely easy. If you stick the nozzle face first into a pile of leaves, it will clog. I tapped the end on a bare patch of driveway and that forced the clog through. All my leaves were dried out and dry so, ideal conditions for using this. There's a review with pictures where the reviewer rigged wheels on the end of the hose. That's a really good idea. What was left was small sticks. I know some went through but a lot of them didn't. I'm talking about sticks the size of chopsticks. I think they lack the surface area for the vacuum to pull them through. The broom made quick work of what remained. So, one use in and I like it. Hands down it beats the broom. That says nothing of its durability or using it as a blower, which I probably never will.

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

The power of this tool is really impressive. I first started to use it as a leaf vacuum only, and it worked really well. It would pull up all leaves/vegetation easily and even small twigs and grind them to tiny pieces. The bag capacity was good enough that I didn’t have to stop and empty too often. The real revelation came when I tried the blower setting. It easily and quickly cleared my lawn and flower beds of all loose debris, making it easy for me to push it all to a pile. Then I would switch back to vacuum and I was able to suck up the pile and turn it into mulch for far reduced garden bags. It advertises 16-1 ratio of raw to mulched bags, and I think that is conservative. It is loud use ear protection. It is dusty, I recommend masks if there is no wind.

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