Husqvarna 360BT Gas Leaf Blower, 65.6-cc 3.81-HP 2-Cycle Backpack Leaf Blower with 890-CFM, 232-MPH, 30-N Powerful Clearing Performance and Load-Reducing Harness, Gifts for Men

** Easy to start.** Powerful wind with plenty of force to blow rocks of considerable size.** Not lightweight at 22 lbs, but it’s manageable once the backpack is on and situated on your back properly.** Makes quick work of yard work with a Newton force rating of 30.** Easy to assemble with common sense, although the instructions could be a little clearer in their presentation.

I am very happy with the performance and power of this blower. It was easy to assemble, notwithstanding the worthless small instruction paper. I used online videos.While it appeared, on the website, to have a waist belt, it doesn’t. What it has is unpadded shoulder straps apparently designed by a sadist. They are too short, and the cinching straps are cumbersome and cheap. I made a sternum strap out of an old web belt, and padded the shoulder straps with shop towels. I feel the website is intentionally misleading.Getting past what really irritated me (a polite way of saying it), the machine is fantastic. I used ear plugs rated at 32 db, and was surprised how ‘quiet’ it was. The controls are intuitive, and work well. It cleared clippings and leaves with ease, and dislodged two fresh wasp nests.Despite the lack of a decent harness, the performance makes me give it 5 stars. BUT, for an extra couple of bucks to give this blower a decent harness, the company could make this machine a 6 star product.

This replaces a Husqvarna 140BF blower we've had for ~16 years. Great little blower but it needs a new carb, probably due to California's high mandatory ethanol mix (10%). My youngest son will rebuild the carb for his first house while I get to enjoy this lighter, more powerful model! After a few minutes of simple assembly, I fueled it up with 'canned' (ethanol free) gas. After setting the choke and pumping the primer bulb it started 2nd pull out of the box. Made short work of our long circular drive and even wet pine needles. I ran the old blower full throttle for all the yard work, but this one can yank small plants out of the ground, blow graveled pathways out to the forest, knock over young children (just guessing on this one), and more fun stuff. A very nice upgrade and did I mention that it's lighter?Ethanol free gas costs more, but it should help get a lot of years out this new guy. You can get it locally in qt & gal sizes. Local tree services buy it in 50 gal drums. I like the QT size since I never have stale fuel around. So why didn't I use ethanol free fuel in the old blower? It wasn't an issue back then. CA didn't require ethanol until ~2003, and then it was only ~5%. ~2010 it went to 10%. If I had changed fuels then I might still be using the old blower. Too many other things to think about, I guess.

Fantastic as we speak. Held up nicely through first fall and winter.

It did the job nicely and ran for about an hour and a half on a tank full of gas (about 3 hours on a gallon of gas). I had a ton (many tons actually) of pine needles and leaves, and once the piles got pretty huge, it was a bit more of a pain to move them, but next year I'll blow them twice and it should be way easier. That would be better anyway since the pine needles and the leaves fall at different times. It was fairly comfortable, even though I was a bit sore after having it on for three hours. Very low vibrations, which was good, and lots of power. One thing that confused me was the quick start thing said to squeeze the bulb until you saw gas, but I couldn't find any bulb. It took about 4 or 5 pulls to start it the first time but it wasn't a problem.

This machine has impressive power-you really can move stuff with minimal effort.It is LOUD. Definitely suggest quality ear protection when using.Its heavy, but not much heavier than other machines-and with the amount of power this beast produces, it’s something I can look past quite easily.Easy to start-once you’ve figured it out.Two things that make me question whether I would ‘buy this again’-comfort and controlFor the price, you would expect a little bit more attention to the comfort level-the backpack has little to no padding-and you can feel the pressure along your shoulder blades when working. It wears you down quickly. I’m also surprised there is not a cross body strap to connect the shoulder straps and give a more snug-to-body feel.Control-there is absolutely zero directional control with this machine. There’s no flex in the blower handle, making it a little awkward to get into corners and/or along fence lines. I find myself having to walk backwards a lot more than forward to ‘realign’ the leaves in the direction I want them to go. One big line of leaves, no problem-but when you’re trying to get them all into a -pile-, you’re almost better off using a handheld machine at this point.It’s for right handed people, so if you’re a lefty, don’t buy this machine.Overall I love this beast-and I don’t regret my purchase. However, I wish there were add on options to customize the overall experience; such as a more comfortable padded backpack, cross body straps, and flex hose connections/any sort of directional assistance to ‘curve’ the blower and get leaves to move away from barriers.Even though I’m right handed, I find myself wishing I had some sort of control from my left side (I know I know, can’t win them all!)

Exceeds my expectations. Two pull (max) start. Long running large fuel capacity. COMFORTABLE. Powerful live basically in the middle of the woods. Very pleased, would highly reccomend.

Easy to start and plenty of power, good value for the price.