The Bottom Line
LEHR is the latest company to offer a greener alternative to gasoline powered lawn care tools and they are the first to offer propane power as an alternative.
"Green" and simplicity converge with the LEHR Eco Blower's unique Twist 'n Go fueling system. Not only is operation and maintenance significantly easier than standard leaf blowers, propane is an eco-fuel which reduces harmful emissions and eases the burden on the environment.
The Eco Blower performs as well as it claims, starting with ease and working admirably on both wet and dry leaves.
Pros
- Powered by propane, a clean burning "eco-fuel"
- Propane canisters eliminate the need to store and mix oil and gasoline
- No choke, no prime, easy start
- Blower and vacuum/mulcher in one
Cons
- Noisy, like all leaf blowers
Description
- 4-stroke 25cc propane powered engine
- Maximum Air Velocity (mph): 145
- Maximum Air Volume (cfm): 315
- 2 year limited warranty and 3 years carburetor warranty
- Weighs 11.9 lbs
- Approximate run time of 2 hours with standard 16.4 ounce propane canister
Guide Review - LEHR Eco Blower: Propane Powered BlowerVac and Mulcher
The LEHR Eco Blower is revolutionary in that it is powered by propane. With its "Twist'n Go" fueling system, a standard 16.4 ounce canister of propane easily screws in to the receptacle and provides about two hours of run time.
I used an old canister that I had left-over from camping that was about 2/3 full and I blew and vacuumed leaves in my yard twice without running out of fuel. I have a small yard, but two hours of run time is enough to blow nearly any sized yard.
It started easily every time and needs no choke or prime. Simplicity is one of the Eco Blower's greatest assets.
The Eco Blower easily changes from a blower to a vacuum mulcher enabling the user to blow leaves into a pile and then vacuum them up. As the leaves pass through the machine into the shoulder bag they are mulched up, reducing their volume and making them ideal for a compost pile.
The blowing power is comparable to other hand held blowers in it's class and the suction power was impressive even with moist leaves. It occasionally got clogged up, but was easily remedied and was due to the wet leaves not necessarily the machine.
Propane is considered an "eco-fuel" and is not in the same class as gasoline and oil. Propane contains no evaporative emissions or ozone depleting hydrocarbons. It is non toxic to ground water and soil and contains 97% fewer particulates and 96% fewer carcinogens than gasoline/oil mixtures. In addition, 85% of the propane used in America is produced domestically reducing dependence on foreign oil.
While the LEHR is a greener machine, it is still as noisy as it's gas burning counterparts. Leaf blower noise is a problem in some communities where teams of lawn care workers are known to run blowers for excessive amounts of time doing a questionable amount of work. A leaf blower/vacuum is an excellent supplement to raking and shouldn't be used in situations where a rake is more efficient.
