We have tons of leaves, tons of acorns, some pine cones, and of course plenty or twigs. A few years ago my neighbor's son had his buddy clean their yard with a small parking lot sweeper - that thing picked up *_everything_* and in record time. His lawn looked awesome afterward.

I've been eyeballing one of these at the big box store, and I'm so glad i stumbled onto this gem of a review. It's real nice like... and now i am convinced i need one! 😂

HOLY CRAP!! That thing makes black gold of mulch material for gardens! Throw your grass clippings on top, mix a bit, layer it out, and by 3 or 4 months later you'll have some good garden filler material.

Thats a cool machine. It dont cut grass as you pick up leave. Nice wood chipper.

Troy Bilt makes INCREDIBLE Equipment NONE BETTER Best bet for small engines you won't need to tinker with more and more as years go by. Stuff is built like a tank and always over powered. That chipper would be FANTASTIC to get rid of flower gardens end of year stems too. My acre of lawn comes with deep beds of flowers on all sides with wheel barrows of stems at end of year to cut and haul. I'd just chip them and dump the bag right there, putting it back as mulch. Stick and electric start on that and I'm sold (arthritis)

Wow This Is a Nifty Troy built Machine even I could use this Being in the deserts of Arizona For Leafs I like it wonder if it would pick up wet Pine Needles great video as always Clint Thanks for the video as well @Tool Review Zone

Bought a Craftsmen model about 10 years ago. It came with a side discharge attachment to put on where the bag goes. Not only does it suck, suck, chip it blows too.

You are a freaking maniac! I love it! Very underrated in the comments I must say. This is the best review of this form factor of lawn vacuum on the internet. Thanks for going over all of the functions and having an absolute blast while you did it!

That's a really cool tool!🔥

I’ve had one of these for many years. Just throw out the hose thing and use a powerful blower to pile up the leaves and suck them up with the big nozzle instead of the hose. This bag is terrible to remove and empty. It gets heave and plugged, so you have to lift and pull the leaves out, it’s exhausting.

I just use my 1200 HP leaf blower and blow all the leafage into the neighbor's yard...that does seem to be a great machine thanks for the video

Cyclone Rake SPS-10 FTW! Whaddup Clint 💪🏻💪🏻

You are adorable and funny!!! I love your Southern twang. A doll!!!

Oh that is cool it's got a chipper also wow

have a leaf vac also. Taking the bag off at the front turned out to be a hassle because the vac will not start unless the front gets connected absolutely perfectly. I therefore take the leaves out the rear of the collection bag.

the bag is taken off by pulling up and when want it back on, don't push it straight....feed it from the top and it will slide right on.

This is a neat machine -- But, as a landscaper. Definitely very light blowing can get the leaves out of gardens & trampoline, etc, without blowing out most mulch (if you are not pressing down trigger full throttle like a crazy person the whole time) -- Then, just mowing over with a push mower, or larger mower can shred & make most of the bulk leaves disappear with 1-2 passes. This machine is neat, but sort of unnecessary extra product. Neat features though. Thanks for the review. We need folks giving us up close analysis & demos for these products to help us narrow down what we could or should buy to help make our lives easier.

I could see this as a good pick up for a guy who has a reel mower and needs something to help clean up debris and doesn’t have a rotary. However if you have a rotary mower and blower I think it’s probably a tool most people could pass on

I’d get it Clint but it’s easier just to blow them in the neighbors yard😎. Pretty powerful to get all those leaves through that hose without clogging up. Oh that’s Nasssssss. Stay up brother 💯✊

I could of used that bad boy the last week or so. Finally all our leaves have fallen and been raked up.

I didn’t know this thing existed 😮

I am 75 years old, and have used this same vacuum for several seasons now. No Problems At All. The bag is actually Super Easy to re-attach back onto the vacuum, and when attached correctly, the rubber covered safety switch will automatically be depressed. The Super Easy & Fast way to do it is ... first take a close look at the bag - vacuum interface. Look at the bag's plastic chute design and shape while also looking at the matching shape of the sheet metal interface shroud that surrounds the exhaust opening. This examination of the two mating parts takes a second or two or just ask any child that plays with Legos to help. I will assume that you are right-handed and that you are on the right side (facing forward) of the machine. Observe that the plastic chute will perfectly fit and slide vertically straight down over the matching shape of the sheet metal shroud of the exhaust outlet. 1) first, attach the bag to the top of the control handle using the plastic clamp 2) with your right hand, slide the spring loaded brass locking rail to the fully Unlocked position. While holding the lock rail Unlocked, 3) use your left hand, holding the pistol grip of the chute and carefully lower the aligned chute straight down to cover and seal the matching sheet metal interface of the exhaust outlet. Once the chute is seated squarely in place, the safety button (under the rubber protector) will automatically be depressed. 4) release the spring rail, attach the bag straps and you are done. With practice, this entire process takes 8-10 seconds.

Now I Need EGO to make one lol

The thing is if you have property surrounded by trees like I do. No good. You would be emptying the bag every 20 feet. My daughter thought that if she got the system for her ride John Deere lawn mower all her leaf problems would be solved - she only has 1 acre. The bags would fill up in no time rendering the whole process useless. The system was a $400 upgrade. So I had to assemble, disassemble & use my truck to return it. Consider how many bag loads are on your lawn - literally hundreds. Do you want to attach & re-attach the bag hundreds of times & lug it to dump wherever? At least with the ride on you are not lugging. You have to keep up with it. I just use the leaf blower & blow into the woods. Luckily my property so no neighbors bitching & use the ride on John Deere with regular lawn blades to chop up the residue (no switching to mulch blades BS)! Good for suburban living where you are in a subdivision with 1 or 2 trees on your property maybe. Not rural living surrounded by trees!

This may be great for 1/4 Acres or less but you need a rideable vacuum for more lands.

A local equipment store was having a retirement liquidation auction of the Crary-Bearcat version of this machine. The only thing it didn't have compared to the Troy-Bilt was the little chipper. Granted, the Crary-Bearcat had three forward gears. I ended up passing on it since it went above how much I was willing to pay. Overall, I think the addition of the small chipper is a bonus compared to it just being a vacuum

The bill goat 🐐 Q.V vac series solves all your issues it's trash can shaped bag has a easy clip on clip of attachment system is real nice like and you can switch between hose and main suction nozzle with the flip of a simple flap panel no need to play with your hose it's really nice like 😂😁

You've probably been told this 100 times by now but you are putting the bag on wrong. You slide it from the top - it's super easy

*_Did I go deaf in my left ear, or is Flints audio trash?_*

This looks like my yard. From fall to winter I spend 1-2 hours per day cleaning up leaves. 60% of leaves comes from the church trees next door. I eastimate I clean up at least 2+ million leaves each season. I don't complain to the church because having a church as neighbors is the best type of neighbor I could have. On the other side is city community garden. Far better than having low rent housing were people get drunk and have parties until 5am 7 days a week. :)

Sweet 👍❤️🙏

Will this pick up large maple seeds (whirly birds) stuck in the lawn?

Won't even have to talk the Wife into this one, this is just what I need!!😍

I have an cheap option to clean up the yard. Mow once on mulch. Re-mow on baggers.

How does it work on Magnolia leaves?

I owned one. More of a headache than it's worth. Don't expect to do 10 yards a day with it. Although it'd be good for a tiny yard with very dry leaves.

Hmmm Clint… sure don’t look like a Ryobi Vac Attack LOL. Too late for me now though, at 5” of snow and more falling now for the next 5 hours.

I would love to see the battery version of this.

I'd rent before buying if possible.

Im going to make a flipping automatic leaf raking system, or maybe at first just a pully thing i can pull, that just goes over your whole dang yard with forks and divides up as it encounters objects and trees. Ive got 4 giant oak trees and a cherry tree and so many leafs every year i hate it. Though i love the trees....and trampoline..nope i make the kids jump till all the leafs are off.oh and that little space underneath the trampoline...thats where the minions come in handy

I have this best thing ever done in a 15 minutes compare to people blowing and raking

Will this work on vacuuming up grass clippings?

Any info on how well it works with wet leaves? Here in the Pacific Northwest we get 9 months of rain. Most vacuum/mulchers fail with wet leaves.

real nass like.

You told us the positives and that is fine but to me the one big negative with these is you use them what a month maybe two out of twelve. The rest of the time they sit where in your garage or shed taking up space not to mention a gas engine needs maintenance. Unless you're doing yards for a living or have more money and space then you know what to do with they just aren't worth the trouble. More traditional methods are maybe a little less fun but in the long run a better option for most people.

Do not buy the push version of this machine. I did. I regretted it every time I used it. Now I need a video on replacing the drive belt on this machine.

Hi. Is there a similar machine to this but on a budget?!

Dude ditch the mulch and buy gravel. When you blow tge leaves the gravel stays put. You can even mow the leaves off gravel too.

I'm a lawn maintenance contractor. That toy is a time wasting piece of garbage.

Seems pretty weak same with the tests it was put threw in this video I do lawns for work an still have a lot of questions like if I’m in someone’s back yard and I leaf blow everything into one spot / one big pile will it be able to handle it or would I be better of hand bomb it cause time is a factor can’t dilly dally around for ever trying to suck leaves up

You were putting the bag in wrong. Slide it down from the top and use your hand to move the metal holder back

It’s a very cool tool but, wouldn’t I just use the lawnmower I already have to suck up all the leaves into my bag?

Just get some gator blades for your existing mower 🤷‍♂️

Need to do a giveaway, to folks named delliott777 who comment on this video

No hose clogs?! Traditional ShopVacs hate leaves.

Yo Clint! EXCELLENT demonstration and video footage. The editing is 2nd to none. However (you KNEW that was coming) I have to pull the rug out from under this. 1. It's a Troy-Bilt brand. Meaning, it's a throw away brand. MIGHT get 3 seasons out of it. 2. The worst thing about Troy-Bilt (aside from their carburetors) is where the push handle meets the steel deck. Blah! 3. This is the MOST important. With that many leaves, one needs to make chainsaw grass. Go ahead, ask me what "chainsaw grass" is. NOT saw grass. CHAINsaw grass. Google doesn't have the answer. Only yours truly does. 😉

This machine takes too long to vacuum the leaves. Best to use a leaf blower.

Raking looks more effective, and I really don't need a useless bulky, loud , machine taking up my space , its a largely plastic product, contrived obsolescence. Pushing that around is more work that blowing but looks to me about equal investment of time either way , I prefer to get some exercise that way, then spend my money or space on that bulky pos.

Just blow the leaves into the neighbors yard. 👀👍🏽 👀👉🏼 👍🏽

looks like more of a pain in the butt/back to me. eye wood rather just mow them up.

wrong model number .

Any jams thats BS I own one and it always gets clogged Pain in the ass

Look at a Billy goat, much better vacuum, bagger. Thank

works like crap😅😅

too tiny

Looks very weak with the vacuum hoes.

trash😅

This machine sucks! It’s a total waste of money. I ended up giving mine to good will.

I don't like this, it made the man look like a lady.lols

So Clint...I thought cleaning up leaves was one of the benefits of the super powerful Milwaukee mower. What happened with that??? Long term followup with these recommended products would make for good videos.