BLACK+DECKER 3-in-1 Electric Leaf Blower, Leaf Vacuum/Mulcher, Corded, 12-Amp (BV6600)

Really like this. Does a good job mulching. Fairly easy to maneuver. Not too heavy.

Update: I now can rate this product as 5 stars since I contacted customer support from a link on this product from Amazon. They were fantastic in correcting the problem I had with a defective mulching bag. They sent me a new bag! Wonderful customer service. I highly recommend this product.**************I have used this Black and Decker Vacuum/Mulcher now 2 times and love it. It's a real time saver for me and I always mulch my leaves. I don't really use the white bags but they are nice.But the problem is the collection bag. It's really awful and coming apart after 30 minutes of use. Help Black and Decker!!! I paid extra for the bag with the removable bar to make emptying the leaves easier- and it does. But this bag worries me. Will B&D replace or will I have to buy one? I'd hate to return this item just because of the bag!5 Stars if the bag was better. I would buy again.

Good quality for the money. Product works very well as a blower. The vacuum is as one would expect of such products - not overly powerful, but perfectly effective for small yards..

Can’t decide Toro or Black and Decker. Easy BLACK AND DECKER with the bag bar instead of zipper.I am becoming an expert on Vacuum/Blowers. #1 Black&Decker(BD) lasted maybe 10 years. It was small, light and not very powerful. The on/of switch wore out on it. I repaired it myself several times and is was a Rube Goldberg of turning the machine on and off. A simple task designed in a complex manner. BD #2 LH5000, ooh what an improvement in the power department. I have pink clover ground cover and need to suck the tree leaves out of it. This would pickup stuff like hibiscus buds that fell off, that the old one would not. Just terrific, but it only lasted 3 years. I had sewn up the bag several times where it connects to the machine, put duct tape around it for added support. But in the end it was the on/off was the issue. There is a tiny slot that either the vacuum or blower pieces need to push it to allow it to go on. A safety switch Not too much in and not too little in though. Became a fidgety machine with a leaking bag, so I replaced it with a Toro.Huge mistake, not only is the same rated wind power Toro not able to pick up what the Black and Decker could do, but the bags last weeks, not YEARS. I am talking bag one lasted maybe 10 uses, but was tearing after 2 uses. The zipper gave way and became useless. The next bag lasted 3 uses and the zipper broke. Toro is absolute JUNK. Thin bags with zippers from light spring jackets.So the Toro lasted 8 months and is now permanently the blower and the new BD is the vacuum, so I don’t have to change the tooling. So get the BD and get the one with the bar on the bag instead of the zipper, because it will not break. Also, if you are dragging the bag on the ground it is the hard plastic instead of the cloth and zipper that take the abuse. You have to get the bag bar. The downside is after a few hours in the miserable heat the last thing you do is empty the bag, and it takes some strength sometimes to get the bar to slide off. Its okay to say FORGET IT. Go take your shower and empty the bag tomorrow. Mostly it is fine though. Its powerful and well designed.

In leaf-blower mode this thing is a hoss, but it's a leaf blower and that tech's been perfected. I purchased this in an aim to reduce the number of bags I use to clean all the leaves up every winter, and I'm sad to say it's a little more work than it's worth. While it does reduce the number of bags by a LOT, it doesn't save any time and feels like it is more effort to vacuum up the leaves, empty the bag, put the bag clip back on, and repeat.The power, though, was extremely disappointing. I have a lot of leaves each year, and they're all small so not hard to handle, there's just a ton of them. I thought this would save me some time where I could pile them up, vacuum and mulch the pile, and be done with little effort. I was very wrong, as this seems to struggle to pull up the little leaves with a lot of force unless I bury the nozzle into the pile. On average, it takes me around 3x as long to vacuum up the pile than to simply scoop it up and bag it, with that time being extended when I have to empty the mulching bag. The closure system is a bit clunky, and consists of a sliding clamp over the end of the bag after releasing the bag from the blower. Ultimately, the clunkiness of this whole process makes it easier to just scoop the leaves up and use the vacuum for small extras once I'm finished. All in all, I wouldn't buy this again because it's not convenient to use and it doesn't save me any time or effort.

Just got this today in time to process my leaves before it snows. Set it up first as a blower and clreared off all the old leaves off the patio roof. Worked very well to blow them off, one side to the other with lots of strength and not that noisey. Then switched it to the vacuum mode and was surprised at how easy it was (used a wood chop stick to open the port rather than a tool like suggested). The vacuum worked excellent. Processed all the leaves from the roof into the black shoulder bag and that worked very well and it mulched them beautifully. I bought the 6600 mulching model because they were out of the non mulcher because I did not think I needed it and I thought it would not work that well, but I love it. It mulches really well, the shoulder bag works really well and made quick work of all the leaves with no clogs. I was VERY impressed. I bought some other after market add-ons so that I could bag the leaves straight from 3-in-1, but the mulch looks so good I may just send them back. I love this machine, it ended up exceeding my already high expectations.