First Leaf Blower

Pretty excited, I have been wanting a leaf blower for awhile, ever since I borrowed my neighbors. I have been looking for a good deal, and finally found one. I got a Husqvarna 125b off of Craigslist for $90, they are normally $150. It looks practically brand new (air filter is still white/clean!), the guy said he was moving and didn't need it anymore.

Tried it out just now and it works great, I absolutely love having a throttle control on it, my neighbors didn't have that (cheapie). Seems to have pretty good power.

I had originally wanted a Stihl BG55, but this being its equivalent in Husky brand, I couldn't pass up this deal!

Bought the same one a couple of years ago, has gotten steady use. Haven't had any problems with it. Most always starts on the 2nd or 3rd pull

I've had the same leaf blower for a few years now. It has never failed to start and has blown some serious leaves.

I live on 4 acres of hardwood and have no lawn to give you an idea of the number of leaves on the property.

Glad to hear it performs well, appreciate the comments! The main things I want it for are cleaning the truck bed, cleaning up my sidewalks/patio from cutting the grass, and cleaning up the alley/yard/sidewalks from unloading the firewood from the truck and moving around the stacks. I actually only have a minimal amount of leaves that come from my neighbors tulip tree.

I love adding to my tool arsenal, I'm still young and trying to build up my collection!

Picked up my SH86 for exactly the same reasons you bought your machine. I have a badass backpack blower (Stihl BR600) but for quick clean-up after mowing and blowing out the truck bed, not only is it massive overkill, it's a pain to drag out, fire-up, strap it on, run it for 5-6 minutes and put it away. Plus I needed something with vacuum capability. I gotta lot of nooks and crannies that get clogged up with oak leaves.

I have the 125B. It's a good product. Mine works just fine, with no starting issues.

FYI, there is a gutter kit available for it, if you need one of those. Baileys carries it.

I have the backpack 150 and absolutely love it. That blower will serve you well.

I have the same blower and use it for the same job's. For big job's I fire up the backpack blower. I'm fairly young (37 years old) and I've slowly built up my tool collection over the last 20 years. I always buy the best tool I can afford and find that's the smartest way. Pay a little more now instead of twice later because you bought junk. I still have just about ever hand and power tool I ever bought and they still do the job like the day I bought them. I've watched friends throw away inferior (cheap) tools and buy another POS to replace it and I scratch my head wondering why.

I finally got an Echo backpack blower this year and use it for all the things you plan on using yours and I cleaned up my leaves this year the quickest and easiest ever, its a great tool to have.