ANY hand-held gas powered yard implement gets my disdain because of the noise. The white trash inbred daughter-lover across the road has gas powered EVERYTHING. And you should HEAR that nuclear-powered RIDING mower... for his tiny .25-acre lot. What a freaking JERK.
But yeah... all I need is a blower that can last about 15 minutes and things will be OK.
I'm looking at the B&D 40-volt string trimmer. It'll go on my Christmas-giftie list. Don't need it NOW.
This coming Monday, I'll try (again this year) putting >10 bags out at the curb and see what happens, just for fun. Our waste pickup company has a 10 bag limit. (And all the bags I have done so far this week have to go in the garage so the little Halloween demon-spawn don't slice them open.)
Raking and bagging: 36%-40% complete (per average).