5.0 out of 5 stars Works quite well, but wear a mask for the dust, watch the air intake, forget the 11:1 mulch ratio

K.M.S. · December 6, 2020

(function() { P.when('cr-A', 'ready').execute(function(A) { if(typeof A.toggleExpanderAriaLabel === 'function') { A.toggleExpanderAriaLabel('review_text_read_more', 'Read more of this review', 'Read less of this review'); } }); })(); .review-text-read-more-expander:focus-visible { outline: 2px solid #2162a1; outline-offset: 2px; border-radius: 5px; } The product does a fine job of mulching leaves and even very small twigs. Anything big enough to be called a stick will greatly reduce the life of the trimmer string, so be very careful about what goes in. To its credit, it is easy to change the trimmer string, but you can go through them quickly if you're not careful, and they are 0.90 diameter, which I have found is relatively hard to find , 0.8 and 0.95 being much more common.If you stand in the obvious place to feed leaves into it, you'll quickly clog the very small air intake from dropped leaves and bits of flying mulch, so it pays t stand off to the side half way between the air intake and exhaust, but you still have to pay attention to whether it has become blocked.The noise level is not too bad, but you are only a few inches away and you'll be there for probably an hour or more if you have any significant amount of leaves. If you don't use earplugs or some other hearing protection, you will definitely regret it someday fairly soon, and in any case your ears will fill with leaf dust right away, so be smart and use something to plug and/or cover your ears.I use a couple of those large plastic leaf scoops on my hands to pick up fairly large gobs of leaves for feeding the mulcher. It works very well and you can process a lot of leaves fairly quickly, but a really big pile still takes 20 - 30 minutes to mulch. However, it is MUCH faster to mulch them than it is to try to pack them tightly into trash bags or barrels, and far, far less effort. The worst part is the hundreds and hundreds of times you have to bend over to grab the leaves. It helps to rake them often into as high a pile as possible. A foot makes a big difference when you're bending over.If the leaves are dry, there will be a LOT of leaf dust in the air, and you REALLY need to wear a filter mask and goggles. If the leaves are a bit damp, it still mulches them without a problem and keeps the dust down pretty well. There does not appear to be any way to clean or replace anything like an air filter, unlike other similar machines The motor is strong and does not slow much when mulching even a large wad of dry or damp leaves, so you can feed it fairly quickly - about as fast as you can check the leaves for sticks.The supporting legs are well made and easy to assemble, but are quite short and it seems to me that they would hold only a small lawn bag, which would fill very quickly. I was unable to stuff a collapsible fabric lawn bag (approx 30 gal.) inside the legs at at all and it's way too short for all but the smallest trash can.In my town, we cannot use lawn bags for our leaves, so I have a number of larger rectangular trash barrels like the BlueHawk 32-Gallon Black Plastic Wheeled Trash Can from Lowes and the Blue Hawk 45-Gallon Black Plastic Wheeled Trash Can from Lowes for the leaves and mulch. Filling trash bags with mulch only to lift and empty them into the cans was not an appealing proposition.I was able to make a jig to go on top of the trash cans which holds the mulcher securely and lets me mulch directly into the trash cans. I used a 2'x2' piece of plywood with a large circle cut from it (using the mulcher's legs to get the size of the circle right) and a couple more smaller venting holes , with a few small pieces of wood screwed into it to keep it from sliding around on the top of the cans.I have found that by stopping the mulcher every 25-30 scoops and tamping the mulch down just a bit with a length of 2x2 just to get the air out and de-fluff the mulch, I can get easily twice as much mulch into a barrel. It also gives me a chance to clear the air intake and breath some cleaner air for 30 seconds or so. I can tamp through the vent holes to a useful degree, but it works better to lift the mulcher out of its hole and slide it off to the side a few inches to get better access for tamping down the whole barrel.The 11:1 mulch ratio is either a marketing dream, or refers to crispy dry leaves which have never been stepped on, raked, piled, or stuffed into a bag or barrel. Unless you have an unlimited number of barrels or bags to hold your leaves, without a mulcher you naturally stuff, stomp, and crush your raked leaves as you fill barrels or bags with your raked leaves. There's no way that you'll mulch 11 of those bags into 1 bag of mulch, but you might get 5:1 on a good day.I have kept careful track (partly because I want to stop at a regular interval for tamping) and the amount of leaves that can be packed (not dropped) unmulched into the smaller 32 gallon can equals 25 decent scoops of leaves (that is, it takes 25 scoops to empty a packed can into the mulcher). Four of those packed cans , or 100 scoops from a pile can be mulched into the same 32 gallon can, so that is a 4:1 ratio of packed leaves to mulched leaves. It may not sound like it, but that is a LOT of leaves. Quite a large pile will fit into a single barrel.Surprisingly, with some extra tamping, I can get 200 scoops ( or 2 32 gallon barrels) mulched into the larger 45 gallon barrel, which makes no sense if the sizes are at all accurate, but I've done it many times.At the end of the season, it does quickly snap apart and re-nest into a very small space so I like that I don't have yet another huge machine to store.So, it's dustier than I would like it to be, noisier than I would like it to be, and I had to make my own jig in order to reasonably process the mountains of leaves that I deal with in a season, but it does work well and I don't see how it could be done much better. I am well satisfied.

4.0 out of 5 stars Caveat emptor

K.o.t.S. · May 26, 2025

My product arrived damaged but I did not know. I ordered in June and planned on using it in the fall when the leaves fell. Sadly, my husband had a stroke and was hospitalized for some time, so needless to say, there was no yard work done in the fall. In the spring of this year, 2025, I took it out of the box and tried to assemble it, but one of the legs was damaged at the top where it connects to the unit. It was challenging to fix it and I knew that Bolo would never take it back after almost a year. We were able to make it work. I am very impressed with this little machine. Although it can't keep up with the tons of leaves we have, it does a great job! I couldn't be more pleased. Lesson learned; inspect all of your packages when they arrive. This isn't the first time something like this has happened. Quality control may be lacking in the packaging of this product, but the product itself is perfect! I would have given 5 stars, but someone messed up when they packaged it!

5.0 out of 5 stars The answer for a yard full of magnolia leaves.

b. · July 5, 2025

If you have a magnolia tree, leaves are a year-round nuisance. We started building out our back yard garden this year and have this thing a shot to make natural mulch. The first load is done and it was fantastic.The included string refills are garbage, but I expected that. I’ve been cutting pieces from a spool of ryobi heavy duty .080” line and I made three bags of mulch on one reload. Even with little twigs.Magnolia leaves are the toughest. If it works on those I’m sure it’s great for regular fall leaves as well. You’ll want a dust mask and some eye protection - it’s a messy job but well worth it.

5.0 out of 5 stars Works great! Few key things though...

v. · November 1, 2024

First off, if you have a lot of leaves to deal with I can't imagine not getting one of these. It is great!! But to get the most out of it here are a few things to pay attention to:Shredding Performance - For me, it shreds about 95-98% of what I put into it. The other 2-5% somehow misses getting shredded. I say this because when you look at the output you will still see some whole or partial whole leaves. However, most of what it produces is fine fragments. I can't tell you the exact reduction % but I can say that it is a MASSIVE reduction and don't doubt the numbers the MFG states.Dumping Leaves - You can't just dump and dump into it. You have to dump and then pause and then dump again. The cadence isn't quite a fast as I would like, if it was 30-40% faster it would be perfect. That said you still can get through huge piles of leaves very quickly, but the pausing is noticeable. If you are finding you are having to fuss with getting the leaves through you are likely putting too many in at once or putting them in too fast.Stand or Not To Stand - I didn't use the stand and instead stuck it on a 32 gallon round garbage can. It sits on it perfectly and then is easy to deal with when you need to empty it. Maybe the legs are good but I didn't want to mess with them, plus I can easily dump them in the compost area and in my yard debris bin. Also I read multiple people talking about how it does't fit a normal leaf bag, so what would be the point anyway? In the instructions, which aren't great but not terrible, it appears you are supposed to roll the top of the bag down to get it to fit?? Why not just make the legs longer? Anyway, I am using the 32 gallon can and it is great.Noise - It is loud, but not incredibly loud. I would recommend wearing some sort of hearing protection though as hearing damage is cumulative.Mess - It is a little messy but not terrible. If you are just doing your work outside, and say not inside your garage, who cares about some leaf pulp around the shredder? But I suppose if you are shredding leaves in an area where some spillage of shredded leaves will be a problem you might be annoyed.Twine - Finally this thing is essentially an upside down weed whacker. The plastic twine they use with it I had read did not hold up. I have done two sessions with leaves and light twigs. Each session I filled the 32 gallon can about 5 times. I am still going strong on the original twine that came attached. I did get the plastic coated metal twine that was recommended in a different review, but I am not sure what the others were doing to need to change it out so quickly. But if someone cares, I got the Anleolife Round Heavy Duty .095-Inch-by-190-ft Steel String Trimmer Line in Donut. Again, haven't needed to try it, but this is what someone else had said fit and could be a stronger replacement.OVERALL - Super happy with the purchase. If you are someone who has to spend multiple days each year dealing with leaves you owe it to yourself to get this thing. It is a great tool from the firs time using it, in fact my neighbors all borrow this thing and we are trading it around, LOL

新聞紙シュレッダーとして

閑. · October 9, 2023

(function() { P.when('cr-A', 'ready').execute(function(A) { if(typeof A.toggleExpanderAriaLabel === 'function') { A.toggleExpanderAriaLabel('review_text_read_more', 'Read more of this review', 'Read less of this review'); } }); })(); .review-text-read-more-expander:focus-visible { outline: 2px solid #2162a1; outline-offset: 2px; border-radius: 5px; } ペーパーログブリケット（紙薪）を大量に成形するための、その材料となる新聞紙パルプを（いちいち手で紙を裂いてられないので）量産する道具として購入。実は前もってプラ製60L植木鉢にナイロンコード草刈機を突っ込んで実験してみたのですが、飛び散った新聞紙片を拾うのが大変で、バキュームブロワで集めるとブロワがすぐ詰まる（ちょっとコツがいる）ことも判明したためお高いですが思い切って買ってしまいました。初めての大型海外家電ですが、日本の方のレビューがあったので電源のことは気にせずにポチった後で、120V13Aが定格なんだから普通のコンセント（100V1500W）だとまずいんじゃないか？と心配になり、他にも買い足して以下の構成に：コンセント→電動工具用延長コード→Yazawaブレーカー付きタップ1500W→日章工業アップ(100V→120V)トランス1500W→電力計→Panasonic延長コード→WG430（本機）パナの延長コードは、本機のプラグが非対称Aプラグだったのでこれを挿せるソケットでたまたま家にあったのがこれだったというだけです。初めに数分だけ100Vを直接本機に通電してスイッチONしてみましたが問題なく動くようでした（汗）。でもせっかくアップトランスを買ったので上の構成にして、まずスイッチOFF状態の電力計表示が最初の写真。続いて無負荷（ナイロンコードの空回り）でスイッチON状態が次の写真。電流値が定格より低いのは当たり前ですが電圧も低くなっている理由は私にはわかりません（大汗）。で、目的の新聞紙を軽く丸めて投入すると、紙を砕いている一瞬は1000Wを超えているようですが電力計の表示が追随せず正確なところはわかりません（オシロスコープは持っていません）。でもブレーカーが作動しないので1500W以下なんでしょう。20分ほど連続稼働させた後、トランスはほんのり暖かいかな？程度、新聞紙は写真のように紙パッキンほど細かくはなっていませんがパルプ化の準備としては十分です。草刈機の実験では紙片がほぼ全て植木鉢の外に飛び出してしまったので、それに比べれば上出来ではあるのですが、それでも作業後本機の周りは紙片だらけですしON/OFFスイッチの周辺にある（恐らくモータ空冷のための）エアインテークも紙片と紙の粉で詰まりまくりですので掃除は必須です（それで台所の排水口ネットをかぶせてみたのが最後の写真。結構効果あり（笑））。音はうるさい（住宅地では苦情がくるかも）のでイヤマフ（安いので十分です）をした方が耳が遠くなる心配がないです。ナイロンコードは草刈機用の2.2mm径までので交換できます（コード通しの孔を広げて頑丈なコードを使えば粉砕能力は上がりそうですがモーターへの負担も上がり、バランスを考えて細めのコードにしているのかも）。長すぎるナイロンコードを切るカッターがついていますが私は取り外しました。本来用途の落ち葉シュレッダーとしては本場米国のyoutube動画が組み立て収納も含め見きれないほどある（そしてどの動画の内容も大差ない）のでそちらをご覧下さい。モータの過熱故障を気にしているようなものは探した限りでは見つけられませんでした。でも湿った落ち葉を投入などすると1500Wを超えることもあると思うので、自分は当分試すつもりはないです。小枝なども含む乾いた落ち葉の場合ですと、防護メガネと粉塵マスク、粉だらけになっても良い作業着も必要ですしなかなか物入りな機械です。

Necesita mejoras para poderla utilizar en España.

C.A. · July 24, 2024

Buen servicio a domicilio.Defectos de la maquina:Enchufe americano, estamos en España, se necesita un enchufe europeo. ( ver foto)Falta una pieza en el bombo de triturar ( ver foto)Lo mas grave, solo funciona a un Voltaje de 120 V. se necesita un trans formador de 220 a 120 V.

Increíble!!

S.V. · June 12, 2024

Tengo un gran árbol que tira hojas en mi patio trasero, es una tarea de nunca acabar y esta máquina es la solución perfecta. Me llegó hoy, justo antes de las lluvias, recoger hojas mojadas es peor todavía. La máquina es muy fácil de armar, la conectas y está lista para trabajar. Pulveriza las hojas secas muy rápido. Lo que antes eran dos bolsas de basura cupo perfecto en una.Las bolsas que compré son de 32 gal. Y se ajustan perfecto al aro metálico de la máquina para que todo caiga ahí. No sabes que la necesitas hasta que la tienes. Super recomendada!!

الامارات ، دبي

A. · March 2, 2024

مكينة طحن لاوراق الاشجار تعمل بشكل جيد ولكن المشكله انها تعمل بنظام الكهرباء 120v مما تطلب مني شراء كيبل + محول من 220v الى 110v لتشغيل الجهاز .

Excellent

D. · November 2, 2024

Update avec la corde de rechange: J’ai essayé une corde de 0.95 torsadée et c’était limite, la corde passe difficilement et ça prend absolument une paire de pince pour tirer sur l’autre bout afin de mettre les deux bouts égaux mais ça fonctionne sauf que c’est un peu plus long à remplacer. Toutefois elle dure plus longtemps que l’originale.J'ai commandé cette machine avec un peu d'hésitation car plusieurs personnes donnaient des commentaires assez négatifs mais plusieurs autres mentionnaient l'inverse. L'assemblage ne prend que quelques minutes. La machine est très puissante et bruyante. le déchiquetage se fait très rapidement et hache trés finement. Un achat recommandé sans hésitation. Seul chose, la corde s'use un peu rapidement en présence de petites branches, ce qui est tout a fait normal. Une corde de 0,95 serait probablement plus efficace, mais utilisé seulement avec des feuilles, la corde fournie demeure quand même un très bon choix. Le port d'un casque antibruit et un masque de type chirurgical pour la poussière sont fortement sugérés pour le travail mais non essentiel.