5.0 out of 5 stars It has been working perfectly

L.M.M. · November 3, 2024

(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; } Make sure to follow instructions.It seems they made changes on the device but forgot to adjust the manual. It is easy to figure it out during assembly.Using the top for pinestraw clogs it sometimes. Make sure to have a wood stick to assist.It is strong and loud, neighbors can hear easily.The bag looks sturdy, but it could not hold the power of the machine and tear apart the beginning of it after some days of use.Make sure the wood are not too thick. It can manage up to 2” easy. But after that, you are working on its limit and it might clog. I try to avoid to make it last longer.For now, I am really enjoying it. It saved me a lot of money already.

4.0 out of 5 stars Chipper is good for periodic residential use. Mulching ratio is very good for gardening.

T. · November 29, 2020

I have used this 4 times since purchase of fall 2020. Overal, I like the chipper. Few notes: hopper needs to be fed as a continue stream of leaves and debris but not thrown in as a pile. A pile clogs the hopper shoot to shredder blades but continue stream sliding down the hopper chute works much better. The hopper does not do well with twigs per se. Feeding through the chipper work much, much better. Chipper chute works best with side branches trimmed off. You can push the side branches through but you need to use a push rod as self feeding mode works only with straight limbs. The bag is the weak point. Within 15 minutes of use the eyelet came out and had to manually hold bag in place. The draw string on the included bag is worthless. The included bag is small and fills fast. I purchased a bigger bag that fits chipper but in this case my wife sewn a inside patch over both eyelets and I used a bigger flat washer along with wing nut. This worked quite well. The larger back really helped. One trick is to attach larger bag and then leave zipper open. This way the bag absorbs the velocity of output chute and you do not have to empty bag. As bag begins to fill, I just grab underneath and empty enough so as not to block output chute. This worked well for volume shredding of one acre of leaves and then I would just rake out into gardens. The maneuverability was fantastic because I just move the operation to the next batch of leaves. To speed process up, I had my wife mow the leaves, being them to me and the I shred them to bits. This allowed me to use this a mulch for various yard gardens. One last thing that I am sure SuperHandy will not like is that in order to use the shredding hopper, I had to remove the protective straps. I am sorry to say but those safety straps made loading the shredding hopper very difficult and caused the hopper to plug every time. So what I did instead was use a 24 or 30 inch leaf rake, load the leaves on the rake, stand back away from shredder chute and off to the side and tilt the rake into the chute. This worked very well and allowed constant feeding of chute sped the process up considerably. Keep in mind, I am a 6 foot plus tall weightlifter and have long arms to do this and the leaf rake has a 5 foot broom handle.Overall, I am happy with chipper with the few modifications of use. I will say it is tough to feed a true 3 inch Queen or King Maple tree limb through chipper. Chipper bogs down and you have to slow feed. Douglas Fir was okay. I would say for continue use 2 inch would be max. Gas tank last quite a long time. To fill oil, you must remove chipper chute first or fill the oil then attach chute. Manual pull starting worked just fine. Would start on first pull. Not overly noisy but that said I used noise reduction ear muffs and face shield. I would recommend purchase with caveats mentioned above. My wife is 4'-7" so loading shredder was not possible for her because of safety reasons. Only I load shredder. She had no problem using chipper chute. She mainly brought leaves to me and I did the rest.

5.0 out of 5 stars It Gets the Job Done

p. · June 16, 2025

I purchased this wood chipper in 2021, and it has proven to be an excellent investment. It starts up easily, even after sitting unused through the winter. For best results, it's important not to take shortcuts—limbs with multiple branches should be trimmed down to ensure smooth feeding. I’ve seen a few reviews mentioning oil leaks at startup; mine had a similar issue, which turned out to be caused by the dipstick not being properly tightened. Once that was resolved, there were no further problems. Overall, I’m very satisfied with this purchase.

5.0 out of 5 stars Runs and chips great - even better at lower speeds

J.H. · January 22, 2025

tl;dr tips: for larger branches I found running at low speeds and pre-cutting them shorter helps.If it's questionably thick, pre-cut into 2-3 foot lengths.Running on low speed, if it bogs down, it'll pause and bounce until the engine speeds up again. If it's already short, it will feed through before the engine stalls out.I have stalled a few times, but each time I knew the branch was questionably thick. The engine started up great afterwards, so stalling never was really a problem.Generally speaking, I've heard from chippers to expect about 2/3 the advertised cut diameter. This chipper excels when considering that as a starting point.It will chip anything that's too small to consider turning into firewood :)Full summary:I debated for some time, I've never been a fan of small motors. Following the instructions, this started up great. I used the 92 gas I pulled out of my motorcycle when I put it away for the winter.I was only able to find SAE 10-30 4 cycle oil, not the recommended SAE15-40. Also works great.Assembly wasn't that hard for someone who excels at ikea furniture. Some parts are a bit heavy, but all the parts on mine were functionally correct.It rolls great, I was able to roll it down the stairs off my porch, down some retaining wall block steps, and down a dirt hill to where I wanted it. (I was also able to roll it back up the hill, haven't tested up the stairs again yet)If you prep the branches first, it feeds great. I use a machete to trim off side branches. I set anything too big off to the side.Cons: I haven't found a good way to put loose / smaller pine branch pieces in yet. The shredder doesn't pull them in and the chipper hopper is too small to easily add them. I just want a bit larger of a chute for the chipper.I haven't really tested on leaves. If I had to do it again, I might just get a chipper-only model that had a bigger feed mechanism. I got this one on sale though, so I'm able to overlook the shredder aspect for my current use case :DOther tips:I was able to get some of the pine needle branches in chipper, but they do sometimes get stuck in the hopper. I save some medium size branches to use as a pusher, so that if/when they get sucked into the chipper they just chip up with all the pine needles.