Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I am buried in leaves after 4 straight weekends of rain. I have a 3-bucket lawn tractor, but when the leaves get deep it clogs constantly and needs to be emptied every 20 feet. So I bought the WORX WG430. You can't feed it faster than it can eat the leaves, or it will clog. However, if you feed it a couple of handfuls and wait until it grinds them up before feeding more, it works great. It grinds the leaves into almost a soil. A heavy-duty plastic bag of 30 gallons hold a rather large pile. It works with wet and dry leaves (you feed wet ones slower). If you change the plastic strings with each bagfull, it really works great. I have filled about 10 bags so far and just dump the contents in the garden as mulch. Sticks should be avoided. I live in the woods and have found it better to use bare hands to pick up the leaves so I can feel and pull them out before feeding the leaves. If one gets in and bounces around, you can power down and pull it out. Little twigs about the size of pipe cleaners go through fine. Finger-sized sticks need to be avoided.