Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

We bought the Trivac along with the Leaf Pro and it is a workhorse. We live in a heavily wooded neighborhood with lots of Hickory and Oak trees. I was concerned about the Hickory nuts and Acorns, but the trivac powered through most of them. I gave it a workout on piled leaves, some wet and some dry, some small limbs still attached. It ate practically everything I threw at it. It jammed twice (out of 6 hours of use over 2 days) on two thumb sized stick pieces. Both times required unplugging (for safety) and using pliers to pry them out. It got clogged twice. Once on wet leaves and once when the leaf pro got full over the can (both times my fault). It has to have air space to continue suction. We found that leaving the can horizontal (ours is square) worked better that having the hose go into the top. When full, we tipped the can up and removed the leaf pro to roll the mulch to the back yard. It sucked up more than a few rocks and sand from our driveway, but turning it off and letting them fall out was easy. It did not seem to interfere with the productivity. Our reason for 4 stars instead of 5. I'm short at 5'3" and I still had to stoop a bit to get the vacuum opening nearer to the ground. My husband who is 6'2 really had to stoop and that is killer on the back. It would be better with a longer tube for taller people. I have attached photos of day 2 of the 6 hour test. It took 3 hours to get this pile up (a lot of it was wet and lots of Hickory nuts). Picture of the size of these nuts. Impressive that it could mulch them. FYI - we have the metal blade unit.