Husqvarna125B Gas Leaf Blower, 28-cc 1.1-HP 2-Cycle Handheld Leaf Blower, 470-CFM, 170-MPH, 12.5-N Powerful Clearing Performance and Ergonomic Design, Gifts for dad

This is awesome. Works great and blows the leaves very well. Easy to use and start. It is the perfect size and so much better than raking leaves.

As I tend to do, I've waited to write this review, otherwise I'd be commenting on the packaging or delivery, not product performance. That out of the way, this is a fine little blower. Well built, light and easy to handle, starts first time every time even after months of sitting in my unheated shed, moves my grass clippings and light leaf load out of the way with no problem. Highly recommended for those like me who don't need a huge honking blower. Two issues, one minor, one not. As for the small gripe, the air intakes on the sides of this unit tend to suck up against my trousers, so I have to remember to hold it out from my side a bit or two. It's so light, holding it away from your body is no problem, just an annoyance. I don't wear shorts so those of you who do might have a bit more problem with this but I doubt it. On the major side, I hate Husqvarna customer service. While I've had no problem with this unit, I have one of their chain saws that I dearly love. Works hard, starts perfectly, nicely made, really a good saw. However, my first one failed because someone at some factory forgot to ream a casting lip which broke off and lodged between the piston and the cylinder. Husqvarna customer service was totally worthless and I mean TOTALLY WORTHLESS. Good thing I bought the saw at Northern Tools because they made it good, no questions asked, as I'm sure Amazon would have as well. My point is this ... in my opinion, Husqvarna makes good stuff, just be sure to put a reputable retailer, one with some money in their pocket and/or some swag with the factory, between you and Husqvarna.

Couldn't get much better than this for a homeowner. Starts up as per instructions, pull cord is very easy to pull, power is right for most homeowners.

I have had the thing for a week. The blower did not work well at all out of the box-- it was difficult to start, didn't idle well and stalled almost immediately when turning off the choke. Wide open, it ran sort of well (a bit rich) but that didn't really offset all the other problems. Reading the other reviews about the fuel line problems, I was debating whether to return the blower or try adjusting the carburetor/fuel lines.The problem is that the carburetor adjustment screws are very difficult to adjust-- they don't have a slot for a screwdriver and there is a shroud surrounding both screws making it difficult/impossible to turn with needle nose pliers. I fashioned caps for the screws that allowed me to adjust the screws with a screwdriver. The high speed needle needed to be closed a touch under 1/2 turn to run well and the low speed needle needed to come out 1 and 1/2 turns to idle properly. I was a bit shocked at how off the low speed adjustment was. I was then able to turn down the idle speed -- this one is done easily with a regular screwdriver. Supposedly you can buy a special tool to turn the needles but it costs ~$20. Another option is to take it to a Husqvarna authorized dealer for adjustment.I am now happy with the blower-- it idles well, accelerates cleanly, blows hard and is relatively quiet at idle. Would have given it 5 stars if it ran well out of the box or even 4 stars if carburetor was easier to adjust. Can't really blame Husqvarna-- I think the screws are mandated by air quality regulators to be not adjustable by the end user.TL/DR- didn't run worth a darn out of the box. Works great after carburetor adjustment.Edit: had it for about two years now. Still going strong. Gave another star.

I purchased this as a homeowner of a small 1/5 acre lot. I only used twice a month. When my fuel lines started leaking at 6 months, I called the Husqvarna help line and they sent me to a local dealer.The dealer said he would fix it, but not under warranty. He said Husqvarna would not honor warranty for fuel lines, they would blame owner for storing the tool with ethanol based fuel in the tank.Here is a news flash for Husqvarna.....I store all of my gas powered tools with fuel in the tank and my ECHO brand weedeater that is now 2 years old has never had an issue. I fuel them from the same gas can. My Craftsman gas tools have never had a problem, and they are 3 yrs old. Husqvarna obviously has a quality control problem here with these cheap fuel lines.My lines broke off at the same point that other reviewers mentioned. When I examined closely, there is a black rubber gasket that the 2 fuel lines go through to enter the fuel tank. This gasket squeezes the lines with pressure and you have the close contact of different rubbers and plastics touching each other. I believe that the reason the fuel lines failed, has to either be because they could not handle the pressure exerted on them by the rubber gasket or it is a chemical failure of where the two different materials of the gasket and the fuel line contact each other. I will try to post a picture, but the fuel line broke off almost even with the gasket and was misshaped, it had a smaller diameter where the gasket had been squeezing it. Similar to when you stretch a piece of plastic tubing and the part that stretches, gets smaller in diameter.Additionally, the fuel line that lays in the bottom of the fuel tank and is the most exposed to ethanol and its corrosive properties, was just fine. It was not damaged and when I pulled on it, it did not break or fray or crack. All of the damage was centered on where the gasket put pressure on the lines themselves.UPDATE: I managed to repair the fuel lines myself. It was fairly easy. It took me about 1.5 hours because I am not very good with mechanical stuff. A real mechanic could probably do it in 15 minutes.When I went to ACE Hardware, they sold 2 types of fuel lines. ONE was a yellow tinted, ethanol resistant fuel line for $1.40 per foot. The other was a clear, plain fuel line that was only .39 cents per foot. Guess which one most closely resembled the fuel line I was replacing from Husqvarna. You guessed it, the .39 cents per foot.I purchased the more expensive fuel lines and started to work. I will try to post pictures on Amazon. It is pretty simple, you remove the big black plastic nut that holds on the air filter cover, then remove the air filter. Now you will see 2 nuts that need to be removed. Then you will have access to all of the 3 fuel lines. The fuel lines are 2 different sizes, my local Ace sold them both. I just went in and purchased 2 feet of each size hose and that was plenty. I did not write down the diameter sizes, what I did was take in a piece of my broken fuel line I snipped off with some scissors. That way I could compare them. Then you just slowly pull off each old line and replace it with each new line. Pretty straight forward. No way to mess up, as long as you dont remove all of the lines at once and forget where they go. hahahaI feel like I have much better quality fuel lines now, they are formulated to be chemical resistant. So even if the gasket causes a chemical failure of the line, maybe these will be resistant to that.NON ETHANOL GASOLINEAs an additional helpful point, I found a website... you can Google ......pure-gas.org ........to find a station near you without ethanol. I don't disagree that ethanol is bad for gas tools. Ethanol is bad for fuel lines, etc. But I do not believe that ethanol is to blame for such a quick and total failure of this tool.