| Ah, the beautiful colors of fall foliage. It's a | | | | these hand held vacuums can also be used to |
| wonderful time of year. There is a cool crispness | | | | clean patios, pool decks or driveways. |
| in the air, a welcome change after the heat and | | | | A walk behind push vacuum works much like a |
| humidity of the summer. In fact, fall is some | | | | push mower. As it cleans the leaves from your |
| people's favorite time of the year - unless, of | | | | yard, this vacuum will usually mulch or shred the |
| course, they are the ones who have to rake all | | | | leaves and then send them to an onboard bag |
| the leaves after they fall to the ground. | | | | which can be dumped at your curb, or easily |
| Collecting leaves and bagging them can be a | | | | bagged. |
| tedious, hard, time consuming project. If you have | | | | Many gardeners like these types of vacuums |
| very many trees in your yard, or a very large | | | | because the collected, shredded leaves can be |
| yard to rake, you might want to think about | | | | used to make mulch. However, these push |
| investing in a lawn vacuum. This piece of | | | | vacuums don't maneuver easily into small spaces |
| equipment can decrease your amount of yard | | | | so you may wind up raking these anyway. |
| work, and make a hard job much easier. | | | | If you have a large woodsy yard, you might |
| There are three different kinds of leaf vacuums. | | | | want to consider a riding leaf vacuum. These |
| These vacuums are available in a handheld model, | | | | vacuums look much like a riding mower except |
| a push model and a riding vacuum. The model you | | | | they have a vacuum instead of a cutting blade. |
| decide to purchase will depend on how large of a | | | | These riding vacuums are better than push ones |
| job you have. | | | | because they can clean a larger path and also |
| For small jobs and tight spaces, the hand held | | | | have stronger vacuum motors than push |
| model is ideal. If you have a larger area, a walk | | | | vacuums. |
| behind push type vacuum works well. For large | | | | They also require less effort on your part since all |
| yards with lots of leaves, you might think about | | | | you have to do is steer the vacuum. The |
| investing in a riding leaf vacuum. | | | | collection bags on these riding vacuums also holds |
| Handheld models are great for small jobs. These | | | | a much larger volume of leaves than those on |
| machines usually often double as both a blower | | | | the push variety and don't have to be emptied as |
| and vacuum. The vacuum feature usually attaches | | | | often. This means you spend more time cleaning |
| to a bag that collects the leaves. However, these | | | | your yard and less time emptying the collection |
| hand held models don't have a large motor, and | | | | bag. |
| don't offer a lot of suction. | | | | So if you are facing a big raking job, you might |
| They work well only after leaves are freshly | | | | want to think about a leaf vacuum. With three |
| fallen, and not so good after they have gotten | | | | models available, you are sure to find a vacuum |
| wet and packed down. Along cleaning small areas, | | | | that is perfect for your needs. |