The best time to upgrade your snow blower (or upgrade to a snow blower if you're still manually using a shovel) is before the first snowfall of the winter. Of course, you don't want to rush into ...

While leaf blowers may see the most use in the fall, these handy yard machines aren’t just for clearing autumn's glory off your lawn. I regularly use a leaf blower in spring and summer to blow grass ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. If you're in the market for a leaf blower, the brand name Stihl is bound to come up. Leaf blowers come in many different shapes and sizes, ...

CR tests battery and gas-powered snow blowers, including single-stage, two-stage, and three-stage models. The best easily blast through deep piles of snow. The worst? Read on. CR tests a variety of ...

With advances in cordless technology, electric power equipment is quieter, more efficient and friendlier for the environment. So electric snowblowers are a great option for homeowners and small ...

A leaf blower may be a simple enough tool, but its powerful gas engine or electric motor and moving parts can create a lot of wear and tear over time. But if you keep up with a simple regimen of basic ...

Vicki Richards is a connoisseur of sound. The violinist practices, teaches, composes and studies music at her South Miami home. She has performed inside Carnegie Hall and outside at Fairchild Tropical ...

Fall is here, which means leaves are falling. But when it comes to cleaning up the leaves and clearing them away, more cities and states are banning gas-powered leaf blowers as the tool of choice.

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Every Saturday afternoon, Lisa Brenner knows not to sit on the patio of her Southeast Portland home or walk her two dogs. Like clockwork, a crew of three workers fires up gas-powered leaf blowers at a ...