1-bushel electric leaf shredder; special positions for grass, thatch, pine needles
8 amp motor, 21-inch hopper; reduces 11 bags of leaves to 1 bag
Light, rugged polyethylene funnel and housing; some assembly required
36 heavy-duty cutting lines and legs included
Editorial Review:
The Ultimate Mulcher quickly recycles yard and garden waste into nutrient rich mulch, solving the disposal problem. It can reduce leaves, pine neddles, grass clippings and even paper, wet or dry, from 11 bags into only 1. The mulcher is constructed of steel and rugged high-density polythylene for long life and easy maintenance, has a powerful 8.0 amp thermally protected universal motor with overload protection, and runs on an ordinary household current. Please note, this mulcher is NOT designed for sticks, twigs or branches. Moderate assembly required. It features: A. Coarse to Fine Shredding Adjustment- special settings for pine needles, thatch, and grass clippings B. Convenient Built-in Storage Compartment- holds replacement cutting lines, gloves, safety glasses, etc. C. Special Tilt Adjustment- rotates 180 degrees for compact storage D. Elastic Bungee Cord- holds leaf-bag firmly in place .
The wide 21-inch diameter funnel swallows leaves as fast as you can feed them, mincing them down to fine mulch. This little unit is surprisingly powerful, and at only 17 pounds it's so light you can mount it atop a trash can or bungee-cord a plastic bag to the outfeed and collect the waste. Out of the box, it goes together literally in minutes with just a screwdriver. The hopper tilts to 45 degrees to make loading easier, and the sliding control lever is easy to read, with settings for grass, thatch, wet leaves, dry leaves and pine needles. Double cutting lines are powered by an 8-amp motor on regular household current, and the motor intake filter comes out easily for cleaning. A built-in storage compartment keeps extra line at the ready, and changing cutter lines is easy. It's a great unit for the homeowner, reducing 11 bags of leaves to just one bag of mulch, ready for use in flower beds and vegetable gardens.--Kris Jensen-Van Heste
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0
It Takes Patience:
When you open the box and see the few pieces to put together you tend to say, as I did, "This is a snap!" Well, plan on at least two hours, no matter how skilled you think you are. They need someone to redesign the thing with the aim of making it simple to put together. Putting a screw through a hole to connect two pieces that don't readily fit and doing it sight unseen and no access to fingers to help--well, come on now!
Better than mowing:
Although this product is a bit delicate, it does a job on leaves, shredding them down to a fine mulch. This "weed-wacker" in a drum reduced all the leaves in my compost pile to useable mulch for my beds this fall and I'll use it to reduce this year's leaves into more manageable particles for composting this year. Just put it over a garbage can and you can easily transport mulch to any part of your yard. It does put a lot into the air, so protect your eyes.
It Works!:
I just received my Flowtrom LE-900 this week. Today I used the ubit to much leaves dropped by two oaks, two lindens and one tulip tree. The unit performed better that expected. It handles the large leaves from the oaks and tulip tree with no problem. The Flowtron did clog at times when stems and sticks accumulated, but this was more of a nuisance than a deficiency of the unit. After all, this is "weed wacker" type of device, not a machine with blades. It was great to be able to set the Flowtron on top of a... more info
Good Performer But Compaction Claims Are Exaggerated:
We've had a good experience with the Flowtron LE-900. The unit took about 25 minutes to assemble, not too long compared to other build-it-yourself products. The unit works well as a light-duty shredder as long as you keep the sticks out, which we were able to do. Only two complaints: first, the unit burns through the plastic cutting strips pretty quickly. We had to replace the strips about every 4 bags of leaves. If you don't replace them, you have to shake the unit to make the leaves fall right into... more info
