Craftsman 7 cu. ft. Push Lawn Sweeper —
I bought this on sale a few weeks ago and really put it to the test yesterday!! We have 2 huge oak trees out front, and we share our yard with our townhouse neighbors. 90% of the oak leaves fell this past week plus about 3 days of rain and mist. Read--thick, heavy wet pile of leaves. As I am the main yard clean-up person, I was so glad to get out there with my new sweeper. My neighbor and her husband were using a blower and rake for their half. I used my sweeper for much of ours. I had to go over the small front section many times to fill a yard barrel about 6 times, but it was so much better than raking that heavy mat of leaves!!!! (been there, done that too) Much kinder on my back, neck, shoulders and forearms (all memorable aches from past years that I don't have today). The sweeper also went over a patch of thin layer of crispy maple leaves in one to two passes. Whole yard not done yet, but will be easily attacked with main part completed.
The only issue I had was having to keep scooping the leaves back into the bucket as it filled so they didn't roll right back down onto the yard. I found having the outdoor small broom handy as a reacher/ scooper for that job.
I also love that the green factor. No air pollution from exhaust and no noise pollution from the motor.