I purchased this from Lowes, haven't used it to much yet since it was a Christmas present from a gift card I got. After reading the other reviews I decided to give it a try. So far I am pleased, I like so many others am becoming an 18v junkie, I have the Black and Decker String Trimmer which I love and would highly recommend. I did notice that the new blowers are now coming with only 1 battery pack. I guess Black and Decker realized they were practically giving the blowers away since batteries cost 32 dollars + each. Last year 2008 I was looking at them in the spring and they came with two batteries. I got lucky at Lowes, after putting one in my basket and feeling iffy about buying it I saw one on the top shelf pushed to the back. I climbed up and found an older model with the two batteries. Another difference I noticed was the weight, the ones with 1 pack they said weighed only 4.4 lbs, but the older one with the two batteries they said the weight was 5.5 lbs. So somewhere they trimmed a pound off of the trimmer, I am not sure where since it seemed to be already made of cheap plastic.
But I am pleased and know it will be a useful tool, this one gets to stay upstairs in the house and not the garage, perfect for blowing wind blown debris off the front porch and keeping the screened porch and outside deck cleaned off of bird food and spilled planter dirt.
I would recommend it to anyone that wants a quick way of getting dirt out of the way. The 18v system by Black and Decker has always been a reliable product line

delivery and product seem to be satisfactory. Only used grasshog twice and is O.K.

I've owned this for 3-4 years. It is a good, strong, blower, but only if you have recharged the battery recently. Otherwise, it poops out quickly. I've also got the drill that uses the same battery pack, and it is the best drill I've ever owned. One of the chargers went TU recently.

This is a agreat little blower - easy for ladies to handle and last appx 20 -30 min on one charge.. I am
proud to have this tool.

When it is fully charged, it does exactly what it says it does and does it well. However the full charge only lasts about 10 - 15 minutes and then it is too weak to be effective. I can blow off my concrete walkway and a little more than half of my concrete driveway before it dies. It handles about 2/3 of my 14'x30' deck and then has to charge for about 4 hours before I can do the rest. Also, as others noted, it only ships with 1 battery, making it very frustrating. Also, I did try it for blowing out gutters just as a test, and it can't move the leaves out even at full charge. I wasn't expecting it to work for that, but just to let others know. As much as I hate dragging a cord around I will be going back to my electric blower and a manual broom/rake.