I needed a blower that was light weight, compact, cordless, but powerful enough to blow leaves and debris off our front porch and walkways. I have other 20V Dewalt products and have been extremely impressed with their battery life and quality, so I decided to give this a try. Received it this morning, charged the DCB205 battery in the DCB115 charger it came with and gave it a try. It is light weight, quieter than I anticipated and was powerful enough to remove wet leaves and debris from our front porch, walkways and driveway. What I like most is the variable speed trigger. I can start at a low speed and ramp it up as needed avoiding any blower kickback that I absolutely hate. While our weekly landscaper will take care of the big stuff, during the fall, I like to keep our deck, front porch and our walkways clean in between their service. Hate tracking all that stuff into the house. This blower will make it so easy to do that. My old plugin electric blower is on its way to Goodwill.

I researched cordless leaf blowers for nearly a year before choosing this one, and I'm very happy with my decision. The blower is much lighter and produces far less vibration than the gas powered blower I'd been using on the job. This means less stress on joints and muscles, so I can use it for longer periods of time. It's also much quieter than a gas powered blower - and many other cordless blowers I'm familiar with. I've been using this blower daily for over a month now and have found that battery life is superior to other blowers. The 5amp battery lasts for over an hour in most cases. It would run out faster if I used it on full power continuously, but that's rarely necessary. Medium throttle provides more than enough force for most tasks; blowing leaves off lawns, gravel drives and patios and for cleaning out gutters. I especially like the variable speed trigger which can produce extremely light force for more delicate areas or for tidying up around leaf piles without scattering the pile.

This is my first battery-operated leaf blower, after having used a gas-powered blower for years. Right off the bat, I noticed this doesn't blow nearly as fast/hard as the gas-powered blower I had. However, its wider tube and slower speed allows it to blow more leaves at once. And even better, the leaves move in the direction you're blowing them, whereas with my old gas powered blower, they would flip back around and come back to me like boomerangs. Startup is immediate and the blower is pretty comfortable and light. And of course the no-maintenance aspect of it, compared to a gas blower needing to mix oil and gas, getting it on your hands when you try to pour it or it develops a leak, etc., is wonderful. In terms of down sides, the battery life is pretty unfortunate. I get about 15 minutes at full power out of this. Still with dry leaves, it is really good at pushing a lot of them at a time. Wet leaves are a bit more of a challenge for this, but that is a tradeoff with more area coverage from the wider tube. The back side of it often also gets little leaves stuck against the grate from getting sucked in, so you have to pause every few minutes and let go of the throttle so you can brush them off. Overall though, I will not be going back to gas-powered ever again. Would love to see a bigger battery in this (it is plenty light with the one it has), or a second battery, to allow for accomplishing a bit more without having to shift to do something else while it recharges. This is a really great blower though, so I am happy to spend 15 minutes with it, recharge while I do some other chores, and then go back to it.

I purchased this as a gift for my son-in-law whom I also purchased other 20V DeWalt tools for a couple of years ago. This comes with a charger and a 5 Amp battery which is awesome! The blower does a great job for a battery-run blower and gives you the freedom to clean out spaces and do other things where a corded blower would either be a hassle or impossible to use. My 4-year old grandson had a blast "helping" me blow leaves with it and looking for treasures in the woods. I had a blast putting the 5 Amp battery on my 20V DeWalt Sawzall with a pruning blade and taking out small trees until I ran out of juice! Conclusion: Battery operated blowers don't compare in power to corded or gas-powered blowers but they are handy, clean, and a very nice addition to an existing collection of 20V DeWalt tools in this case.

I've used battery-powered hard-surface blowers from Black & Decker for years to blow leaves and dirt off my garage floor, driveway, walks, and patio — first the older non-lithium model, then the lithium ones, and they've always been incredibly useful but underpowered. I thought it just wasn't possible to get more power out of a battery-powered blower. I was wrong. By a lot. This (...I'm so sorry) blows them away. It's not even close. This is incredible. I can't believe I wasted years NOT owning this. If you need this category of product — and if you're a homeowner, you can probably use it — buy this one. You won't be disappointed.

I contacted DeWalt via their website and conducted an online chat. Immediately the customer service rep offered to mail a replacement charger. This transaction took only a matter of minutes, during which I provided some basic info found on the charger. I would like to revise my review to five stars based on the fact that DeWalt immediately offered a replacement. I know they have an excellent reputation and this confirmed it. I know DEWALT products have a good reputation, but our battery pack/charger stopped working in less than a year of ownership. There was no unusual wear and tear, no mistreatment of this equipment. I've tried troubleshooting, to no avail. I usually post only favorable reviews, but am posting this because I am so disappointed at the fact that the charger did not last even one year.

Background: I'm a typical suburban home owner. I've been through a variety of 18v/36v/40v Black & Decker, and more recently, Greenworks 40v outdoor tools. As of this week when I got this blower, my outdoor tool rack and charging area (along with a chainsaw and mower), is definitely green themed. I was very impressed with this blower. My current champion of blowing is the Greenworks brushless 40v blower. The Greenworks is full featured with a tube and bagger that lets it mulch leaves, and has a positively huge 40v 4ah battery on it. The DeWalt performs similarly however, while being smaller with a lighter/smaller tool battery... in fact it outlasted the Greenworks (see below). One thing I really see when comparing the two is that the Greenworks has a long necked-down tube with the statement "185 MPH" on it... what they fail to mention is the CFM which probably isn't that great. The DeWalt, on the other hand, has a large tube all the way out and the output covers a much greater area. They both have similar overall output/usefulness, and both have roughly the same sound level... the Greenworks has more of a "classic" blower sound, while the DeWalt, with its' turbine/jet style setup, has more of a high pitched buzzing sound. One thing I really liked on the DeWalt is the instant-on trigger versus the Greenworks. To start the DeWalt, just squeeze. To start the Greenworks you have to push the power button, push the turbo button (to get full power), THEN dial up a speed on the wheel (there's not a trigger). Here's a real-world battery test. I timed both blowers at full possible speed and what I judge to be comparable outputs. DeWalt blower on full throttle, Greenworks on full, plus "turbo" button engaged. Greenworks run-time: 12:17 Dewalt run-time: 19:23 So, yeah, the DeWalt ran for half again as long. The Greenworks was left cooling down while I used the DeWalt all over the back yard. After the test was complete, both batteries were warm but not hot and the cutoff on both was electronic/immediate. They also both started out on the chargers with overheat/cooldown warnings on the charger before they would charge. That seems a common theme with li-ion battery setups. pros: great run-time especially considering the tiny battery it uses wider/larger coverage while providing similar "oomph" as a comparable blower that is necked down no power-on and turbo buttons... pull the trigger, get instant-on full power. compares favorably/reasonable with a tool that is double the power/voltage. cons: no extra features/options. This is just a blower, nothing more. Not really a con depending on what you expect still fairly loud... comparable to other electric blowers... has a buzzy sound

I own a corded Toro blower/mulcher combination that works great, but is so cumbersome to use and change from blow to vacuum mode, I never use it. I researched several similar cordless (battery) versions, and even though I knew it wouldn't be as powerful as the Toro, I wanted something light and cordless. I didn't know how well it would work (or for how long), but mine arrived today and it performed beyond ALL my expectations (plus I'll actually use this one, since it's lightweight and doesn't have a cord to deal with). I cleaned all around my house (even being able to blow the large pile of leaves I had made just as I was finishing up), cleaned off the sidewalks, blew years worth of spider webs off the sides of the house (thanks to the California drought), and out of my cypress trees and boxwood hedges. Blowing the spiderwebs off the sides of the house was almost laughably easy, and MUCH easier than with water (which made them stick to the sides). Then I blew out my garage and driveway and STILL had power (all this took maybe 20 minutes). At the end I decided to blow out my garden kitchen floor, and it still had so much power (after everything else) it even lifted the rug in front of the door off the floor after. I wasn't expecting that kind of power even at the beginning of using this on a charge, but at the end, surprised me. I'm very pleased with this product and would highly recommend it to anyone. It's so lightweight and easy to use (and cordless) I'll be using it a few times a week instead of (grudgingly) twice a year. If something changes, or the battery charge or blowing power diminishes in time, I'll update my review then. In the meantime, I can't recommend this strongly enough.

I have 8 DeWALT 20 V Max tools, and just purchased this blower... so 9 now. I researched all of the DeWALT cordless blowers, and this one seemed to suit our needs the best. It's significantly less expensive than the 40V or the new 60V FlexVolt blower - and if the job's really big I breakout my Mac Daddy Stihl backpack 340 blower. I love having a cordless blower so I can roam around our property with hassling with a cord. I REALLY like the speed control on this blower... very sensitive, and I like being able to just squeeze the trigger a little to blow debris away from sensitive areas like flower beds, etc. without blowing the dirt everywhere with too much air. The large blow tube is nice, because it puts out a large wide column of air at a max of 90 MPH - which is plenty unless I'm blowing off huge quantities of fallen leaves in the spring or fall that require the big Stihl backpack blower. I also really like the stand that allows me to set the blower down and have it upright and ready to pick up again. DeWALT's brushless MAX line of cordless tools are the best things ever for the home handyman! I use my collection all the time, and I really like having a common battery that will work in all of them. I have 8 4A batteries and 2 2A ones that came wth the various tools, and each battery has its own charger - so I never have a dead battery problem. This blower comes with a 5A battery that is the exact same external size as the 4A ones, and it's own charger. I haven't run the battery all the way down yet - but I blew for probably 25 mins yesterday and the battery was still going strong when I stopped. Brushless motors ROCK! Well done, DeWALT! Highly recommended! I'm also considering the DeWALT 60V FlexVolt Chain Saw, to replace my aging Stihl chainsaw.