Questions & Answers
Question: Will this blower work with the power tool 20V 3ah?
Answer: In my opinion, it will work but for a shorter time before charging is needed. The term Ah means ampere-hours, so if the tool draws 2 Ah the 3 Ah battery will last 1.5 hours. The 5 Ah battery will last 2.5 hours.
Question: is the 20V battery the same one their 20V drill uses?
Answer: yes all 20v batteries fit
North Georgia Hawg –
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!
Robert R. –
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.
Marco Arment –
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.