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Hearing is be-leafing: Students invent quieter leaf blower (hub.jhu.edu)
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[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Sure, if you need less power and want to deal with the extension cord, and where you're blowing is within 100 feet of an outlet. Doesn't work well for gutters or large properties or houses with only 1 or 2 outlets outside.

Huh. I can't think of 297 other uses for a leaf blower, so I guess your 99% claim might be a bit....overblown.

[–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

How high are your fucking gutters?

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 5 months ago

? Not high enough to keep leaves from plugging them up. I mean, I could technically get it done with a huge extension cord, but that would be a terrible pain in the ass.