Billy Goat F1300H Force

This blower was presented to my wife to "Help" her do the yard work.

It does blow leaves fantasticclly well, however it also blows loose gravel, sticks, etc.,etc. equally well!It is top heavy and on a slight slope you need to keep both hands securely to keep it from tipping over. The self propel control is almost unuseable, in that this contol consists of a grip device that must be sqeezed to engage the forward motion, but the amount of squeezing applied controls the speed. It makes your left hand very tired in a very SHORT time. This one feature alone makes it UNUSEABLE for my 5ft 4inch wife whose hands are to small to operate this unwieldly, poorly designed,way too expensive( $1500), contraption.

The ability to control both speed and air flow are poorly thoughtout and clumsy to operate. The best thing about it is the HONDA engine that works flawlessly. Despite the fact that her ECHO blower is noisy and fairly heavy (for her) she prefers it because it is effective and easy to operate and handle, which this BILLY GOAT surely is not.