This could have been made better. As far as doing the job, it works great, but I had to modify it in several places. The biggest is the cooling air intake for the motor.There is a filter that is internal and cannot be cleaned without taking the whole thing apart, I put a pre filter on the outside that keeps the internal filter from getting completely blocked . Next I taped over any gaps or openings ,this keeps the leaf dust down. I use a strap to attach the bag, this seals it and keeps a lot of the leaf dust down.

Works really well. Mulched up leaves at amazing speed for an inexpensive unit. Did my whole yard and had 4 fifty-gallon bags of mulch. Never had to replace any of the nylon mulching strings. Be sure not to run any sticks or branches thru the unit and you will love this mulcher.

I loved this leaf mulcher for my garden and composter material. However, a month after my 2 year warrantee expired, it stopped working completely. I ordered and paid for a replacement, and now continue with my mulching. Still, I am disappointed that the 1st one died on me. I have about 7 Sun Joe products, and love them. I never contacted the company because of the expiration, though only by a month.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I use the Leaf Shredder as a Hay Shredder for my 25 years old horse who can hardly chew. Since he has less teeth it is a life challenge if he cannot eat properly the hay. I use it every 2 days for at least half an hour and it is very powerful and easy. This product saved my horse life !!!!

Purchased this in March 2023. I've used it twice and it works great. You do need to use gloves and a leaf paddle to hold the leaves in the hopper. The opening is large, and you can easily put your hand into the hole. It's like a upside down weed wacker, with the plastic line. The lines are easy to replace, takes a couple of minutes. Really like that the legs extend. One downside is that you have to use a plastic bag underneath and then pour the mulched leaves into a leaf bag because it's not tall enough to put the paper bag underneath. But overall, it works like I wanted it to.

Received it, had some problems installing legs is about it. Runs great, goes thru cutting lines quick especially when there are small twigs in pile. Used two days in a row, only problem was dirty power switch, used air compressor to blow out area and fixed it.

It had a part missing and when I requested to send it back it was declined. So put it together the best I could and it did not work. NOTHING! Very disappointed that I wasted $100 on this piece of junk that is sitting in my tool shed. Do not buy this thing

Does exactly what it claims - shreds leaves. Don't expect it to save time - it just adds a step in the process. I added a loop of twine to the elastic cord which holds the bag to make it easier (see pix) to attach a bag. The air intake to cool the motor plugs up rapidly. Suggest you have a brush handy to clean it often. The cutting (shredding) lines don't last very long before needing to be replaced. I have bought several Sun Joe products and always found them to work exactly as advertised for a good price.

Easy to assemble and use. On AZ ash tree leaves, the mulcher "balls" up the leaves in the chute and they don't drop through to the bag very easily. Often had to stop and unclog. Mulching created tremendous amount of dust. Tried to slightly dampen leaves and it helped a little but drawback to this is the leaves don't mulch very fine. Not totally disappointed with this unit. It does mulch.

I have really been impressed with the Sun Joe Shredder. Since I have an abundance of large trees, I also have and abundance of leaves. It bothered me to see those bags of leaves (fertilizer) going to the landfill. The Sun Joe grinds them up to a little more than dust, and back on my lawn. While it is designed to have a plastic bag to catch the grindings, I just let them fall back on the lawn. I frequently move the machine to spread the grindings over different parts of the lawn.