The shredder works great. The only issue that I've had is attaching a bag to catch the shredded leafs. The stretch cord fits too tight and makes it very difficult to keep the bag on.

I'm not sure how accurate 16:1 is but I was able to reduce my yearly leaf bags from 24 to 10, which saved me a bit money (around $30) on lawn bags and stickers. Hoping that this will pay itself off in about 3 years. Not too shabby!

If you need this or think you may need this next spring, buy it asap. The price is great I love this product it works very well. Easy to use and a great price

Easy to use but uses alot of string. Can use weed eater string. It will take small twigs with ease wet leaves will clog up. All in all it's a great item to have

To say that this item is a piece of junk is putting it mildly. The instructions advise putting two handfuls of leaves in the hopper at one time. imagine how long it would take to clean up even a small yard. To add insult to injury it just blows the leaves back in your face. Also the on/off switch is difficult to manipulate. I would not recommend this item to anyone.

This worked well for a HUGE piles of leaves that would have filled probably 20 contractor bags....got it down to 5 yard wasted bags and ended up using it as mulch on my flower gardens. Buy extra line because it does wear down quickly especially if you haven't sorted through and pulled out sticks.

DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB ON LEAVES. NOT SO GOOD ON PINE STRAW. MY YARD IS MIXED LEAVES AND STRAW. A LARGE HANDFUL WITH LOTS OF STRAW HAS TO BE PUSHED IN, TENDS TO PACK AROUND THE EDGES IF FED TOO FAST. STRING WEARS FAST IF ANY STICKS GO THROUGH. I RAKED A PILE AND PLACED UNIT NEXT TO IT. LOTS OF BENDING CAUSED NEXT DAY BACK PAIN. IF ONLY LEAVES, 5-STAR FOR THE PRICE. CUTS TO SMALL PIECES, REDUCED VOLUME, GOOD FOR MULCH. VERY SMALL CHANCE OF HITTING A FINGER. RAN LOTS THROUGH, HELD UP WELL, LOOKS LIKE IT WILL LAST.

Purchased to shred grass hay for a 30 yr old horse who's teeth are starting to fail him. Works great. The fine, medium, coarse setting allows to have more or less chopped up. It's quite powerful! I'm sure it shreds leaves just fine considering how it's working with hay.

Bags fill fast with leaves this machine chops them up so you have less bags. If you have several trees bushes you can have up to 22 paper bags full. It saves money and time putting all bags to curb also a lot of people dont have room to store all those bags in garage not to get wet before pickup

Bought this item to shred bales of wheat straw abd cane for mulch and compost tumbler. Works great. I use a 12 gauge cord for power per instuctions. Would recommend wearing a face mask and of course eye protection as this thing gets with it. Very happy with it so far