"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." A leaf blower may be a simple enough tool, but its powerful gas engine or electric motor and moving parts ...

STIHL recalled about 47,800 of its BR 800 Magnum backpack blowers, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said on Thursday, Nov. 6. The fan wheel inside the blower can break apart while in use, ...

RANT to those who hire landscape maintenance firms that use gas blowers. They are a major source of noise pollution, destroying our peaceful mornings and causing stress. And they are a sham — most ...

Petrol blowers are outlawed in many parts of the US, with more than 200 regulations enacted across the country (though Texas passed a law preventing bans, to protect the oil industry). And in 2011, ...