Look at the Tanaka backpack leaf blowers, they used to make the engines for the old Ted William outboards for Sears. I have had one for five years and it always starts right up every year and does an incredible job. My yard used to take me a month of weekends to clean up, now I am done in a weekend. Not as popular as some of the other brand names so you can sometimes get a deal on the bay, I snapped my mine up brand new for half the suggested retail. Best timesaving tool I ever bought. Good luck!
