Customer Reviews:
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 Good blower, so-so vac!! October 4, 2006
R. Glaza (Michigan)
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
My problem lies in the length of the leaf vacuuming tube, I'm average height but the tube is too short and I have to bend over to use it thereby making it uncomfortable to use for anything but a short amount of time. Very disappointed in this design!!!!
 Excellent for 2 yrs, then DOA. November 4, 2006
Dylan Hunter (Northborough, MA USA)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Liked just about everything about this blower for 2 seasons, (with the exception of the stupid 40:1 gas:oil ratio that means you have to keep yet _another_ gas can of 2-stroke around as opposed to using the more normal 50:1). Yes, was definitely loud, and vibrated a decent bit, but most importantly, it did a great job of moving those leaves!
Unfortunately, here we are in Yr 3, and after only 2 seasons of what I would consider very light use, (i.e. perhaps 2 days @ 3-4 hrs / day / yr - so a grand total of 16 hrs of usage) it's entirely dead, and not worth investing the money in to get it working again.
Since I'm sure I can do better than spending $50/yr, will _not_ be purchasing this unit again, (heck, I can hire a guy to come and do it for me for cheaper than that!) and would suggest you look elsewhere, as well.
 Poulon don't honour their warrantry June 16, 2007
Barrie C. Myhill (rock hill, sc)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Had this machine as a gift in November 2006 - bought 3 cartons of Poulon's own special two stroke oil. Mixed first carton with one gallon of gas and machine worked well. Mixed second carton with one gallon of gas - seemed to be working ok, but 3/4 of the way through the mix the machine stopped - totally seized. Under 2 year warrantry delivered on Poulon's instructions to local repair shop. Got a call after 3 weeks - engine seized and useless - oil problem - not covered by warrantry. Explained that I only used Poulon two stroke oil - repairer said he had known of machines seizing even with correct oil/gas mix and that he would contact Poulon. Gave then two weeks then rang back - still hadn't heard from Poulon. I've now been without the machine for approx 6 weeks. Wouldn't touch another Poulon product with a barge pole.
Poulan Pro 25cc gas blower November 17, 2007
David B. Grabbe (Indianapolis, In USA)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I bought this gas blower in August, used it maybe 4 times and now the dang thing wont come to life at all.
Went through the trouble shooting, did everything exactly as noted and the stupid thing still wont start.
Checked the spark plug, looks like new. Thought I might have flooded the unit, did exactly as it stated and
still no luck. I really liked having the gas blower as I hate dragging extension cords everywhere. Tempted
to take this back to Meijer and get a different model. What a piece of crap. If I was Poulan, I'd be embarrassed to put a model like this out for sale...
Do not buy this blower!!!!!!!!! November 30, 2007
nasagolfer (Huntsville, AL USA)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I am a big fan of Amazon dot com. I've bought quite a few things from Amazon and I never had a problem until I decided I wanted to save 5 dollars and buy this piece of junk. I know that sounds harsh. But, after what I've been through with this blower with leaves piling up in the yard and warranty repair taking their sweet time to get this thing running again you'd feel this way too.
I bought this thing on Sept 28th and I had the enjoyment of using it for one tank full of fuel. Before you conclude that something I did damaged this unit I want you to know that I mixed a fresh batch of gasoline with the supplied additive and cranked this baby up with the first pull of the cord. This thing purred for an entire yards worth of work for me including the roof and gutters. What a great machine I thought and I saved 5 bucks over what Walmart offered it for. Can't beat that, right? WRONG!!!!
After this thing cooled down that was the last time I was able to get it cranked. I had a neighbor that is a small engine repair expert try to help me get it started and it was deader than heck.
Well, now here is where it gets interesting. I begin to mull over my options. I had a hundred plus bucks tied up in this thing and I could send it back to Amazon for a refund or I could try to have it repaired for obvious warranty repair. I found a shop locally that was an authorized Poulan repair shop but they told me it would be weeks before they would be able to get to it. They wanted me to send it back for a refund so I could come back down to their shop and put more money with it and buy one of their Echo brand blowers. At this point I was ready to trade this thing in for something that worked even if it did cost more money.
But, when I went back to the Amazon site to find out how to send it back and get my refund the more that I read the more remote it seemed that I would get a full refund because after all I'd put fuel in this thing and ran it for a while. It wasn't pristine clean and Amazon's return policy says it is up to their discretion as to whether they give you a full refund or maybe just 50% of your money back. I sort of felt they had me over a barrel. They had my money and they get to decide whether I had used it too much to be returned. And I don't recall that their was a phone number conveniently posted anywhere so that I could talk this issue over with a person. It was too iffy for me.
So, I felt that it was better to have a 100% working machine than a 50% refund because Amazon thought my returned unit was too dirty to give me my money back. So, that meant that I had to go back to the warranty repair guy and leave it with him to get to whenever he could. I finally got it back today. That was a 2 MONTH warranty repair. What a terrible time to have a leaf blower in the shop. I hate to say it but when I picked it up the guy said "Great news, there is no charge". I told him it would have been great news if I didn't have to be there in the first place.
And get this, the problem with these blowers is so common that the repair people go ahead and put an order in for a new piston and piston ring when they see someone walking in the front door with one of these. Apparently, the piston ring gets stuck in these things and they completely lose compression. That was the problem with mine. Basically, these things are the product of deffective out of tolerance parts shoved in place to move the unit out the door to the first sucker willing to fork over the money to buy one.
Don't be that next sucker with one of these. Sure, its under warranty. When did you think you needed that? If you put fuel in one and run it to find out if the thing works then you've potentially dirtied the thing up. Amazon can refund you fully at their discretion.
Buy it locally so you can take it back and get another one on the spot. This is not like some kind of special electronic item that you can only find at Amazon. Before I bought this one I saw it at a Walmart super store. I certainly wish I'd bought it at Walmart instead of going through this hassle. Don't make the same mistake that I did. These things are great when they run but I feel that you need to know that you are taking a chance on getting one that may have the problem that I described. In fact, if I hadn't had all of these problems I'd have been one of the guys above with 4 or 5 stars singing Poulan praises. After my experience though I feel I have to at least help others avoid a lot of unnecessary frustration.
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