I generally agree that buying high quality for the value is the best way to go in the long run. I recently purchased a leaf blower that may have been a bit overkill at around $550, but it will cut what used to be a 3 hour job down to under and hour for me. :-)
@matthewwarn Looks like a mighty fine blower to me :) Can it blow more than leaves?
come on... i'm reading!
It also blows snow...and sticks and frozen animal poop :-)