Electric 14-amp Garden Chipper/ Shredder

1. Assembled, then realized the impracticality of the feeding system. Only a small (SMALL) handful of leaves can be fed. Difficult access to chip branches. If you need this equipment, you have a large pile(s) of aggregated leaves, and with this system, it will take you a year to handle any large volume that the average homeowner accumulates. 2. Disassembled, repacked, and returned to OverStock. 3. Their Returns System? Great. Very satisfied with response. Agents very courteous. The outlet is excellent. The product, a dismal failure due to very poor designing.

• How did the color on site compare with the actual product? Appeared exactly as demonstrated
• Please tell us about the quality of the product. Totally not pragmatic
• How accurate was the on site description of the product? Fair

We have Palo Verde and Mesquite Trees that grow like weeds, and need to be constantly trimmed. The branches are long and thorny and are impossible to bag up, so I needed something that would chop them up and allow me to bag them as I need to dispose of the refuse via our standard trash bin. The feeder was tad bit small, but once I figured out that all branches had to be trimmed back, it worked well in mulching the branches down so I was able to easily dispose of the leaves and branches from a days clean up work in just a few large trash bags. It did need to be opened and cleaned frequently as the branches were green and would get stringy and would jam up the blade. Over-all, for the average homeowner who does light to medium yard work and needs to keep their trees and hedges trimmed, this should work well and the price is right.

• How did the color on site compare with the actual product? The Same
• Please tell us about the quality of the product. It is plastic, but does seem to be rather solid and does the job.
• How accurate was the on site description of the product? Over all accurate, but a better description of the feeder would have been nice

Good motor, good blades. Looking at it it is surprising that it would do such an adequate job. Makes nice small sized wood chips. Takes some practice to work the thicker branches in. If you just put it in and let the machine try to suck it through it might get stuck. You have to hold on to it and not let the machine grab it away from you, then just tease it and feed it through gradually.

• How did the color on site compare with the actual product? great
• Please tell us about the quality of the product. nice home chipper. Works fine.
• How accurate was the on site description of the product? good

I wasn't sure how this would handle bamboo, but I thought I had to try it. I tested several 12' stalks and it quickly turned them into a handful of green confetti! I am in love. The machine has a smaller footprint than my lawnmower, it is easy to pull along when you need to move and the noise is much less than a running mower.

• How did the color on site compare with the actual product? Matched
• Please tell us about the quality of the product. Sturdy and has a good weight
• How accurate was the on site description of the product? Very Good