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LOUDLY BLOWING your leaves regularly is a sure fire way to make enemies of noise-sensitive neighbours, but the Ryobi 36V Cordless Leaf Blower has been designed to be whisper quiet – are we’re putting it to the test.
Leaf blowers by their very nature are noisy beasts. The combination of motor and fan to suck in the air outside the machine and turn it into a working jet to direct leaves and other materials into manageable piles is always going to be boisterous.
However, the Ryobi 36V Cordless Leaf Blower is the latest in the manufacturer’s Whisper series of blowers, which goes about its business in more hushed tones, using the manufacturer’s Whisper Fan Technology, to turn down the decibels.
On the subject of decibels, the Ryobi operates at 78.6 decibels of sound pressure, that’s a measure of the level of noise that we hear.