Leaf Blowers
Best cordless leaf blower for a large yard
Past a certain size, every blower has enough airflow. What almost none of them have is enough battery.
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We have not tested these units. Every spec on this page comes from the manufacturer's own documentation and is linked to it. Every computed figure is arithmetic you can redo. Prices are checked daily — last verified January 1, 1970. Here is exactly how we pick.
Quick picks
Ranked on the published specs and the arithmetic below. Tap any row to jump to the full write-up. We have not tested these units -- here is exactly how we pick.
| # | Product | Best for | Score | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No photo EGO Power+ 600 CFM Backpack Blower LB6000 The weight goes on your back instead of your wrist, and EGO publishes all three runtimes so you can see what the harness actually buys you. | Best backpack | 8.7 | |
| 2 | No photo Ryobi 40V HP Whisper Series 730 CFM RY404100 57 dB published at 730 CFM. That is the lowest published noise figure on this page and it is not close. | Best quiet blower | 8.8 | |
| 3 | No photo EGO Power+ 765 CFM Blower LB7650 765 CFM and 200 MPH, with the turbo/low split published honestly: 15 minutes flat out, 150 minutes on low. | Best for large yards | 8.9 | |
| 4 | No photo Greenworks 80V 730 CFM Axial Blower 730 CFM from a 5.5 lb tool with a 4-year warranty -- the cheapest published route to real airflow. | Best budget high-CFM | 8.3 |
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On a quarter-acre lot any of these blowers is fine. On an acre with real leaf fall, the airflow specs stop mattering and one number decides everything: how many watt-hours you can carry, and how fast the tool spends them.
The constraint, quantified
A 5.5x spread between settings on the same tool. Which means the honest answer to "how many batteries do I need" is another question: how much of your work genuinely needs high output? For most leaf clearing on open ground, the answer is far less than people run.
Ranked on sustained runtime
| Blower | Sustained runtime published | Peak runtime | Carried |
|---|---|---|---|
| EGO LB6000 backpack | 180 min low (7.5Ah) | 23 min turbo | Harness + waist belt |
| Ryobi RY404100 | 120 min low (2 x 4Ah) | 30 min high | Hand, 9.4 lb |
| EGO LB7650 | 150 min low (5.0Ah) | 15 min turbo | Hand, 4.6 lb bare |
| Greenworks 80V axial | 60 min low (2.5Ah) | Not published | Hand, 5.5 lb bare |
| EGO LB6504 | 90 min average (5.0Ah) | Not published separately | Hand |
Manufacturer-published figures on the pack size each states. Note that the packs differ, so these are not equal-energy comparisons -- the per-minute figures below are the fair version.
Read that table carefully, because the raw runtimes flatter whichever tool happens to be quoted with the biggest pack. The fair comparison is per watt-hour.
Notes on the picks
Why the backpack wins here and lost the main roundup
On the general roundup the LB6000 ranks last: least airflow, lowest air speed, most weight. On a large property those become the wrong criteria. 180 published minutes on low, carried on a harness with a waist belt, is a tool you can work with for an afternoon — and an afternoon is what an acre of leaf fall takes.
What the harness does not buy you is efficiency: about 18.3Wh per turbo minute against the handheld's 18.7. The full comparison is on the backpack page.
Ryobi is the two-pack answer
Shipping with two 4Ah packs (320Wh total) and publishing 120 minutes on low means a large-yard session without buying anything extra. The 57 dB figure is a genuine bonus on a property where you may be running the tool for an hour within earshot of neighbors.
The LB7650 is the efficient handheld
1.9Wh per minute on low is the most efficient published figure here, and 4.6 lb bare is the lightest. If your large-yard work is intermittent rather than a single long push — a bit each weekend through the fall — this beats a backpack you have to strap on each time.
Why the Greenworks does not suit a big property
A 2.5Ah (200Wh) pack and 3.3Wh per minute on low give roughly an hour of light work, and there is no published high or turbo runtime to plan around. It is a strong tool on airflow-per-pound and a poor fit for sustained sessions. Buy it for a small lot, or buy it with a much larger pack.
Two packs beats a bigger blower
Practical version: if you already own a mower on the same platform, its large pack is the best blower battery you will ever buy, and it is already in your shed. That is the compounding return on staying on one platform — the full ten-year model is in the cost calculator.
The picks in full
Specs are the manufacturer's own and linked to the page they came from. Prices come from a live daily check; where we have no verified price we say so rather than print a stale one.
EGO Power+ 600 CFM Backpack Blower LB6000
EGO · EGO 56V ARC Lithium · Our score 8.7/10
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The weight goes on your back instead of your wrist, and EGO publishes all three runtimes so you can see what the harness actually buys you.
Published specs
| Max air volume | 600 CFM |
|---|---|
| Variable range | 260-600 CFM |
| Max air speed | 145 MPH |
| Runtime (low) | Up to 180 min on 7.5Ah |
| Runtime (high) | Up to 33 min |
| Runtime (turbo) | Up to 23 min |
| Weight | 12.5 lb |
Source: 600 CFM Cordless Backpack Leaf Blower (LB6000), egopowerplus.com
420Wh (56V x 7.5Ah) over the published 23-minute turbo runtime = about 18.3Wh per minute, almost exactly the LB7650 handheld's 18.7Wh/min. Turbo costs the same energy whichever way you carry it -- the backpack buys comfort, not efficiency.
What the numbers favor
- Publishes low, high AND turbo runtimes -- three numbers where most brands give one average
- 12.5 lb carried on a harness with a waist belt, not held out at arm's length
- Variable 260-600 CFM across the whole range
- Adjustable tube length, published
What they don't
- 145 MPH is the lowest air speed of any blower on this page
- 12.5 lb is genuine weight even on a harness
- Sold bare in most configurations
your clearing sessions are under twenty minutes. A harness you spend a minute putting on for a fifteen-minute job is a worse tool than a 4.6 lb handheld.
How it scores
Scores are our editorial weighting of the published specs above, not a test result. They are deliberately kept out of this page's structured data.
Ryobi 40V HP Whisper Series 730 CFM RY404100
Ryobi · Ryobi 40V · Our score 8.8/10
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57 dB published at 730 CFM. That is the lowest published noise figure on this page and it is not close.
Published specs
| Max air volume | 730 CFM |
|---|---|
| Max air speed | 190 MPH |
| Speed tips | 160 / 175 / 190 MPH |
| Noise | 57 dB |
| Batteries (kit) | 2 x 40V 4.0Ah |
| Runtime | 30 min high / 120 min low |
| Weight | 9.4 lb |
Source: 40V HP Brushless Whisper Series 730 CFM Blower (RY404100), ryobitools.com
Decibels are logarithmic: a 7 dB drop is roughly a 5x reduction in sound intensity, and is perceived as roughly half as loud. Both figures are manufacturer-published under their own test conditions, so treat the gap as directional, not lab-comparable.
What the numbers favor
- 57 dB published -- the quietest figure any manufacturer on this page publishes
- 730 CFM while doing it, second only to the 765 CFM EGO
- Ships with two 4Ah packs (320Wh total) in the kit
- Publishes high AND low runtimes rather than an average
What they don't
- 9.4 lb is the heaviest published handheld weight here, roughly double the EGO LB7650 bare
- Manufacturer noise figures are measured under each brand's own conditions -- not a like-for-like lab comparison
you need to move soaked leaves off a large property fast. Quiet costs air speed, and 190 MPH is the lowest peak here.
How it scores
Scores are our editorial weighting of the published specs above, not a test result. They are deliberately kept out of this page's structured data.
EGO Power+ 765 CFM Blower LB7650
EGO · EGO 56V ARC Lithium · Our score 8.9/10
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765 CFM and 200 MPH, with the turbo/low split published honestly: 15 minutes flat out, 150 minutes on low.
Published specs
| Max air volume | 765 CFM |
|---|---|
| Variable range | 260-580 CFM |
| Max air speed | Up to 200 MPH |
| Runtime (turbo) | 15 min on 5.0Ah |
| Runtime (low) | 150 min on 5.0Ah |
| Weight | 4.6 lb without battery |
| Noise | 64 dB |
Source: POWER+ 765 CFM Blower (LB7650), egopowerplus.com
280Wh (56V x 5.0Ah) over the published 15-minute turbo runtime = about 18.7Wh per minute. On low, 280Wh over 150 minutes is about 1.9Wh/min -- turbo costs roughly 10x the energy per minute.
What the numbers favor
- Highest published CFM and MPH of any handheld here
- Publishes BOTH turbo and low runtimes, so the trade-off is visible instead of averaged away
- 4.6 lb bare -- the lightest published weight of the handhelds on this page
What they don't
- 15 minutes of turbo on a 5.0Ah pack is the real constraint, whatever the 90-minute average says
- Sold bare in most configurations; budget for a battery and charger
you are clearing a small lawn. You will run it at 260 CFM forever and never touch what you paid for.
How it scores
Scores are our editorial weighting of the published specs above, not a test result. They are deliberately kept out of this page's structured data.
Greenworks 80V 730 CFM Axial Blower
Greenworks · Greenworks 80V · Our score 8.3/10
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730 CFM from a 5.5 lb tool with a 4-year warranty -- the cheapest published route to real airflow.
Published specs
| Max air volume | 730 CFM |
|---|---|
| Max air speed | 170 MPH |
| Weight | 5.5 lb (tool only) |
| Battery (kit) | 80V 2.5Ah |
| Runtime | Up to 60 min on low |
| Recharge | 40 min |
| Warranty | 4-yr |
Source: 80V 730 CFM Cordless Battery Leaf Blower, greenworkstools.com
80V x 2.5Ah = 200Wh, using Greenworks' advertised pack voltage.
What the numbers favor
- 730 CFM from 5.5 lb -- the best published airflow-per-pound on this page
- 4-year warranty on tool and battery
- 40-minute recharge
- Cruise control and turbo button, so it is not a dead-man trigger for long sessions
What they don't
- 170 MPH is the lowest peak air speed here -- airflow moves volume, speed dislodges wet debris
- Greenworks publishes no noise figure for this tool at all
- 200Wh included is the smallest pack of the blowers here
you own nothing else on Greenworks 80V. A 200Wh pack bought for one blower is an expensive way to start a platform.
How it scores
Scores are our editorial weighting of the published specs above, not a test result. They are deliberately kept out of this page's structured data.
Common questions
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Sources
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