Metro Vacuum Master Blaster Dryers

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After messing around forever I finally bought this Toro rig.
I wanted it as short as I could get, didn't need massive overkill power and the lighter the weight the better.
Most of the more serious ones are blower vacuums that mulch. They draw double digit amps, weigh twice what this one does and have significantly larger dimensions all around, This one is blower only. I had no need for a blower/vac.
Once I take it for a spin I'll post up my impressions.
BTW, Home Depot USA has these for $33.

TORO | Power Sweep Blower | Home Depot Canada

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MacCool

I have that one. It works ok. Not great, but ok for a little car like the Z. I have their blower-vac too and have used it for drying cars. It work better. Dries the car faster than the MasterBlaster, but a lot harder to use. The little Toro is now relegated too sweeping the storage garage and the bigger one is on lawn-maintenance duty.

Junkman2008

Exactly which bigger model do you have? I'd like to look up the specs on it. Do you have a picture of it?

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MacCool

The Toro Ultra blower vac 51609. $65 at Fleet Farm last spring. Metal impeller, makes short work of all the leaves and wood chips in the hostas, blows leaves off the deck in short order, just used it last night to blows snow off the BBQ grill tables. Big volumes at high speed. Makes it more efficient than the MasterBlaster, but it is unfiltered and it is a bit unwieldy. Think squirrel hunting with 12 gauge shotgun.

Zipper 104

That Toro was the one I was originally looking at. I ruled it out because of it's size and weight and the reviews stated the 'variable speed rheostat' was failure prone. I knew it was up to the job, but it's monstrous. I had settlled on another Toro model but when I saw the three of them side by side the Toro I picked up was so much lighter and smaller. (Less than 1/2 the weight, less than 2/3 the length) I had also looked at a Makita 1101 but I thought it was barely capable of the job and it cost 3 X more than the more expensive one of the others. The specs of the Makita compared to the Toro I got told me the Toro ought to be powerful enough. (I was able to fire up the Makita to get an idea of the airflow, and compared the spec output of the two). Whether the Toro I got is up to the job remains to be seen. If it isn't, I'll replace it. It cost virtually nothing. Here's hoping.

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Zipper 104

You are correct MacCool. I used the Toro I got (that you have and say it's not great) for the first time today. It's not up to the job. It's fine on the big surfaces (my Z has Xpel and C Quartz so it beads real well) but just isn't powerful enough to get the water out of the nooks and crannies. I'm not sure what I'll do now. After using it I sure don't want anthing bigger and/or heavier than this one so I just might suck it up and live with it.

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