Most powerful backpack blower as of Sept. 2012?

[crazyflyboy30]

Originally Posted by weeze

i think darryl was toying with the idea of buying the 570 nozzle and putting it on his 580 to see if it would raise the mph. it would be interesting to know how it worked out.

I was going to get the 570 nozzle before I ever got my 580BTS but after I got the blower I see no need in it and that was before I was getting full power .Has of now it will blow off wet grass that has been run over by car. Do not see what good it would be .

[joed]

One thing I noticed about my Redmax 8500 is that the tubes are quite soft. The tubes on my Echo 770 are more rigid. I don't know if that effects the air coming out of the pipe but I don't find the Redmax to be much more powerful, in real world applications, than the Echo.
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[Darryl G]

Originally Posted by joed

One thing I noticed about my Redmax 8500 is that the tubes are quite soft. The tubes on my Echo 770 are more rigid. I don't know if that effects the air coming out of the pipe but I don't find the Redmax to be much more powerful, in real world applications, than the Echo.
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I ran my Husqvarna 580 (sister of the 8500) next to a 770 and the difference was apparent when doing things like blowing leaves into the brush and woods surrounding the property, but I agree that for most real world applications there isn't much difference...the Echo blows pretty damn hard.

[lazer 46]

I just bought me a new EBZ8500 to replace a EBZ8000 that I had for 10 years. Somebody wanted my 8000 and I gladly sold it. Not a thing wrong with it and it was a great blower. I got the tube throttle this time. Love it. I also have a Stihl Br600. Great blower and I use it all summer for sidewalks and driveways. It does not have the power of the 8500 which I use for spring and fall cleanups.