SuperHandy Leaf Mulcher Shredder Electric Waste Management Heavy Duty 120V AC 11" Inch Cutting Blade 0.5" Inch Cutting Capacity for Leaves, Grass, & Clippings

You can make compost so much faster with chopped up leaves! I had been using my Toro blower/vacuum which did a great job chopping the leaves but even a small stick would clog it and I would have to stop too often to clear it out. This chops them just as good but much easier, faster and can chopped the smaller twigs along with the leaves. I have a favorite $40 tool that I use https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00RD1EWTY?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title to scoop up the piled up leaves.... a snow shovel! Yes, it works great to feed the leaves slowly into the hopper. I used the handle end to give the leaves a little nudge if I happened to drop too many in and it keeps you a little further back for safety. I received the Super Handy mulcher yesterday, put it together today by myself in about 40 min (64yo female, not mechanically inclined) and it was easy. Only thing the instructions did not explain was the clips that holds the wheels on has to be spread out. I had several piles of leaves ready to go and I can't believe how fast I got it done. It is kinda loud but tolerable. It is sturdy, easy to roll around and made with what seemed like quality steel. I used a brick to hold the top of the bag (that comes with it) down on top of the output shoot. Some powdered leaf debris does escape out the sides of the bag when it's getting full so I will probably empty it when it is half full going forward. Just put some chopped up leaves with some fresh cut grass and a bit of vegetable scraps to get those microbes active, in your compost pile or tumbler, wet it down a little and keep it damp, toss it with a pitchfork (or turn the tumbler) every couple days and you will gave black gold for your garden/flower beds in no time! You can do this! My method worked so well I just had to share! Get your heirloom seeds and get growing people!😊

2 Years Update After 2 years, my unit is still working. I use it for dry leaves, small pencil-sized twigs, and acorns dropping from the deer without problem. As long as you have the patience to feed the machine in small bundles, I don't expect any issues. I use an old broom handle to stir the leaves, which sometimes sit at the opening. I stir atop the leaves not to the depth of reaching the blade. After use, I dust off the unit and store it in a shelter. It's not industrial, but suitable for compacting 11-13 bags in half. November 2023 1. Before assembly I lubed the cutting blades and tightened the preset screws. 2. I wasn't clear on the diagram for wheel assembly, and one of the wheels fell off after assembly. I don't think I have the pin for the wheel applied correctly. Later, I inserted the pin, similar to a bobby pin for hair, and twisted the ends together, which seemed to work. 3. It was weird that the top insertion tube was the only portion indicated for bolts and backing nuts. The base only had the bolt. 4. Once assembled, the wheels have the same floor depth as the back legs, which doesn't allow the unit to roll without dragging the rear legs. I will research if I can change the wheel for something bigger while maintaining stability. The machine is not that heavy, so I chose to carry the unit to the place of use, but this is not my choice for long-term patterns of yard to storage. 5. I did not shred on the 11:1 ratio as estimated. My shred was 4-5 full leaf bags to 1 full shredded leaf bag. Although the mulch ratio was less, I reduced the number of bags at the finish, which was the ultimate desire but due to the machine size I hoped for better output. 6. I worked in a sequence of filling one leaf bag and shredding, which facilitated the incremental feed and deterred the machine from clogging. I chose this unit versus a general leaf mulcher because I also have many pencil-sized twigs that fall. I did not have an issue shredding as long as the unit was fed in small increments. 7. The unit sits low to the ground, leaving the collection bag at a diagonal instead of sitting at a full vertical. The slant position supported a 3/4 collection fill before the shred began to back up in the collection bag. I also milked the shred particles further down into the collection bag after each batch of shredding. 8. The unit blew out a good amount of shreds during the collection, so I had to intermittently clean the pile of particles from under the machine. Eye, mask, and hearing protection are necessary because the shred dust will blow back on you. This unit is not quiet. The sound kept setting off my Apple watch to reach above-normal sound levels.

I use this to shred all the ornamental grasses I have in my landscape and I have lots of it. It does the job really well. It's best when the material is nice and dry. Wet material, even a little amount, bogs it down and clogs the wide mouth screen at the discharge port. Over 2 days, this machine never stalled on me once. Not once. And I got 4 bags of awesome mulch for free, using the bag that came with it which is probably the size of 2 bags store-bought mulch. I grab a sheaf of 6 foot tall switchgrass in one hand, so maybe 3-4 inches in diameter, and feed it slowly into the blades, holding it until there's only about a foot and a half of the length left, then let the rest get sucked into the blades. This avoids the possibility of the grass wrapping around the blades. Shorter grasses, like prairie dropseed and autumn moor grass, I sprinkle in and it gets shredded without any trouble. I had about 15 stands of switchgrass piled up. Some of it was wet in the middle after being rained on. I spread it out and let the sun dry it out quick. There were some wet leaves mixed in which bogged the motor down a bit but I don't think that's a dealbreaker by any means. Feed it slowly and steadily and reap free mulch. I stopped at one point to clear the discharge screen after it got clogged with the little bit of wet material I did attempt to send through. I also used it for a plant called amsonia hubricthii that shreds into a fibrous cottony material, but it gets stuck in the blade bin corners. I opted to burn the rest of that plant material. Also shredded dead annual and perennial flowers. It didn't come with a push tool like it says it does. It's sturdy and lightweight enough to move around easily and fits in a corner of my garage. Assembly wasn't too bad but I had to figure out which size wrench I needed to tighten the bolts (5/16th) and those nuts that have plastic in the center (10mm). The picture for attaching the wheels is misleading, the sequence of pin, washer, wheel, washer and cap is wrong. Took me 10 minutes to sort that out but I think I got it right. It should be washer, wheel, washer, pin, cap. I have 3 tools now that I use to make my wildlife friendly gardening chores a breeze: a B&D leaf vac/mulcher with backpack collection bag for oak leaves (you gotta get the backpack style), and it does shred wet material fairly easily. A Ryobi cordless battery grass shear that works on everything but woody plants (I love this one, cuts through plants like butter and the battery lasts forever), and now this shredder mulcher. Right tool for the job is key. Everything gets recycled and stays on the property. I feel efficient, capable and proud of a job well-done. I don't have to move huge piles of plant debris into heaps on the curb and wait for it to be collected. I don't have to buy heavy, expensive, unsustainable plastic bags of mulch or have mountains of it dropped in my driveway for shoveling. Ugh (been there, done that). For reference, I'm a 65 year-old female and capable of some relatively heavy chores (5'6', 145 pounds) but prefer to make these chores something I don't dread.

Below review is no longer makes sense, as the motor died after total of five days - within two weeks using it. While this shredder effectively reduces leaves to an 18:1 ratio, it unfortunately has significant drawbacks. One major issue is its tendency to frequently overheat and stop functioning. Despite the label's indication of a 'time-out' mode every 20 minutes, even with a substantial hour-long break, the machine struggles to resume operation, and when it does, it can only function for another 5 or max. 10-minute interval. It seems as though the machine can only effectively shred for a limited duration each day. Moreover, the shredder struggles to handle slightly moist leaves. No matter how dry the leaves are, it frequently jams when more than a handful of leaves are fed into it at once. Dealing with jams is incredibly difficult and time-consuming. I have no choice to compare the two devices I purchased SuperHandy and Worx vaccum/shredder: I thought they would do an amazing job together, but SuperHandy failed its part. Worx vacuum/shredder is the clear winner. The Worx device operates continuously, handles larger volumes of leaves, boasts a 16:1 shredding ratio, and is capable of shredding wet leaves. Additionally, it is significantly more affordable than the SuperHandy shredder. I had high hopes that this machine would efficiently handle all my leaf shredding needs, but unfortunately, it falls short in several critical areas. Perhaps something is wrong with the one I received, and reps can help me troubleshoot and/or replace. Cannot wait to see the outcome, because I haven't completed shredding all leaves.

This is a major step up from plastic body leaf shredders that use plastic blades or trimmer string to shred leaves. The six metal blades on the SuperHandy Leaf Mulcher make quick work of leaves and twigs. And the all-metal body is easy to assemble and easy to roll across the yard. The key thing to keep in mind when you use it is that slow and steady wins the race. Try to dump too much in at once and you'll bog it down, but feed it a steady stream and it will work all day. I use a 12 gauge 100 foot extension cord and have no issues. It hums along and shreds piles of leaves in steady fashion.

Mixed review here. Positive: This machine is incredibly effective at shredding leaves and reducing yard waste. I have a property that is mostly wooded and produces probably 30 cubic yards of leaves every year. I turn those into leaf mold which I garden and fertilize with. that many leaves takes up an enormous amount of space and with this shredder, I couldn't believe how much space it saved. it would take a golf cart pile of leaves and reduce it to 3/6/3 foot section. Also massively speeds up the process of the breakdown of the leaves which could also easily be used as a mulch alternative. Negative: It did not make it through all the leaves on my property. The machine broke about 1/3rd of the way through the process. I had noticed that I could hear it rubbing on its rotational axis until it built up enough pressure that the blade will no longer spin. I was shredding exclusively dry leaves with no sticks, rocks or anything to cause damage. It ran for approximately 20 hours before breaking. additionally, this is not a fast process. The machine can only handle a small amount at a time, so you are relegated to hand feeding leaves in one handful at a time. As you can imagine, large quantities of leaves take a very long time to grind down. Final thoughts: for specialized purposes like needing uniform leaf grinds for mulching a bed, or adding to compost piles, this may be a good option. However, if you are mulching large piles of leaves, I would recommend running a lawnmower across them then blowing them where you want them. It wont be as uniform, but will take a tiny fraction of the time and it is less likely to harm your lawn mower than it is to break this machine.

First the bad. If you’re like me, you probably want to know why there’s a lot of negative reviews, so let me share my experience. I bought this a couple years ago and didn’t use it very often. Maybe only about 30 hours of work total. Then, as I was using it, I moved it and the next time I tried to turn it on it didn’t turn on. I reached out to their customer support and they did get back to me, but it was slow and unhelpful. Once I realized they weren’t gonna do anything because it wasn’t within a year of purchase, I removed the blade (easily done if you unscrew it counterclockwise with a really long handled wrench wall wedging wood blocks around the inside to keep the blades from moving) and pulled out the motor unit and checked continuity on all the wires and discovered that the on/off switch did not have continuity. I bought a replacement part for like $8 and swapped it out and the machine worked. So, to those of you who have a machine that isn’t working, I would recommend testing this if you’re even the least bit handy. Just check the continuity from the bottom plug to the top plug on both sides when the switch is set to “on” and see if that’s your problem. All right now to the good: I actually really like this shredder because it has metal blades instead of the plastic string and so if a stick or something falls in there, I know it won’t interfere. The machine can handle a decent amount and as long as you don’t overfill it, I haven’t had any issues with the shredding. Occasionally small pieces of bark will fall in (or wood chips) and then you gotta turn it off and remove them, but that’s not the fault of the shredder. I’ve had the circuit breaker fuse thing trip multiple times and it’s quick and easy to reset it. And I’m pleased with the end result of the shredded leaves. So with all that said, I have no idea whether to recommend this product or not. Since it does what I want it to do and the fix was easy and cheap. It didn’t get one star. But since it stopped working only after about 30 hours of use, it gets two stars. I probably would say buy with caution and use it a lot in the first year so if you have any issues, you can work with the manufacture on the warranty (or if your credit card extends your warranty another year then maybe get it and utilize that benefit to protect yourself). I don’t know if I was just fortunate that my problem was an easy solution, but I’m happy it saved me a couple hundred bucks and I was able to finish shredding my leaves this year for my garden.

I have used the leaf mulcher shredder for three years now. I do between 20 and 30 bags of shredded leaves each year. This thing is great. Good quality works well as long as you don’t overload it or put a lot of wet leaves in it. If you do overload it, the internal circuit breaker will trip and you just clean it out and keep going. It is a great little workhorse. It is not for industrial applications by any means but for a homeowner it works great.