The UK Garden Vac Market

Garden Vacuums and Blowers

For keeping the garden tidy all year round a Garden Vac is an essential piece of equipment for picking up leaves and other debris around the garden and blowing grass clippings and leaves off paths and patios.

Overview of Garden Vacuum and Blower Market

The Billy Goat MV650SPH garden vacuum. Equipment available in the UK retail garden vacuum market ranges in price from approximately £50 to £600 (as of November 2009) - although we did find in a web search a range of wheeled garden vacuums coming in at over £1,000 from manufacturer Billy Goat. How about, for example, the Billy Goat MV650SPH Wheeled Garden Vacuum 6.5hp Honda Self Propelled (pictured) at £2,085.00 new? It is described as the "MultiVac standard by which all outdoor vacuums will now be measured." We'd sure like to get our hands on that bad boy for the BGS Garden.

Brands with national distribution in the garden vac / blower sector include:

  • Flymo
  • Draper
  • AL-KO
  • Ibea
  • Ryobi
  • Einhell
  • ECHO
  • McCulloch
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    Garden Vac Models and Price Ranges

    Makes and manufacturers

    The most popular retail models are in the low-cost segment ranging from £50 to £80 are handheld and usually electric powered. For professionals, prices start at £500 for residential and property maintenance machines and with mulch collection capacities of 200 litres.

    Popular Garden Vac Models - UK Retail

  • Handy Electric Garden Vacuum.Handy Electric Garden Vacuum

    Price range: £48.00 to £55.00.

    Features: 2500w twin speed motor which allows the suction to be reduced when collecting leaves from loose surfaces such as gravel, built-in shredder, front wheel vacuum support, shoulder strap and 10m cable.

     
  • Flymo Scirocco 3000w. Flymo Scirocco 3000w

    Price range: £60.00 to £70.00.

    Features: 2500W motor with shredding function as standard. Easy to change from Blow to Vac - no tools required and no tubes to change.

     
  • Draper Electric Garden Vacuum.Draper 2200W 230V Garden Vacuum Leaf Blower Mulcher

    Price range: £62.00 to £74.00.

    Features: 2200W motor, variable air flow setting up to 260Km/h, vacuum to blow control lever, adjustable front support handle.

     
  • Ryobi RGBV-3100.Ryobi RGBV-3100 petrol blower / vacuum

    Price range: £125.00 to £175.00.

    Features: 2-stroke engine with variable speed throttle control, shreds and mulches as it collects, high performance shredding blades for 10:1 bulk reduction.
  • Professional Garden Vac Models - £500 to £2,000 @ UK Retail

  • Ibea 2750. Ibea 2750 Wheeled Garden Vacuum

    Price range: £670 to £700.

    Features: working width of 65 cm, collector has a capacity of 200 litres, heavy duty zip contours to sides of the bag make emptying a breeze, optional 3 metre hose kit for use in less accessible areas, Briggs & Stratton XLS 50, 190 cc engine.

     
  • Draper Electric Garden Vacuum.AL-KO Hurricaine 750H Lawn Sweeper

    Price range: £490.00 to £515.00.

    Features: push wheeled garden vacuum, large 230mm rear wheels (180mm front) for extra manoeuvrability, wide working width of 75cm.
  • "A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with."
    - Tennessee Williams

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