Review of the Echo Back Pack blower

so we're in St Paul Minnesota going along and we're going to do a review of this Echo PB 77h blower now the first thing that I can tell you about this blower in my opinion I've used it for quite a few hours this thing is a beast actually I was recording that when I use this thing I can actually feel the torque when I throttle it up I can feel it shifting my body back so if you guys are going to use a machine like this it's got these padded weight straps on it cinch them up don't leave them loose hanging on and then throttle at Full Throttle all at once because it'll take you for a loop which is kind of fun technically no but I mean Could you actually feel it so when you when you stra pulls me back if I do it all the way I know I've noticed that I got to have the straps tight and if I throttle it up I can actually feel it torquing my body does yeah which is not bad I mean you when you're buying a blower I said it's powerful you want [Music] Power Jake you've used this blower more than anybody else what are your thoughts on this thing works good runs good I mean it's got a lot of power can clean out rock BS and grass and all that stuff hold it steady okay so tell me what you you've ran this thing over and over again day after day time after time you weigh like a buck 20 and this thing weighs 26 lb how does it feel how how easy can you handle this thing it's hard to pick up off the ground but when it's on my back already it's not that difficult to pretty so even though this weighs almost 20% of your body weight you can strap it on yeah and just walk along with it without too much problem without too much issue yeah it's pretty heavy though I want to show you how this thing I know you guys know blower so don't get me wrong but I'm going to show you what I how this thing sets up so this this this button right here is your off you click it once now you're in the starting position and then this is your throttle so when you want to throttle up you can just idle it and you can blow all day long when you really want to get her going you just throttle it all the way down and get ready for the hurricane real lightweight just kind of like caring a backpack so one of the things it's almost deceptively light this is what I've noticed about this blower is it's actually kind of heavy I'm going to look up the specs and see how heavy it really is but it's so well balanced that it doesn't really feel like you're carrying anything you know my 17-year-old daughter can carry this thing around and um but the thing is is you carry it around all day long at the end of the day you feel it yeah but you don't realize it's one of those things that kind of sneaks up and punches you in the gut you know what I so yeah it's pretty heavy though sometimes it's pretty well tell me a little bit more about that do after a while it gets heavy and that kind hurts interesting so I just what you don't know is I had the same conversation with Jake it's almost deceptively heavy because it's so well balanced but it still has you know the sheer weight still like brings it down yeah it just kind of wears you down that by the end of the day what else do you if you were going to change anything on the design of this thing what would have better that's it yeah and and this thing what is it the pulley thing where you like pull it to start it this thing it's like really hard to do like I can't hold it and do it cuz it's heavy and this is too hard so I'd make this easier cuz I have to like stand up there and yank it with like all my way so did did you start it in the back of the truck or would you start it on the ground well cuz I had to put it on on my back from there so I'd get on the truck and then start it okay so you can't really pick it up very easily off the ground and no I would try I would try to like hold it and start it so I wouldn't have to put it on the ground and then pick it all the way back up but I can't do that I love this I love this blower I mean it starts great runs great but um would what what would you say they could do better to make it better anything other than the weight that's about it I mean there's it works great yeah it I'm going to agree with you the weight and the ability to start it on your own without yeah but hey I don't I don't know of one yet that does it I noticed so we've got one season on this one I've noticed that it's kinking right in here looks like that's a simple replacement part but little things after one season it still seems to hold up pretty well I don't see any major problems it's not giving giving us any issues starting or running is it no no not at all all the B basic components are working well mhm how about starting it itself did simple every time or did it ever give you problems my arms aren very strong so it's pretty difficult for me but if I put my whole weight into it and like go like this then I can you can get it started yeah to be like on the ground one pole Two Poles 10 poles or one or two one or two poles take one or two you can't beat that you got a powerful machine that starts up right away it's well balanced so that when you're wearing it it's almost deceptively heavy but you do have volume on your back you do have weight and so after you're wearing it for 5 6 10 hours you go home you're tuckered plain and simple you're tired out one of you guys going to get rich doing this and I'm going to be the first person to buy it is the ability to start the blower while you're wearing it instead of starting it when it's off your back so what I'm referring to is there's no way for me to get this thing fired up right now so I pull it off bring the throttle over here it's stopped here it's ready to go one pull so the grip is adjustable the grip that controls the blower hose is adjustable and by simply undoing the wing nut you can slide up the grip can slide it up into place or you can pull it back get it set for the right place why don't you put it on Jake can show them how uh how adjustable that is I'll get you fired up so you get get it into your comfort zone where it fits your arm that's what I'm saying they've got it so it's pretty pretty pretty easy to get this thing set up so it just slides on like a glove tighten it up you ready to go let's fire you up you ready this is a probably the best blower that I've ever ever oh [Music]