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  • Paul Lyons

    Do yourself a favor and buy a different model.  I purchased a Poulon Pro blower years ago and it worked fine for about 3 years, which I consider acceptable because it was not very expensive, about $100.  I purchased a new one at Lowes this past spring and it was horrible.  Very difficult to start and would not stay running (the oil/gas mix was correct).  I took it back to Lowes and upgraded to a Husqvarna 125B Series which was about $150.  I loved it.  It started reliably and always stayed running when idling.  I used it about 2 weeks, 2-3 times/day for about 5 minutes each time.  Then the purge bulb cracked.  You couldn't start it without getting gas all over your fingers.  I took it back to Lowes, and they gave a new one, same model.  Exact same thing happened.  Unit works fine, but after about the 15th-20th time of starting it, the purge bulb cracked again.   You don't engineer a blower that requires pushing the purge bulb 10 times every time you start it, then use a purge bulb that only has a life expectance of about 200 pushes.  It's either a poorly engineered unit, or perhaps the purge bulbs are defective.