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.