WORX WG518E Air Turbine Corded Leaf Blower, 2500 W, Black

5 reviews for WORX WG518E Air Turbine Corded Leaf Blower, 2500 W, Black

1. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   roderick mc dowell – December 22, 2024

   I’ve just had this machine for several weeks now and have used it quite a lot for clearing leaf’s. For dislikes I have none so far. I’m impressed by its excellent variable power and how lightweight it is. I’ve spent hours in my garden recently with this machine and neither my back or my arms felt too tired holding the machine. That’s a big plus for me since I’m 77yrs old. In addition the machine is easily assembled and has a 10 meter cable and comes with a 3yr warranty. So it’s important to register the product with Worx. Would recommend this excellent product.

2. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   PeteJR – December 25, 2024

   Two year update at the end of the review.
   This is a garden blower, it doesn’t suck, it just blows, and blowing is what it does very well indeed.
   Starting with assembly.
   This will take you around five minutes if you don’t read the instructions or two minutes if you do.
   To explain, you open the box, take the cable ties off the cable, attach the big tube onto the blower and switch on using the variable speed control. Virtually no blowing power….how disappointing. Must have done something wrong, start again, this time reading the instructions. Ah….”remove the small section of pipe that is in the large section of pipe”…oops! Hence the five minutes if you don’t read the instructions and only two if you do.
   Variable speed.
   So now you switch it on with both sections of tube attached, rotate the variable speed to full and nearly get knocked off your feet…it is wonderfully powerful with a 2500 watt motor.
   The variable speed is so useful for gently wafting leaves away from gravel and then full blast to send them flying away. One strange sensation…when you point the blower at the ground it feels like the cable has snagged on something as the push from the blower is so great.
   Cable.
   Talking of cable you get a really generous 12 metres, which is perfect for my size of the garden when plugged into an outlet halfway down the garden.
   Weight.
   The blower is quite light compared to my electric vac/ blower and super light compared to the petrol version vac I had.
   Balance.
   The machine is nicely balanced and easy to move in different directions, and with a little practice you can round up leaves very neatly.
   Price.
   Looking at other machines this is twice the price, but I would say worth every penny.
   Likes.
   All of the above.
   Dislikes.
   To be honest nothing at all.

   A highly recommended purchase.

   After just over (by four months) the blower’s motor started arching and there are small flames. Unfortunately the service period ran out in September 2021. But the machine has been so good I have just ordered another as nothing on the market seems to match the price to power. I went for an “as new” option at £59 so hopefully the replacement will be as good as the original.
   So I am confident that I will have at least another two plus years of service from the replacement.

3. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Mary – January 27, 2025

   This is an excellent product – a powerful, straightfoward leaf blower. We have a Worx lawn edger which is well made and efficient so buying this leaf blower seemed like a good idea. The reviews were very good and reassuring. We should have had one years ago – it would have saved all that raking! We are both 80 and don’t find it too heavy. After a while we did attach a strap to put over our shoulder and across the body which made it even lighter for prolonged use.

4. 

   Rated 4 out of 5

   IntensiveCareNurse – February 14, 2025

   I have a really large garden and had had enough of blistered hands from repeated 2 hour long leaf raking sessions every Autumn. I resolved that 2020 would not be like previous years.
   Looking at leaf blowers/mulchers I initially decided that the variants that blow leaves plus suck and mulch into a bag would be best.
   The best reviewed of these appeared to be a Hyundai model, but looking closely at the more realistic reviews, there were just too many that have the machine an awful score based upon clogging and inability to cope with the suck/mulching feature, plus complaining of very difficult maneuverability given it needs to be pushed around on wheels.
   This lot led me to think things through a little… How much harder would it be to simply buy a very good blower only and blow into piles that could quickly be scooped up and binned, compared to a machine that vaccums and mulches?
   Reviews stating bag disconnection and tearing, failure to suck up damp leaves, weak blowing strength, plus endless machine clogging issues finally convinced me that given all of this, these machines could not be easier than a very good and powerful blower.
   I ultimately came to the conclusion the more complex 3 in 1 machines were likely to be more hassle, more unwieldy & have more to go wrong for no clear benefit.
   As ever I researched the available leaf blowers for weeks (literally) as wanted to buy once and buy well.
   Petrol blowers were both out of my price range and really didnt appeal in terms of outgoing maintenance costs, and so I opted to stick with an electric variant.
   The main clear issue with a hard wired electric blowers is if course the trailing lead.. I reasoned that despite this liable to being a bit of a pain moving around the garden with an extension (as required), the rechargeable wire free variants were both far too expensive, lacked the fully charged use time for anything other than a small garden and were obviously unable to create such a really strong blow force likely to shift matted and damp leaves.
   Despite the pain of a cable at least a decent and powerful mains variant would ultimately get the job done…
   I ended up looking at only two models that I believed I could have any faith in, the first being the most powerful out there (on paper at least) Netta mains hand held 3000w blower.
   Reading those reviews there was the odd dissatisfied buyer reporting sudden failure early into ownership. Further to that, the Netta product only gives 1 year of warranty and I reasoned that given those reviews I could be just using this for two months of the year in Autumn only to find it failing out of warranty the following Autumn..
   Not a fab prospect… 🙁
   I then came across this Worx variant that at 2500w appeared less powerful, but the reviews pretty much all stating resounding confidence in it’s all round ability, but also hardly any reports of faults or failures.
   The fact also that it has a 2 year warranty (that becomes 3 years once you register it with Worx online) pushed me to take the plunge despite it being £50, which was £15 more than the Netta blower.
   So what’s it like…?
   Yes.. the lead is a pain in the bum, but the job gets done down to the very powerful blowing action that shifts even thick, wet & matted leaves.
   The rotational variable power switch really does help control.
   In short.. it’s well up to any job…
   The negatives?
   Once you assemble the 2 section suction piping out of the box, its permanent. The assembled piping can be removed from the actual machine, but the one side clip is weak and broke very quickly. The other side clips onto the machine base, and does seem strong enough to keep the pipe affixed without leaks, but there is a small gap the other side due to this broken lug that means it no longer secures completely. This can be easily sorted permanently with Araldite or heavy duty tape, and so I can’t be bothered to return it as it’s only a niggle that doesnt affect its excellent working ability. Worx would however do well to address this weakness..
   The other issue is that I am quite a strong bloke, but the machine does get very heavy and tiresome on the body given the blowing force and weight over time.
   A shoulder strap (or at least lugs to attach a bit of rope or strap to) would have been fantastic.
   I have tied a piece of rope to the handle and looped the other end over the blowing pipe, but that keeps coming off… Without modifying the machine in some way, there is really no easy way to do this.. Even some moulded lugs to attach a home made strap would have been something here (even if no strap was actually included).. Not an expensive mod for Worx, to be honest…
   Other than that, I really did do my homework on this one as I’m not too keen on wasting the readies….
   This is defo the one to buy.

   Update 12/11/20. Leaves almost down from the trees completely, 6 hard stuffed wheelie bins later after clearing a leaf covered 1/2 acre garden 3 times = work time halved or more, no raking blisters plus the entire operation feeling a complete doddle for a change & the blower working perfectly nearly at the end of its first season of use.
   Well chuffed and massively worth every penny 🙂

5. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Mike B – February 26, 2025

   Light, very powerful blower, and very controllable blowing speed, very good value for money, very easy to use, seems to be tough, lead long enough for my small garden, but extension would be needed for big applications. perfect for my requirement to clear pine needles, hence my manual sweep-up is not a problem. Dealing with big leaves is beyond my experiences, but I’ve heard that devices that include suction tend to block quite easily. My choice of powerful blow-only was good for my application.