I'll never struggle to start a gas powered blower again! This leaf blower has plenty of power and on a fully charged battery I've never had a battery die on me. No more gummed up carburators and random gas cans all over the garage by switching to cordless.

My 722B blower worked great for about 8 months then one day it stopped working. No reason. Then magically started to work again. Worked fine for about 5 months more and then quit! 13 months of ownership. Was told by Dewalt service center that cost would be very close to replacement value to repair. This is after I was told by their service call centre it would be a free repair. Very disappointed. What is the point of a 3 year limited warranty? Traveled an hour to the service center each way too! Purchased this unit because of the compatibility with all my other Dewalt tools. Unit worked great with a 5 amp hour battery. Initially happy when I first got the unit, but not so much now!

Except for the battery life, this is a great blower. My wife can use it without me having to go out and start it, unlike our gas blower, lol. We get just over 2 minutes per amp hour of battery (so 8.5 minutes for the 4 Ah batteries and 10.5 minutes for the 5Ah battery). It's nearly as powerful as my gas blower and certainly more convenient for smaller jobs.

I purchased this one for my father in law for Christmas since his old gas powered blower stopped working, initially he didn’t want to even give it a try since he thinks cordless tools are underpowered and don’t last long. After using once this past spring he contacted me and thanked me for such a great tool. He was very happy of how light it is compared to the gas powered and how long the battery lasts. He is able to blow off two driveways and a side walk all the way around the house and still have more than half charge, he gets uses it twice before charging the battery. I purchased this same model 5 years ago and mine is still running perfect. Even after 5 years my battery life is still good, I am able to blow 3 driveways, 2 patios, and a sidewalk in front of all 3 houses on one charge. As for performance it does a great job blowing grass and dry leaves. The variable speed is great for blowing leaves off of landscape gravel, you can easily control the speed so you don’t blow the stones. It could use a little more power when using it on a heavy pile of wet leaves, but most gas powered blowers struggle with wet leaves also. I have been very happy with the leaf blower and my father in law now wants some more Dewalt cordless tools.