How does this do with pine needles? Has anyone tried this sweeper for picking up pine needles?
1726509
Yes. It does quite well with pine needles, you just have to play with the height setting a little till you get the right 'bite'.
2121315
I don't have a pine tree and live in a very dry climate but it does pick up small twigs from a blue palo verde tree and those twigs are larger and heavier than reasonably dry pine needles. As with any blower-vac, you can clog it if you try to pick up a huge pile of anything. Just work from the edges and it should do fine. I'm still amazed at how much better it is than my previous one from a different manufacturer.
1276592
Cant address the pine needles question since I don't have any pines on my property. The terrain I use it on is not flat, except for the front yard area and it does a good job. In my case I use it to pick up excess bermuda and field grass after mowing. It will also pick up leaves, small paper trash, and small twigs.
242505
It will pick up and mulch the needles. I am not sure about small twiggy branches. Also, our pine trees are surrounded by dirt. It doesn't work well on this surface as it picks up small pebblesand dirt as well. If your pine needles have fallen on a grass, cement, asphalt or wooden surface it would work.
1621306
It picks up everything well. Just make sure you don't turn it off right after to sweep up the litter. Let it suck it up for a few minutes, I have Maine Coon and he does kick it out everywhere. And as a side know it does pet hair really well also.
1847450
I have not had a problem with it not picking up in corners or along the moulding at the bottom of the cabinets. Does great on cat hair and cat litter, as well as tree needles tracked in from outside.
1632495
It should work just fine. I don't get pine needles, but I get plenty of tiny debris including palm tree seeds, my own hair, long narrow leaves, palm fronds, etc. and it picks up absolutely every one of them without any problems. Usually the problems occur with larger items, like an entire 2 foot long palm frond!
1819269
I seriously think that very few vacuum cleaners, if any at all, could pick up xmas tree needles without clogging. I have not tried it but can tell you that I have 4 cats and 1 dog and it cleans my carpet very well.
176403
I am surrounded by pine trees that shed tons of straw. This vacuum works well for clean up.
1815270
Ihave used it on pine and oak without any issues it will get a little bit loaded up after extended use but a wire bush takes care of that in a hurry!
1370707
Don't have pine needles right now but it does great with magnolia tree leaves and bulbs. Have a grass catcher on my mower so very little grass to sweep. Will definitely use it for the live oak worms (as I call them). Pine needles will come back next month but know it will take care of those as we live in the Piney Wood Forrest.
701314
It works well on blowing pine straw. I have not tried picking up any. The collection bag would be too small.
559339
It works on leaves with longish stems, so I don't see why not. My pine needles are about 4" long and it works just fine on them. If you have longer needles, I wouldn't imagine it has much trouble as it's a matter of flipping them out and as long as any part of the needle/stem/leaf/bract is caught, it seems to do the job. It also works fine on very small leaves which are actually harder to get out. Love the little thing.
1051062
Not very well. I think it would do better if it had suction. It has the ability to collect large amounts ofloose material like leaves etc., and will pick up some loose dirt. I have used mine to clean gutters and loose leaves from asphalt and cement.
176402
I've only used it on leaves. If the pine straw is dry I think it might work.
155748
look just below the blades I get a lot of pine needles and Palo Verde leaves caught around mine. You could have something similar. Sometimes they free by their self and sometimes I have to use a small set of tweezers, nail or piece of wire to free it up and mine always starts working again.
569482
It depends if the pine needles are dry or matted. If they are heavy I would say no. This is not a powerful blower. It's adequate for clearing sidewalks of grass clippings. Not much more.