How well does it work with pine needles?
1632493
I assume you mean the ones that are usually paired in a vee and about 10" long? The unit handles them okay. They often collect at the front rather than in the tray , especially as the tray fills. The unit certainly requires emptying more often. We have an open air pool and numerous slash pines around our house. I am pleased that we bought the SolarBreeze.
1632494
I cant say for SURE, but I have bougainvilleas and the Solar Breeze even picks up the 4 inch branches that are floating in the pool. So far I have had this over 7 months and I can tell you it gets half eaten dog toys, Styrofoam(half eaten by same dog), every leaf I have and it even got a frog(still alive). I am really impressed by this and if you read my previous post I am now past the point that it has paid for itself. MY POOL HAS NEVER LOOKED BETTER.
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!
1632496
I dont have pine trees, and dont get pine needles, but as long as they are floating on the top it should pick them up. It picks up leaves,spiders bugs and even small frogs.
1955499
The mesh is actually extremely fine, and so the holes are much smaller than the ones on any other product I've seen or used. I have pine and oak trees that were causing me problems, but not anymore. The pine needles don't get caught in it at all, and even the fine granules of gravel from the shingles can be blown or brushed right off. This product is one of the pricier DIY products, and I was skeptical when I bought it, but I can say now that it really does work well.
1370705
It picks up pine needles, pine cones, sticks, and leaves very consistently. Due to the size of the pine cones & sticks and the ability for the pine straw & leaves to clump together, this allows the lawn sweeper to gather them up better. The only hard thing that I found to pick up are the sweet gum tree fruit balls. The sweeper tends to keep pushing them forward rather than sweeping them up into the bag, but after some continuous effort of going back and forth it will eventually pick them up.
1715107
bought for my mother in Colorado and it will be months before she has dry pine needles, but she does have pine needles and will be using this on them in the spring.
1728769
Yes it will peel pine pall every well. It's an awesome tool. After buying this I am buying pine apples where ever I see . Loved it. I highly recommend this. The only thing is the wastage depends on the size of the apple. But what ever it cuts is neat and fresh, worth buying .
574620
I have used it on a silver maple and it is still sprouting up little ones. Has not worked for me.
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.
810149
It works just like a manual lawn mower you push it and it does the job. Only draw back is if you have a lot of pine needles the brushes get clogged easily. Otherwise it works great!
397931
I don't have pine needles, but I do have maple seeds. They have to be blown off after their season. I like them especially the PRO. Pine needles are tough because they come in such great quantity. If you are able to blow them off you are all set.
877544
I have used it on various sizes and have found it works well on all of them. The only thing you have to watch is to make sure you don't core too far through the base of the pineapple. It is an excellent product.
635971
It should work fine. The basket inside the holder will hold a lot of pine needles due to its size. My pool gets a lot of maple leaves and red bud leaves in the fall of the year. This device will hold a lot of leaves before you have to empty it. It will holds much more leaves than the standard skimmer basket which keeps me from emptying it as often. I believe it should hold a lot more pine needles than large leaves. I say go for it. Hope this helps in making your decision.
1588615
I find it best to strip off leaves-the residue when left on tends to accumulate in the cutting chamber and cause overheating. At the very least I wind up having to open it up to clean out the debris. A few leaves seem to make no difference to speak of-only when there are a fair number of them-likewise pine needles seem to be no problem,
1252738
It picks up a little bit of everything. It will pick up pine needles and grass that has been cut. You can adjust height as wel.
1276594
I have both pine and hardwoods on my lot. It takes two or three passes to get it pesenable. The hardwood leaves are not the problem its the pine needles and pine cones that give me the problem.
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.
1665177
I don't have sweet gumballs at my place so can't say about that,but i do have some pine trees, and for me it picks the needles up fine. some times I adjust the speed to help it vack better.
355554
I use it with a soil mix that includes 50% pine bark and the products seem to work well.