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Binding: Tools & Hardware
Brand: Toro
Color: White, black
EAN: 0021038515007
Item Dimensions: 13002100280400
Label: Toro
Manufacturer: Toro
Model: 51500
MPN: 51500
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Toro
Release Date: September 12, 2006
Studio: Toro
Features:- Universal leaf collector; connects to all electric blower/vacs
- Connects all blowers to trash container for quick leaf collection
- Mesh cover, plastic hose
- Includes trash container cover, hose, universal coupler
- 8-foot hose; limited 1-year warranty
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Sold as each. Designed to integrate with your existing blower vac and trash receptacle. Universal coupler. Includes mesh top which fits tightly around most debris containers. 8 ft. hose. Manufacturer number: 51500. SKU #: 7199698. Country of origin: China. Distributed by Toro Company the.
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
Works pretty well. The hose could be a little longer, maybe 10-12 feet. The hose never plugged up with leaves, wet or dry. I had to attach the apron to a large barrel, then dump the barrel into the leaf bag. Even so, it was still less work, and easier on my back, than using the bag that came with the blower. I did have to tighten the hole where the hose goes into the apron to keep it from blowing itself out of the apron.
Rating:  -
I didn't buy this thing last year cause everyone complained about it so much.
Then this year I find the price one I couldn't turn down and took the risk.
Bottom-line to make this great product actually WORK:
* buy 2 metal, screw-type dryer hose clamps
* find a small piece of the no-slip material used for carpets & drawer liner.
If you have to buy some, hit the local dollar store.
Hooking it up:
* cut a rectangle piece of the no-slip material about 4"x6" or so.
* slip that down into the opening of the adapter with some sticking out for you to hang on to it
NOTE: don't stick it so far in that it gets into the flow of air/picked up leaves
- This is a second layer over the top of the *slippery* foam pad some moron engineer thought would be a good material to use
* now put the adapter onto the outlet of your blower -
* see how the no-slip material is going to help hold the adapter on(?)
* put one hose clamp on the adapter and be ready to crank it down real tight
Note: don't bother with the velcro strap some other moron engineer thought would be a good thing
Bag it:
Here is where the other hose clamp comes in:
* put the clamp over the hose to cloth bag connection - otherwise the hose is going to pop right off the cloth bag
* Whatever type of garbage can or collection container you use, it must have a nice size LIP around the top, that gives something for the drawstring to catch on to. Otherwise it too will pop right off.
Toro came really close to a *great* product - but obviously they never took it out back and tried it out for themselves.
For $14 plus $2.50 in clamps, I more than made up for their engineering faults.
I'll never vacuum without this fantastic accessory!
Rating:  -
This device is poorly designed, as soon as you crank up the power of the blower to a sufficient level to actually suck up debris either the hose will fly out of the canvas cover or the cover will fly off the collector. Shooting chopped leaves all over the place. My kids thought it was great! Do not buy unless you are willing to play around with it an dget frustrated. By the time you figure it out with clamps, wire ties, and duct tape you could have just used the bag that comes with the blower and been finished.
Rating: -
Hose does not stay in mesh top, this product is junk and a very poor design.
Rating:  -
I bought the three Toro components; leaf vac, leaf collector, and leaf bucket.
The whole affair sort of works, however, it does not do that great of a job with big Oak leaves, as I found they tended to clog the intake. You have to kind of figure out the best way to do it. Even then, the "mulcher" only chops up leaves somewhat. I don't know if other kinds of leaves would work better or not. At any rate, its easier than raking.
Also, the canvas top of the collector and the hose to the canvas comes off too easy. I realize Toro intended the leaf collector to be able to be used with any brand vac and can, but I would have rather seen them purposely build all three components together, and put a zippered top to connect the collector to the leaf bucket.
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