I bought an EGO LB4800 7 or 8 years ago from Home Depot for about twice the price of what this new one cost. I loved the quiet reliability of using that blower, with the very impressive burst of extra power whenever it was needed. After the years of getting good at cleanup and herding piles of leaves around, the 4800 started having issues and I decided I'd rather just replace it, since purchase cost of the more powerful 6500 was about equivalent to the repair costs of the 4800 (no battery included). With free Prime speedy shipping I had the new one practically overnight, and am very impressed with the features. It came with 2 different blower tubes, one shorter for convenient cleanup uses, and with a wide end tip to add for more concentrated direction, which really does work nicely for the leaf herding. Power control is a definite improvement, with both a dial control and a multi position trigger to get the full range of low to high. I love that the lowest setting is even quieter than with the old blower, and the original battery from the 4800 still works great with the new one, running for about an hour on a charge. It's so impressive what Ego has done with all the clean lithium powered equipment that all runs from the same battery packs. It make no sense to keep using old gas powered devices when for the same cost or less, you can have zero emission yardwork tools that deliver the same performance in lightweight and many decibels quieter equipment.