Earthwise GS70015 15-Amp Garden Corded Electric Chipper, Collection Bin

I was weary of purchasing this because of the bad reviews but I saw a cheaper version of this had quite good reviews so I figured this could be a price point expectation? I've only spent 1 day with it, but chipped for about 4 hours straight and my initial impression is that this thing is pretty capable. I jammed it up so that I needed to actually unscrew the unit 3 times -- once within the first 5 minutes because I didn't know what I was doing, once because I was trying to be way too greedy with the branch I was putting through, and once unexpectedly. In all cases, I probably could have cleared the jam by using some channel locks or pliars and just pulling the branch out from the top feed / hopper and this is preferable as a first step if only because it takes like 40 turns to unscrew the bolt that allows you to access the blades. To me, three jams, 2 of them definitely my fault, over 4 hours is totally acceptable. Also to be clear, I mostly chipped dryer softwood, but did do a fair amount of hardwood and fresher, greener, wetter stuff. But here lies a few tips. 1. Use safety protection!! Full eye protection is a must. Branches will whip side to side unexpectedly. Use ear protection! It's loud and you only have one set of ears. Even gloves are recommended because sometimes when the branch whips and it's big enough it can hit you pretty hard. 2. Do not be afraid to use some violence! Many "jams" were avoided by just smashing the branch through the hopper using the provided hopper tool. Also whatever you can fit through the feeder will chip! I was worried in the beginning about not feeding anything too big, but it's really about how well you can guide it through the feeder, not so much the size of the branch (at least with softer woods). And this guiding process is a bit of an art (see more below) 3. Use a 12AWG/20A extension cord. Otherwise the voltage drop when this thing pulls full amps chewing through a big stick will result in big power loss! At least I assume that's the case and is the recommendation in the manual! 4. Hardwood is definitely.. harder. So use some restraint in combo with my violence recommendation depending on the wood. Violence on soft wood works pretty well. Violence with hardwood will likely jam the machine. Thus -- 5. Have patience and do some prep. The biggest problem is with wood that has sharp bends or big knots that you can't turn through the hopper feeding guide. If you or whoever you are working with prep the pieces for success, you will definitely have more fun feeding the beast. 6. RTFM! "Read the ___ manual". It has advice on alternating easier feeding wood between harder feeds ones to help keep the chipper clear and recommends wet wood in between dry pieces. I personally didn't have any trouble with the limited wet / fresh wood but I chipped 95% older, dryer, soft wood (which it absolutely massacres). 7. You will definitely improve with time! The amount of violence I used definitely decreased over the day as I learned how to find the best rotation technique to get the branches to feed more smoothly into the chipper. My only "critique" is that it does chip into fairly small mulch (which is called out in the item description). This is totally fine and expected but I am kind of curious what the larger mulcher is like as I think I would probably prefer that end product, but not sure. I had pretty low expectation but it met them, definitely. And by the end of day 1 with the thing, I feel it has already paid itself off for the price. In the beginning of the day I thought okay maybe this is about a 4 star, but once *I* learned how to use the thing more properly, I feel it is probably a 5 star product. I mean for the price this thing is a beast!! I'm sure there are use cases where this thing just doesn't keep up but for me, this thing cleans up! Too bad it will soon cost 2.5x as much with tariffs as it's made in China. Thank you to our wise King for lowering the prices of products for those of us that actually work for a living. I don't know about the cheaper chippers on Amazon but (electrical) safety wise this thing is also ETL listed and has overload protection. It claims it is "built to last". We will see! Recommended!

Pretty solid little unit, chips wood, branches, twigs very effectively. The biggest problem with it were leaves - leaves totally jammed up the exit port and I found myself taking it apart to clean it out every 20 minutes or so. It's not hard to do, but slowed down things. I've used tow behind gas chippers, and this isn't that. But it is good for a homeowner electric chipper. Does a good job, chips wood very effectively, but struggles a bit with leaves and requires frequent cleaning. Overall, I'm happy with the purchase. But don't get it if you're planning in chipping up a tree.

Update October 2019: I've used this thing on and off (I never throw away trimmed branches - it's free mulch!), finally the blades got dull. It was very easy to unscrew them, lazily drag it back and forth on a coarse sharpening stone for about 5 min, put them back, and the chipper works as good as new. I didn't realize it at first, but blades are double sided, so I could have simply flipped them and used the other side ... But I wanted to see how long my sharpening job will last)). When the blades were dull, it started jamming a bit due to last thick but short chunks getting caught in the blade, but not too much (with the cross "thingy" gone - see below - jamming isn't an issue at all, really. And that collection bin is still the best. Happy chipping!.. January 2016 original review: I have used this thing for a day, and so far I am extatic. I hope it’s going to be reliable; just in case I purchased a 2-year warranty. Honestly, I don't know why other two brands of wood chippers out there sell so much better than this one. They look awkward and don’t have a receiver container. I was a bit apprehensive to get it for the lack of reviews, but there were 2 things going for it: very similar “chinese wonder” had excellent reviews on youtube and seemed so easy to "unjam" (one knob), and the container to collect the output (which works out beautifully and is a good size). This chipper seemed very "logical" to me, it has all that a chipper needs to have in my mind, larger acceptable diameter than other brands on Amazon, and it seems to be well-made. I guess, the time will tell how well. In a few hours that I used it, the pile in the picture diminished by 2/3, and it jammed on me ONCE (my fault, I put a wedge-shaped chunk of wood in it, that was thin, but wider than recommended diameter), took me less than 1 minute to get it out and keep going. You gotta love that! I didn’t put sticks over 1 1/2” into it (as many people report that electric chippers don’t really live up to the max diameter promise. (I don’t have much of thick ones anyway). The chipper didn’t do all that well with thin brush, it processed it, but the length of the sticks coming out was 2-3”. Nor a major defect in my eyes. It didn’t do well with a clump of weeds either. It milled it into pulp, but I had to open it and clear the chamber. I don’t consider it a true jam (the blade was still spinning), because at that point the receiving container was full and might have prevented the stuff from coming out, I didn’t have another clump to give it a second shot. Either way, I’m fine with it. My main goal was wood chipping, and wood chipping it does. Also, I must say that it is rather quit. I have sensitive ears, and always put on ear muffs when using my table saw. With this chipper I was perfectly fine without ear protection. It looks like perfect gadjet for a weekend warrior. It definitely will not see much of heavy use with me. Some sticks and twigs from our trees (this load is an exception, we got rid of a large bush that was overtaking our patio). If I don’t have enough, now and then I might collect some branches in the surrounding woods to make more bedding for my bird cage (I find that grass or wood chips blend in bird you-know-what better than paper or newspaper:). This way I know for sure that it’s clean wood and it’s safe for my birds to chew on if they want to. I also had an idea to try this wood mulch for growing mushrooms. It appears that all “regular” straw that you get at feed stores is hosed with either herbicides, or pesticids or the conbination of the two. Mushrooms have a tendency to accumulate all kinds of junk, so I’d rather have something ecologically clean to grow them on. I am not sure how well this will work out, but I’ll see in a few weeks… Happy chipping!

Purchased this last year and have gotten a significant amount of use out of it. It chews through branches easily and only have issues with hardwood that is close to the max diameter. Be careful if you run it with a full bin as this will cause it to jam up and not clear. If this happens, its simple enough to reach under (with the power off) and clear the discard chute of the blockage. This also happens when you run pine branches through as well. Overall, this has been a great purchase and has allowed me to create my own mulch for the garden and reduced the need for throwing away or burning all that yard waste. Good to know that when the blades get dull, the shredded material will look longer and its as simple as turning around the blades as they are reversible. Don't bother if you want to use this for leaves though, way too much of a hassle.

Funciona muy bien no he tenido problema, es ideal para ramas de 3 a 4 cm de grueso. Si las ramas son muy delgadas se puede atascar y las ranas muy gruesas no entran. Recomendable para un jardín con árboles medianos.

If you let the machine do the work without trying to jam pieces through it fast as I seen some people do on You Tube, it works just fine. If you put in branches with lots of green leaves, it has a tendency to plug up over time but it is easy to clear up. Demo video show lady putting leaves through the top but it is way too time consuming I consider it useless for shredding leaves. I am quite happy how it chipped the branches and twigs. It is far less noisy than gas operated chippers. Collection bin is a definite plus. As noted, the reason I did not give it five stars is it should not be advertised as leaf shredder (misleading) and it's tendency to plug up with branches with lots of green leaves.

En terminos generales funciona bien, lo único es que me imagine el proceso mas rápido y no encontré la opción de ordenar unas cuchillas adicionales.

Works like a hot damn, I've already put a tonne if branches through it ( even an old shovel handle )it can clog up if you put too wet of branches through it ( fresh willow bungs it up a bit ) but, it's easy to clean out and inspect. I don't use the collection bin it came with, I mounted it onto my yard trailer. That small bin filled up too quickly is all ( the bin is now used to hold empty beer cans in my shop )