Nootools Leaf Loader Yard Funnel

Two summers ago I bought a house in the city with a half-acre lot and over 100 oak and elm trees. It was beautiful and shady and peaceful and perfect until the fall. What was I thinking? Bags and bags and bags of leaves (gathered over several weekends) later this old lady decided trees are for the birds.Next year I hired out the leaf collection. Hundreds of dollars later, and a severely damaged lawn ravaged by an over zealous leaf removal machine operated by one of the lawn contractors (thousands of dollars to re-sod), I saw this thing.I didn't really expect this to amount to much, but I gave it a shot. I was shocked at how much easier it is to bag leaves with this. I still don't like raking leaves, but last weekend I picked up 10 55-gallon bags of leaves in about an hour and I didn't hurt my back at all. This thing is a little weird at first, but once you get the hang of it, it's fabulous. It's light weight and it seems pretty tough. Plus, I don't have to put my hands in the leaf piles (snakes are also for the birds).I use the leaf blower to blow all the leaves to one general spot and then take a rake and pitch them in the shovel end of this thing, tip the bag up (one full scoop with the device in the bag fills a 55 gallon bag almost up), then I take the scooper out of the bag, smash down the leaves, and funnel another half scoop in the bag to fill the bag. The scooper is light enough to handle easily as a big funnel and once you don't need it to hold the bag open, you don't need to keep it in the bag. I found that it was harder to remove once I smashed (sp?) the leaves down to make room for more so I took it out before I smashed the leaves down.When you are done with it, you fold it and clip it and store it away (in very little space) until next time.