The Troy-Bilt FLEX Is The Cuisinart Of Lawn Care

What if you could buy one piece of equipment that would take care of many of your home and lawn care needs? Kind of like a food processor with different blades, but for the outside of your house. And huge. It would be a snow blower, lawn mower, leaf blower, and pressure washer all in one. This is a real thing, but should it be?

The Troy-Bilt Flex base unit costs $400, and then the attachments that actually make it work cost anywhere from $280 and $500. That means you don’t have to get, say, the leaf blower if that’s not what you’re into.

Our snow-chomping colleagues at Consumer Reports point out that a modular setup means sacrificing some features and control, like good chute control for the snow blower.

It’s a snow blower, it’s a lawn mower, it’s both! [Consumer Reports]

by Laura Northrup via Consumerist