For the EGO vs Milwaukee leaf blower choice, I pick EGO for a buyer with no battery platform and Milwaukee for a buyer who already owns M18 High Output packs. The two Milwaukee blowers I cover are sold as tool only, so a newcomer still has to buy one or two M18 packs and a charger, while each EGO arrives as a kit that runs from the box. My plant protection training taught me to read the small print before the headline claim, and a blower box carries plenty of both. Below I match two models from each brand by class and compare force, runtime, weight, platforms, warranty and noise.
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EGO vs Milwaukee Leaf Blower Short Answer
Buy EGO if you want the hardest push from one pack: only the EGO blowers have a boost button, and the LB7654 reaches about 25 N on it. Buy Milwaukee if you want a steady push on one setting, because the 2824-20 holds more force than the LB7654 does on high, and you already own the packs it needs.
| Row | EGO LB6504 | Milwaukee 2724-20 | EGO LB7654 | Milwaukee 2824-20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| In the box | Kit: blower, one 5.0 Ah pack, charger, two nozzles | Tool only: no pack, no charger | Kit: blower, one 5.0 Ah pack, charger, two nozzles | Tool only: no packs, no charger |
| Packs it needs | One EGO 56V pack (5.0 Ah supplied) | One M18 pack, XC8.0 High Output recommended | One EGO 56V pack (5.0 Ah supplied) | Two M18 packs, HD8.0 or larger recommended |
| Airflow, maker’s figure | 650 CFM on turbo | 450 CFM high, 295 CFM low | 765 CFM on turbo | 600 CFM |
| Air speed, maker’s figure | 180 mph with the tapered nozzle | 120 mph | 195 mph with the tapered nozzle | 145 mph |
| Force, maker’s figure | 21 N | Not published | 26 N | 17.7 N |
| Force at the top setting, about (not the maker’s rating) | About 20 N on turbo, about 11 N on high | No figure | About 25 N on turbo, about 16 N on high | About 18 N at full lever |
| Run time, about, on the packs named | About 27 min on high, about 16 on turbo | No figure | About 22 min on high, about 13 on turbo | About 15 min at full lever on two 8.0 Ah packs |
| Weight, about, with the packs named | About 9.7 lb with the 5.0 Ah pack | No figure | About 9.6 lb with the 5.0 Ah pack | About 10.7 lb with two 8.0 Ah packs |
| Noise, maker’s figure | 64 dB, no distance given | No figure | No figure | 64 dB(A) at 50 ft |
| Tool warranty | 5 years | 3 years | 5 years | 3 years |
| Rain | IPX4 splash resistance | Manual says not for rain or wet locations | IPX4 splash resistance | Manual says not for rain or wet locations |
Two rows decide it: what the box holds and the push on boost. The EGO kits have a boost button, and neither Milwaukee tool has a gear above full lever.
The Four Blowers and What Each Box Holds
The two brands sell the same job in different boxes. An EGO is a complete kit, a Milwaukee is a bare tool, and I count the box contents before I compare a single number.
The EGO Kits
The EGO Power+ LB6504 650 CFM Blower Kit comes with the LB6500 blower, one 5.0 Ah battery, the CH2100 charger and two nozzles. That charger needs about 100 minutes for a flat pack, and EGO sells the shoulder strap as a separate accessory.
The EGO Power+ LB7654 765 CFM Blower Kit is the same idea with the CH3200 charger, which refills the same 5.0 Ah pack in about 70 minutes. EGO’s manual lists a shoulder strap in the box.
The Milwaukee Tools
The Milwaukee M18 FUEL 2724-20 450 CFM Handheld Blower (Tool Only) is the blower alone. It runs on one M18 pack, and Milwaukee ties its 450 CFM rating to the XC8.0 High Output pack, so the pack you choose sets the result. When I lifted the Milwaukee 2724-20 out of its box, the first thing I noticed was how little was in it: a blower and a tube.
Milwaukee’s dual-battery blower is the Milwaukee M18 FUEL Dual Battery Blower 2824-20 (Tool Only), and it needs two M18 packs at once. Milwaukee’s manual recommends HD8.0 packs or larger, and the tool stops when either pack runs flat, even if the other is full.
A buyer with no M18 packs pays for the whole system. Each Milwaukee cordless leaf blower arrives without packs, so one or two High Output packs and a charger make up the rest of the cost and lift the total into the premium tier. For an M18 owner the same tool is the whole purchase.
EGO LB6504 vs Milwaukee 2724-20 in the Single-Pack Class
These two run on one pack and sit at the entry end of each brand, so most first-time buyers weigh them against each other. According to the makers, the EGO LB6504 moves 650 CFM at 180 mph with the tapered nozzle, and the Milwaukee moves 450 CFM at 120 mph. Milwaukee prints no force figure for the 2724-20, while EGO rates the LB6504 at 21 N.
The controls differ more than the numbers. The EGO has a boost button above its lock-on dial that raises the fan to full speed while you hold it. The Milwaukee has a high and low switch beside the trigger, 450 CFM on high and 295 CFM on low, and nothing above high.
On the crushed stone of my yard I keep the LB6504’s dial low and the tube near the ground, because turbo throws stones at ankles and car paint. Along the drainage ditch at the border, leaves wedge into the grass of the bank, and I press the LB6504’s boost in short bursts, since it only works while the button is held.
On the 2724-20 I flip to the low switch along the young drip lines, where fast air strips mulch and shifts the line. When a mat sticks, the 2724-20 gives me nothing to press for extra push, and the trigger at the end of its travel is all it has.
A 5.0 Ah EGO pack runs the LB6504 about 27 minutes on high and about 16 on turbo, and the pack is about half of its 9.7 lb. Milwaukee publishes no run time or weight with a pack for the 2724-20. An XC8.0 pack holds about 144 Wh (18 V times 8.0 Ah), roughly half the energy of the EGO pack, so a second XC8.0 pack is a sensible add-on for a long session.
Winner: EGO LB6504 on controls, because it adds a boost button and the 2724-20 has nothing above high.
EGO LB7654 vs Milwaukee M18 FUEL Blower 2824-20 at the Top
The EGO LB7654 wins this pair on boost, and the Milwaukee 2824-20 wins on the steady setting. On boost the LB7654 pushes about 25 N, while the 2824-20 holds about 18 N at full lever and has no boost. Against the LB7654’s high setting at about 16 N the Milwaukee is the stronger one, but it runs about 15 minutes on two 8.0 Ah packs where the EGO runs about 22 on one.
The 2824-20 has a single fuel gauge, and it reports the weaker pack, so I watch it, because the weaker pack is the one that ends the job. On the gravel border of the yard the 2824-20 reaches full throttle in under a second, so I set the tube low before I squeeze the trigger.
Along the wire fence on the windward side of the yard the wind stacks leaves in a line. I walk with the wind at my back, the LB7654 on high moves the stack ahead of me, and I keep boost for the corner post where the leaves pack.
Winner: EGO LB7654, because boost reaches about 25 N against 18 N; the Milwaukee wins only on the steady setting.
EGO 56V vs Milwaukee M18 Battery Platforms
Every cordless blower runs on its packs, and the pack is the larger part of the cost on both sides. EGO has one consumer line, ARC Lithium 56V, and every ARC pack fits every EGO 56V tool. The kit pack holds 280 Wh, and two 8.0 Ah M18 packs hold about 288 Wh, so the energy on board is close even though the voltages differ.
The M18 system is wider. According to Milwaukee, an M18 pack fits more than 200 solutions, so a Milwaukee M18 blower is one more tool on a pack you may already own. The blowers want High Output packs, and the 2824-20 refuses to run on one.
Packs age with heat and a full charge. A model of 36 months of storage at 131 F and 90 percent charge showed heavy degradation (1), and in multi-year tests of commercial cells the time to lose 20 percent of capacity varied by thousands of hours with discharge depth and temperature (2). Cold counts too: lithium plating is considered one of the main causes of capacity fade when cells are charged cold or fast (3). I keep spare packs of either brand indoors, never in a shed or a truck cab.
EGO vs Milwaukee Leaf Blower Warranty and Who Covers the Pack
Read the clause about your kind of use first. EGO covers the tool for 5 years and the battery and charger for 3 years in household use. EGO files any commercial, agricultural or institutional use under professional use, and there the tool and the battery drop to 1 year.
Milwaukee covers the tool for 3 years to the original purchaser, and its current warranty text names authorized Milwaukee distributors as the place the tool must be bought. Its battery packs carry their own cover, which Milwaukee lists by catalog number from 1 to 3 years, so check the number printed on the pack you buy.
Both makers cover the original purchaser only. EGO excludes rented tools, and Milwaukee treats blower tubes as wear parts. My orchard sells fruit, which falls under agricultural use in EGO’s wording, so for a reader like me the 1-year term is the drawback of an otherwise long EGO warranty.
Winner: none, because the better term depends on your use: EGO runs 5 years in a household and 1 year on a farm, and Milwaukee runs 3 years on the tool.
Where to Buy and Who Services It
Both brands tie cover to an authorized seller, so check the seller on the listing before ordering.
Keep the dated receipt, because both makers ask for proof of purchase. With either brand you pay to send the tool to a service center.
Winner: tie, because both brands make the seller the first thing to check.
Weight and Balance in the Hand
Weight in the hand is the tool plus its packs, so read each figure with the packs named. The EGO figures add the tool weight from EGO’s manual to the 4.96 lb pack, which gives about 9.6 lb for the LB7654 and about 9.7 lb for the LB6504. The Milwaukee 2824-20 weighs about 10.7 lb with two 8.0 Ah packs, and larger packs add more.
Carrying the LB7654 back from the far end of the gravel yard, I notice the pack more than the tool, since about half of its weight is the pack. I press the latch and slide the tube off the 2724-20 before it goes on the shelf in the tool shed, so it stores short.
Winner: EGO LB7654 against the 2824-20, by about 1 lb; the single-pack pair cannot be called, because Milwaukee prints no weight with a pack for the 2724-20.
EGO vs Milwaukee Leaf Blower Noise and Hearing Protection
EGO prints 64 dB for the LB6504 with no distance, and Milwaukee rates the 2824-20 at 64 dB(A) measured 50 ft away. A box number is not the level at your ear. At the ear the LB6504 reads about 84 dB(A) on high and about 88 on turbo, and the 2824-20 reads about 81 at full lever.
Landscaping workers sampled by NIOSH had significantly more noise exposure with fuel-powered leaf blowers than with battery ones (4). NIOSH recommends limiting exposure to 85 dBA averaged over an eight-hour workday and halving the time for every 3 dBA above that (5). A battery blower is quieter than gas and still loud.
I press foam plugs in until they seal and put muffs over them before I press boost on the LB6504, and I wear safety glasses and a dust mask on the dry shed floor. A Cochrane review notes that poor earplug fit may limit protection for about 40 percent of users (6). Keep people, pets and windows out of the debris path, and never blow toward a bystander.
Winner: none, because every blower here needs hearing protection from the first trigger pull.
Which Blower Fits Which Yard
Wet leaves stick by surface tension, so the hardest job on your list decides the blower. Dry leaves on a deck are easy for all four.
- A quarter-acre lot with a deck and a driveway: the EGO LB6504 in jobs of about 27 minutes on high, or the Milwaukee 2724-20 if an XC8.0 pack is already on your shelf.
- A quarter to half an acre in short sessions, with wet leaves on a deck or driveway: the EGO LB7654, because boost is the only way past about 18 N.
- Dry hard surfaces with M18 tools in the shed: the Milwaukee 2824-20 with two 8.0 Ah or larger packs.
- Acreage, orchard alleys with wet leaf mats and all-afternoon work: none of the four, because they are short-session tools and a gas backpack suits that work.
My leaf blower guides cover the larger machines. The Milwaukee 3017-20, a 500 CFM single-pack tool, is another one I leave out here.
Choose EGO If
Choose EGO if the kit in the box matters more to you than the platform on your shelf.
- You own no cordless batteries: the kit is the whole purchase.
- Wet leaves on a deck or driveway: the LB7654 reaches about 25 N on boost.
- Mornings are damp: both EGO blowers carry IPX4 splash resistance.
- Your sessions are short: one 5.0 Ah pack runs the LB7654 about 22 minutes on high.
Before a pass with the LB7654 I read the five lights on the pack, and a pack showing two lights goes back on the charger while the short jobs wait. Skip EGO if you already own two or more M18 High Output packs and your work is dry, because then the Milwaukee tool is the only purchase. Skip it too if your use counts as agricultural, where EGO cuts the tool term to 1 year. By airflow rating, EGO’s strongest handheld is the LB8803-2, at 880 CFM and sold with two 4.0 Ah packs.
Choose Milwaukee If
Choose a Milwaukee M18 leaf blower if the packs are already on your shelf.
- You own two or more High Output M18 packs: only the tool is missing.
- Your work is dry and hard-surfaced: driveways, decks and shop floors suit the 2824-20.
- You work with either hand: the 2824-20 has a center slider that works the same in both.
- Your mornings run cold or hot: the 2824-20 manual gives 0 to 125 F.
Skip Milwaukee if you own no M18 packs, because one or two High Output packs and a charger add a large cost to the tool, and the manuals forbid rain. Milwaukee also sells the 3009-20, a dual-battery Milwaukee backpack blower for larger yards, which is outside this comparison.
My Pick for a New Buyer and for an M18 Owner
For a buyer with no packs, I recommend the EGO LB7654, or the LB6504 for lighter use: the kit holds the pack and the charger, and a second EGO pack is optional for longer sessions. For an M18 owner who already holds two High Output packs, I recommend the Milwaukee 2824-20: the bare tool is the purchase, and it needs both packs, 8.0 Ah or larger, before the first use. The 2724-20 suits light, dry work on one XC8.0 pack, and before you order you should name your wettest job and read the warranty clause for your kind of use. The EGO vs Milwaukee leaf blower choice comes down to the packs you already own.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are EGO blowers better than Milwaukee?
EGO blowers are better than Milwaukee on peak push, because the LB7654 reaches about 25 N on boost while the 2824-20 holds about 18 N at full lever and has no boost. Milwaukee holds the steadier push on one setting, and its bare tools suit anyone who already owns M18 High Output packs.
What is the strongest EGO blower?
By airflow rating, the strongest EGO blower among the handhelds is the LB8803-2, which EGO rates at 880 CFM on its page and sells with two 4.0 Ah batteries. EGO also sells an 800 CFM commercial backpack in a separate class, so the 880 sits above the 765 CFM LB7654 in the handheld range.
What are the differences between the Milwaukee Quik Lok blower and the M18 blower?
The Milwaukee QUIK-LOK blower is an attachment that needs a QUIK-LOK power head, while the M18 FUEL blowers are complete tools that run on M18 packs. Milwaukee rates the attachment at 500 CFM and 120 mph and the 2724-20 at 450 CFM and 120 mph, so the attachment trades a separate power head for a multi-tool system.
Which leaf blower offers the best value for money?
The best value for money in a cordless leaf blower is the cheapest complete working setup, and the pack and charger are much of the price on both sides. An EGO kit counts as complete from the box, while a Milwaukee tool counts as complete only once it has one or two High Output packs and a charger.
What are the key differences between the EGO 615 and 670 CFM blowers?
The key differences between the EGO 615 and 670 CFM blowers are airflow and pack: the LB6151 is rated at 615 CFM and 170 mph with a 2.5 Ah battery, the LB6703 at 670 CFM and 180 mph with a 4.0 Ah battery. EGO quotes up to 75 minutes of runtime for the first and 80 for the second.
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Safety Note: Leaf blowers throw debris and can damage your hearing. Wear eye and ear protection, read the manufacturer’s manual, and check your local rules on noise and operating hours.