Each fall, dozens of maple and oak bushes in my neighborhood shed their leaves. Thus begins the fixed drone of gas-powered leaf blowers day-after-day by early December. The noise is by far essentially the most annoying factor about these yard instruments, however I can recognize it’s a needed evil — until you like to select up a blister-inducing rake.
Whisper Aero argues there’s a greater method. The corporate is utilizing aerospace tech to quiet the noisy units, introducing the T1 leaf blower at CES 2026 underneath its sub-brand Tone Outside. The corporate guarantees the T1 is 80 p.c quieter and 60 p.c extra highly effective than “main” handheld fuel leaf blowers. Extra particularly, the T1 has 880 CFM of air circulation, which simply surpasses my battery-powered EGO. And at 52 decibels of common noise at peak quantity, his mannequin is drastically quieter than any leaf blower I’ve used. I used to be capable of affirm its decrease roar on the CES present ground.
Tone says the T1 additionally presents prolonged run time of as much as 50 minutes on a cost in Eco mode. That too is larger than what I get on my mid-grade EGO. What’s extra, the corporate plans to promote a battery backpack that can prolong any clean-up classes for a number of hours. The T1 additionally has a built-in LED “nightlight” so you may nonetheless use it after darkish. And because it’s quieter than what you might have now, you are able to do so with out annoying your neighbors.
Tone Outside T1 (Billy Steele for Engadget)
So, how does Whisper Aero obtain this? The corporate initially got down to devise a quieter resolution for electrical aerospace motors. Its engineers found that they may dramatically scale back noise and improve total effectivity by redesigning the fan and motor. They’re nonetheless pursuing that, however the firm found its expertise had different makes use of too.
The T1 is already obtainable for preorder for $599 and it’s scheduled to ship in September. If you happen to don’t look after the usual inexperienced shade, you may spend one other $100 for restricted version “Silence Is Golden” model. The battery backpack gained’t arrive till Q1 2027 although (value TBD). Tone additionally says it has further fashions within the works and it has a partnership with Stanley Black and Decker that can seemingly produce further merchandise with this tech on board.
