Might stick with my old late 1980s Tillotson carbed Ryobi lawn hornet with blower attachment.
Annoys the neighbours but effective.

I did find a Ryobi blower vac once with the chunky outlet and Ryan engine (same design as lawn hornet) but never got around to trying to get it going. The cynic in me didn't believe I could make it run. Long gone now. Wish I still had it. Would have been a fun tinker.

I saw one just like the orange one in the last pic in my local Home hardware recently going for $162 and was toying with getting it. Not there now.


Ahh, if only victa had kept producing the thumblatch catcher series, they would be in better shape today!