Where I live, it's officially leaf season, and they are everywhere. Driveways, sidewalks, and even blowing into my garage, where they stick to people's feet as they come inside. Luckily, we have exhaustively tested all the major battery-powered leaf blowers on both fabric leaves and concrete blocks, and one model blew away the competition: the Ego Power+ 880 CFM, which delivered gaslike power while somehow also being the quietest. It even knocked over a 5-pound brick paver without having to engage turbo mode—the only one we tested that was able to do so.

Luckily, it's on sale at Lowe's this week, along with an extra backup battery so you never have to worry about running out of juice. It serves a practical purpose, to be sure, but there's also a less practical purpose that WIRED contributing reviewer and leaf blower expert Sal Vaglica is happy to demonstrate.

Watch Sal show you how to turn the Ego leaf blower into a DIY toilet paper cannon—just in time for Halloween. (Sale ends November 4.) —Kat Merck

With a few hardware-store parts—some you may already have at home—you can turn a battery-powered leaf blower into a toilet paper cannon that unrolls a single- or double-ply roll in seconds. Once assembled, you can use it to decorate a house or children. A blower’s airflow, usually measured in cubic feet per minute (cfm) and miles per hour (mph), helps power the effect. The fast-moving air creates a lower-pressure stream, while the still air around the roll pushes it toward that stream.

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