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]

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