Tee, we have a gas one that we bought from Sears years ago. It just says MTD on the side. We have a large yard at the lake with lots of limbs falling off the pecan trees and an old elm. We don't have a dump close by up there, so we were hauling limbs home every weekend. We use it at home too for oak limbs and all those leaves. I "can" use it by myself, but only if I get to it first. (You know how helpless women are, right?) You will get very dirty, but it does make great mulch, whichever one you choose!.
