I need to buy a new electric garden blower vac. My current Ryobi still works OK but on vacuum cycle it blows the leaves, twigs etc into the fabric collector bag so hard that they abrade the bag. As a result the bag has got holes into in it and all the minced-up leaves blow back out of the bag through the holes and create a hell of a mess. This is hopeless and drives me nuts. I have tried patching the bag from the inside with duct tape but it's no good.

I bought a new bag once but this is now an old model and I'm not sure that I can still get a new bag. Even if I could get a new bag, the same thing will happen because I think it's a design thing.

I haven't looked at new models in the hardware stores yet but I would be very pleased to hear if anyone has any thoughts on this, or experience with a blower vac that avoids my issue. Thanks.