I used a hand held blower vac to suck up several small but dense piles of leaves and sticks and it was slow going and clogged a fair few times where I had to pull out a clump of twigs blocking the chute.
It would have been simpler just to put it all in the bin by hand by the time I fitted the vacuum attachments and the weight of the machine and bag.
Wasn't helped by the motor wanting to cut out periodically thanks to a new found flat spot.

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