I have heard of the Remington name before so, even though I never knew they made tools, I figured I'd give this a go and it's worked out great.
It was relatively easy to assemble (once I put aside the instructions which were confusing) and it's quick and painless to change it from blower to vacuum. (My previous blower vac took ages to change over and also only had one speed.)
This unit has 2 speeds - I call it normal and turbo. When using the blower, don't use the turbo (II) speed anywhere near rocks, small stones or windows - this thing can REALLY blow! It picked up a die cast toy car and blew it 10 feet across the yard - imagine that going in the windows direction and you'll end up with my $500 sliding door replacement bill from last year's weed whacking disaster.
So, the blower worked super well, blowing leaves into a huge pile in each corner of the yard and I wondered if the vacuum was going to be any good (my last B&D one was only so-so). Well, I was blown away by the speed it sucked up this pile into the bag - the only problem was the bag was full very quickly and had to be emptied, but it was easy to detach and empty and reattach in mere minutes.
I can't answer for how long it will last, but I think it is well worth the price on Amazon and with Amazon's great track record for returning items, if it broke as quickly as some people have said I wouldn't have any problem exchanging it for another of the same unit, since it is performing well and I would assume a fault if it stopped within a couple of uses.
My one piece of advice - if you have mulch, use the blower on the lowest speed or that mulch will be everywhere, same goes for gravel.
I have a big yard with woods at the bottom so we get a ton of leaves - can't wait to get back out there and finish the job (unfortunately today it started raining half way through).