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I’ve heard nothing but good things about the Stihl battery chainsaws. The city I used to work for was considering switching to all Stihl battery saws before I left
I looked up some customer reviews and your experience seemed to be typical.
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We have 2 shark robot vacuums in the house and I love 'em. Today when I dropped the pup off for playtime, I saw the place across the street had a Husqvarna robot mower. Big property, close to 2 acres maybe - with some hills and some trees.
The thing mows (almost silently) and when it needs to, goes home, docks and recharges the battery - then out again till it's done.
Sounds alarms if it's picked up. PIN code alarm reset. Auto delay for weather. Expensive - but... it's nice.
I moved from house where the lawn required a riding mower to a house with a rather small lawn and bought a mower, trimmer and blower. All work great - good decision. Hope my grandson is enjoying my old tractor.I’m seeing more and more commercials for battery powered lawn stuff. Stihl has put out a new battery powered set that is getting a lot of air play. Craftsman, Milwaukee, DeWalt, etc. They all have battery powered lawn stuff now.
I bought a Craftsman battery powered hedge trimmers a couple months ago that I got for 50% off. The only reason I bought it was the sale price. But I must say....it’s pretty awesome.
My boss has the battery powered Milwaukee chainsaw and weed eaters - he loves it. The electric company in town switched to all battery powered equipment from Stihl - rumor is they absolutely love the stuff.
I’m really considering going all in on this battery powered stuff. I need a leaf blower for sure.
So what ya think? Do you own any battery powered lawn stuff?
Short answer: no.Been awhile since this one was live - which my 20+ YO trimmer isn't as of this afternoon. Wandered in here to try and gain some user knowledge (not Amazon ratings) but still have a query that is generic. I have some DeWalt cordless stuff and batteries, can those 20V s be used with any other brands? I really hate having to have multiple anythings (save razors & brushes of course)
The batteries all look similar on a computer screen, anyone tried a DeWalt batt on say a Black & Decker tool? Thanks to an expert
Power v. Run time. I’ve gone with the ryobi line. The battery has a run time. So if you know your task you can judge / estimate the battery size. Longer run time is of course more money and heavier. Important to keep in mind with a hand held device. I’m very satisfied with a battery mower but I have a very small yard.20 volt Dewalt WILL NOT interchange with 20 volt Black and Decker. For hand-held tool usage, battery is the way to go. As for lawn mowers, especially riding mowers, stick with gas power. Former employees of mine tell me again and again the battery stuff, even the extreme costly stuff, CAN'T do what a gas-powered unit can do. They should know. A number of battery-power customers have gone back to gas power riding mowers. Also, a neighbor of mine two houses away just returned his EVO mower and bought a gas-powered Toro. Told me the battery EVO can't do what the new gas-powered Toro machine can do. Battery power is close, but has a ways to go yet, regardless of what they have said. Those of you that have bought a battery unit will learn this soon enough. Just a matter of time before you miss the gas-powered mower, trust me.
I went all in on Ryobi haha. I have a Ryobi electric blower and am pretty happy with it. My stuff is all the 18v line but not sure if they have a 40v blower.I’m looking for a electric blower to replace my gas powered one due to requests in the household. Apparently the gas blowers are the worst in terms of pollution and noise. I’m ok with buying a new tool but I won’t get rid of the gas one I’ll keep it on reserve. (Possibility use when no one else is home)
I’ve been doing some research as to mph trying to compare apples to apples on a possible replacement. Probably I will go ryobi as I have many tools and can interchange batteries and chargers.