See if you can find an adapter to run the Milwaukee batteries on the Ryobi trimmer. People are 3d printing all kinds of them these days.
I used to think that way too. I still have a Husky 335xpt, Stihl 028, Stihl 046, and a ported Stihl 661 with a 36" bar. They have a place. But I'll have 2 limbs cut off and the chips blown away with my battery stuff before you get your chainsaw and blower started. And that's assuming they are already gassed up.
How's that work?
Im with you on this debate.I used to think that way too. I still have a Husky 335xpt, Stihl 028, Stihl 046, and a ported Stihl 661 with a 36" bar. They have a place. But I'll have 2 limbs cut off and the chips blown away with my battery stuff before you get your chainsaw and blower started. And that's assuming they are already gassed up.
She said it's more of a "puff" than a blowMy wife has complained about being tired after blowing for a long time too.
Huffing and puffing, hoeing and blowing, as long the bushes are trimmed and everything is blown to my level of satisfaction I don't really care.
Please post your experiment results, opinions, and results. I'm in the market for a blower and will be purchasing within the next month or so. Leaning towards Ego. Since this is the first tool purchased towards probable conversion of all my outdoor landscaping stuff to battery I'm over-researching and analyzing everything haha.
I saw that at Home Depot in Gastonia last weekend. Thought hmm, interesting, then thought I could probably buy a gas one from harbor freight for 1/3 the price. I can't imagine battery life is any good with such a tool.
It's a valid point, and hence why I'm probably moving away from Milwaukee for the yard stuff, since all the shop tools live in a different place anyway. But I haven't written them off yet. I like having multiple batteries, and at $150 a pop, it's hard to justify extra batteries for the yard tools.
A short while back I decided to by an auger. I looked briefly at the electric ones, then went to Harbor Freight.
It's not in stores yet. Or at least not Home Depot. And not in the running for me because it looks like they just added some batteries to the same, already loud and not very strong design, and it specs out at 600cfm and 17 Newtons, which still puts it at the bottom of the bunch. I did look for it though.
Skimming back through this thread and this point really hit home. I typically carried and extra battery if leaving the house with the chainsaw, but almost never used it. Since I'm buying 2 tools, I will have 2 large batteries, so it's not crucial to have a half dozen batteries, because an extra pound for a larger battery on a chainsaw or weedeater doesn't matter as much as it does on an impact or grinder or drill that you're using in some weird position twisted up under a rig.
Ryobi, Ego, Greenworks, Husqvarna, Stihl (maybe)
