Battery Outdoor Power Equipment 2022 edition

How did I get drug into this?

But seriously the Milwaukee is a weird strain. It isn’t heavy by any means but the angle, the harmonics and the lack of a trigger lock -use it for 20 Minutes constant and I’ll have forearm and finger twitches for an hour to the point my wife has been concerned before.
 
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Ron said:
How did I get drug into this?

But seriously the Milwaukee is a weird strain. It isn’t heavy by any means but the angle the harmonica and the lack of a trigger lock use it for 20 Minutes constant and I’ll have forearm and finger twitches for an hour to the point my wife has been concerned before.
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Mine has a trigger lock 🤷‍♂️
But you're correct, it's tiring after a few minutes. For me, it's the noise. Maybe since I'm shorter the usage angle is better, whereas you might have to angle it more manually. That's a good thing to compare on the bevy of blowers I have here.
 
My 20v DeWalt weed eater is more tiring to use than my regular, considerably heavier, echo. The DeWalt is terribly balanced since there's nothing on the backend but a battery.
 
Pops has been on a ryobi kick, all excited about his weed eater and chain saw, I’m kind of disappointed, a old school moonshine/ wine making man that don’t want the sound or smell of 2 stroke fuel burning.
 
jeepinmatt said:
That's a good thing to compare on the bevy of blowers I have here.
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I assume because of this thread, I’ve had a ton of leaf blower videos start popping up in my newsfeed. Apparently ‘leaf blower powered kayaks’ is a thing that gets views. Start a channel and become a thousandaire…you’re welcome.
 
The dual battery Milwaukee blower is surprisingly balanced , I just demoed it last week at the ACE show. The other thing I learned is how the different companies will test their blowers with tips they dont sell to up their numbers. Milwaukees numbers are what one will do straight out of the box. It is louder than anyone else though.
 
I have a worx chainsaw with a 10" bar and use it for small yard projects and great to take camping. As long as I keep the chain sharp it works great. I have also cut down one full size tree with it when I was in a pinch.

I have used a worx leaf blower for 3 years with no issues at all.

I also have the ego hedge trimmer that uses the same battery as my ego lawn mowers. I have a half acre and have only had one issue which was the grass was super tall and wet and it only made it thru 3/4 of the yard before battery died.

I do love the ease of not having to keep gas around and having these tools ready to go each week with no thought.
 
sammi_davis said:
The dual battery Milwaukee blower is surprisingly balanced , I just demoed it last week at the ACE show. The other thing I learned is how the different companies will test their blowers with tips they dont sell to up their numbers. Milwaukees numbers are what one will do straight out of the box. It is louder than anyone else though.
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I was really hoping they would do a total redesign. They did it pretty quickly when they went from Gen1 to Gen2 on the blower. I imagine it is well balanced. Even with a 12.0 battery on mine, it is fine, so 2x6.0 should be similar. But at $300 just for the bare tool, they cost as much as everything else with battery and charger, and have no performance advantage. By the time you get one powered up and a couple chargers, you're approaching $600 for a loud, subpar blower. I'm definitely a Milwaukee fanboy, but they really missed the mark on the blower, again!
 
Tom@Hilltop_Machine said:
I have an older Milwaukee blower (2728-20) and it blows like crazy. I guess the new models are not as good?
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The newer model 2724-20 is more powerful than the older 2728-20. I had both. Once I tried the newer one, I sold the older one. Newer one was better in every way.
 
Best video I've seen so far on the new Milwaukee blower:
 
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@jeepinmatt have you ventured into the world of battery weed trimmers yet? Will you get the EGO trimmer too?


Looks like I may fire the yard guy and take up having to trim the yard at the house :dumbass:

The Stihl will still serve it's life out trimming at the Barndo and creek, where no battery pack powered unit would stand a chance, but the house, I just need to trim under SOME of the aluminum fence and the driveway/sidewalk.

This seems the perfect opportunity for battery
 
CasterTroy said:
@jeepinmatt have you ventured into the world of battery weed trimmers yet? Will you get the EGO trimmer too?


Looks like I may fire the yard guy and take up having to trim the yard at the house :dumbass:

The Stihl will still serve it's life out trimming at the Barndo and creek, where no battery pack powered unit would stand a chance, but the house, I just need to trim under SOME of the aluminum fence and the driveway/sidewalk.

This seems the perfect opportunity for battery
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Suprisingly the M18 string trimmer battery life is great. I can weedeat the house, pond and back fence line all on a 9AH batt. The blower eats batteries but the weedeater/pole saw it lasts way longer than you would think.
 
CasterTroy said:
@jeepinmatt have you ventured into the world of battery weed trimmers yet? Will you get the EGO trimmer too?


Looks like I may fire the yard guy and take up having to trim the yard at the house :dumbass:

The Stihl will still serve it's life out trimming at the Barndo and creek, where no battery pack powered unit would stand a chance, but the house, I just need to trim under SOME of the aluminum fence and the driveway/sidewalk.

This seems the perfect opportunity for battery
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Ron said:
Suprisingly the M18 string trimmer battery life is great. I can weedeat the house, pond and back fence line all on a 9AH batt. The blower eats batteries but the weedeater/pole saw it lasts way longer than you would think.
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Like ^ said, the M18 string trimmer is great. 9Ah battery lasts longer than I do. I will probably end up switching to the Ego one simply because I can sell the M18 one and only have 1 battery system in the garage, and move all my M18 stuff to the shop. Also, I want the pole saw and hedge trimmer attachments, and my M18 trimmer is the older solid shaft version (which is better if you aren't planning to swap attachments). Since I want a swappy one, I'd have to buy a different Milwaukee one, so it's a chance to consolidate. The M18 one is very light and well balanced, plenty of power, and battery holds up much better than I expected. If you are thinking about buying one, lemme know :D
 
Also, Ego has all kinds of fancy shiz on their dedicated string trimmers (automated winding, automated feed, etc), which makes the head too heavy. Their multi-head system trimmer is a simple 90 gearhead with manual wind and is nice and light, so I'd rather have that anyway. The feel of the Echo string trimmer is what initially made me go down that route, but the trigger delay and lackluster blower made me take them back. Were it not for the trigger delay, I probably would have stayed with the Echo, but it was borderline unsafe and not conducive to efficient working. And if Milwaukee had a better blower, I'd stay that course, and the chainsaw is torquey and the string trimmer is great, but the blower gets used so much more that its the worst place to compromise. Both Milwaukee and Ego have a nice splined interface on their multi-head shaft systems, so you can't go wrong with either one.
 
jeepinmatt said:
Also, Ego has all kinds of fancy shiz on their dedicated string trimmers (automated winding, automated feed, etc), which makes the head too heavy. Their multi-head system trimmer is a simple 90 gearhead with manual wind and is nice and light, so I'd rather have that anyway. The feel of the Echo string trimmer is what initially made me go down that route, but the trigger delay and lackluster blower made me take them back. Were it not for the trigger delay, I probably would have stayed with the Echo, but it was borderline unsafe and not conducive to efficient working. And if Milwaukee had a better blower, I'd stay that course, and the chainsaw is torquey and the string trimmer is great, but the blower gets used so much more that its the worst place to compromise. Both Milwaukee and Ego have a nice splined interface on their multi-head shaft systems, so you can't go wrong with either one.
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Since I need a few things at the house I was thinking the ego combo pack with string trimmer, blower and hedge trimmer for like $600
 
CasterTroy said:
Since I need a few things at the house I was thinking the ego combo pack with string trimmer, blower and hedge trimmer for like $600
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I wouldn't. Its the mid grade blower, and overweight string trimmer. The 765cfm blower is lighter and more powerful, and has just as good of modulation. They don't have any of the good stuff in the combo pack. You can get the blower for $250ish on FB marketplace, hedge trimmer for $200 new at Lowes, and figure out what works best for you on the trimmer. I bought the blower outright at Lowes (minus 20% off for store card first purchase, which gives 5% off from now on), and waiting on a lowes coupon or good FB deal on the pole saw ($300 w/batt, vs $400w/batt for trimmer). Got the chainsaw off ebay, bare tool for $135 shipped.

Here's some of the spreadsheet I put together if its helpful.

ItemBatteryCostBattery Delta
16" Chainsaw
2.5​
$ 269$ 50
16" Chainsaw$ 219
765 Blower
5​
$ 329$ 80
765 Blower$ 249
MHS Powerhead$ 149
15"MHS Trimmer
5​
$ 399$ 110
MHS Trimmer Only$ 139
MHS Polesaw
2.5​
$ 299$ (20)
MHS Polesaw only$ 169
2.5 Battery
2.5​
$ 149
5.0 Battery
5​
$ 249
 
We bought a tractor supply electric pressure washer at work about two years ago for truck washing.3 months in the damn thing just quit. So we took it back because it had a huge sticker on the damn machine 4year no question asked warranty . And it had a built in sticker on the machine that was 6months old. ANd I had the receipt thanks to corporate expense reports….only they had quit making that model even though they had a new model we couldn’t exchange it or get a refund since it was discontinued - but they did offer us 20% off the new model. Store Manager and a calll to the corp line brought no joy.
So never again
 
Did a little cutting with the Ego 16" chainsaw today. This thing friggin rips! It does cut out on overtorque a little more than I would prefer, but it doesn't interfere with use. I was also using a 2.5ah battery, so im sure that didn't help. Took 1 batt plus 1/5 bar on the recharge to cut it all.
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jeepinmatt said:
Did a little cutting with the Ego 16" chainsaw today. This thing friggin rips! It does cut out on overtorque a little more than I would prefer, but it doesn't interfere with use. I was also using a 2.5ah battery, so im sure that didn't help. Took 1 batt plus 1/5 bar on the recharge to cut it all.
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The last of the 3 showed up today

Weed trimmer,
Blower
And dedicated bush trimmer.
5 and 2.5 batteries
We shall see what's up
 
jeepinmatt said:
Did a little cutting with the Ego 16" chainsaw today. This thing friggin rips! It does cut out on overtorque a little more than I would prefer, but it doesn't interfere with use. I was also using a 2.5ah battery, so im sure that didn't help. Took 1 batt plus 1/5 bar on the recharge to cut it all.
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Shame on you for working your mom that hard!!!! 😉
 
benmack1 said:
Shame on you for working your mom that hard!!!! 😉
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I told her to leave it alone, but she listens about as well as I do. At least all she did was drag the limbs off.
 
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