Mowers, blowers, trimmers, and such.

Everyone seems to be making them now. I just stepped into the DeWalt eco-system and I'm wondering if the battery-powered stuff is any good?

I have a Kobalt blower that's perfect for my driveway, sidewalk, gutter, and deck.

I have to admit that the idea of a battery-powered mower is pretty intriguing.

What about you? Have you used anything like this?

Dad just bought a 40 volt combo pack with weedwhacker, blower, one battery, and charger. So far, he is happy with it. He was pretty sick of futzing with the two gas powered tools he replaced.

I’ve got a dewalt trimmer and it seems to do just fine.....doesn’t last for a long time but it’s enough to trim my 3/4 acre lawn before it needs a charge. I went with Dewalt only because I have other battery Dewalt tools

Next door neighbor bought the Kobalt 80, he's mowing a flat yard of St Augustine which is pretty thick to mow, it does well, quiet, smooth, for the past 20 years he had a service, now with Corona he's at home still, so he started doing it himself..

Stay within the line for all your tools and you can swap batteries between devices for more run time.

We have, over the last year, converted our blower and trimmer over to Stihl products.

Very happy with them and would recommend having a second battery to charge while you’re using the other.

I bought an EGo 56 volt mower last year. Very pleased with it. Seems to have more power than the Craftsman gas mower that I discarded.

I would have bought EGo blower and weed whacker, but got WORX factory re-furbs for less than half the cost of the EGo. Blower is fine, trimmer is OK.

I bought a Ryobi electric riding mower last year when my 20 year old Craftsman riding mower died. The model is an RM480e. I mow about an acre once per week. A couple times I neglected to plug it back in when I was through mowing and the next week I just went ahead and mowed with it anyway without any issues. The manual says it will cut about 2.5 hours and that seems about right. This is my second season with it, so far so good.

I have a DeWalt 20V chainsaw. I can do some damage with it and two 5 amp hour batteries. I also have the 20V brushless blower. Sure beats dragging a cord around and does an excellent job.

Blowers and line trimmers work great. Mowers can work great depending on the type of grass and size of yard.

Leaf vacuums just don’t have the power yet.

I have a Black & Decker hedge trimmers and sawzall. 20v lithium. I use them to trim fencerows around a touch over 100 acres.
I like them a lot.
These days, by the time I burn through the 4 batteries I have, it’s time to head back to the house anyway.
I have burned up one reciprocating saw in about two years of heavy use and abuse. I bought another for $29 and so far it’s holding up.
B&D and Dewalt are sister companies so the batteries will exchange on most of their stuff.
So far, I’m pleased.
Seriously considering a small battery powered chainsaw.

I've got a 20V dewalt weed trimmer and the 20V blower. The trimmer is great, blower is just OK.

I've got Milwaukee, my brother has DeWalt. Both are good to go. Both are pretty comparable in action. I only trim a quarter acre, but I can trim all summer on one battery if I don't use it for anything else.

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Originally posted by ShouldBFishin:
I've got a 20V dewalt weed trimmer and the 20V blower. The trimmer is great, blower is just OK.

Agreed here on 20v dewalt. Both work great for me and are super easy to maintain. Don’t have to worry about gas and starting and works for the 20-30 minutes I need it each week. The battery powered blower is actually pretty great. I see stuff in the garage or driveway and I have an instant blower and hardly use a broom any more.

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Originally posted by PowerSurge:
I have a DeWalt 20V chainsaw. I can do some damage with it and two 5 amp hour batteries. I also have the 20V brushless blower. Sure beats dragging a cord around and does an excellent job.

How long does a battery last on the chainsaw, also, how thick of branches can it cut easily?

Last year I bought a battery powered trimmer. Works ok for what I have to do but it won't take care of anything heavy. But the lack of maintenance is a plus.

This year I bought a Huscavana 14" chain saw. Very happy with it. Trims trees over three or four inches easily. Great for trimming branches. Battery lasts quite a long time. Down side is the battery is 80 percent of the cost. When it dies might as well buy a new saw.

Got a 40V Oregon Chain electric chain saw; great for my now-downsided needs;

just bought Craftsman V20 trimmer a few days ago; so far very impressive!

Both of these tend to start a minor power sag about the time I'm looking to take a break myself.By the time I'm REALLY ready for a break, they are tuned to about dropping another power-bar light, so it works very well.

What I reallyReallyREALLY like, is the DR electric inertial splitter; nearly silent, 2 second ram time instead of 12 seconds, and busts everything I've thrown at it. Starting it's 2nd year, and about 5th cord of oak/fir/locust/walnut. Sometimes I take a break to let the electric motor cool a bit. Sure.

I have the Echo 58 volt chainsaw and blower. They also make a trimmer attachment. I use it all the time and it has been great. The chainsaw does all the tree work I want to do any more.

What’s wrong with a simple 2-stroke engine?

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Originally posted by FHHM213:
What’s wrong with a simple 2-stroke engine?

No gas to mix
No cord to yank
Relatively quiet
Almost zero maintenance
For small jobs it’s hard to beat
I don’t know about these other folks, but I’m not trying to make a living with mine. Just small jobs around the place.

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Originally posted by rscalzo:
Down side is the battery is 80 percent of the cost. When it dies might as well buy a new saw.

Which is why I've fallen out of love with battery-powered power tools.

I'll still have battery-powered drill motors and impact drivers, but, for everything else it's corded, gasoline, or air.