re: Gas Vs Electric Self Propelled Push Mower

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Being able to flex about how you can maintain all your equipment isn't the flex you think it is.

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Vs flexing over not maintaining things? I'm sorry that basic skills have taken a dive over the last 40 years, you would rather tuck your little dick between your legs than grab a wrench but I would much rather be able to do more things in life than less. I get that some people would prefer to minimize the effort into maintaining their property, I enjoy such effort though.

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If all those little things break your little brain then just look away.

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Not even close to the issue. I spent years in dirt track pits and the mechanic shop, and 20 years in a fab shop. I just don't want to deal with that shite to mow the lawn.

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I take care of my stuff, I have the talent, education, and capability to maintain my houses and everything in them.

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Same here.

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Just find comfort in knowing I can handle everything

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Again same here, but I find more comfort in owning things that require less maintenance.

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putting a small amount of time into keeping gas-powered equipment running is no big deal, not a fraction of the effort you make it out to be.

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Again the math for me works out to ~$50/year worth of batteries. You don't think the time you spend maintaining your gas equipment is worth more than that?

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Torque Channel did that already.

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Just looked it up, looks very convenient.

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I've got more cordless power tools in one corner of my shop than you could figure out how to use

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Doubtful. I have a decent collection myself, and as mentioned I spent 20 years in a fab shop and have used a very wide variety of cordless, corded, and pneumatic hand tools as well as saws, presses, lathes, mills, cnc machines, cranes, forklifts, manlifts, trackhoes, dozers, etc. I've turned way more wrenches than you imagine I have.

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I just have zero use or interest in battery powered lawn equipment.

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And a lot of us have zero use or interest in gas powered lawn equipment anymore.

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I get it, more people just can't stand to get their soft hands dirty these days.

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I've come home covered in dirt, oil, grease, gas/diesel, metal, fiberglass, blood (my own), concrete, and literal shite (not my own). Talk to somebody else about soft hands.

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I make quite a bit of money off those people too.

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I make most of my money these days off people like you.

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Power

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Not an issue with Ego. It's a very rare occasion that I go full throttle with any of my tools.

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Temperature insensitivity

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Again not an issue. If it's cold enough to have any impact on battery performance then it's not lawn care season. The batteries warm up quick anyway.

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Refuel in seconds

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I guarantee I can swap 5 batteries before you refuel one tank.

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More running time

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I don't yet have a battery mower (and when I do it will probably be an armada of robo mowers), but I do maintain two lots totaling ~1.3 acres with several hundred feet of fence line to trim, several thousand linear feet of concrete edging, several thousand square feet of concrete to blow, 7 big oaks as well as a few dozen smaller trees to trim around, and I do it all with 2 Ego batteries and in 4 years I have never once had a battery run out of juice while I was working. I put the first battery on the charger with ~40% left and I get a fresh battery when I switch tools. The very smallest battery Ego makes (2.5ah) does all that trimming (I'd say about 30-40 minutes worth with all the walking) without coming close to draining. And the 5ah does all the edging and blowing without draining.

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Less weight (much better power-weight ratio)

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This is just not true.

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No power degradation with running time

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Also not true. It's as if you've never used a lithium battery. You're also pretending that there aren't numerous potential issues that degrade power in a gas engine.

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Overall gas powered equipment is still faster so the whole time savings is basically a wash, less time with maintenance vs less time actually mowing, trimming, edging, blowing.

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My Ego tools work faster than I can. I would have to jog around the yard to outpace them.

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If there are hedges to trim too then forget battery powered stuff, I tried a new Echo 56v hedge trimmer and it was gutless compared to my HC150.

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Maybe don't buy a battery tool from a gas tool company and don't buy a gas tool from a battery tool company. My Ego hedge trimmer does my ~50' of hedges as well as tidies up a couple of ~8' trees with no problem. And I do all of the trimming, edging, blowing, and hedge trimming without ever waiting a single second for a battery to charge.

I have an ego chainsaw, string trimmer, hedge trimmer, blower and now mower.

They are all rockstar and my only regret to date is buying the cheapest string trimmer they offered at the time.

At some point I'll upgrade that one to a carbon shaft.

For the first time in my life I felt comfortable throwing out all my redundant, backup versions of those tools.

Ego is that good. I took 3 string trimmers, one edger, a non working chainsaw and 4 hedge trimmers to goodwill that I had collected over the years. What a waste.

How old is that Ryobi?

I too had a combination of corded, battery and gas tools and kept them because inevitably one would disappoint me and I'd go looking for a backup to finish the job.

My guess is you're jaded by having an old school battery tool which I agree with you never got the job done.

I sound like a fanboy and I guess I am but ego and probably it's peers are that good that you won't ever make that comment again.

There's a reason ego's motto is they're competing with gas tools; not other electric tools.

My life is so much more simplified now and I don't dread walking out and seeing a hedge sprouting anymore because it's literally a 2 minute process to grab a tool and fix it and not have to worry the battery is dead or untangle a 100' extension cord with 4 patches where I've sliced it in half over the years getting too aggressive with a hedge trimmer or God forbid the hassle of firing up a gas-powered hedger to handle a simple task.

Eta I'm not a gas wrench like kork or clames so there's even odds it's not going to start because I left ethanol in it during the winter and it turned to corn syrup or forgot some other mundane task required like praying to the god of 2 stroke engines my tool will start.

I’ve never heard good about Ryobi especially in the earlier years of its battery powered lawn tools. Greenworks seems to be the better value brand right now.

With EGO, you get what you pay for. The price point is high but the tools work well. I don’t even mind that it’s all plastic. It’s tough and durable.

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All I can offer is my neighbor had an electric and he just went and got a gas

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Same for my neighbor. His was DeWalt

The only 18volt battery equipment I have anymore is a ryobi string trimmer that I bought almost 8-9yeara ago and a bladed edger.

Everything else I have works on the 40v system. I probably won't purposefully buy any lawn equipment that's any less than 40v in the future. I have two hedge trimmers(pole trimmer and a regular) and a pole saw both 40v. I usually use a 2.5ah battery in them and I'm able to hedge my whole property in about an 1-1.5 hour and I haven't had any issues with the battery running out. If they were 18v though, I'm sure that I wouldn't be able to make through the whole yard. Most of the 18v are 1-1.5ah at most.

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Two mows in and i'm ready to put the super recycler out on the street.

the battery did not last as long this time; i'm not sure if that's because i charged it a week ago and stuck on the wall. i'm still not well versed at battery maintenance. maybe i should leave it partially discharged when i'm done and then charge it up right before i mow.

the mower is doing a great job even w/ the grass longer than it should have been. my daughter had a party last night so i waited until 2 day before the party to mow so the yard would still look freshly cut.

i'm going to try charging it to 100% right before i mow for the next round and see if that makes any difference.

Cool. A pint of no-e is $.50.