Battery Powered Lawn Tools

[mud]

Lawns suck on principle. Xeriscape it and be done.

https://www.reddit.com/r/NoLawns/

[Touring_Sedan]

Lawns suck on principle. Xeriscape it and be done.

https://www.reddit.com/r/NoLawns/

I'm going to use my Honda powered Xeriscaper to remove all my grass and replace it with discarded power tool batteries.

[AdironRider]

Every xeriscape yard is a weed infested hellscape within three years guaranteed.

[AK47bp]

Every xeriscape yard is a weed infested hellscape within three years guaranteed.

As it should be.

I bought a bag of wildflower seeds from Home Depot and dumped under my trampoline. Looks great, weeds mix in well with it, pollinators love it. I’d do my entire tiny yard but then I couldn’t find the dog bombs.

[Boissal]

As it should be.

Exactly.
I'll never understand the obsession with pulling weeds 'round here. It's one thing when you're talking ugly spiky things that occasionally pop up in a yard, but some people wage a war on dandelions and other flowers that would put any WWII battle to shame. Leave the fucking native plants grow, encourage them, pollinators will thank you, your garden will do better, and your property won't look like every other pathetic attempt at recreating a New England yard when you live in the West. Exerting power over nature by trimming every blade of grass to a 1/1000 of an inch standard while carefully extracting anything that clashes with your dictatorial vision is as fucking small and white bread as it gets.

[muted reborn]

There is a nice calm zen state of going outside and spending 10-15 minutes weeding every day. it's not a war I think I can win, it's just nice to be outside for a bit and take a break from kids/work and think. Easy-peasy. Some people may be over zealous about perfection but whatever makes them happy doesn't bother me. I also love Japanese Gardens so - I get it.

[El Chupacabra]

As it should be.

I bought a bag of wildflower seeds from Home Depot and dumped under my trampoline. Looks great, weeds mix in well with it, pollinators love it. I’d do my entire tiny yard but then I couldn’t find the dog bombs.

You say that like it's a bad thing.

[mud]

I'm going to use my Honda powered Xeriscaper to remove all my grass and replace it with discarded power tool batteries.

I bet you like to play Pickleball at the mall.

[MarsB]

Back on track - I picked up the Ego mower last year when my gas finally kicked the bucket, it lived through multiple carb rebuilds and replacement blades but the chassis was starting to go. I'd had a midrange Ego blower for a couple of years, so I stuck with that for battery compatibility. The Ego does a much nicer cut with it's twin blades than my old Briggs Toro, very light on the hills and has nice adjustability on the self propel. Unfortunately when I took it out of the garage this spring, the battery was DOA. Ego warrantied it and sent me a new one within two weeks. Oddly enough, a couple of months after I got it back the Ego blower shit the bed (battery is fine), but Ego warrantied the repair at a local shop. I've had it for 3 years, so pleased it was still under the original warranty. So far I've liked the products but had mixed luck. Their customer service has been solid, FWIW. Make sure you keep your receipts.

[cinnepa]

^^fwiw i heard to bring the batteries into the house for the winter.....they do not like cold temps/sheds - if that was the case here.

[dcpnz]

Battery Powered Lawn Tools

Bump - there's some Green Machine stuff on big discount at Home Depot. I ordered the chainsaw and leaf blower, around $70 each, each with a battery and charger. I had just bought a corded cheap electric chainsaw, which I'm going to return. And it'll be nice to have a quiet blower - I can retire the old 2-stroke Hitachi blower.

https://www.homedepot.com/b/Green-Ma...kF1xtw9T002X40

Thanks got that PSA. Grabbed a chainsaw and blower. Seems almost too cheap - I don’t need commercial performance or reliability - just hope they don’t totally suck.

Needed a new blower since my old corded electric died last fall and I was close to spending 4x what this cost on an EGO for very marginally better specs.

Really don’t need a chainsaw for chopping down a Xmas tree once a year but 🤷🤷 - at worst extra battery for the blower I guess.

[MarsB]

..Ego warrantied the repair at a local shop. I've had it for 3 years, so pleased it was still under the original warranty. So far I've liked the products but had mixed luck. Their customer service has been solid, FWIW...

Update: it turns out the local repair shop is no longer in business. EGO determined there is no other repair shop nearby (the whole SLC metro area?), so they are sending me a new blower.

[mud]

Should have bought a Honda.

[El Chupacabra]

Thanks got that PSA. Grabbed a chainsaw and blower. Seems almost too cheap - I don’t need commercial performance or reliability - just hope they don’t totally suck.

Needed a new blower since my old corded electric died last fall and I was close to spending 4x what this cost on an EGO for very marginally better specs.

Really don’t need a chainsaw for chopping down a Xmas tree once a year but [emoji1745][emoji1745] - at worst extra battery for the blower I guess.

I picked up my blower and chainsaw this morning, and charged up the batteries. Everything works, blower seems pretty strong. Haven't tried cutting anything yet with the saw. Seems like decent quality for the price.

The batteries and chargers are large and identical between the blower and saw.

[MarsB]

Should have bought a Honda.

You're still here?