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Re: Battery Garden Tools
Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2024 8:09 am
by Count Steer
MrLongbeard wrote: Tue Jul 30, 2024 9:44 pm
Damn, them's some girthy batteries
Chunky aren't they? I've got the same strimmer and, through the summer, I've taken to just lightly strimming the grass front and back + the verge, instead of mowing, and there's usually 2 or 3 lights on the battery at the end. One thing I would have liked on it is a shoulder strap. It's not overly heavy but a strap makes life easier. (Had a petrol strimmer/brush cutter before and that had one - the weight just sort of disappears).
Re: Battery Garden Tools
Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2024 10:57 am
by MrLongbeard
Weight was considered, not so much for me but the wife will use them, s'why I went Ak10's for the handheld stuff and AK20's for the mower.
If needs be I'll get a strap / harness lashed up for her.
Re: Battery Garden Tools
Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2024 11:05 am
by MrLongbeard
1 point of annoyance, the strimmer and hedge cutter both have 2 safety interlocks.
The strimmer I can live with as 1 remains engaged after you let the off the power, so you're only needing to apply 1 once you're up and running, the hedge cutter however is set up so both reset when power is released, or after one of the safety locks is released, so one of those will need a crafty cable tie to defeat it permanently, otherwise one handed use is not possible.
Re: Battery Garden Tools
Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2024 2:29 pm
by Horse
Count Steer wrote: Wed Jul 31, 2024 8:09 am. One thing I would have liked on it is a shoulder strap. It's not overly heavy but a strap makes life easier.
I rigged up one for our Ryobi. Used a wide suitcase 'security' strap.
Re: Battery Garden Tools
Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2024 4:04 pm
by Taipan
I have a selection of makita tools so decided to buy a 36v makita lawnmower. I wish I hadn't as its pretty shit. Its okay if you already have short grass and you want to just keep it down, but for hacking into anything overgrown its useless.
Re: Battery Garden Tools
Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2024 5:28 pm
by Count Steer
Most lawn
mowers aren't for hacking down the undergrowth/overgrown areas with a bit of grass in.
Should've bought a brush cutter.
Having said that I do use my mains powered big Bosch rotary on the, erm, eco-natural bit of my 'grassy area'. (I actually haven't used the mower on the back 'lawn' at all this year, just the strimmer. The little mains powered Bosch has been used twice on the front lawn and verge and, again, the strimmer has been used most of the time. Despite all the rain grass hasn't grown as much as previous years. Weeds and moss have done well though.
Re: Battery Garden Tools
Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2024 6:00 pm
by Rockburner
Count Steer wrote: Wed Sep 25, 2024 5:28 pm
Most lawn
mowers aren't for hacking down the undergrowth/overgrown areas with a bit of grass in.
Should've bought a brush cutter.
Having said that I do use my mains powered big Bosch rotary on the, erm, eco-natural bit of my 'grassy area'. (I actually haven't used the mower on the back 'lawn' at all this year, just the strimmer. The little mains powered Bosch has been used twice on the front lawn and verge and, again, the strimmer has been used most of the time. Despite all the rain grass hasn't grown as much as previous years. Weeds and moss have done well though.
The knackered old Briggs& Stratton powered Mount field we inherited with the house is still better than any brush cutter, (well, as long as the ground is relatively flat....)
Re: Battery Garden Tools
Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2024 6:13 pm
by Horse
Taipan wrote: Wed Sep 25, 2024 4:04 pm
I have a selection of makita tools so decided to buy a 36v makita lawnmower. I wish I hadn't as its pretty shit. Its okay if you already have short grass and you want to just keep it down, but for hacking into anything overgrown its useless.
Go slower, with a higher cut. Listen; if it sounds like it's slowing, pull back, then more slowly forwards.
Battery electric doesn't have the umph of petrol.
Re: Battery Garden Tools
Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2024 6:39 pm
by Taipan
Horse wrote: Wed Sep 25, 2024 6:13 pm
Taipan wrote: Wed Sep 25, 2024 4:04 pm
I have a selection of makita tools so decided to buy a 36v makita lawnmower. I wish I hadn't as its pretty shit. Its okay if you already have short grass and you want to just keep it down, but for hacking into anything overgrown its useless.
Go slower, with a higher cut. Listen; if it sounds like it's slowing, pull back, then more slowly forwards.
Battery electric doesn't have the umph of petrol.
Oh I know how to make it work, but with a decent mower you don't have to mess about like that. It does mke anice finishing mower though, but it only supplements my petrol one in that role.