Dale.
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I've owned a petrol strimmer now for a number of years, I forget exactly, I think I bought it in 2015. It was great when new but over the years, little gremlins have crept in but it has still done its job. 3 years ago, I replaced the crankshaft, as the crank pin snapped on the old one. Quite an easy job to be fair. I've also replaced the priming bulb in that time and the bump feed stopped working, which was a pain when the line snapped (quite often) and I had to take the head apart and feed the line through manually. This could easily add 30 minutes to grass cutting times, we have a big garden and the first few cuts can take a few hours. Winding new line was also a pain, there are 2 tiers of line and holding one, whilst winding the other was an art in itself. I switched to square section line, which didn't snap as easily as the original round profile one, having a little extra 'meat' in the corners. Not to forget the time and mess involved mixing fuel.
At the end of the cutting season last year, I decided I was going to make things simpler as my garden is now becoming a bit of a project, more on that later but sections of it are going to be re-wilded.
I did my research, decided I was going cordless. A long story short, I bought an EGO 38cm, 56v, cordless strimmer. It came with a 2.5ah battery, which did concern me a little, as the runtime was around 30 minutes, depending on load. It has 2 speeds though and will run a little longer on the slowest setting. I need not have worried.
I bought the strimmer in February but only used it for the first time last week. It's a weapon, oh my days. I strimmed what would normally take me close to an hour in about 15 minutes. This used about half the charge, so no worries there. Bearing in mind, this is the first cut of the year too and the grass is at it strongest. I can buy bigger capacity batteries if need be but so far, 2.5ah seems to be ample.
I only needed to bump feed the line once in that time too. Not that I've used it yet but when the line runs out, you just thread new line through the head and it self winds. The torque is mental, I could often feel it pulling against the direction of swing, even on the lowest speed setting.
Over the grass cutting season, I will now save many hours, possibly tens of hours.
I still have the '2 stroke monster', just in case but if the EGO keeps performing as it did last week, I can't ever see me going back to a petrol strimmer.
At the end of the cutting season last year, I decided I was going to make things simpler as my garden is now becoming a bit of a project, more on that later but sections of it are going to be re-wilded.
I did my research, decided I was going cordless. A long story short, I bought an EGO 38cm, 56v, cordless strimmer. It came with a 2.5ah battery, which did concern me a little, as the runtime was around 30 minutes, depending on load. It has 2 speeds though and will run a little longer on the slowest setting. I need not have worried.
I bought the strimmer in February but only used it for the first time last week. It's a weapon, oh my days. I strimmed what would normally take me close to an hour in about 15 minutes. This used about half the charge, so no worries there. Bearing in mind, this is the first cut of the year too and the grass is at it strongest. I can buy bigger capacity batteries if need be but so far, 2.5ah seems to be ample.
I only needed to bump feed the line once in that time too. Not that I've used it yet but when the line runs out, you just thread new line through the head and it self winds. The torque is mental, I could often feel it pulling against the direction of swing, even on the lowest speed setting.
Over the grass cutting season, I will now save many hours, possibly tens of hours.
I still have the '2 stroke monster', just in case but if the EGO keeps performing as it did last week, I can't ever see me going back to a petrol strimmer.
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