battery op. weedeater/edger/blower??

[ELVIS]

Word. Some sandy vaginas in here. Buy a Stihl and learn how to run it. I can cut down small trees with mine.

humor me..... and shed some light on your weed eater education.

god bless,

[LANTIRN]

We have a 40v ryobi blower at work that is pretty bad ass and gets dropped alot. My mom has the 40v ryobi weed eater and she loves it, but they have a small yard. I have a corded weed eater and hate the cord and don't want to mess with gas. I will buy a battery powered one eventually.

[DON SVO]

I use a straight shaft Toro 2-cycle weed whacker. It does the job nicely and is easy to start as well as maintain.

[4EyedTurd]

I got to borrow a Ryobi pole saw and was impressed with it fwiw.

[juiceweezl]

liberal puss

Word. Some sandy vaginas in here. Buy a Stihl and learn how to run it. I can cut down small trees with mine.

[Captain Crawfish]

Junk! Keep a few carbs handy and some ether. If the bulb won't stay pumped up the carb is screwed unless you like fixing them. The ethanol in the gas ruins them. Gas power ftw though all day. If you can buy the non e fuel its a good idea. All my stuff is gas and way over 5 yrs old home lite shit

[8mpg]

They have good ratings.. Im on an acre and dont think the battery will last with the amount of weed eating I do.. I went with gas. If you can find the Ryobi at Home Depot with the 48V still, they are on clearance. Like $30

[jw33]

I bought a two cycle Troy Bilt straight shaft a couple of years ago and I'm not too thrilled with it. It's loud, heavy, vibrates, not easy to start, and it doesn't have much power. I was looking at the 40v Dewalt the other day and it looks pretty damn nice.

http://www.lowes.com/pd_662626-70-DCST990M1_0__?k_clickID=dddff1d9-cda0-486b-a1dc-cab7554129a1&store_code=2567&productId=50306011&selectedLocalStoreBeanArray=

[BMCSean]

I had a Troy built one and it worked great until I broke the battery. I have the 40v Black and decker now and it works great. I got the combo kit with the leaf blower, the weed eater works great, I run it on the medium power setting and it does edging and everything just fine without kicking shit everywhere and the head can swivel to do edging. The leaf blower is okay, weak when compared to a gas or even a corded.

[mstng86]

This was for weed eating. I'm not an idiot. lol

I had to ask. I do know what you mean, though. I sometimes get a burn around my elbow if I'm not careful.

[Baron Von Crowder]

A buddy of mine that has an acre fenced for this house bought one of the big lithium battery powered weed eaters and swears buy it. He immediately said that it didnt have anything close to the amount of vibration his gas trimmers did, and his hands didnt go numb. Said the battery lasted long enough to do what he wanted. I asked about power and he felt like it had more at lower rpm than his gas ones.

YMMV

[jluv]

Was this while you were trying to edge with it? Were you turning/adjusting the head(extension) or were you turning the whole weedeater to edge?

This was for weed eating. I'm not an idiot. lol

[mstng86]

That said, I fucking loathe gas weedeaters. Bought one, returned it next day. Tried a couple of others, and just can't do it. I don't know if it's because I'm really tall or what, but trying to hold them at the right angle without burning myself is extremely uncomfortable. I've talked to a few others who have the exact same issue. I know other people love them, so go figure.

Was this while you were trying to edge with it? Were you turning/adjusting the head(extension) or were you turning the whole weedeater to edge?

[bcoop]

liberal puss

[mstng86]

I guess it depends on how much weedeating you do. If you are using it to edge the sidewalk and driveway, I probably would stick with gas. if you are just trimming around the fence, house and trees, cordless will probably be fine.