Cordless electric yard tools

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Any experience with cordless electric yard tools?

I'm specifically looking at a 40v hedge trimmer. Ryobi at Home Depot or Kobalt at Lowes. The Kobalt has a very nice warranty. I can return it for any reason within 5 years.

I've got a handful of shrubs that need to be shaped/trimmed and I really don't want another gas engine to maintain.
 
yeah, I'm a fan of electric tools as well. I think the issue is torque, but with hedge trimmers or weed whackers, lawn mowers and such, its fine. For thick or big where you'd need torque, electric might not cut it (pun intended). Go for it.
 
Any and all electric yard tools are worthless in my experience. Two stroke gasoline is the only way to go. Electric/battery powered yard equipment is just too wimpy imo.
 
If I had a mint I'd get one of those 4-cycle weedwhackers that run off 16.4 oz propane camping bottles.
 
Originally Posted By: aquariuscsm
Any and all electric yard tools are worthless in my experience. Two stroke gasoline is the only way to go. Electric/battery powered yard equipment is just too wimpy imo.


I have to agree, no offense to the others on the other side of the fence.

The only advantage of electric yard tools is not having to start the motor!

But I'd rather do that than trip over the extension cords.
 
Originally Posted By: Throt
I have to agree, no offense to the others on the other side of the fence.

The only advantage of electric yard tools is not having to start the motor!

But I'd rather do that than trip over the extension cords.


The OP was specifically asking about cordless electric tools. No extension cord required!
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Stewart_Fan, I would highly recommend checking out all of the tools from Greenworks. I currently have an electric hedge trimmer, string trimmer, and chainsaw that I have bought from the Greenworks website and Amazon. All of these tools use the same 40V battery. I have 2 batteries and 2 chargers. I haven't needed to use both batteries during a single task yet, but if I did need to I could have the second battery charged and ready for when the first runs out.

I specifically chose Greenworks because of their interchangeable batteries. They also make just about any tool you would need so that's a plus as well. Not sure how the prices compare to the Ryobi or Kobalt tools you mentioned, but this is the one brand I can vouch for.
 
My dad has a battery powered string trimmer. I have an old 2 stroke. I like the cleaner and quiter set up of my dad's one. But it's hard to beat the power of mine. For a small yard, electric is good. For a large yard or commercial use, I would always go gas powered
 
Love my Black and Decker tools. Also my Greenworks mower is pretty good. Had the mower for 3 years and just used it today for the first time this year, works fine.
 
I haven't used them, but I don't think they would work good enough. Batteries probably would last long enough and would only work for a couple years, then you'd have to hunt around for makers of that battery model.
 
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Originally Posted By: Throt
I have to agree, no offense to the others on the other side of the fence.

The only advantage of electric yard tools is not having to start the motor!

But I'd rather do that than trip over the extension cords.


The OP was specifically asking about cordless electric tools. No extension cord required!
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Oh, duh.
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I've had both coreless electric and engine tools. I tend to prefer those with an engine because the difference in power is noticeable.

The first cordless was a 24V Homelite mower in 2008. It was way underpowered for even suburban use. It was replaced in 2011 by a Toro 190cc mower and it is much better.

We do have a 20V Worx trimmer, and it is fine for a typical suburban yard. But for a blower/vac we just bought a Stihl. Tons of power, almost too much for our use.

Bottom line: if you want or need power, go with an engine. If you are a typical suburbanite, then the cordless electric tools have come a long way and with 40V ones you should be fine for most things around the yard.
 
I have a battery powered string trimmer and a hedge trimmer. The string trimmer is completely adequate for edging the lawn and knocking down small amounts of weeds. The hedge trimmer has plenty of power and run time for the 45 minutes of hedging I do per year. Both are Black and Decker, the string trimmer has a SLA battery and still runs well after 10 years. The hedger has a NiMh battery.
Core makes awesome cordless string trimmers
http://coreoutdoorpower.com/products/

I also have gas powered tools for heavy duty stuff.
 
I've seen YouTube videos of that Stihl cordless trimmer. Seems like it would do just fine for what I need around the house. I wonder how much the replacement battery costs ...
 
I bought a used Earthwise Cordless battery power lawn mower last summer,works awsome!
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I plan on purchasing a trimmer this year and it will be battery powered as well.
 
I have a 40 dollar Black and Decker weed wacker.

It works much better than what I expected.

I keep it on the charger in the garage, and it never fails.

I buy the spools on amazon pre spun. For some reason this one is hard to re-string.
 
I skipped both models I was interested in. The Kobalt felt like a toy. The body was hollow plastic.

The Ryobi was much more substantial but wasn't well balanced and even at 9lbs it wouldn't be something to use comfortably for more than a few minutes.

I ended up with a corded Black and Decker (Hedgehog). It made quick work of the Photinia.
 
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