i had a 48 volt from lowes that worked wonderful,, i had two batteries and by the time the first one was dead i was ready for a break, before i could drain the next one the first one was fully charged,, i used mine on some pretty gnarly stuff. briars and thick weeds around my ponds and house,,,, even some some woody plants,,, it was not a good as a gas powered one but a dang lot handier and the gas never got old!! or needed to be refilled..... Harvey killed mine but i am buying another just like it asap!
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Originally posted by stinkbelly View PostI bought a Ryobi last summer to do an electric fence. The grass was thin. It was just these annoying shoots. I charged it fully. I made it about 250 yards at walking speed before it died. I only had one battery. I needed to go about 350 yards so I returned it.
The battery that comes with the weed eater is too small. If I remember right it is only a 1.5 amp/hr. I bought the Ryobi 18volt weed eater and blower. When I got them I went ahead and picked up two of the 2.5 amp/hr batteries. With my small 1/4 acre city lot I can weedeat the front and back yard as well as edge the driveway on one battery. The blower really drains the batteries quickly. If I went with the 5 amp/hr batteries then it would be even better.
The cheap models like the Ryobi are designed for small city lots. You can’t really expect a cheap one to be equal to a gas model. If you keep it’s limitations in mind then they are great!! I love mine, but when we finally buy some acreage you can bet that I will be buying a couple of the 5 amp/hr batteries.
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I have the ryobi mower and weed eater/edger combo. I have 2 40V batteries and can mow, edge, and weed eat my corner lot yard with those two batteries. I wouldn't be able to do more than that probably. I would like to get the blower as well and be able to do all of my yard with 3 batteries. My wife and I are in the process of purchasing 70 acres and I have thought about looking at the battery operated chainsaw as well, just haven't talked myself into that. I highly recommend the battery tools for basic yard work. Much lighter, quieter, and work great! No maintenance!
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Originally posted by stickbowcoop View PostI have a Ryobi 18V One+ and it runs about 30 minutes or so trimming our yard. I only bought it because I had back surgery last year and my wife wanted something easy to operate (no pull starting, mixing gas, etc). Now that we have it I really like it.
This was my exact reason why I bought the Ryobi as well. Except replace back surgery with knee surgery.
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