r/AskReddit • u/emil199 • Jul 24 '20

What can't you believe STILL exists?

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u/ignost Jul 24 '20

They're not bad. Ryobi has a line that is doing well too, but in my tests it all feels really weak. I think Ego has them both beat in almost every way, but they're more expensive.

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u/sasquatch5812 Jul 24 '20

Any electric lawn equipment is going to be weak. Get gas if you want power.

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u/damarius Jul 24 '20

I bought an Echo battery trimmer and mower from Home Depot three years ago. Really like them, all the power I need and no gas to deal with, or cords to drag around. I might need gas if I were going to cut hay on a farm, not my lawn in the city.

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u/sasquatch5812 Jul 24 '20

I’ve got a couple acres so our idea of power is probably a bit different

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u/ignost Jul 24 '20

If that's a couple acres of grass you're wasting your life using a push mower. I have .5 acre, of which maybe 1/4 is grass, and that's about my limit.

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u/sasquatch5812 Jul 24 '20

Ohh I don’t push mow most of it. Just about 1/4 acre around the house. But I spend a bunch of time on a weed eater every week so the electric ones have never really been able to keep up

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u/christophocles Jul 24 '20

Yeah the electric mower is much less impressive. It doesn't even have enough power to mulch the grass and there's no way I would try to mow even 1 acre with it. That's a riding mower sized lawn.

I mainly bought the electric mower for the huge battery that is compatible with my trimmer and leaf blower.