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Lotta comments from folks without callouses. Electric tools suck, you never have enough batteries, they might have speed but the torque sucks, and who's gonna replace the thousands of dollars worth of gas tools I have? Keep yapping softhands, I'll eat your downvotes for breakfast and go burn 5 gallons of mix before days end Monday.
I rebuilt my house from the ground up, from the foundation to the studs to the drywall, by myself, it was the cheapest on the market for a reason. So don't worry, the callouses are plenty.
You'll do fine with an electric leaf-blower. If you have a landscaping business or maybe 20 acres, I'd say you're in a pickle and frustration is definitely justified.
The batteries can be a pain and a lot of the cheap ones die quick, buy a few extra quality batteries and remember to charge them. With the cost of gas alone you'll end up saving money in the long-run if you're out there as often as you suggest. I built a solar generator that powers my garage which is where I charge my batteries, so it litterally cost me nothing but the initial investment. I have a quarter acre and do my neighbors half acre, 2 batteries ~$30 a piece let's me weedwack and blow. My mower goes through 2 and I have an extra one just encase I need it.
Having to replace everything you have definetly sucks, I feel like they should just stop selling them and let the ones out there go until they die instead o prematurely going in a landfill.
....what electric tool batteries do you have that are $30 apiece? 🤨 I'm terribly curious. Because I've paid $350 for currently top of the line Milwaukee M18 Forge 12.0 batteries. Each.
Bosch 18V, 2Ah are around 30-35 euro where I live
Ooo that might've been misleading. I bought them as the local hardware store was shutting down about a year ago. I helped the owner out with website stuff so I got a percentage off plus the out of business sale. I think they were ~$80 originally. Nothing fancy.
Slightly misleading, but I'm not going to begrudge you for getting a hell of a deal. 🙂