Against my better judgement

mindful yardworker

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Mon 2013 Sep 16, 7:49am

We have a battery operated chainsaw. It's the biggest piece of crap we've ever owned. -NCKate
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Years ago, against my better judgement, I bought rechargeable-battery-powered weed-eater/edger and hedge trimmer. Cheap enough I thought worth the experiment. Figured, as backups when I didn't want to fiddle with gascans, etc. It was everything you'd expect.

They did the job... until they didn't. On both, you know that thing about delivering steady power? No. When the batteries are fully charged, okay, but power soon drops off, so you're re-charging a not-drained battery and the life gets shorter... Charger did not drain before recharging. (I think I have all that right.) So, battery-powered yard tools? No. But mainly, little vital cheap plastic parts broke. All in all, they were barely better than anticipated, when they worked, but, yeah, crap.

Anybody need a bunch of proprietary rechargable batteries? Charger included. I'll throw in a couple proprietary spools of weed eater line...

PS The Old Reliable corded hedge trimmer must be in its fifth decade. Like the Montgomery Ward waffle iron the Mrs & I bought when we first got together, it just keeps on working.

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