This is what I would expect. Sensible reasoning. IMO it’s limited to home owners. If you have to charge in the wild, that’s a deal breaker to me. I found it super annoying having to fill up so often with cars I’ve had that either had small tanks or bad mileage. An EV would be equivalent to having a small tank.
Mine is modest. Not small, and not large either. It’s 80X120. I just don’t want to walk behind a mower with such a small blade span. I don’t want to walk back and forth 400 times.
I would avoid corded like the plague. But how much is that Dewalt? You can get a really nice gas powered snow blower for around 850 bucks. The Troy built I have makes short work of the worst storms. You’d be nuts to spend that kind of money on the electric blower.
I love the battery powered tools. But it has to make sense. Don’t spend more for an inferior product. Cost, performance, and convenience all need to be weighed. That Troy built I have is an absolute animal. The 60V Dewalt is not.
Focus got killed in the United States years ago. Ford killed all of their traditional cars with the exception of the Mustang. Everything they sell in the US is either a truck, SUV, or a crossover.
The whole idea of the corded Toro was to avoid gasoline. My driveway is only about 30x40 plus a bit in front of my mailbox across the street. The battery Dewalt is about $1000, but to me the $150 difference is worth it to avoid dealing with another small gas engine.
Don’t do it. Not only is it way over priced, but it is vastly inferior. I’m with you on eliminating gas tools if possible. Snow blowers and ride on mowers are not yet good choices to go battery powered.
Let me give you an example of what I did recently. I needed a small chainsaw to do light work. I could have bought a 40V with a 12" bar for 130 bucks. But the upgraded one was 20% off at 190 bucks, making it 151 bucks. I didn’t need a 16 " bar. But it had a 40mph chain speed as opposed to the 18mph chain speed the other provided. So I got the upgraded one.
In that example the inferior chainsaw was cheaper by a bit. But can you see me paying more for the inferior chainsaw because that’s all I need? That’s what you’re about to do if you pay 1000 bucks for that snow blower. I’m not totally against batter powered snow blowers. But the cost has to make sense.
I appreciate the input, but have had a 20/60 volt DeWalt chainsaw for five years and I haven’t used my gas powered Stihl since. The function (it easily fells and cuts up mature Birch trees) and convenience are completely adequate. I have no reason to believe that their 20/60 volt snowblower won’t work just as well as my extension cord Toro. Our snow is very dry and we rarely get more than 6-8 inches at a time. One of my neighbors down the street has one and I envy her freedom to work without messing with and be limited by a cord.
The electric chainsaws are great. Just curious, does your Dewalt leak bar oil? That’s one of the reasons I didn’t get a Dewalt chainsaw. Too many people reporting that it did. That sounded annoying.
I have no doubt the snow blower you’re looking at will do the job. My main issue with that thing is the price.
Good for you. I OTHO, prefer a snowblower with enough power to clean out the end of my driveway after the snow plows come through. I’m 61 years old, and would like to do that without risking a heart attack.
Yes, the bar oil seeps out of the felt oiler at the chain sprocket if you don’t empty the reservoir after use. But there is usually more than enough oil on the oiler and sprocket that if you are not using it for heavy cutting you don’t have to fill the reservoir every time.
I was initially planning on buying an battery Stihl, but DeWalt was having a great sale. The saws were about the same price, but Dewalt offered two batteries and the charger for free … about a $250 savings over the Stihl. I don’t know if the Stihl has a similar issue with the bar oil, but in reviews I read for performance and battery life it was the best of the bunch at the time, whereas the DeWalt was number two.
Worx, not known for great products, has a Nitro line that’s pretty good. None of their chainsaws leak bar oil. Stihl has a fanatical fanbase and the company takes full advantage. Their battery powered chainsaws are so overpriced that it’s almost laughable. Stihl has three battery powered chainsaws. The Worx I have is comparable to their mid range saw. At 1/4 the price. It’s not as good. But it’s not 4X worse. I realize Stihl has better quality as well. But man do they soak their customers.
Dewalt does the same thing to a much lesser extent. Their 60V chainsaw has a chain speed of around 30-35 mph if I’m not mistaken. I paid a 151 bucks for a Worx chainsaw that gets 40mph. Is it made as well as the Dewalt? Probably not. But it’s a lot cheaper and doesn’t leak bar oil.
I hear you. It can be 3-4 feet high when that happens. I need something that cuts through that effortlessly. I used to work road maintenance for the NJTP. I had to plow snow. That means my wife had to clear the driveway or else I couldn’t get in. I wasn’t home. But the gas powered blower I got made it easy for her.
I am one of those Stihl fans. I have been using one of their saws, a Farm Boss with a 20-inch bar, since 1978. I have probably cut 40-50 cords of wood with it, plus a lot of brush cutting. And as far as price of their electric saws, it was the same price as the Dewalt except Dewalt gave me the two batteries and charger for free. IMO, they are well worth the price.
I agree Stihl is very good. I just think their battery powered prices are way over priced. That Dewalt you have has a slower chain speed than my 151 dollar Worx Nitro. However, I will admit the Dewalt is probably a better built product. But it leaks bar oil. Which I would find very annoying.
As for Lithium…well it seems we found a deposit right here in America that dwarf world largest deposits in Chile and Australia.
That’s right folks…right here in good old USA.
To all environmental weenies out there…start looking for native plants, animals or insects in where Nevada and Oregon meet, McDermitt Caldera area that will be effected by mining.
We need to preserve this area for future generations.
Oh 20 to 40 million metric tons of it. Chile deposit has 9.3
Her advance team realized there weren’t going to be enough plugs to go around. One of the station’s four chargers was broken, and others were occupied. So an Energy Department staffer tried parking a nonelectric vehicle by one of those working chargers to reserve a spot for the approaching secretary of energy.
That did not go down well: a regular gas-powered car blocking the only free spot for a charger?
In fact, a family that was boxed out — on a sweltering day, with a baby in the vehicle — was so upset they decided to get the authorities involved: They called the police.
