Speaking of corded yard appliances, if you live in the city and have a normal sized lot then the corded ones are the way to go. It's not hard to keep up with a cord and then you never have to worry about batteries or what they do to the environment.
Unfortunately I had to give up my cords a few years ago cause a couple thousand feet of cord gets heavy!
Cords are really not a big deal at all.
MrJoshua wrote: Did you buy the blower and trimmer with the double sized battery designed for them? Using my normal sized battery only gets me about 20 min with the trimmer instead of the 40 with the big battery.
Bought both sans batteries. Use the stubby Lithiums and normal Ni-Cads that I already had with the drills, etc.
No worries, as we have a fairly small lot, so swapping batteries isn't a biggie for me.
I rather assumed that the run times would be shorter since I wasn't best equipped for the lawn tasks, but I don't see it as a fault of the tools themselves.
I ended up with this:
Black & Decker CM1936 19-Inch 36-Volt Cordless Electric Lawn Mower With Removable Battery http://amzn.com/B002YK4UZU
I was having a real hard time justifying the price tag and decided to check CL yesterday morning. Got one with 2 seasons on it for $175 and an extra blade. Ill report back once I've used it a few times.
I have a 25yr old Craftsman(Sears) mower. Starts on the first pull. All original gas parts, no ethanol problem. No unleaded problems. Had to replace the blade bracket on the crankshaft once. May even have the original spark plug, not sure. I have a small lawn so that helps the longevity.
This thread got me using my B&D cordless trimmer again. I used it over the w/e to clean up the side walk edges, curb and around the house and fences. It went through 1.5 batteries doing this, but if I do this every time I mow, it shouldn't have to work as hard and one battery may do it.
Forgot to mention, my BD trimmer works great as an edger too. Just flip the guard down, press a button, and rotate the head 180 deg. This one: http://www.blackanddecker.com/outdoor/LST136.aspx
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