I've never had any experience with battery-run trimmer but the hassle of maintaining petrol ones from dirty and through cold weather has pushed me to give this a go. I reckon 36V would be a decent power for trimming around a small-medium lawn like mine. There are also 18V versions but I don't feel they are powerful enough.
I've noticed the same but can easily get through the edging and fence lines both in front and smallish backyard. Always handy to have a second battery but given this is 36v should last for 20+ mins.
I own one ….
at full charged, it covers 120m2 full on and still has 1 bar left
needs thicker line though, only use standard 1,6 mm
bump feed works fine, just don't do it on concrete !
Far much less noise, no fumes
only needs 2 hrs to fully charged
Cheers, I'm pretty sure it wasn't there last night! Anyway here you go.
I've got the 36v Bosch lawn mower and it has enough grunt for my pretty invasive lawn. If I leave it too long I just need to run the mower at an angle to take off the top of the grass but that is only months and months of no mowing
Battery last enough to do front nature strip plus my back yard which I would take a wild guess at 200m2
I have the Ryobi 18v and it works well for a small lawn.
Strange comments by the OP…
the hassle of maintaining petrol ones"
The maintaining of the nylon line that you also must maintain (more often) in a battery one? Not many people maintains line trimmers, especially 2 strokes.
from dirty
The dirt and grass that sticks to the petrol ones will also stick to the battery one just as much. Then again, who bothers to clean them anyway, so who cares?
and through cold weather
If it is cold then it's cold - using a battery line trimmer won't make it warmer. In fact, since they are less powerful and have thinner line, you will be out in the cold for longer if you use a electric one.
My Honda 4 stroke decided to die last weekend, blocked carby or something after about 5 years of ownership. I can definitely see the attraction of a battery one, however my Honda struggles (even using 3mm line) with my hard use (especially the edges of paths and footpath) so there is no way that a cordless could cope.
So I will just clean it out and maybe treat it to a $20:carby kit, and it will be running for another 5 years. I doubt that the Ozito will still be in service after that long LOL
this argument clearly from a 9 years old kid……
my megaman is better than your megaman ! LOL
I just picked one up from bunnings at North Lakes and they were selling for $100!
How could you get it for that price?
Is this store's special? As mine is still $149
Looks like these boxes have been opened and returned if i'm not wrong? Anyway still pretty good price if nothing's wrong with it.
@arobe37: I called North Lakes store but they have no idea about this clearance. Put me on hold for 20 mins then hang up. Available in many other stores for $149 though.
How much are these normally and why cant I buy it online?
Just bought one but the sales assistant said I might only get 2 years out of it and they were never $299 so the rrp is a bit misleading.
How much did you pay?
I paid $150 and I showed him the pic of it for 100 and he said he does not price match on clearance items.
Gotta love that honesty of Bunnings staff.
Is this a deal at $149? I've seen it at this price for the past few weeks.
Is this really a bargain? I think it's always been this price.
For anyone who cares, used it for the first time this morning and it's bloody brilliant. Perfect for a medium sized yard and plenty charge left after 30mins of use.
Unless you have a tiny lawn, I'd go for a petrol version…
These things suck the battery dry very quickly…