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EGO 2.5Ah Battery + Nexus 150W Inverter + Std Charger $229 (RRP $329) + Delivery ($0 in-Store QLD) @ TradeTools

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EGO 2.5Ah Battery + Nexus 150W Inverter + Std Charger $229 (RRP $329) + Delivery ($0 in-Store QLD) @ TradeTools
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Elyxar on 12/10/2024 - 17:37 tradetools.com (987 clicks)
Last edited 14/10/2024 - 12:59 by 1 other user

$100 off the 150 Watt Inverter Kit. Basically a free inverter and charger with the regular price of the (overpriced) battery. I've needed another battery for a while and won't pay the asking price but this is a buy for me.

EGO 56V 2.5Ah Nexus Escape 150-Watt Power Inverter Kit - PAD1501E

There are also 180W and 400W versions both with pure sine wave and built in LEDs but they aren't currently on sale. The 180W is newer and much more capable than the 150W and retails for only an extra $20 in kit form.

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  • finger on 12/10/2024 - 17:54

    The 2.5Ah batteries are pretty trash, mine cuts out using the boost function on the blower. Shame its not a 5Ah

    • Name on 12/10/2024 - 18:11
      +2

      Should follow up with their warranty team. My 2.5Ah battery runs the boost function fine (although it does chew through a 2.5Ah quick!). I've also had success with it on the chainsaw.

      Warranty was a breeze, my 7.5Ah lawn mower one kept cutting out and blinking red. I just sent them a video of it not working and they sent me a new one in the mail. Didn't want me to send the broken one back.

      • finger on 12/10/2024 - 18:32

        Yeah it was at the start but now out of warranty. My 7.5ah also blinked red and got replaced under warranty.i had to go to a service centre so never got to keep my dodgy one.

        • dlcx on 12/10/2024 - 18:37

          Yeah same as “name” above, I have no issues with 2.5ah batteries and the blower when boosting. No issues using them for blower, chainsaw and line trimmer, just less capacity vs the larger batteries but 2.5ah suits my needs fine

      • squiddles88 on 12/10/2024 - 20:33

        Drop the broken battery on the ground. Mine came good again.

        Managed to RMA it still, have 2x 7.5 now.

        • Elyxar on 12/10/2024 - 20:48

          There is a couple of videos on youtube of people fixing them. Doesn't seem all that involved.

          • Name on 12/10/2024 - 22:31

            @Elyxar: Oh really? I might see if I can find the videos and give it a go as I didn't discard the battery they told me to discard under warranty. It's just sitting in a cupboard.

    • justtoreply on 12/10/2024 - 18:39

      When they redesigned their batteries they also accidentally made new batteries incompatible with the old blowers. If memory serves though the blower would cut out even without turbo function though so prob not your issue

      • aNoPHeLeS on 12/10/2024 - 18:41

        Yep found this problem - pretty bad that it would be incompatible

        • justtoreply on 12/10/2024 - 18:44

          They also screwed up when redesigning their charger. The newer ones (years old now) look the same as the old ones but the fan doesn't ever turn off after charging completes. Which guarantees the fan is going to wear out. They should have put it on a 5min timer if they needed to cool the unit down

          • Nom on 12/10/2024 - 18:54

            @justtoreply: Hopefully they've used a suitable fan - you could leave a 50,000 hour fan (a pretty normal rating for a decent modern fan) on for an entire day&night every three days and it would still last well over 15 years.

            But you're screwed if they've cheaped out on a crappy fan 😬

    • quikstix on 13/10/2024 - 01:53

      zero issues with using 2.5 on my blower with boost or whipper snipper 2 and a half yrs in with alot of use.
      I have had one battery last a whole 10seconds after 2yrs and they sent me a brand new replacement super quick

  • Sleepycat3 on 12/10/2024 - 19:03

    140Wh at 150W is not much. It will be just enough to charge a few mobile phones and is essentially equal to 2x 18000mAh (75.6Wh) mobile phone powerbanks.

    • aNoPHeLeS on 12/10/2024 - 21:41

      Agree - it's not a bad deal but you have to ask yourself whether a 150w inverter is much use and whether you have enough batteries to make use of it!

      • outlander on 13/10/2024 - 10:57

        Even 150w still has it's uses. One thing in particular is if you have an instantaneous gas hot water heater, during a blackout people might think they are covered. But it requires electricity to make the spark to ignite the gas. So that's one use.
        Or more generally, running things like laptops.
        Or a heated blanket. Imagine your going to watch your kids soccer game. Its winter, its freezing. But you have a heated throw blanket and this. Not so bad now.

        So there are uses, if you use a little imagination

  • locknuts on 12/10/2024 - 20:18
    +1

    2 of my EGO batteries have died. I don't trust them.

  • Wiser on 12/10/2024 - 21:06

    Anyone used clone ego batteries?
    Really tempting prices

  • Elyxar on 13/10/2024 - 04:04

    One issue I have with the kit I bought today was that the battery was manufactured 10-2021. I'm wondering if EGO are clearing out old stock. The 180W model is a more recent release and has significant improvements over the 150W so maybe they are going to or already have ended this product?

  • pepper84 on 13/10/2024 - 10:05

    Any similar concepts with other brands?

  • chewbot on 13/10/2024 - 12:53
    +3

    I went in heavy to the Ego world, buying a big package deal 4 years ago and multiple bonus batteries via redemption. I am far from professional but I have found them pretty good.

    The problem is, I always thought I would justify the expense of the package deals by then buying an inverter to make use of all the extra batteries i have.

    BUT, they still haven't released an Australian version of the more powerful multi-battery inverters that the other markets have had for at least 5 years.

    Things like:

    https://powerplusparts.com/collections/generators-power-stat…

    3000 watts

    Can use anywhere between 1 and 4 batteries at a time.

    For me, it's not even about the massive level of power output, but I really like the idea of being able to plug in multiple batteries and overlap when they run out to enable continuous power.

    • stumo on 14/10/2024 - 10:15
      +1

      I think thats because it uses simple switching to provide 120V AC from the 56V DC battery. So swithing it on +56V on the AC pins, then switching it in reverse -56V on the AC pins. You essentially get the full 3kW of power straight from the batteries just using a couple of mosfets.

      You can't do this for 240V, it would require a totally different design and it would be very expensive to do for 3kW too.

      • Elyxar on 14/10/2024 - 16:13

        I guess you could grey import one and only use electronics that auto detect and use voltage down to 110. Probably not worth the trouble though.

      • chewbot on 14/10/2024 - 23:13

        Thanks for that explanation. It does make me feel a little less frustrated.

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