By far, this has to be the most honest and best user case review on the internet so far! Well done to One Green Thumb Gardening! Whilst I will never go back to ICE gardening equipment, the cost of batteries should be factored in as a consumable, just like fuel. IMHO I have found that the EGO batteries seem to be the most reliable, and their battery cooling and monitoring far superior. I have seen one massive toxic fire with a European brand, whereby the contractor lost his entire trailer with equipment valued at around $35k … he spent 2 months in hospital. Heard of numerous others with the same brand. BTW, if you get a red light on the charger, you can try pulling the battery off, holding down the battery indicator button for over 10 seconds to reset the battery circuit board. If it keeps failing it’s time to recycle it for safety reasons. IMH experience, the batteries tend to fail in the first 12 months anyway, so use them straight up. Also, check dates on batteries when you buy new equipment. And when you buy new equipment with batteries, ensure the battery is in the box and the sales place has not been using it to display equipment, of replaced their mate’s batteries and swapped them over.
You may get more cycles from each battery if you minimize your use of rapid chargers (although that would require carrying more batteries). And if you don't care to rebuild your batteries sell them online, Even broken they fetch some money!
Just 1 thing when you mentioned hardwiring the backpack. If the wire gets too hot when using it, it is worth trying a thicker wire, as a normal 240v cord is too thin for low voltage and high current. That way you also be more efficient and get more juice out of the battery. It is a shame to know even with a reputable brand EGO the battery is still not very reliable and more like a consumables. But between that and all other maintenance for a petrol tool, it is still very attractive when going down the electrical path.
Could not agree more that the batteries should be classed as consumables … far too many reviews are done on just how cheap to run on electricity Vs fuel. Ego is also guilty of this with their “running cost Vs ICE”. This has to be the most honest and best user case review on the internet so far!
Ive had 6 batteries for the last 5 years. One failed completely days after the warranty expired. The others still run like champs - I never let them run all the way down, ever. I've seen knockoff batteries on Amazon that I'm considering when the other five eventually fail, because they're 1/4 of the price and lots of good reviews.
I have purchased 2 generic batteries from eBay. They say 12amp but are really 5amp. They were half the price of 5amp ego ($165 each) 1 is still going strong and the other died at 6 month
When it comes to 2 stroke it really makes no difference i just run at no higher then 40:1 mix on everything as long as you use quality oil it really makes no difference you can always add a splash more into a specific tool if you have an old saw or blower that takes 20:1 or something but it wont hurt a 50:1 running 40:1 more lube is better to a certain extent
By far, this has to be the most honest and best user case review on the internet so far!
Well done to One Green Thumb Gardening!
Whilst I will never go back to ICE gardening equipment, the cost of batteries should be factored in as a consumable, just like fuel.
IMHO I have found that the EGO batteries seem to be the most reliable, and their battery cooling and monitoring far superior. I have seen one massive toxic fire with a European brand, whereby the contractor lost his entire trailer with equipment valued at around $35k … he spent 2 months in hospital. Heard of numerous others with the same brand.
BTW, if you get a red light on the charger, you can try pulling the battery off, holding down the battery indicator button for over 10 seconds to reset the battery circuit board. If it keeps failing it’s time to recycle it for safety reasons.
IMH experience, the batteries tend to fail in the first 12 months anyway, so use them straight up.
Also, check dates on batteries when you buy new equipment. And when you buy new equipment with batteries, ensure the battery is in the box and the sales place has not been using it to display equipment, of replaced their mate’s batteries and swapped them over.
You may get more cycles from each battery if you minimize your use of rapid chargers (although that would require carrying more batteries). And if you don't care to rebuild your batteries sell them online, Even broken they fetch some money!
Cheers for the info, I've nicked my cord just wondering the best way to go about fixing it?
Just 1 thing when you mentioned hardwiring the backpack. If the wire gets too hot when using it, it is worth trying a thicker wire, as a normal 240v cord is too thin for low voltage and high current. That way you also be more efficient and get more juice out of the battery.
It is a shame to know even with a reputable brand EGO the battery is still not very reliable and more like a consumables. But between that and all other maintenance for a petrol tool, it is still very attractive when going down the electrical path.
Could not agree more that the batteries should be classed as consumables … far too many reviews are done on just how cheap to run on electricity Vs fuel. Ego is also guilty of this with their “running cost Vs ICE”.
This has to be the most honest and best user case review on the internet so far!
Ive had 6 batteries for the last 5 years. One failed completely days after the warranty expired. The others still run like champs - I never let them run all the way down, ever. I've seen knockoff batteries on Amazon that I'm considering when the other five eventually fail, because they're 1/4 of the price and lots of good reviews.
I have purchased 2 generic batteries from eBay. They say 12amp but are really 5amp.
They were half the price of 5amp ego ($165 each) 1 is still going strong and the other died at 6 month
When it comes to 2 stroke it really makes no difference i just run at no higher then 40:1 mix on everything as long as you use quality oil it really makes no difference you can always add a splash more into a specific tool if you have an old saw or blower that takes 20:1 or something but it wont hurt a 50:1 running 40:1 more lube is better to a certain extent