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greenworks customer service and warranty sucks. I had an 80v snow blower. Worked for 10 minutes then spent 1.5 years (not joking) In a repair shop waiting for parts. This was pre COVID. Terrible terrible. I have an 80v battery that wont work now (charge). It's 3 years old so I'm sol. Stay away. Buyer beware etc
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i still dont get the 24v-82v. They should have just stuck with 1 voltage. You could have had a 24v 10ah, or a 48v 5ah, or a 96v 2.5ah, and they would all be the same pack size and power.
Well they also have the auto switching battery circuit, so thats kinda another point of failure. So you load up two 40v or two 80v, and it just runs on one till dry, then switches to the fresh one for extended run time.
I'm not sure why they chose those numbers. My opinion is that the 60V line is kind of a dead end, I don't think they have as many tools in that class. I'm sure there's some variability in the voltages, so it very well might be 48V at full charge. I've never checked with a multimeter. People talk about hand tools and how dewalt ahs 2 more volts than Ryobi, but they don't; one is using the fully charged measure, the other is using an average.
What I can say, is that when I bought my house in 2010, I purchased one of the Greenworks 40V mower setups, just like this, with the 4Ah & 2Ah batteries. For my small (1/8th acre) yard, it was perfect. So I eventually bought the string trimmer and blower, both in 40V.
That first mower lasted ~5 years, before I had to replace it (still have it, as I believe the issue was with the safety handle cable stretching....and the procrastination bug bit me, and I still haven't replaced the cable! ). Instead, I bought a replacement mower, with batteries or charger. THAT one is still going. The only thing I've had to do to it, was the seasonal cleaning and sharpening of the blade.
When the blower I bought died, after 2.5 years, I called GWT, and it was still under warranty. No problem, they'll send out a replacement to me. They didn't just send the power head.....they sent the whole damn tool, with accessories! Took about 2 weeks to get to me.
So I've been pretty happy with my purchases.
The Hart is for trimming, or going really slow with a 16" cut unless it runs on magic. Its claiming 40min run time using half the battery capacity. Unless maybe its 40min if you use both batteries? Youtube says the Hart gets 10-15min of run time per battery.
Still id get the hart if it as just for hitting the spots too tight to hit with the rider.
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40V and I am writing about the BATTERIES
(mine is two blade two batteries model)
Was very skeptical upon purchase and impressed after all these years.
warnings/negative at first:
-so many of them going on sale means the company about to change model line and you may not be able to get replacement batteries
-this line (and 60V specifically) of an earlier introduction: 24, 80 V are generally newer
-our mostly very good impressions based on OLD production: new ones I don't know
-if you forget to charge and let them be for extended period - batteries will brick
-storing outside will corrode contacts: had to discard a unit for that.
-sun blemishes initially vibrant green
-storing in a dry garage is OK, battery INSIDE ONLY
Good:
-beyond any expectations longevity
-FL heat and slightly oversized lot, but almost every time one battery was enough (no overgrowth)
-relatively fast charging and we had a second one always
-no comparison on the noise with gas.
Same goes for vibrations
-power is so unexpectedly great, it even overpasses some cheaper gas mowers.
(used wired GreenWorks model first and was completely expecting this being lower power, but no)
-charged battery stores well (winter season unused), but it is NOT recommended: you better of storing half-charged, discharging a bit and charging partially. But with their charger it's easy
Battery has charge indicator and you can act accordingly
-Unit is quite light! (much easier to load into trunk: used to maintain rentals between tenants)
-mine has two smaller sized blades and they somehow don't go dull so quickly
-took fine sudden rain during cutting, but do NOT let it be wet for days!!!
-you can relatively easy cut them open and replace elements. But these are technically "non-replaceable"
-obviously, no oil, no exhaust, no filter, no carburetor problems, no pulling to start
P.S. almost 20 years ago bought the cheapest wired chainsaw (happened to be Greenworks): still works fine... That is how I paid attention to the brand.
No guarantee, that they keep the quality still. Just saying
P.P.S. Voltage generally means power with them: higher voltage - more power (and heavier batteries) Initially, I believe, 40V was the max