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EGO Power+ 21" 56V Lawn Mower + Cordless Leaf Blower w/ 2x 4Ah Batteries & Charger
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A gas mower may possibly have a lower initial cost, but you also need to change oil regularly (costs money and time), fill it with gas regularly (costs money and time), you have to worry about gas going bad in the off season/carburetor maintenance (more time) and you have to shut it off to hear your wife yelling at you.
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A gas mower may possibly have a lower initial cost, but you also need to change oil regularly (costs money and time), fill it with gas regularly (costs money and time), you have to worry about gas going bad in the off season/carburetor maintenance (more time) and you have to shut it off to hear your wife yelling at you.
I want one for a season, just to really try one out. But I have no faith this or it's pre/post will do what I need it to do. Not like a tried and true steel deck gas powers mower always does! Apples and Oranges is what I would expect here, and I see no value at $571.25 when I paid $400 for my self propelled Ariens 21" Razor!
I've got 5 years and counting on this Ariens Razor mower. It's a one pump chump every time up and running, all year long.
I'm curious about this battery stuff, but not curious enough to spend my money! Early adopters always pay the premium, problem is the early adopters are often the most clueless of us all. Meaning they can't even describe a problem let alone notice one if/when it happens. So they are useless for product design and/or development.
Just saying. Any real company that want's real criticism will put this thing in the hands of the real stupid. They are only a breath away and all over main stream media!
Me personally, as much as I am curious, I will just wait to see how the non stop stupid among us proceed to cut off hands and feet with electric mower so that they become so unusable that even smart people can't run them. Kinda like what has been done to real tractors and real push mowers..... Just sayin.
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But I went back to a Toro w/ Honda engine, and do not regret it. I find that for my needs I use a little over 2 gallons of gas the entire season, and once a year I change the oil and drain the carb (there is a peckcock). Now I feel bad because I gave my old Husq to my parents and it is 17 years old not a problem. I paid $200 for that
To me the issue has been twofold: The deck is plastic and I cracked it. It is still cracked, cannot get the parts. I had to scrounge to find a replacement blade. I looked at other parts and they are either out of stock or never coming back in stock because this mower is TWO years old.
My point the 7.5Ah battery is almost $400 to replace, I spent $600 for a Toro that will last 20 years, and parts will be available. The Toro also does a much better job cutting and the new Honda engine is CARB compliant so it doesn't smell like my old one. I can back of napkin but in 20 years of service I can 100% guarantee the batteries will die 2-3x (and they are ALWAYS more expensive) and the lawnmover will be throwaway already if it breaks because they discontinue parts or just can't get them because they only sell consumables.
For those reasons, I will stick w/ the gas mower for my needs (along w/ snowblower) and for every other application I have moved to electric. I still have the problem of super-high ridiculous battery prices but that is for another day and something like a mower won't kill them as fast.
So I think battery has come a long way the #1 major issue is parts availability to fix without having to throw out the entire mower when it breaks or wait 6 months for a fix. I will unfortunately have to prob throw out my Ego mower because I doubt parts ever come available and a cracked deck is a safety risk.
Hey... to fix that cracked plastic deck, you should try the old super glue mixed with baking soda hack. It might work as a repair if it JUST cracked (aka: not missing too many bits/pieces, especially large bits/pieces).
I won't go into all the details about the glue recipe, etc., but you can definitely learn how to do it by watching YT videos, of course.
If you do try to fix it this way, please let us all know the results.
BTW, here's my .02 re: my own experience w/EGO equipment (EXCEPT an EGO lawnmower).
For about 5 years, I've owned just a handful of EGO stuff. The one thing I bought from them (at a local ACE Hardware on Bk Fri about 3 years was a kit that had a 'power feed head' string trimmer, a handheld blower, and the charger & 2 5ah batteries.
Well, I'm in my 50s & have been trimming lawns for many of those years (not commercially, unless you count when I was 14-17 cutting lawns for extra $ during summers).
I've used several different string trimmers spanning several summers... but it wasn't until I used the EGO trimmer with that Power Load/Feed Head technology that I began to take battery powered lawn equipment more seriously.
That power head load function is AWESOME. It's not a perfect solution for loading the string into string trimmers... but it IS the best way to load a string trimmer w/trimmer line that I've ever experienced in the last 40+ years.
And the string trimmers themselves (performance-wise) cut weeds & can edge as good or better than even my old gas Stihl string trimmer.
And to be clear, I'm 100% NOT against gas-powered equipment (and that includes cars/boats/ships/planes/trains, etc) of any kind. I think these two technologies can co-exist peacefully. As a matter of fact, I think the folks that go 'all battery/electric', are setting themselves up for an eventual failure.
Why not use battery powered stuff (such as that awesome EGO 'easy-to-load by pushing a button' string trimmer I just mentioned) when it makes sense to... while also having gas powered equipment for certain specific tasks or as back up options when the battery/electric powered stuff isn't working or isn't a viable option for whatever reason?
BTW, I do prefer backpack blowers, but because (evidently) handheld battery operated blowers are 'overall measurably lighter' than gas powered units, these work fairly well as far as handheld blowers go.
OK - rant nearly over. But with all that said, I might have pulled the trigger on this deal if the batteries were 7.5 (or even larger). EGO does have VERY expensive battery prices... and I'm still not sure why. The cells in their batteries are not anything special (although I do think they use name brand cells in their batteries - as they should, especially at these eye-bulging prices).
In summary... I highly recommend buying any of their pushbutton power loading string trimmers... especially when getting it in a kit bundle with at least one 'big battery & one fast charger'.
But as with any battery/electric powered cordless tools/lawn garden equipment... getting deals on batteries (and especially bundle deals) should always be the focus.
Worst case scenario is you end up with an extra piece of equipment that you already own. Many times this happened to me. I ended up keeping most of the extra pieces 'for future back up options'.
But I also sold a couple of tools (w/OUT the battery & charger) on Craigslist because I decided I just didn't need them. Sold them after a few days.
Ok... finally done. Thanks for reading & thx to the OP for posting this deal.
OK - end of novel. : )
Hey... to fix that cracked plastic deck, you should try the old super glue mixed with baking soda hack. It might work as a repair if it JUST cracked (aka: not missing too many bits/pieces, especially large bits/pieces).
I won't go into all the details about the glue recipe, etc., but you can definitely learn how to do it by watching YT videos, of course.
If you do try to fix it this way, please let us all know the results.
BTW, here's my .02 re: my own experience w/EGO equipment (EXCEPT an EGO lawnmower).
For about 5 years, I've owned just a handful of EGO stuff. The one thing I bought from them (at a local ACE Hardware on Bk Fri about 3 years was a kit that had a 'power feed head' string trimmer, a handheld blower, and the charger & 2 5ah batteries.
Well, I'm in my 50s & have been trimming lawns for many of those years (not commercially, unless you count when I was 14-17 cutting lawns for extra $ during summers).
I've used several different string trimmers spanning several summers... but it wasn't until I used the EGO trimmer with that Power Load/Feed Head technology that I began to take battery powered lawn equipment more seriously.
That power head load function is AWESOME. It's not a perfect solution for loading the string into string trimmers... but it IS the best way to load a string trimmer w/trimmer line that I've ever experienced in the last 40+ years.
And the string trimmers themselves (performance-wise) cut weeds & can edge as good or better than even my old gas Stihl string trimmer.
And to be clear, I'm 100% NOT against gas-powered equipment (and that includes cars/boats/ships/planes/trains, etc) of any kind. I think these two technologies can co-exist peacefully. As a matter of fact, I think the folks that go 'all battery/electric', are setting themselves up for an eventual failure.
Why not use battery powered stuff (such as that awesome EGO 'easy-to-load by pushing a button' string trimmer I just mentioned) when it makes sense to... while also having gas powered equipment for certain specific tasks or as back up options when the battery/electric powered stuff isn't working or isn't a viable option for whatever reason?
BTW, I do prefer backpack blowers, but because (evidently) handheld battery operated blowers are 'overall measurably lighter' than gas powered units, these work fairly well as far as handheld blowers go.
OK - rant nearly over. But with all that said, I might have pulled the trigger on this deal if the batteries were 7.5 (or even larger). EGO does have VERY expensive battery prices... and I'm still not sure why. The cells in their batteries are not anything special (although I do think they use name brand cells in their batteries - as they should, especially at these eye-bulging prices).
In summary... I highly recommend buying any of their pushbutton power loading string trimmers... especially when getting it in a kit bundle with at least one 'big battery & one fast charger'.
But as with any battery/electric powered cordless tools/lawn garden equipment... getting deals on batteries (and especially bundle deals) should always be the focus.
Worst case scenario is you end up with an extra piece of equipment that you already own. Many times this happened to me. I ended up keeping most of the extra pieces 'for future back up options'.
But I also sold a couple of tools (w/OUT the battery & charger) on Craigslist because I decided I just didn't need them. Sold them after a few days.
Ok... finally done. Thanks for reading & thx to the OP for posting this deal.
OK - end of novel. : )
I want one for a season, just to really try one out. But I have no faith this or it's pre/post will do what I need it to do. Not like a tried and true steel deck gas powers mower always does! Apples and Oranges is what I would expect here, and I see no value at $571.25 when I paid $400 for my self propelled Ariens 21" Razor!
I've got 5 years and counting on this Ariens Razor mower. It's a one pump chump every time up and running, all year long.
I'm curious about this battery stuff, but not curious enough to spend my money! Early adopters always pay the premium, problem is the early adopters are often the most clueless of us all. Meaning they can't even describe a problem let alone notice one if/when it happens. So they are useless for product design and/or development.
Just saying. Any real company that want's real criticism will put this thing in the hands of the real stupid. They are only a breath away and all over main stream media!
Me personally, as much as I am curious, I will just wait to see how the non stop stupid among us proceed to cut off hands and feet with electric mower so that they become so unusable that even smart people can't run them. Kinda like what has been done to real tractors and real push mowers..... Just sayin.
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