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I recently bought a new house where I had to care for the yard (previously owned in a HoA which handled yard care) and tried an electric leaf blower. It made it

I recently bought a new house where I had to care for the yard (previously owned in a HoA which handled yard care) and tried an electric leaf blower. It made it no more than 10 mins on a charge and the batteries took 8-10 hours to get back to 100%. I didn’t find that at all adequate to the task.

lostapathy 5y ago
Professional lawn crews will use professional tools. I don't know what you bought, the Ego equipment is actually pretty good and has fast-ish chargers available.
- garciasn 5y ago
  It’s why I hired a company to do the work and returned the battery operated leaf blower. It’s worth every penny to have someone else do the work.
  - asplake 5y ago
    And you don’t have equipment gathering dust in the shed. Everyone owning under-utilised equipment is also a massive too
rdiddly 5y ago
Sounds like you got a bad battery and would've qualified for a free replacement. Or a free rake. I can mow for over an hour on a 3-hour charge.