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No, the battery electric blowers, weedwhackers, chainsaws and mowers are significantly quieter than their gasoline powered brethren. (source: I switched to Ego

by lsllc 5y ago

No, the battery electric blowers, weedwhackers, chainsaws and mowers are significantly quieter than their gasoline powered brethren. (source: I switched to Ego battery electric yard equipment from gas powered ones a few years ago).

sokoloff 5y ago
Agree with you on the string trimmers and mowers being quieter in a way that’s meaningful. (I particularly love my battery string trimmer since I spent more time working on than using my gas one.) I have a plug-in chainsaw and it’s also quiet but it’s Fisher-Price sized so I can’t fairly say either way. The blowers I’d encourage you to look up the specs and make sure your quiet electric has the power your loud gas one had before finalizing your conclusion on sound output per air output. I doubt it has even half the power (unless your gas blower was a particularly small four-stroke). I bought two plug-in blowers (both were bad jokes, being limited to 1.4kW of input power by the outlet) before buying a gas blower. I’ve since tried two battery blowers of friends and one of those was okay but still noticeably slower and less powerful than my gas blower (the other was similar to the plug-ins: suitable for dry leaves on smooth concrete). I’m not at all opposed to electric tools (especially since small seasonal gas engines are a pain to keep running well); in fact I prefer them. But I haven’t found a blower that’s competitive in power and I’ve got maple seeds to move from 3” bluegrass in the wet New England fall and I’ve not found an electric that can do it.
- lsllc 5y ago
  The Ego blower I have is 615 cfm, which is at the higher end compared to most gas powered blowers (450-650cfm). However, the battery life isn't great, you get maybe 15 mins on a charge of those smaller 2ah batteries (but I have several along with a bigger 4ah mower battery). Perfectly fine for my yard, but not practical for a landscaper.

by lsllc 5y ago

sokoloff 5y ago

Agree with you on the string trimmers and mowers being quieter in a way that’s meaningful. (I particularly love my battery string trimmer since I spent more time working on than using my gas one.) I have a plug-in chainsaw and it’s also quiet but it’s Fisher-Price sized so I can’t fairly say either way. The blowers I’d encourage you to look up the specs and make sure your quiet electric has the power your loud gas one had before finalizing your conclusion on sound output per air output. I doubt it has even half the power (unless your gas blower was a particularly small four-stroke). I bought two plug-in blowers (both were bad jokes, being limited to 1.4kW of input power by the outlet) before buying a gas blower. I’ve since tried two battery blowers of friends and one of those was okay but still noticeably slower and less powerful than my gas blower (the other was similar to the plug-ins: suitable for dry leaves on smooth concrete). I’m not at all opposed to electric tools (especially since small seasonal gas engines are a pain to keep running well); in fact I prefer them. But I haven’t found a blower that’s competitive in power and I’ve got maple seeds to move from 3” bluegrass in the wet New England fall and I’ve not found an electric that can do it.

lsllc 5y ago
The Ego blower I have is 615 cfm, which is at the higher end compared to most gas powered blowers (450-650cfm). However, the battery life isn't great, you get maybe 15 mins on a charge of those smaller 2ah batteries (but I have several along with a bigger 4ah mower battery). Perfectly fine for my yard, but not practical for a landscaper.