Battery operated weed trimmers?

[KenK]

Weed trimmer, string trimmer, edger, whatever you call them? Anyone have/had one using batteries? I dislike fooling with gasoline and little twu-cycle engines and my current electric unit has that annoying loooong power cord and gets power most conveniently from a touchy outside ground- fault detecting receptacle that sometimes, even when the vegetation is dry, too-often requires resets.

I've casually looked the those with batteries on-line and they appear quite expensive. If you have one, how long does that battery run before it needs recharging? Like 15 minutes, 20, 30? Probably depends a lot on unit and battery size. I'm afraid bettery replacements will be very expense - and perhaps hard to find.

Again, if you've used them, what is your experience? Would you get another?

TIA

[Danny D.]

I had bought one from Orchard Supply (Sears offshoot) a while ago, and hated it. The battery lasted fine in the beginning, but, within a short period (maybe a year or two?) it was useless.

Of course, I could have bought a new battery, but, what I ended up buying was a two-stroke weed whacker, which I had been happy with.

[Pico Rico]

same experience with our special order from OSH. It broke a couple times, too, so that was my excuse to return it for a refund (other than the special order fee, but I was happy to be rid of it).

[DerbyDad03]

I guess it really depends on how much trimming you have to do. I have had a B&D 24V trimmer for a number of years. I couldn't be happier, but I don't have a lot of edge to trim. I have never used up the battery in one session. I'd estimate that a session probably lasts about 15 - 20 minutes but that's not continuance.

I was storing a gas trimmer for my son when he lived in an apartment and I used it a few times. I liked the way it operated. It seemed smoother and less violent that my battery powered B&D but not enough that I would want to deal with mixing gas, dealing with cold weather running vs. warm, etc. With the B&D, I can just grab and go, even for a quick trim in one spot, and then hang it back on the garage wall.

[Tony Hwang]

Hi, Have both. 2 cycle gas, B&D Lithium Ion battery one. The B&D came with two batteries. Battery lasts about 30 mins. good enough to do a small city lot. I still use gas one out at our cabin.

[Frank]

I had a clipper and trimmer set with 2 batteries that cost $100. Worked nice for small stuff but when batteries gave out in 5 years only replacement I found were $50 each. Hated to throw out that set that was perfectly good but useless without batteries.

[David LaRue]

KenK wrote in news:XnsA3016195DEA24invalidcom@130.133.4.11:

I have a Black and Decker battery powered unit from about seven years ago that is still going strong. It is used once a week or so for about

30 minutes. It has never appeared to slow down so I presume it could run much longer. When not in use it sits on the charger. I'd recommend one.

[gregz]

I have a little sears unit. Fantastic, light, lithium battery, until they quit making replacement cutters.

Greg

[Kuskokwim]

Really like this one. Expensive but almost as powerful as gas powered:

[Vic Smith]

Had one, don't want another. Might be okay if you have small areas to whack. The motor weight on the bottom make them hard on the back.

[DerbyDad03]

They really need to change the description of that unit.

A 13" shaft on a trimmer could lead to a really sore back.