Why do people rev up petrol strimmers?

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Fun, quick, but not that expensive. They can be had second hand for not a lot and once bought, they are cheap to run. I guess mine (on my second now) have been cheaper on fuel than a follow behind mower. Follow behind would take most of the day, leaving me worn out = little tractor mower flys round in 30 minutes effortlessly.

Surely you can run a new power line? Is your grass not next to a building, like the house?

The battery mower I've seen actually runs on two Li Ion drill batteries. It's s*it. It'll only take 1 inch off the grass length or it can't turn the motor. It can't handle moss. It only runs for 30 or 40 minutes.

It's very easy to replace them, you just need a screwdriver and a soldering iron, it's not rocket science. I've even upgraded an ancient drill form NiCad to LiIon. Don't ever use NiMH, thy overheat drastically!

I don't care if it screams, but just keep it screaming instead of the stop start pointless nonsense.

The battery replacement has always been my gripe. How does Dewalt and I am sure many others justify what they are doing. For the same price of

I had a leaf blower that was gas powered. It lasted almost 15 years . I was able to buy a new one that was more powerful that is gas powered for what some of the battery packs cost on the battery blowers. It may cost more to run on the gas, but it will probably outlast any battery pack.

I quit buying the HP printers because of the ink cartrige scam. As I seldom did any color printing I bought a laser type all in one printer. Much happier and it is much faster. Never have to worry about the ink drying up in the printer if I do not print for a while.

Speaking of the batteries, many of the cell phones do not have a battery that can be easily replaced. Guess that when the battery goes they think you will get another phone. I don't use my phone very much and it stays on charge for several days at a time. Around the house I still have the landline by the computer. Works out well and it is tied into the cell phone so that if I am away from the house phone , the cell phone will ring at the same time.

Many people do not have soldering equipment. I do have a very well equiped electronic work bench, but just do not want to go through all the trouble of taking the pack apart, finding cells and soldering them in. Most likely the cost of the cells will be close to the pack anyway.

A few weeks ago, I had a "battery failure" on piece of garden equipment. Actually the cells were all fine - the faulty was in the management part on a PCB.

Nowhere, it's a forecast, which is never right.

But definitely not minimum to maximum and back every few seconds.

I don't mind it slowing down for walking. I mean when someone is strimming an area and moving the cutter back and forth. They only strim in one direction and slow down to return.

Not to that extent.

Next one that does it I'm going to smash it up.

It's worse when it's only a second, every other second.

So why not leave it on full revs? Why "rest" it for one second inbetween bits you're cutting?

Last time I used a chainsaw I forgot to oil it. The chain snapped and flew a considerable distance.

Why not leave it revved up?

I use all types on full power continuously. I'm not objecting to the speed they get up to (they need that to cut). I'm objecting that people keep giving them a 1 second "rest" inbetween each little cut.

Why don't you? Because you saw his reply. Your killfile sux.

A battery pack is just a pile of several cells. Buy the cells.

I had a petrol leaf blower that lasted for one use. I couldn't start it the second time. On cylinder ffs, useless.

I have an Epson and have had Brother. Both of those have fake cheap cartridges available, especially Brother. And I got a continuous ink system for my Epson now, I just fill 100ml tanks every so often. £1 for 100ml is a lot less than £2 for a 15ml fake cartridge.

Only Iphones don't let you just take them apart.