Friday, June 17, 2011

168- Battery Powered Yard Tools


This deal seemed too good to pass up. Through Home Depot online:


I was at the home depot this morning and was checking out both of these items. They were being sold separately. the trimmer alone was the price I paid for both... $119.

Three reasons why I purchased this item:

1- Its pollution free. No gas and oil mix to screw the air up and no more running out of gas or oil.
2- My gas trimmer is good.. but it takes a lot of pulling to get it started and it stalls a few times before it gets warmed up enough. Sometimes I flood the carb and then need to let it sit. In short.. it's a royal P.I.T.A.
3- My leaf blower is electric and getting it hooked up with two extension cords takes longer to do than using the blower does... thus I usually sweep with a broom or use the lawnmower to blow the grass around and I still leave a mess! I will probably blow off the back patio more and the sideyard as well when it isn't such a chore to use the blower.

1 comment:

Janie B said...

I'm with you on the electric leaf blower. It's too much trouble to get out and set up. Love the idea of a battery. I already have a battery trimmer. The only problems with it are that it isn't as strong (not very heavy duty) as gas, and is plugged in all the time, so I wonder how much electricity it's using. I love the ease though. Looks like a good purchase for you.

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