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Originally Posted by TCNY61
I have an Ego String trimmer and blower. The string trimmer uses full size .095 diameter string. My lawn is four acres of grass that I mow and have about 50 trees in the lawn and a few hundred at the edges. The 2.5AH battery can in no way do the whole yard but a Villages size yard would be complete with one charge. I wanted to buy a second battery but Home Depot had a 2.5AH battery for $120. They had a pile of the older style leaf blowers with a 2.0Ah battery and quick charger with fan cooling for only $90 so I bought that. The battery died after one year (it was sitting on HD shelf for over a year uncharged) but EGO sent me a new 2.5Ah battery for free just be sending them the serial number and date code (the batteries have a three year warranty). I love the blower for the driveway and deck but it sucks down the battery fast at the highest speed but for a small yard it would be fine. I haven't used the two gas trimmers since I got the EGO but I still use my gas blower when I need a long run time.
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Agree, I have 2.o batteries, mine don’t seem to last as long when new, but pushing air takes a lot of juice especially in turbo mode. I have several bushes still after I took out several, the trimmer has never ran out. I would like to have the chainsaw, but I got two 14” electrics with cords off eBay for 30 bucks which were returns looked like only used once. I think you get can up to 7.0 battery which the lawnmowers take?
I watched guy on Utube repair ego batteries he gets of eBay for 10 bucks or so. He replaced the overheated and swollen cells with ones from parts. Also used the computer module which sometimes goes bad.