Ego string whacker review?

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ArlyA

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Sorry guys, its a string machine she wants. Disregard blower.

spouse wants a battery powered blower to bring along and use, at her dad's place which is 7 hours drive from us. Any of you folks using the ones Ego makes? Hows it working for you? We already have there batteries. Thanks!!!
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I've been using one for a while and love it. A little easier on the arm and ears and with about as much power as my gas powered one. I would recommend. Having battery is just one less gas engine I have to worry about.
 
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I've been using one for a while and love it. A little easier on the arm and ears and with about as much power as my gas powered one. I would recommend. Having battery is just one less gas engine I have to worry about.
Which model do you have?
 
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I have the Ego 765 blower and I regret buying it. Battery doesn't last very long. I ended up buying a large Echo backpack blower. I use the Ego to blow dust out of the garage, and to blow grass clippings off of the gazebo patio now. About what it's good for....
 
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Which model do you have?
I have the LB6500-FC and use the 56V 5.0Ah battery (BA2800T-FC). It's not going to push leaves all day but does a great job cleaning up after mowing.
 
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I have the model with the auto rewind
line option works well lots of power
 
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I bought an EGO weed trimmer and liked it so much that I bought another so that my wife and I can both trim weeds at the same time. I bought the model with a carbon fiber shaft and auto line load. I really like the auto load feature. You just thread the line through the head so that equal amounts stick out of each side of the head, press a button, and the line is fed into the head. Last two summers we put many hours on the trimmers. HOWEVER, this year when I went to use the trimmers, one of them won't load the line. I press the button and the thing clicks once and then nothing. If I wait a minute and press the button the same thing happens. So I took the head apart and can find nothing wrong. Now, even though I would love to give the trimmer a great review maybe I can't. The head has a 1 year warranty and the rest of the trimmer has a 5 year warranty. I suspect the problem is not in the head but is instead in the control circuitry, which is not in the head. I am going to contact EGO and see if they will replace the trimmer. So, out of two trimmers one still works great, and when they are working they do a great job, especially the auto load feature. The auto load feature is especially nice for someone who has arthritis, which I do. And I also have nerve damage in both hands from when my wrists were crushed. For anybody with neuropathy the auto load is a great feature. Auto load makes a huge difference for me, not having to wind the line in by hand.
Eric
 
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Don’t buy the DeWalt… it broke 15 minutes out of the box…

Any model with a driveshaft has to be better than the DeWalt with the motor on the weed end.
 
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We technically have 2 EGO trimmers. One that I put a pole saw on as well, one that's strictly a trimmer. Has an odd bend in it. A tree and a tractor were somehow involved in that, but won't fess up. Had to replace the pole saw attachment for the same. Darn tractor....
 

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