[bert]

I have freed myself from the tyranny and misery of 2 cycle engines. I simply threw them away.

My weed eater, leaf blower and lawn mower have batteries as the power source.

The fact I don’t have to pull and pull and cuss and cuss the small engine is life changing

Caveat: they don’t run for ever. The battery needs to be recharged at an interval that roughly coincides with my time for a rest

[Yo-Yo]

Caveat: they don’t run for ever. The battery needs to be recharged at an interval that roughly coincides with my time for a rest

Fine for you and me, and probably fine for most homeowners, but not so fine for commercial lawn care companies who work 8 hour shifts. That'd be a lot of batteries to haul around from job to job, and then put on a bank of chargers overnight.

[TexasGator]

“My weed eater, leaf blower and lawn mower have batteries as the power source.”

same here.

[Karma_Sherab]

The fact I don’t have to pull and pull and cuss and cuss the small engine is life changing

Hear! Hear! the ONLY time I've ever had a gas powered blower or trimmer start up is the first year of it's use.
Subsequent years, you pull and pull and pull - I think it's by design.
Wife had me throw them all out and hire a yard service

[tomkat]

I'd imagine 90% of your problems with 2 cycle engines is not having used non-ethanol gas in them.

For the small amount of fuel they use, finding/going to a real gas distributor is not really a big deal.
I drive ~5 miles, buy 3 gallons @ $3.25/gallon and it lasts most of the summer for my Stihl string trimmer and blower to maintain this house/acre.

Perhaps if replacement lithium batteries were $15-20 instead of $80-100 and would last a few hours, I'd consider converting.
For the time being though, there's a bit of extra satisfaction in causing palpitations to the Watermelons.

cheers  :-)

[poconopundit]

I agree that 2-cycle engines were trouble-makers before.

But 2 years ago I got a Toro 22"
Personal Pace lawnmower from
Home Depot. In warm weather
I never have to pull the rope
more than once.

No need to choke the engine.
Great engineering advances.

Great exercise, and a
super cost cutter!

[Mr Ramsbotham]

I have freed myself from the tyranny and misery of 2 cycle engines. I simply threw them away.

I've never liked the things myself, but the only lawn tool I've been able to replace is my trimmer/edger. I got a very nice WORX model that has a powerful battery that lasts as long as it takes to do my entire yard without going all wimpy on me, like the Black and Decker that I had before. It works for me because my circumstances are just right for it. If I had more property, or did the work commercially, it would have to be gasoline.