Tom,
The NEW Lithium batteries do last several hours. See my post (48).
I believe the battery I have is the Stihl A40.
I used it for over 2 hours each time and still had power left over.
Keep in mind when you are using a GAS engine chainsaw, leaf trimmer, hedge trimmer you leave it idling even when you are not actually cutting. With a battery operated unit, you let go of the trigger and it stops. You press the trigger and the blade moves. So, the actual run time is only when you are actually cutting. Not when you are walking from on spot on your property to the next.
My brother in law has the same battery system on a new Stihl chainsaw. The idea is you have the same battery to power all your outdoor machines. Then you do not have to worry about buying non ethanol gasoline, or fuel stabilizers.
Right now, the battery and charger is sitting on a shelf in my basement. I charged it before I put it away.
I do not think a professional landscaper is going to be satisfied with a battery operated machine. I think the newest battery machines are more than good enough for 90% of homeowners.
Thanks for that info, WB.
I’ve seen Stihl’s Kombi line of stuff with interchangeable attachements/batteries, but since my gas stuff still works fine and may just outlive their operator, I’ve not really been tempted.
But, if they should ever need replaced, I’ll definitely consider the battery setup/s.
Good point also about run/usage time with batts vs gas.
Now if they’d come up with some kind of laser head for the trimmer to obviate messing with string I might just rethink things sooner .. ;-) lol