Electric vs Gas Weed Eaters

I’d say gas all day

There’s a huge range of “power” in weed eaters, particularly with Stihl.

Battery powered are going to be in the range of your typical high end “residential” weed eaters. This is plenty of power for the typical homeowner and makes the task much easier.

However, if your Stihl is a high end pro/commercial model then the battery powered is no comparison. If you’re having to cut thick brush/heavy weeds like around a pond or other extensive growth, the Stihl models are going to be your better bet.

Battery power has huge advantages in handling, weight, storage, usability, etc. Power is certainly not an advantage to them, but they have enough power to easily accomplish most tasks.

go cordless at 40v or higher and never look back

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There’s a huge range of “power” in weed eaters, particularly with Stihl.

Battery powered are going to be in the range of your typical high end “residential” weed eaters. This is plenty of power for the typical homeowner and makes the task much easier.

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So much this. These threads pop up every week. The new electric stuff is great, particularly if you have been using a shitty gas trimmer. But anyone who is used to a mid-line or commercial stihl/echo/shindaiwa will not be happy.

When battery powered trimmers run out of juice they just suddenly stop dead. You could be clipping away and just like a switch was turned off, they die.

I'll stick with my ECHO gas trimmer. Plenty of power, easy to load line and is a beast for all my trimming needs.

That's lithium batteries.

I have a Stihl electric and love it. The hell with keeping those 2 cycle motors running when I only need to use the trimer for 15 minutes every couple of weeks.

It you use a trimmer a lot and for long periods of time get gas. My battery last about 20 minutes and I can generally get every thing done in that time period.

Even better is the Stihl blower. Quiet and the battery that comes with it will run the trimmer two.

Electric might be good for some. It takes me 45 minutes to trim. I'm gas only and have changed one carb in probably 10 years. Real gas only.

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would need 3 extension cords to reach all of my property. No way in hell I could do an electric.

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Not sure if you’re aware of it or not but they make these things nowadays called batteries. Batteries allow electric motors to run without extension cords.

Incredible, I know but they even have electric cars now and they run off batteries as well.

I bought the Dewalt 60V weed eater today. I was very impressed. I cut for over an hour, on high and still had over half battery. If it holds up, I’ll never buy a gas powered again.