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I love mine but it does eat batteries, only get about 25mins on a ap300 when used constantly. You get considerably longer on a backpack battery.
It does get quite a lot done tho and is more that upto wet leafs.
I had a particularly sensitive client mention that they found even the battery blower noise a bit intrusive! Although the Stihl's are likely a bit quieter than the brand that I use. And far fewer decibels than the anti social drone of petrol machines. All makes are heavy on battery usage but as Dave mentions you can get a fair bit of work done
I'm a big fan of the battery tools and really like my BGA86. That said, I think the BG86 petrol one is probably the best hand held blower on the market and I don't think the BGA86 is as good. It is decent and worth having for sure, plus there are the benefits of less noise, no pull start etc, but I personally would say don't expect it to be quite as good performance wise as the BG86.
Out of those 2 models the petrol one definitely has more oomph. Stihl works wonders with its 36 Volt battery platform but for power hungry applications like a blower more voltage is needed really. That's why I use the highest output Ego 56 Volt blower. Which is in fact more powerful than a petrol Stihl BG86, especially when used with a battery capacity of 7.5Ah or greater. If Stihl brought out a hand held blower which used 2 of their batteries at once it would be amazing. But a bit heavy!
Cheers guys
Brought one last night on way home. Will be using it today.
The issue of Volts and comparison with other makes claims was discussed at length with Stihl recently and in summary higher voltage is not beneficial if not support by enhanced control circuits and extra cooling...
Stihl's answer to Pro Contractors at recent meeting: "And why is STIHL only using a 36V system for garden power tools when you can pop into a DIY store and see double that voltage on many tools? Well, there’s more to voltage than meets the eye! Seeing larger voltages on products can be the equivalent of walking into a hi-fi shop and seeing 1000 Watts plastered over the product; it doesn’t actually tell you anything about the performance or quality of the product. It’s just a bigger number so people assume it’s better. This is not necessarily the case as voltage does not equal power."
Stihl work miracles with 36 Volts as "power" is also to do with Current. However with a blower there is a limitation in what power is deliverable with that voltage. Let alone the relatively small AP battery pack size and how few cells it contains. If this were not the case then they would surely have developed a hand held blower which matches or betters the output than the Ego. When in fact the BGA86 is significantly weaker. Amps (current) X Volts = Watts (power)
Which Ego hand held blower is it, that's so powerful ?
EGO 765 CFM Leaf Blower Review - YouTube
Looks impressive for battery.
I'd like to see a video of it pushing wet leaves, specifically sliver birch leaves Imbedded in a lawn or acorns.
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