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Yes maybe even less run time than that even on an AP300 battery if used on full blast all in one go. in practice it is not really a problem if just using the blower for a quick clear up of a few secomds or minutes at a time. I also like pick up and go so i never use my Stihl BGA100 due to the faff with cable. But the BGA86 looks pretty good. At the moment my daily blower is the Ego 5800, they have come out with an even better one 6500 [6504] but not available over here yet. Might have to import one lol. They are all thirsty on the batteries, the solution is to have quite a few batteries as it takes only a few seconds to swap them over, much quicker than refueling a petrol one
Depends on your marketplace. Fine for small resi style gardens, tickling grass of paths, part time use etc, but lacking for anything other than small commercial sites. Least liked item by my guys and pretty much consigned to a couple of small sites we do. Be interesting to see how it 'handles' leaf fall this year.
[footnote] but good for use in sensitive areas like courtyards etc
That's my main concern.
dont see an issue clearing grass cuttings from patios etc but come the autumn it may need to be petrol with leaves we get as we done some larger properties with upto 8 acres
We have a BGA86 and do purely residential work. It's more than adequate for around 9-10 months of the year until leaves fall off really big trees in multiple gardens on the same day! Then you really notice the short run time. To address this we bought a 4 stroke Makita backpack blower last winter from Screwfix. Very good value and really powerful. I clear a long drive with it on a weekly basis and it will be great for autumn leaf fall.
Personally most of the year I use a sthil 100 blower off my backpack battery and works ok on most sites with 2-3 hours run time. When the leaf fall is too great I do have to resort to the old faithful petrol backpack blower.... my sites are usually half acre to 10 acres...