"I'm a private owner and have used a Mountfield S46 PD Li for two years on ordinary lawns and it was fine. It uses a 5ah 80v battery. I understand the same battery goes into 80v Stiga equipment and Greenworks mowers. I'm now selling my Mountfield mow…"

"Try via 2nd link
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"subscription only page ? "

"Stihl blog from 2015 discusses this issue :
https://blog.stihl.com/practical-knowledge/2015/08/how-to-make-mowi...
Modern types of Line seem to become brittle/hard if left continually in a hot van and one solution is to keep it wet - however achieve…"

"I know its hard to believe but if you research it, nylon will actually absorb water. Never tried soaking the stuff in water though................. it seems to work pretty well without it.
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"Now this can answer as i worked with many differing types of polymer extrusion for 20 plus years before doing what I do now. Nylon does absorb moisture as it is hydroscopic and the water absorption affects the chains in the polymer making them short…"

"Nylone line can't absorb water and how would cold water help anyway. Hot water might have an affect but only through the heat, surely. Given that most of us use the strimmer every day and that the line is already in the head, it would not be in any…"

"Well I have learnt something from that Gary, I did not know about soaking the line before use to make it less brittle."

"Cheers guys will look at these suggestions."

"Looks really smart!"

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