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look out for Garys posts in the near fucher (hopefulley)
Yes, I noticed that!
Hi Tony, we are called Rain-or-Shine so don't have much excuse to stop if it's raining :-) We've been using the battery kit for around 7-8 months now in all weathers. We do try to put it under shelter when it rains but obviously if you are using it you can't.
I did have to have a module replaced under warranty for our blower but it was a dry day when it faulted so I can't say it was directly related to getting wet. The only other issue was our strimmer faulted once while using it in the rain, which I have done many times, but on this occasion it was absolutely lashing down. I stuck it in the garage overnight and it has been fine ever since.
I don't feel that the battery kit is quite as robust as the petrol and you do have to plan around battery life (we carry a charger and plug in at customers houses, always trying to have a battery charging even if they are only partially used).
However, from personal experience, I would say that once you've moved over to battery, you won't want to go back to petrol.
Thanks Darren. Like the name! My mates think I'm crazy but as you must know, cancellations would be impossible to rearrange.
I do wonder about the robustness aspect of the motors. It's been very rare I've not managed to get a faulty petrol machine going again, at least enough to limp through the job.
I have Stihl cordless hedge trimmers, strimmer and blower all of which have been soaking wet with no problems so far. I think unless water literally pours into the battery housing they will be fine.
I do agree with Darren though on how robust they are, my strimmer is a couple of years old now, it has worked very hard and is looking a bit worse for wear so I will be interested to see how long it lasts. One of my Stihl petrol strimmers is more than 15 years old and still going strong! I don't think the cordless one will even come close.
Thanks Jim. Maybe worth hanging on to my petrol combi as a back up.
EGO would be a better bet :)
I changed to battery kit two years ago with the full range from EGO and I can't fault it none of my kit has missed a beat !!!
Thank Graham, The EGO stuff looks great and I've not ruled it out. Stihl has got me by for years and I'm probably scared of too much change, I swore I wouldnt switch to battery but here I go!