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I use a Stihl machine for "trimming" as well as occasional light brush cutting and I use it probably 8 months of the year keeping up 3 places. I don't think a battery operated model would suit me but they have come a long way in recent years. If you are only dealing with lawn grass and especially if you already have other cordless tools and are gonna be into batteries anyway, they are probably not a bad deal. If you don't have other cordless tools you have to consider that you could probably buy a decade to a decade and a half's worth of gas for the cost of a set of batteries which probably ain't gonna last you a decade.

I have a bunch of Milwaukee tools, 1/4 and 3/8 plus a 1/2 beast impact, a circular saw, hammer drill and rotary tool.

The largest battery I have is a 5.0 but I decided to go get the blower from HD, it is baddA$$ and like the fact I reach down, pick it up and get after it. No fugg'n pumping the bulb, yanking the cord and waiting for Stihl BG55 to warm up and smoke. The Stihl is great but it ain't worth a fugg inside the house or garage, and yes, I use the Milwaukee in the house, it's great to blow cobwebs down or out of corners, blow under furniture to get the bugs and dead spiders etc. It also is great to grab it and blow the water out of the cracks on the car or truck after washing.

The trimmer is next, my Echo straight shaft is great but on a wooded acre, the Milwaukee will be fine.

Our Worx trimmer gets about 45min of use each time we trim. The battery lasts for 2 trimmings.

I loved my Echo weed-whacker but now that we've switched to DeWalt for everything, I wouldn't go back. Plenty of power (w/ 6ah or 9ah battery), quiet and no trips to the gas station!! Get a DeWalt blower and trimmer too and you'll be all set!

Batteries have sure come a long way

My gas commercial trimmer has been giving me grief for too long, so based on this thread I went and grabbed a Ego 56 volt battery trimmer,

First impressions, after trimming the entire yard 1.5 times, I'm fairly impressed.

Plenty of power for my 3.5 acres, has said above, almost 2 times around the yard on the same initial charge.

Don't know actual run times since the trimmer is not running while walking from spot to spot, but maybe 30/40 minutes total time.

5 year complete warranty.

Long term durability remains to be seen, but doubt I'll ever have a gas trimmer again.

For some reason, the design of the trimmer, or the length of the shaft and the geometry, whatever, this thing cuts really well, better than the gas Homelite. very flat cut, no scalping, no jumping, just a nice smooth cut....

Seal of approval on this trimmer.

WORX worked just fine around our suburban home for a few years. When we mover to a rural setting it was another ball game and it simply wasn't up to task. Different and much tougher grasses.

If I had a small yard, I would go electric too.

If I had a small yard, I would go electric too

I just bought the Dewalt 20v brushless and I'm fairly impressed with it. Came with a 20v 5ah battery and charger (my batteries in my drill/impact set are 1.3 I think but they will run it also). It cuts really well and I haven't ran the battery down yet.... seems like a good tool.

Got a 20V DeWalt trimmer a couple months ago on a trusted recommendation. So far it's been great. So great that I'm thinking about some of the other 20V DeWalt stuff so I can standardize my Lithium Ion stuff.