First world problems, I know.īesides that, these tools were a really pleasant surprise. To make sure I got them all, I had to slow down, which I didn’t want to do. Eventually I found my pace, but a more fluid adjustment would be appreciated.Īs for the cut, I was noticing that at the faster and more comfortable pace, there were a few uncut blades left in my wake. The high setting should be reserved for joggers. The lowest setting is so slow I think I went backward, but the very next step up is a lot faster. The self propelled feature worked fine with the exception of one thing. And as we’ve grown to expect from other electric mowers we’ve tested in the past, the mower is really quiet. Literally, you just pull back the safety lever and push start. It comes with a bag that easily attaches when you want it. It has a single arm height adjustment that was very easy to use. The idea is if your battery dies just before you finish your lawn, you just swap the batteries instead of running back to the garage. One is active, while the other is just a storage spot for a secondary battery. And because there’s no gas or oil to worry about, you can mount it vertically, and literally hang it on the wall of your garage, which is great when you have limited storage space. The entry model isn’t self propelled, while the more expensive one has an automatic variable self propelled feature and a steel deck.įirst thing I noticed was how small this thing is when it’s folded up. This is the HART 40V Brushless 20” Self Propelled mower. Last up, it was time to get the mower out, and see once in for all if I could actually replace my gas mower with something powered by batteries. If HART wants to send those to me for testing, I’d be fine with that. I could swap the string trimmer head out for an edger, tiller or even their powerfit pruner. No gas, no fumes, no oil and WAY less noise.Ĭoolest part about this string trimmer, is that it’s part of a multi attachment system. And of course starting this one was as simple as holding the safety and pulling the trigger. Of course there’s no way it could be as powerful as the gas, right? Well, I was wrong about that. So I had high hopes for an electric trimmer. It’s hard to start, lots of maintenance, keeping gas in the garage, just not a pleasant experience. Now I’ve used my gas trimmer for as long as I can remember, and it’s just as big a pain as you’d expect. I then decided to move on to the string trimmer. The best part was how incredibly light and well balanced it was with the battery in place. Anyways, it was easy to control the flow, so I was able to clear my trimmings out of the mulch, without bothering the mulch itself. I’m still not sure why they don’t just incorporate that power into the variable trigger. It features a variable trigger, and like many of its competitors it has a TURBO button, for, you know… when you need to go turbo I guess. I have a bunch more bushes out back, and I can’t wait to get to them later. The 24” reach made it really easy to not only get through all the bushes, but I was really surprised by how fast the job got done. The trimmer made very smooth cuts, no matter how thick the branches got. In the past it’s always been difficult to rotate my trimmer to make vertical cuts. The first thing I noticed right out of the box was the 180 degree rotating handle. I have a rather large group of bushes that were begging to be trimmed, so I started with the trimmer. Now I have the perfectly sized yard for these tools, at about ¼ acre. They made this higher voltage and larger capacity battery to power an all new line of outdoor power equipment, including a blower, chainsaw and THREE different mowers.įor my test, I spent the last month using the mid-range 40V brushless, self-propelled mower, the 15” string trimmer, the 24” hedge trimmer and the brushless turbo fan blower. First is the 20V series you see Rob and Sarah using each week on Maker Break. HART surprised us all at their launch event last November by revealing not one, but two new battery platforms.
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