Battery vs petrol.

[Bolt]

1 minute ago, Trailoftears said:

So in what way do you imagine that husky/stihl battery technology is better given their extremely late arrival to the market (some would accuse them of belatedly jumping on the bandwagon extremely late in the day),Say,to Milwaukee/makita who have a solid reputation going back over 15+years,gained both in the diy+pro builder/shopfitters community?Who in my experience will soon call out rubbish gear online.Do  stihl/husky have some magic lithium battery unknown to to lithium battery users over the last 20 years that they have decided to share with us uneducated battery users extremely late in the day?Or possibly could it be they have thought-'effin hell',we need some of this moolah right now!

Rather than imagine, I base my opinion on experience.

 

I have extensive experience of Husqvarna and Stihl petrol arb saws (Ms200t and Husqvarna T540).

 

I also have a few years experience of the battery equivalent (Husqvarna T540i).

 

The battery arb saws are better…. Period.

 

Your experience of ‘Makita type’ battery stuff would appear to be less than positive, so I would assume you have drawn your own conclusions on the lacklustre performance of that stuff.  

[Trailoftears]

Just now, Bolt said:

Rather than imagine, I base my opinion on experience.

 

I have extensive experience of Husqvarna and Stihl petrol arb saws (Ms200t and Husqvarna T540).

 

I also have a few years experience of the battery equivalent (Husqvarna T540i).

 

The battery arb saws are better…. Period.

 

Your experience of ‘Makita type’ battery stuff would appear to be less than positive, so I would assume you have drawn your own conclusions on the lacklustre performance of that stuff.  

 

[Bolt]

Just now, Trailoftears said:

 

  @Trailoftears have you ever had a go on a  saw like a Husqvarna 540i?

[Trailoftears]

Lol,good for you.

I think your missing the point.This is intended as a battery vs petrol topic re:ope.

Not a 'my lithium battery is better than yours' gig.

Still glad to hear your happy with your choice.

[Stere]

The limitation is battery energy and power to weight battery life etc not brand (though ive not tried the 40v makita saw) ived used the stihl msa220

 

 

Edited June 15, 2023 by Stere

[Bolt]

2 minutes ago, Trailoftears said:

Lol,good for you.

I think your missing the point.This is intended as a battery vs petrol topic re:ope.

Not a 'my lithium battery is better than yours' gig.

Still glad to hear your happy with your choice.

I’m not sure I am missing the point.

 

My experience is that t540i is better in almost every way than a t540.

 

Thats a direct like for like comparison based on a number of years of real world experience and hundreds of hours of use.

 

You can’t get more relevant than that.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My lithium battery is better than yours though…..

 

 

 

 

 

And it’s bigger as well.

[Trailoftears]

I suppose its a horses for courses thing really, I'm usually out on my own a fair way from my vehicle.so,then I make (hopefully)educated choices.Might take the little mak duc 245 +2 5 amp batts+a little ms 181,on another day same little battery saw +the stihl ms 261.On another day,the little makita petrol top-handled saw +a stihl ms 441.It just depends.Also,Im painfully aware I'm on my own if things go wrong!Plus as a general landscaper I usually have to take a biggish stihl b/cutter,petrol etc,etc too.So there's much head/arse scratching before stumbling off.

[Trailoftears]

Fair play to you, I'm not sure are you

A:a husky evangelist

B:A husky lithium battery evangelist.

C:A husky user who's never suffered the absolute HORROR of having the misery of extended use of their appalling briggs+crappen engines.

D:A long time use of huskies shocking petrol engines and said thank you Lord for lithium batteries!

[gdh]

I think the Husqvarna/Stihl battery saws are better than the Milwaukee ones (for example) because they don't need to be compatible with everything else and obviously they have more experience with the saw itself.

 

For something like an impact wrench you can't really beat a Milwaukee, which are even better than air ones now, but while I'm glad they've stuck to 18v batteries that's probably holding them back with saws because even with 12ah batteries it's not quite enough for bigger saws.

 

I've swapped all my power tools for batteries and it's brilliant; plenty of power, can take them anywhere and all batteries fit everything. There's even a Milwaukee lawnmower now that will beat petrol which I didn't think would happen but saws are too unique to be just another product in a range.

 

Milwaukee make a big cut off saw that's equivalent of petrol but at 17kg and £1800 it's not going to replace chainsaws yet although I would be interested to see them try.

 

 

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[Trailoftears]

The problem with battery mowers I see is they have to be lightweight,which means plasticky and non-durable from a commercial point of view, also,some aren't s.propelled which is a no-go work-wise.I would think there's a long road to go before they're acceptable to the commercial community unless you have the luxury to carry 2 or even 3 mowers for your daily schedule