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Originally Posted by curves2000
My use case for fuel powered tools is a little more multi-residential, not really commercial use but more than a regular driveway. I still know in the long run it's cheaper overall for high quality, gas powered products. This is a key factor for me. Buying top quality always ends up being cheaper overall in the longer run cause you replace a lot less often and just repair and maintain (reparability) is key but that applies to everything.
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You are kind of moving the goal posts now. Your original post said that under modest use batteries will fail and they aren’t good. It’s just not true now a days and we shouldn’t lead people to believe that. I have a yard on the larger size and a ryobi mower that’s now I think 10 years old. I’ve seen no battery decline, thing never even gets under half a battery charge per mow even when it’s heavy and I use self propelled. Haven’t spent a dime on the thing aside from blade sharpening.
Now maybe for multi use you start to feel different although again with newer stuff, you grab an extra battery or two and you are done with Jerry cans, and filters, and tune ups, and it always, always starts. Still you are probably right for a heavier use case but the gap is narrowing.