I really lucked out on the battery end. When I got my snowblower and lawnmower, at a auction, I got 4 batteries with them.

I was/am heavily invested into the Makita line of cordless tools. Amongst all the Makita tools I have are a cordless chainsaw, a weedeater and a blower. They were OK for their time, but EGO has outpaced them. Makita did a great job by converting a lot of their tools to the X2 line, allowing me to use the many batteries I already had. But those…[Read more]

That is great Greg, For some reason, just yesterday I was wondering about the I Got a Box thread. It seemed like forever that I had received a email notification. It’s been a couple of months.

Ok, I’m curious. I think you have the powerhead, why didn’t you get the hedge trimmer that attaches to the powerhead. I think it gives you more reach and more power, plus the attachment costs less.

I’m not sure how you plan to use the blower, but that’s more powerful then you will probably normally need to use. I have a older 2X Makita blower that is considerably less powerful, yet I rarely use it at full power. You just lose control of what you are blowing at those higher velocities.

Be careful Brian, EGO is a lot like Festool, it can be addicting and expensive. Are you getting the stand alone string trimmer or the one that goes with the power head.

AT the last auction, I picked up another 16″ EGO chain saw, without batteries, for $ 50.

I also picked up a Dyson V11 torque drive vac, for $ 240 US and a DeWalt 140000 BTU…[Read more]

The bristle brush is a power broom on steroids.

EGO makes it tough to buy tools without batteries. Yes they have them, but they are not priced as competitively as those with batteries. If you buy with the batteries, the tools themselves are pretty cheap, if you deduct the cost of new batteries. Of course, I have to think that those batteries are overpriced.

Well I’ve pushed fairly heavily into the EGO platform. So far, no regrets. Besides the mower and snow blower, I have picked up the 16″ chainsaw, the 10″ pole saw, the weed eater, the cultivator, and the powerhead.

I’ve looked at the Nexus, but I haven’t bit the Bullet because I’m not sure how I would use it. The thing that is appealing are…[Read more]

I have that Vac Ron, I love it.

Did I miss it, what free tool did your code reveal?

That’s a great router, congrats.

27 deg. and first snow of the year, over the last couple of days. 18″ so far.

ChadM wrote:I have been looking at the pellet BBQs. I like the control they give you but I need to convince the wife I need another grill lol.

I wasn’t planning on getting a pellet grill. My neighbor has a Traeger and swore by it. I’ve been getting stuff at these auctions of Home Depot and Lowes stuff this year and have gotten some very good…[Read more]

I’ve never posted on this thread and I’m not ready to share any recipes but I did want to mention a recent purchase that I love.

I got a pellet BBQ through a auction and I love it. It’s a whole new way of BBQing for me. Slow and controlled.

I’ve never seen any Chinese spammers here. Am I missing anything?

I kind of know how it works though. My Amazon account was hacked by Russian folks. In this case their mission was to bombard Amazon with positive reviews of certain products. Each time I got a notification from Amazon thanking me for my review. Literally they posted hundreds…[Read more]

So how much larger, physically, are the new XGT batteries?

I’ve got a number of 56V EGO tools and their batteries are huge compared to a XL battery. They are just too big to ever be used in most tools like drills, reciprocating saws ect or ergonomics go out the window.

I personally didn’t see that as being a attack on any one person, or even a attack at all. I thought it was a great slogan for all to try to strive for.

I loved it Miami and it is relevant. On the flip side, I love getting that North Carolina weather forecast every morning.

I guess I was a Pro at one time, not really any longer. I bought tools both ways, immediate need, I would purchase wherever I could get it the quickest. If I had time, I would research and get the best price. Thinking about it, I’m still that way.