![]() ![]() Power + Battery Life.īattery life on the 40-amp–included in the price–is around 40 minutes in grass. But unlike a gas model, there is a beat between “pull” and “spin.” The Ryobi’s sister tool, the Milwaukee, is an instant-on gas-like tool, and my mojo. You can goose the trigger, which is pulsing the trigger on/off/on/off. The big difference between the Ryobi cordless string trimmer and a gas/oil string trimmers is the deliriously wonderful quiet–you could trim at midnight if you want. Ryobi nailed it.Īnd, when you have to get in behind the AC condenser unit or through that little patch between here and there, the tool is nimble. And balancing something whirring at one end that’s 5 feet long is an engineering achievement. Tool balance is a conversation we could have for an hour. That spits the detritus out behind you, not in front of you. The Ryobi–THANK YOU–spins counter-clockwise. That is a design disaster from a right-handed user’s approach because you’re always tangled up in what the trimmer is spitting out. To put a finer point on it, some uber DIY trimmers spin clockwise. In my more than two decades of reviewing and using tools in real life, unless you are 150 years old, do not buy one of those curved things. Smart.įirst, the Ryobi 40-volt string trimmer is a straight-shaft tool. Many pro dudes who run Milwaukee on their building/remodeling j obsites buy the cordless stuff for home use, so they can use their work batteries. Tool Dweeb Note: Most of the pro brands‘ expansion into lawn care tools is more about battery platform and selling more tools than actual problem-solving in the field. It comes down to the fact that they are battery-powered, limiting their use and efficiency managing large or multiple lawns. Unless you can charge batteries on your lawn trailer and lawns grow where it doesn’t rain much, neither Milwaukee nor Ryobi string trimmers are go-to pro tools. However, Milwaukee’s string trimmer tool is barely positioned to be a pro tool, and astonishingly so. Is it a full-bore pro-grade tool like its sister brand Milwaukee? (They are brands under the same parent company, TTI that also includes Ridgid.) No, it’s not. I like this unit and I like it in direct proportion to its price. What do I like about the Ryobi string trimmer? ![]()
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