Quote Originally Posted by Frank S View Post
As much as I dislike battery powered equipment for the simple reason until only recently anything battery operated would self-discharge it seemed just sitting on the shelf. even the batteries themselves would self-discharge. Or it seemed like it to me probably because I hardly ever used the things. Drills saw-saws angle grinders were the worst I could blow through batteries faster than half a dozen chargers could recharge them.
This is true. The older NiMH stuff used to just go dead. The newer Lithium Ion stuff can hold its drink for months and months. It's generally just a few percent per month self discharge.

This is only light to medium duty stuff though. No serious woodsman is going to buy a battery op chainsaw. But for someone like myself who might go out and cut down a tree every few months, it's just perfect. Even the weed whacker is still better than gas (for me). If you were a landscaper it would make your life hell. But I only need to do 15 minutes of weed whacking every few weeks. One battery charge will do that. But so far as I'm concerned battery op stuff has completely displaced small gas engines in the light duty to prosumer market. Heavier duty than that and you're still going to want gas.