New Grass Trimmer Goes Lithium Ion Power!

[sikeston34m]

Originally Posted by What's_nitro?

I wonder if these are the same cells in your trimmer...

http://www.himodel.com/electric/3000...ry_Square.html

They do look like those, but that's not it.

These are Lithium Ion chemistry and are 6000mah square cells.

[sikeston34m]

Originally Posted by Bondonutz

This is interesting to read as I'm in the market for a new weed whacker myself.
A buck and a half is not to bad a price if it's actually powerful, I have a small yard so a charge should get me through easily ?
Let us know what kind of run time it gets !
All that work opening it up and No pics of the cells ?

I've cycled it twice so far, neither time was completely charged either.

Each time, runtime was over an hour, cutting some fair sized stuff too.

[rabosi]

I'm on my sixth year with a sears cordless. It used 2 12v lead acids in series for 24v but they only lasted 2 yrs. I then started using a zippy 6s pack which gives it close to original rpms plus a lot lighter. For normal yard edging it's great but if the grass is a little taller and dense it does get bogged down. Would be nice if they gave output rpms for these cordless trimmers.