In addition to the serious lawn mower I have to buy now that we have our house, I need a string trimmer. I've looked at 2 and 4 stroke units and this weekend started looking at plug in electric units.
The Stihl FSE60 looks pretty attractive. ( http://www.stihlusa.com/products/trimmers-and-brushcutters/battery-and-electric-trimmers/fse60/ ) I like that it'd be relatively quiet. I'm not particularly "green". I don't buy the whole electric is clean thing. It may be clean at the point of use, but what about the point of production? I do like that I wouldn't have to stop and refuel. Running up to 500 feet of extension cord is not an issue to me. I also like that electric motors make more torque when you load them, so if it gets thick it'll blast through.
I have about 2400 linear feet of chain link fence to trim, plus about two dozen trees, the house and the barn.
Has anyone here used electric trimmers and what are your thoughts?
The Stihl FSE60 looks pretty attractive. ( http://www.stihlusa.com/products/trimmers-and-brushcutters/battery-and-electric-trimmers/fse60/ ) I like that it'd be relatively quiet. I'm not particularly "green". I don't buy the whole electric is clean thing. It may be clean at the point of use, but what about the point of production? I do like that I wouldn't have to stop and refuel. Running up to 500 feet of extension cord is not an issue to me. I also like that electric motors make more torque when you load them, so if it gets thick it'll blast through.
I have about 2400 linear feet of chain link fence to trim, plus about two dozen trees, the house and the barn.
Has anyone here used electric trimmers and what are your thoughts?