The Truth about Gas VS Electric Weed Eaters! (Which is better?!)

Here is my opinion on gas vs electric string trimmers!

My Trimmer
Get the 9ah battery, 17 inch cut

[bloodywellright]

You can drink 2 more beers waiting for the battery to recharge.

[garethjudd]

For a landscape contractor you will need at least 10 fully charged batteries for an 8 hour day.

[TimStegall-me]

Wow, what a great comparison video. On the one hand we have a broken gas powered trimmer that doesnt work at all. VS A working battery trimmer. I wonder which one is going to work better? I wonder which one is going to cut better? I wonder which one will last longer. Oh wait. We have a winner. I know you won't believe it, but the working battery trimmer excelled in all categories. There you have it folks. Buy the battery trimmer. It out performes the non working gas trimmer in all catagories.

[GravityMediaUS]

This video was really helpful, I appreciate your simple yet logical 5points! Because you focused on exactly what many of us needed to know. Thanks!

[louiswebb]

Was already on electric power tools…….went to electric power head with attachments (trimmer, pole saw, hedge clippers, edger) and blower 2 years ago…best thing I ever did 👍

[andrewsallee]

I just replaced the carb on my trimmer. Cost $11 and took 5 minutes. Runs perfectly.

[bobk.]

I have a electric Ryobi 18v. It’s not a monster but it’s still growing strong after 4 years.

[reelyakrz]

I believe that none are absolutely better than others in all areas. I generally prefer gas over electric for chainsaws, push mowers, presenters, etc because for me, I need to be able to go and work all day cutting trees, mowing, trimming (and brush cutting, pole sawing, etc) in areas where I can't charge batteries - we're on a farm. This is the biggest factor for us. My wife prefers electric around the house. We have both battery and corded. She loves the corded electric chainsaw. It's going to be a best fit for the need.

[SteveUcdhihifvshi]

I took the stupid tap heads off my brushcutter years ago. I bought a one bottle that auto mixes the 2 stroke mix same time every time. And ONLY ever use unleaded non ethanol. Dont leave fuel in them and one has lasted me over 12 years. a 26cc full crank chinese victa. I run single strips cut to lenght of 3mm diamon core line and added a grease nipple to the head. Its got so much balls its never bogged down once. If you keep your trimmer tuned and running well ie new decent ngk spark plug good airfilter good clean fuel. It shoudl last you a lifetime almost.

[mikeabiuso]

The two biggest things for me are, string thickness (my 28cc gas echo takes .155" line) which is twice as thick so it doesnt break very often, and when it does i just shove in a pair of pre cut fat line into the quick load head (none of that bang the crap out of it nonesence) And the Carburators are easy to replace and only cost $50-100 vs a battery thats $200

[uniquerod]

I'm afraid to buy another electric trimmer, maybe I bought a bad one but the battery trimmer has this really bad power duration. Even if your battery is fully charged, after one time use the batter just becomes really weak and the trimmer will just stop working in the middle of your work unless you swap it out with a FULLY charged battery, the trimer will turn on but when it hits any object like the grass it will immediately stop working because not enough power is provided, and when you went to charge the battery that you thought it was dead or that almost ran out of power, the indicator/color of the light shows 80-90% full, in other words, the battery has to be above 90% for the trimmer to work properly, after it reaches 90% or below it becomes too weak to trim. Gas trimmer obviously doesn't have this issue.

[leadnsteel]

I just buy premixed fuel and never have any problems with my gas trimmer.

[Wrangler]

I own the 40v Ryobi lawn tools and I can say the push mower is fantastic but I’ve had nothing but issues with 2 weed trimmers I went through. I would not recommend the trimmers as they overheated in the least amount of stress.

[BrandonVeloz-msbj]

Basically large or long jobs is best to use gas but small or quick jobs, you can go ahead and use battery

[Fishin-mission]

I got a 80v atlas and I love it. Get the fast charger though to keep up batteries full if you got a big yard.

[GrimGrundy_blc]

I use my 60v dewalt trimmer on a property that is a bit under 2 acres with a number of structures to weed whack around. I did need a 2nd 60v battery which wasnt too expensive. I love the trimmer. It has a great deal of torque and the throttle can be controlled similar to a gas trimmer so its not an on/off switch. I enjoy the simplicity of it and the bonus is i can use the batteries for this trimmer with all of my other dewalt power tools ive accumulated over the past few years.

[CharlesCHubbard]

We jumped into the Ryobi 40v yard tools ( push mower, weed eater, leaf blower) about 2 years ago. We have a slightly larger, maybe 4 beer, yard. They have performed great for the work we do. Each tool came with a battery and since they all share the same type of battery we have plenty to get the work done.

[davidperry]

I have a Milwaukee M18 fuel strimmer and has the power of gas without the noise pollution, air pollution, and small engine headaches.

[lordtickles]

I am looking at getting an electric trimmer great vid. And an FYI usually what you are describing about your gas trimmer is probably a diaphragm. They like 35 cents if you wanted to fix it. I am torn between the dewalt and the ego.

[jh]

I have all gas powered lawn equipment because of the power. But I don't have a massive lawn so a battery powered one could work. But my weed-wacker would have to completely fail and break to have me go and buy a new weed-wacker.

The problem with your gas powered weed-wacker is actually not that big of a fix. Instead of figuring out what is wrong with the carburetor, they sell fully assembled new carburetors online very cheap. If you are handy with small engines, this job should take you less than an hour.