Also I must admit, that as I get farther into the second-half of my human age range, pull-start gas engines are starting to take their toll on me. And then when I
do come across the kinds of engines
@MadMummy76 was complaining about that are a real pain-in-the-@ss to start, yyeeaahh my skeleton and muscles are liable to start a revolt against me, trying to get those dang pull-start motors going. I still hope to get my hands on one of those small personal hovercrafts one day, and those tend to be pull-start too, so I'm already groaning.
I do love my electric weed eater, it's great around the house and I love that I don't have to wear earmuffs while running it.
Oh yes, electric weed eater, I do use one of those as well. I forget that gas-powered ones exist for that tool, for some reason.
All you guys keep mentioning batteries. All my electric sh1t is corded. I've had some battery-powered stuff in the past, like a weed eater. It was okay, but I dunno I just got used to daisy-chaining extension cords and pulling the cable around. I don't even notice it much. There's a risk of damage though. One time I cut clean through a brand-new outdoor extension cord with my parents' hedge trimmer.
However, replacing my 2-stage gas snowblower for a 2-stage electric snowblower was a great (albeit pricey) decision.
I wish I had a snowblower to begin with.
Like a lot of us, I used to mow lawns back in the day, either as a chore or for extra cash and I don't miss the fumes or mess either.
My friend got a townhouse in an area covered by an HOA, and he does
not miss doing yard work. HOA takes care of everything. Growing up, he never did care for his parents making him do yard work, and he hated it with a passion. I never really seemed to mind it anywhere near as much as all my other friends, as I had been doing it since I was so young, and my parents expected all kids (especially me as the oldest) to contribute heavily to that. Some stuff I just ended up enjoying, like lawn mowers, where I get to use a giant blade connected to a freakin' gas motor to chop plants down. Chainsaws are incredibly fun too, and there I've used both gas and electric. Gas ones are more fun but also way more annoying to use and maintain. Electric ones are plenty fun enough. I also like hedge trimmers. What I do NOT enjoy doing is shoveling snow. I'm not a cold-weather guy to begin with. Oh and raking leaves at my parents' house, f*ck that too. That area has a sh1t-ton of trees. But yeah I guess it depends on how big your yard is, and how many different types of yard work you gotta do, that determines how annoying it is. In my friend's case, I thought his parents' yards were more than acceptable, and he was just being a whiny b1tch.
I'll still be using my backpack blower
I always wanted one of those. I'd see the pro guys using them when they clean people's yards, and sometimes I've thought about running up to one of them and asking them if I could try those things out for a couple minutes.
