Anyone use a battery operated blower?
I am wanting to buy a battery-operated blower to blow debris off my slideouts before bringing them in. I am curious as to how many out there are using one of these. I am also curious as to how many h...
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The high amp batteries do a better job, 40 or 48 amps like the Ryobi.
Your choice to keep the family together with milwaukee or not. Milwaukee is expensive and you might be better getting the 48a/h Ryobi instead of a Milwaukee blower. To use the Milwaukee 18v blower it is best to get the 12 a/h battery, which is $150 for an off-brand battery that works with it, and lord help us the price of a Milwaukee 12a.h battery.
You could be fine with a 9a/h battery for short blows, and very short blowing jobs your 5a/h batt will work.
The issue is for these large power demands that the battery gets hot. You are depleting the battery very quickly and this is very hard on a battery, thus the bigger batteries like the 9 or 12 a/h ones will do better.
I have the Milwaukee 18v chain saw and the 5's are no good for it. I had to go to an off-brand $50 eBay batter of 9a/h to have any use of the saw. The batt gets warm. The 12a/h batt they say does not even get warm.
Do the math, price of Milwaukee blower plus price of the bigger battery vs the price of a complete Ryobi with tool, battery and charger and the battery is not under any stress unlike an 18v system.
For your quickie RV blowing job you should be fine with a 9a/h battery, but not for a yard.
I Used the Ryobi at work for short clean-up of small areas and the battery will do OK.
Power as compared to the biggest gas blower HD has - no comparison.
Your choice to keep the family together with milwaukee or not. Milwaukee is expensive and you might be better getting the 48a/h Ryobi instead of a Milwaukee blower. To use the Milwaukee 18v blower it is best to get the 12 a/h battery, which is $150 for an off-brand battery that works with it, and lord help us the price of a Milwaukee 12a.h battery.
You could be fine with a 9a/h battery for short blows, and very short blowing jobs your 5a/h batt will work.
The issue is for these large power demands that the battery gets hot. You are depleting the battery very quickly and this is very hard on a battery, thus the bigger batteries like the 9 or 12 a/h ones will do better.
I have the Milwaukee 18v chain saw and the 5's are no good for it. I had to go to an off-brand $50 eBay batter of 9a/h to have any use of the saw. The batt gets warm. The 12a/h batt they say does not even get warm.
Do the math, price of Milwaukee blower plus price of the bigger battery vs the price of a complete Ryobi with tool, battery and charger and the battery is not under any stress unlike an 18v system.
For your quickie RV blowing job you should be fine with a 9a/h battery, but not for a yard.
I Used the Ryobi at work for short clean-up of small areas and the battery will do OK.
Power as compared to the biggest gas blower HD has - no comparison.
