There is this youtube guy from Canada who does nothing but take apart all sorts of machines including power tools and dissects them to see how reliable or cheap they really are in areas that count such as connectors motors switches housing etc. I would like to have a flood of people message him to take apart an EGO machine so we can get the REAL story behind how reliable or "skookum" these machines really are. His videos are plentiful and very informative, to all you gear heads, machinists and engineering enthusiests out there, this is the channel for you. This is NOT an ad for his channel, again I simply appreciate how well he is able to find weak areas on even highly rated work tools and would like to see ego on his list, my efforts to get him to do it alone has been futile but maybe with your help he will listen. Thanks for your help ego community! . https://www.youtube.com/user/arduinoversusevil
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Sorry Sparks, but I used a different brand of hedge trimmer for more than 10 years, ON THE SAME BUSHES, and when I sold it this year, following my purchase of the Ego trimmer, it still was sharp enough to cut well. The Ego trimmer dulled horrificially in the first hour of usage and I have posted photos of that dulling, on this site.
A harder blade need not overly heavy for an electric mower, Sparks. Not sure what makes you think that a harder blade will be too heavy to be powered by an electric mower. It's my contention that Ego should be responsible to its customers by providing them with DURABLE equipment. Especially giving the high price--these are not bargain basement products available at a Harbor Freight.
A harder blade need not overly heavy for an electric mower, Sparks. Not sure what makes you think that a harder blade will be too heavy to be powered by an electric mower. It's my contention that Ego should be responsible to its customers by providing them with DURABLE equipment. Especially giving the high price--these are not bargain basement products available at a Harbor Freight.
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Maybe I need to figure out how to sharpen my Ego hedge trimmer, and I've never owned another one to compare it to (though I've used several others I didn't own or have to maintain). But after 3 years of biweekly use on about a dozen bushes, my hedge trimmer still cuts perfectly well. Guess maybe it's just a YMMV situation?
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David, I'm quite sure you have seen the photos I posted earlier this year of the blades on my TWO Ego trimmers, which exhibited a ton of wear after less than an hour of usage. It's not like I've been cutting something I shouldn't. Just bushes with limbs that OBVIOUSLY are within the cutting range of the trimmers. If the branches are larger than the opening in the blades, there is no way for the trimmer to cut them. While they had worn excessively in the beginning, additional wear over the intervening months has been minimal (thankfully).
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No these are not tools sold by the horrible fright
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You ain't kidding about our friend ... F bombs are flying everywhere in this video!!!!!
Jacob