LOW-DECIBEL LAWN CARE: Concerns over noise and the environment – along with better battery technology – are making electric mowers and trimmers a popular alternative to gas-powered ones.
This undated image released by the New York Botanical Garden shows Tyler Campbell using an electric hedgetrimmer to trim hedges at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx borough of New York.
First, he bought an electric lawnmower. Then an electric string trimmer, hedge trimmer and leaf blower. “I don’t have an electric snowblower, yet. But when I do replace the gas snowblower, it’ll be with an electric one,” he says. Morrell, who also teaches aspiring landscaping professionals, says that while electric trimmers and mowers are now as good or better than gas-guzzling versions, cordless electric leaf blowers are still a challenge “because they require a lot of velocity and power, and the weight of the battery at this point is a lot heavier than gas.”
Where power tools are needed, the shift from gas to electric is not unlike the trend toward electric cars.
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